Comics A cursory glance through this volume might suggest that Eighth appears throughout. But the floppy haired gentleman is Oscar Wilde, pitched up in the town of Deadwood in the Old West, as a zombie Wild Bill Hickock is threatening the local townspeople, with Calamity Jane convinced that he's not himself. It's the mother of all celebrity historicals, with Thomas Eddison also appearing for good measure. As Eleventh Doctor comics stories go it's an entertaining romp, capturing his and Clara's essences superbly and writer Tony Lee navigates the Doctor's usual opposition to fire arms in a place where everyone carries them more successfully than in tv's A Town Called Mercy. Wilde at some point ends up borrowing Eighth's clothes, so imagine my disappointment on reading the story properly to discover that the "real thing", although not actually, only appears on two panels during a matrix projection sequences deflecting the blame for the Time War: "I wasn't the cause of the Time War!" he says, "You can't place that weight on my shoulders. You don't understand. You can't understand. What I had to do ... I did everything in my power ..." Cue sideways glance to the War Doctor (who has nothing to say for himself). Interestingly, despite the 2013 publication date, Mike Collins depicts him in his TV Movie form. This was the final run of stories before IDW lost their license to produce the Who comics, so they decided to mark the occasion with cameos from all his previous incarnations, albeit in digital form.Placement: "Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the Eighth Doctor"
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