“Doctor Who” is the longest running science fiction show in the world, with its heritage dating back to 1963. The main character, The Doctor, is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels through space in time in the Tardis, a police call box that is much bigger on the inside then it is on the out. When near death, the Doctor can manifest in a new body with a new personality, but with all the same memories. Thus, when an actor portraying the Doctor wishes to move on, the series doesn’t have to end. Earlier this year, thanks to IDW Publishing, the Doctor returned to American comics in the "Doctor Who" miniseries and this August will begin his second miniseries, “Doctor Who: The Forgotten,” by Tony Lee and Pia Guerra (“Y: The Last Man”).

In the popular Doctor Who novel “The Eight Doctors,” writer Terrance Dick, of whom Tony Lee is a great fan, re-visited previous incarnations of the Doctor in the midst of adventures from the original series. In IDW’s “Doctor Who: The Forgotten,” Lee decided to take the alternate route and create all new adventures for the classic Doctors. “Although it's always nice to revisit old friends,” Lee told CBR News, “I think we can give more 'forgotten tales' in these short flashbacks. We have the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan meeting Egyptians; we have the Second, Jamie and Zoe meeting space lizards; the Third, Jo and The Brigadier (and pretty much most of the UNIT regulars) defeating aliens on Dartmoor; the Fourth and Romana (two) in millennium Paris; the Fifth, Tegan and Turlough facing a more recent addition in a Village cricket match; the Sixth and Peri in a courtroom; the Seventh and Ace in an alien war torn city; the Eighth alone in a Count of Monte Cristo setting; and the Ninth and Rose in the trenches of World War I. And every single one of them has been an utter joy to write.