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The output of the blog is diverse, to say the least. Morris is a '''huge''' Whovian, so the majority of the featured comics are [[Fan Web Comics]] based on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (although he also occasionally posts comics featuring original characters and situations).

See also ''[[The 10 Doctors]]'', a well-known [[Fan Web Comic]] by Morris that also appeared on the ComixBlog.

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* [[April Fools' Day]]: It's an annual tradition to do a gag page on April 1. The Eleventh Doctor's first "offical" ComixBlog appearance was an [[Early-Bird Cameo]] in [http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=589 one of these episodes], as a matter of fact.

* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]:

 

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* [[Body Horror]]: {{spoiler|Pierre. Poor, poor Pierre.}}

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|The Master has a man named Pierre pretending to be Seigneur Charles Duvallée.}}

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Expressed by Nick, natch. Also lampshaded by Eight when he talks to Janette at the end of the story, when he points out that she's seeking "an alternative to the crushing boredom of eternity".

 

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Just read your history books. Also discussed [[In-Universe]] pretty early in the story, when the Third Doctor tells Beverly that there's nothing he can do for Lady Robsart's cancer. {{spoiler|By the end, she does die, but it's [[Subverted Trope|because of something else]].}}

* [[Have We Met?]]: Lord Robert Dudley asks this of the Doctor. They actually ''had'' met before (when the Doctor was in his first incarnation and visiting [[The Virgin Queen|Elizabeth]]'s coronation), but Dudley shrugs this feeling off.

* [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]]: Lampshaded on [http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=423 page 10.]

 

* [[The Atoner]]: The real {{spoiler|Eric Raymond}}, who goes back to work for Starlight Studios after being freed.

{{quote|'''Jetta''': Some kind of infiltration scheme, eh? Break 'em from within!

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: With the Doctor's TARDIS within his reach, and Synergy's power source in hand, {{spoiler|Techrat remotely gasses the Zygons. Then, when the Zygons try to escape, Stingers Sound goes kablooey—-Techrat had rigged it to explode if the Zygons attempted to leave Earth without him}}.

 

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: This story ends on one, as the author had originally developed the script as a Big Finish pitch.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: "And do you know what we do with damsels?" [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"YES SIR! WE SAVE THEM SIR!"]]

* [[Wham! Line]]: "{{spoiler|This is the planet Kryn. And these are the [[Doctor Who/Recap/S13/E06 The Seeds of Doom|Krynoids]].}}"

 

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Donna opines that Ten is "all James Bond" with his tuxedo and fancy gadgets; a page later, Ten runs into his old friend, James Bond. Ten later explains to Donna that Bond exists both as a fictional character ''and'' a real person, and can get around this because his name acts as a [[Perception Filter]] (see below).

* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Misfits' song "Behind the Mask" from ''Outrage'' is heard at the beginning of the story. The Doctor wonders where he's heard it before.

* [[Noticing the Fourth Wall]]: Apparently the Doctor has.

{{quote|'''Ten:''' Even I had a TV show once. Got cancelled in the late '80s last time I checked, though.}}

{{quote|'''Ten:''' When said in a certain way the person hearing it remembers the name and face, but not the details about him. It gets fuzzy. Like a dream you can remember but can't recall the exact details. It won't work every time and it doesn't work on the same person more than a few times. But it's enough to fool a lot of people.}}

** Then, to demonstrate, he uses the line on Donna, and she instantly forgets who Bond is.

** The story took another hiatus starting in late April 2012 after the colourist went on holiday.

 

* [[Oh Crap]]: Pretty much defines the look on the Scout's face when his Time Lord superiors tell him what the Daleks are doing.

* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: The Daleks are using the Rani's serum to make some Type C zombies.

* [[Sailor Earth]]: The Scout.

* [[The Sixties]]: The Scout tracks the Daleks to a graveyard in 1968 Pittsburgh.

 

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* [[All Animation Is Disney]]: What people automatically assume when Eric tells them he's an animator. Naturally, he doesn't really care for the assumption.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Discussed and subverted [http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=8 here.]

 

* [[Alternate History]]: ''House Of Paulus'' is based on an RPG called ''[http://www.fvlminata.com/ FVLMINATA]'', which takes place in a universe where the Roman Empire discovered firearms and never fell.

* [[Hot Amazon]]: Midna. Apparently [[Even the Girls Want Her]].

* [[Series Hiatus]]: Page 1 of Part 2 (entitled "Circe's Furies") was posted in December 2009. It hasn't been updated since then.

 

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of B-movies. There are zombies, evil spirits, possession, aliens, teenagers being kidnapped, etc.

* [[Cut Short]]: ''Thursday 14'' didn't have an ending, as Rich went on a four month hiatus after publishing the third page.

* [[Fan Service]]: ''Thursday Horrors'' is pretty [[NSFW]]. The female biker protagonist, for example, spends most of the story in her underwear, and a zombie woman is seen in the buff.

 

* [[Self-Insert Fic]]: Rich and Dom are the two main characters.

 

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Rich calls it an attempt to make a more family-friendly version of ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]''. It helps that it's co-written by his 4-year-old daughter.

 

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