Doctor Who fans have recently become acquainted with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor in the latest season of the long-running series, and now Gatwa's character is making the jump to comics. IGN can exclusively reveal a new preview of Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1, the first issue in a new ongoing series spotlighting the further adventures of the Fifteenth Doctor and his companion, Ruby Sunday.
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The new series picks up where Titan Comics' recent Free Comic Book Day special left off. In this first full-length issue, the Doctor and Ruby follow a mysterious signal that leads them to a shopping mall in Earth's last, dying days. That sparks a hair-raising adventure that will force the Doctor to confront his deepest fears.
Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor is written by Dan Watters (Homesick Pilots, Sandman) and drawn by Kelsey Ramsay (Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, Dark Spaces: Good Deeds), with colors by Valentina Bianconi (The Exiled).
Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1 is priced at $3.99 and will be released on June 26, 2024. You can check out the Titan Comics website for more information on how to preorder a copy.
In IGN's review of the first two episodes of the new Doctor Who series, Robert Anderson writes, "So far, the new season of Doctor Who is an accomplished escape into time and space. Its first episode, 'Space Babies,' is a time-traveling romp with an easy-to-follow plot, engaging character moments, and two leads who elevate the whole episode to great heights. The new TARDIS team is a dynamic duo that already feels at home and ready to take on the universe – and even though 'Space Babies' initially struggles to find its footing, both Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson make this episode endlessly entertaining. Its follow-up, 'The Devil’s Chord,' is an unapologetically camp zinger, in which Jinkx Monsoon gives one of the best villain performances we’ve ever seen in Doctor Who. While its depiction of The Beatles falls short, everything else about this episode screams fun. There’s a familiar feeling to this new era, but Episodes 1 and 2 still sparkle with ingenuity and embrace the changes at every opportunity. If that isn’t Doctor Who, then I don’t know what is."
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