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Post by stcoop on Mar 29, 2021 23:04:26 GMT
Fascinating article here about how the Doctor Who comic strip published in the Radio Times after the TVM almost led to a brand-new Doctor.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Mar 29, 2021 23:52:19 GMT
I really wish they'd reprint the RT DW strips somewhere
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Mar 30, 2021 1:54:22 GMT
“[Steve Cole] explained that Universal co-owned the Paul McGann version of the Doctor and every time BBC Worldwide published something using that version of Doctor Who, money would have to be paid to Universal for the licensing.”
This is odd, since it doesn’t seem to affect anything else. But surely Steve Cole would have known something like that?
This looks like it would have been great. I hadn’t seen most of the concept art before, only the finished sample strip.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 2:20:56 GMT
“[Steve Cole] explained that Universal co-owned the Paul McGann version of the Doctor and every time BBC Worldwide published something using that version of Doctor Who, money would have to be paid to Universal for the licensing.” This is odd, since it doesn’t seem to affect anything else. But surely Steve Cole would have known something like that? This looks like it would have been great. I hadn’t seen most of the concept art before, only the finished sample strip. Yeah, the licencing surrounding the TV Movie is a bit odd, historically. I've a hunch that there was quite a lot of negotiating initially over what constituted what in terms of licencing. Testing boundaries, rumours turning into rules, etc. Maybe it wasn't the Eighth Doctor, but using Paul McGann's likeness that was the initial caveat? Then again... Theoretically, no one was allowed to use Grace Holloway, but she made an appearance (with Daphne Ashbrook's features) in Doctor Who Magazine by 1998. Something which remained a non-issue for the Panini reprint in 2006. All a bit baffling, really. |
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Post by constonks on Mar 30, 2021 14:49:17 GMT
“[Steve Cole] explained that Universal co-owned the Paul McGann version of the Doctor and every time BBC Worldwide published something using that version of Doctor Who, money would have to be paid to Universal for the licensing.” This is odd, since it doesn’t seem to affect anything else. But surely Steve Cole would have known something like that? This looks like it would have been great. I hadn’t seen most of the concept art before, only the finished sample strip. Yeah, the licencing surrounding the TV Movie is a bit odd, historically. I've a hunch that there was quite a lot of negotiating initially over what constituted what in terms of licencing. Testing boundaries, rumours turning into rules, etc. Maybe it wasn't the Eighth Doctor, but using Paul McGann's likeness that was the initial caveat? Then again... Theoretically, no one was allowed to use Grace Holloway, but she made an appearance (with Daphne Ashbrook's features) in Doctor Who Magazine by 1998. Something which remained a non-issue for the Panini reprint in 2006. All a bit baffling, really. The "likeness" would make sense. DWM must have gotten a license that covered all the visual aspects of the TVM. After all, Grace doesn't just show up in The Fallen, she also has one-or-two-panel cameos in The Glorious Dead and The Flood. They're both nice appearances but nothing you'd pay a separate fee to print! Also, might be worth noting that Steve Cole said that in 1997/8, while the Eighth Doctor didn't appear on the cover of a novel until Interference in 1999... Which, come to think of it, is also when the logo changed to the TVM colouring, if that means anything! (Also IDW managed to get Grace for Prisoners of Time...) |
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Post by fitzoliverj on Apr 1, 2021 11:08:00 GMT
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