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Rich's ComixBlog is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]], a webcomics blog updated by Rich Morris (author of ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]''), and maintained by his wife Hilary Doda.

 

 

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

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=== General Tropes: ===

* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]:

** ''The Stalker Of Norfolk'': The circumstances surrounding {{spoiler|the death of Amye Robsart}}.

* [[Crossover]]: Almost all of Rich's works fall under this category — ''[[Jem|Jem and the Holograms]]'' meet ''Doctor Who'', ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'' meets ''Doctor Who'', and [[Historical Domain Character|Historical Domain Characters]] meet ''Doctor Who''.<ref>Which makes perfect sense, given that the actual show crossed over with historical domain characters all the time.</ref>

* [[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.

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

** [[In Universe]]: At the beginning of ''Forever Janette'', we see Tracy Vetter as a regular policewoman who hasn't made detective yet. The Eighth Doctor uses his psychic paper on her to gain access to the crime scene she's guarding.

 

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* [[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]].}}

{{quote| '''Five''': So, you managed to escape from Xeraphas, did--<br />

* [[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.

* [[Moment Killer]]: Rio rescues Kimber and Stormer, interrupting right as {{spoiler|Stormer is admitting her true feelings to Kimber}}.

* [[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.}}

* [[Spanner in The Works]]:

{{quote| '''Mel''': Oh, I'm not worried. I know you've got a plan.<br />

* [[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!"]]

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