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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).

If any of this sounds interesting, then by all means [http://comics.shipsinker.com/ check it out.]

 

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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]]:

** Black bead eyes also show up on Darius in ''House Of Paulus'', on Jon and Kels in ''24fps'', and on Dom in ''Storybored''.

** Due to the art style, background and faraway characters also have black bead eyes from time to time.

* [[Content Warnings]]: The ''Doctor Who'' comics have no nudity, but if one of Rich's other comics contains frontal nudity (which happens, albeit rarely), then Rich posts a filler image in its place and a link to the actual image in the text below.

* [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]]: It's mostly ignored. Rich has explained that including every novel, comic, and audio drama would add too many complications. Plus, following the TV show canon leaves him with plenty of room within the show's individual continuity (especially with regard to the wide-open timeline of the Eighth Doctor) to place the comics into. The only Expanded Universe bits that he ''does'' use are those pertaining to the "lost" season 23, which was scrapped for "Trial of a Time Lord" and subsequently adapted into novels and [[Big Finish]] audios.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]:

** Both the Scout and the Eleventh Doctor make their first appearance on the 2012 April Fool's Day page.

* [[Fan Verse]]: All of the ''Doctor Who'' comics ([[Shrug of God|possibly]] with the exception of ''[[Guest Strip|Seeds of Destruction]]'') take place in the same continuity as ''The 10 Doctors''.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Frequently crops up in the standard ''Doctor Who'' fashion. In ''Outrage'', Six reveals Jem's secret identity to Rio; in ''Seeds of Destruction'', Five lands on the dangerous planet {{spoiler|Kryn}} instead of in Pasadena; and in ''A Time To Kill'', Ten completely shatters [[James Bond]]'s cover.

 

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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.}}

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Since the story takes place in between seasons two and three of ''Forever Knight'', we know that Nick, LaCroix, Janette, and Natalie will live. Schanke will also survive, but [[Bus Crash|not for long]]. Also, given how the story ends, it's implied that {{spoiler|Janette [[The Bus Came Back|returning to Toronto]] as a human in ''FN'''s third season is a result of the Eighth Doctor's help, and we know that this will ultimately be [[Reset Button|doomed to failure]].}}

* [[In Medias Res]]: The story starts out with the Eighth Doctor investigating a mystery in 1995 Toronto, then [[Flash Back|flashes back]] to the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa in 1348 France. The narrative goes back and forth after that.

* [[Red Herring]]: Nicholas Knight is investigating doll-sized human corpses when the Eighth Doctor shows up on the scene. Seasoned Whovians immediately suspect that the Master is killing people with his tissue compression eliminator again. Except it isn't him this time.

* [[Title Drop]]:

'''Janette''': Forever. }}

* [[Translation Convention]]/[[Translator Microbes]]: Played with on [http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=314 this page.] Upon encountering the TARDIS in the woods, LaCroix sees its signage in Latin, Janette sees it in French, and Nicholas sees it in Dutch.

* [[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".

 

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Beverly's 16th-Century disguise is a male's doublet and tights, as she didn't want to wear a corset and dress. The whole time she's there, people refer to her as a male...but she still goes by "Beverly".

** Historically, the name Beverly was used for men exclusively until the early 1900s when it was used for girls as well. About 1930 or so, it was no longer used for men at all. It actually would've been more anachronistic if they had mentioned it.

* [[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.

'''{{spoiler|Eric Raymond}}''': Actually no. It's a thing called redemption and forgiveness. You should look it up. }}

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Roxy saves the day by sneaking up on Techrat, getting the best of him, and punching him off the railing, saving both Rio and the Doctor.}}

* [[Crack Fic]]: Who else can have the Sixth Doctor meeting Jem, and have it make sense?

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: On [http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=479 page 2], the Doctor uses the word "email," and Mel has no idea what he's talking about. Except Mel's a computer programmer from the mid-[[The Eighties|Eighties]], and the term "email" had been in use amongst programmers since 1982. Rich admitted his mistake in the comments for that page.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|Stormer finally gets one, after all her time being vilified on both sides, for being with the Misfits, and being the nice one. She does a [[Heel Face Turn]] because of her feelings for Kimber, but her declaration of her feelings is cut short twice, first by Rio, and then by Kimber saying she's going out with Sean and thinks he's going to propose again. Mel and the Doctor find Stormer crying of a broken heart, knowing that her band mates probably won't help the situation and the Misfits will most likely be broken up. Stormer's offered a place on the TARDIS.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|The Misfits team up with the Holograms and the Doctor to stop Techrat.}}

* [[Friend to All Children]]: The Sixth Doctor, to Mel's surprise. He mends Ashley's foot, does a magic trick to cheer her up, and is generally very kind to her throughout the process.

* [[Fully-Absorbed Finale]]: It's a fan crossover work, so it doesn't really count as canon (obviously), but ''Outrage'' pretty much serves as an unofficial series finale for ''[[Jem]]''. To wit: {{spoiler|Rio '''finally''' discovers Jerrica's double life, everyone finds out the truth about Jerrica's father and Synergy, the villains behind Eric Raymond's [[Jerkass|Jerkassery]] are discovered and defeated, Techrat [[Sequel Hook|regenerates and disappears]], Rio proposes to Jerrica, and Jerrica decides to reveal her dual identity as Jem to the world}}.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Stormer, because of her feelings for Kimber.}}

* [[Man Behind the Man]]: The reason Eric Raymond was such a bad guy was because {{spoiler|he was being manipulated by some Zygons. Eventually, they got tired of his incompetence and replaced him with a Zygon [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|disguised to look like him]]}}.

** [[Jerkass Facade]]: {{spoiler|As it turned out, the real Eric's dealings with the Misfits and the Stingers was all to slow down the Zygons from getting their hands on Synergy and to protect the Holograms, even though he couldn't make it look like that because they had his sister. At first, the Zygons weren't sure if Eric was doing it deliberately or because he was an idiot, but they became convinced when he sold half of the studio to Riot and the place was swarming with the Stingers' entourage.}}

* [[Railing Kill]]: {{spoiler|Roxy pushes Techrat over the edge of a scaffold, and he falls to the ground. [[Subverted]] when he [[Time Lord/WMG|regenerates]] and runs off immediately after.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: [http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=534 Page 49] has a nice little shout-out to the [http://twominutetimelord.com "Two-Minute Time Lord"] podcast.

'''Six''': Well, I did. But it rather depended on a distinct absence of certain bouffant-haired pop stars. }}

** He also doesn't follow up on the Stingers, who will be coming home from tour to find themselves {{spoiler|without a recording studio and business partner.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Mel to Six, after he reveals Jerrica's secret to Rio.

* [[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!"]]

* [[Guest Strip]]: Rich did the artwork, but the story was written by [[wikipedia:Landry Walker|Landry Q. Walker.]]

* [[Plant Person]]: Five and Peri find themselves running from [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombified]] versions of these.

 

* [[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.

'''Ten:''' I know. Security seemed to be distracted by something... }}

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

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

* [[To Be Continued]]:

** 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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