Assemble a Doctor Who superhero team

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I was reading about Robot 2K from the Dalek comics, thinking about how much it reminded me of old tokusatsu superheroes, and a fun little thought experiment occurred to me.

A new Doctor Who comic book miniseries is announced - a superhero team! Who should be on the roster?

Rules

  • No OCs.
  • No time lords.
  • Original to the Whoniverse. No “Iron Man but from the land of fiction”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Death’s Head”, “Scott Tracy” and suchlike. Tentatively considering an exception for original in-universe fictional characters; is there room for Langer’s “Silver Bullet” to be brought to life?
  • Minimal televised contact with the Doctor. It’s a big universe out there. While the nature of the franchise means we inevitably have to choose from people who have probably met the Doctor, we should still rule out companions or major recurring villains - and certainly offshoots, metacrises, and bigenerations.
  • The more diverse the origin, the better. Anything you can think of from BBV? Those weird Lethbridge-Stewart books? Even more obscure? Each member should feel distinct.
  • Comic characters are a priority.

The Team, so far…

The Ghost
Debut: Doctor Who Revival, Christmas Special for 2016
Let’s get him out of the way. He’s our Superman, our Captain America - clearly the most “traditional” superhero we’re going to find.

Robot 2K
Debut: TV Century 21, #63 (1966)
The Human Torch, Vision, Kikaider, Kamen Rider… there’s a long tradition of robot super hero blokes, and it’s enormous fun to have one from such an early period in Doctor Who history.

Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer
Debut: Doctor Who Weekly, #17 (1980)
A comic-original character who kills daleks with chainsaws. Need I say more?

April MacLean, Shadow-kin
Debut: Class Episode 1 (2016)
Most people think her dead. Trapped in the body of a flaming, extra-terrestrial demon, April is hidden by her closest friends. But when a visitor asks her to join an elite group of extraordinary individuals…

The Gunslinger
Debut: Doctor Who, Series 7, Episode 3 (2012)
Every team needs a gravelly brooder like Batman or the Punisher. The Gunslinger protects the town called Mercy throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries… but what happens after the village is subsumed by encroaching cities?

Kara McGravy
Debut: Doctor Who Adventures, #20 (2007)
If the Avengers can have Black Widow and a guy with a bow and arrow, our team can manage an obvious Lara Croft pastiche.

Doom, Universe’s Greatest Assassin
Debut: Doom’s Day: Hour One (2023)
Look, I didn’t want her here either, but I’m a feminist first and foremost and frankly it was looking like a bit of a sausage fest.

So, who else would you include?

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My absolute best girl Máire Mab Finn from Love and War :heart_eyes:

She’s also a Dalek Killer but wayyyyy cooler than Daak because she’s an awesome Irish lesbian and not a total creep. And I love her :heart_hands: :star_struck:

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Awesome choice :fire:

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The Stranger and Miss Brown.
Tepesh and Ouida.
Maxil and Ermentrude.

Checkmate.

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jonah-hill-cut-it-out

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Brian the Ood has to appear!

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Every team needs a ‘guy in the chair’, I’m proposing Malcom from Planet of the Dead, also to give a little comic relief

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Good shout. Also picturing Dorium as your Nick Fury/Zordon/etc.

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just jackie tyler on her own

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Ah, of course. Her superpower is MILFhood :folded_hands:

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The Hawkeye of the team!

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If Duggan’s in any team, the antagonist instantaneously ceases to be a threat.

He’ll just use his ultra mega superpower of “punch”

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Jackie, because of course
The TARDIS, à la Rommie from Andromeda
K-9, team mascot / laser nose haver
Leela, the warrior
Mel, for remote tech support à la Futaba from Persona 5
The Doctor, mysterious man behind the curtain à la Charlie of Charlie’s Angels fame

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Oooh maybe Gabby Gonzalez from the tenth doctor titan comics?

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Cousin Justine (Faction Paradox audios)

Lolita (whatever she’s called now, not caught up.)

Sabalom Glitz, from Trial of a Time Lord.

Sam Jones (look they could have something cool going on there)
If not Sam, I volunteer Fitz Kreiner as “temporary side-member/Martha cameo spy” This include Father Kreiner. And Kode. All the same companion technically

Compassion is a bit of a game-breaker honestly, and she’s, you know, busy I guess.

And of course “You” from the Decide Your Destiny books (if that’s too vague, “UNIT-hired Time Fracture attendee”, which is basically anyone who went to Time Fracture)

Sabbath is in the Faction Paradox comic but mentioning him here feels like cheating, cause like reasons. (Same with Lytton, who does have an ongoing comic by the way, so not a recommendation for either despite putting them here, crossover could work though)

D84, the Super VOC from Robots of Death.

Also, does Paul Magrs count, he does technically have superpowers? And there are at least 7 of him.

Guardian Bentley from The Blood Cell.

Chris Cwej from the Cwej series, and maybe a couple Cwejen too?

Tegan and her titanium knees/super strength/Mara in her head/one year to live from Power of The Doctor/novelisation of Resurrection of The Daleks/That Collection trailer/The Gathering

Seconded on Gabby Gonzalez.

Andy Davison from Torchwood (he is a companion but I take it this would be pre-2020 anyway, judging by the “modern day” for the current team roster this would be around Series 5 of Story Continues, which is a big blank spot for him anyway in like all regards)

Jilly Kitsinger from Miracle Day

Strax and The Time Shark (or maybe just The Time Shark) from DWA, reoccuring segment

Oh, Damon from Arc of Infinity, cause he’s cool. (look, I know you said no Time Lords but I had to sneak one in and besides, why not?)

Great Intelligence.

God from Torchwood: Story Continues.

Jeff from the Eleventh Hour

One of the Cyber-Slitheen from Assimilation² (despite the Star Trek crossover-ness there’s no doubt that that could be a Whoniverse creation)

Torchwood Archives Hologram (can look like any Torchwood person) / Hologram Ianto, either could be interesting, although one was sort of erased from time along with his Torchwood team.

LEGO Clara Oswald from LEGO Dimensions

And of course, Jenny Everywhere.

Lucy Wilson

Squidget from At Childhood’s End, possible Ace cameo also optional. Ace goes to space with it. Then Power of The Doctor came out

K9 spinoff show characters:
(They do not know The Doctor one jot, even K9, who has amnesia)

K9 Mark 2.
Professor Gryffen
Jorjie Turner
Darius Pike (and Mariah, his talking sentient cab that he made and that has romantic subtext with him)
Starkey
(might be a bit hard getting them out of 2050 but I could imagine them being like a Legion of Super-Heroes who the present-day cast would leave with/train with in their time/come back with ominous portents, what with the police state in their time and Gryffen having a working time travel device)

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Surely we’ve got to have either Fey or Shayde or both (as Feyde)

I second Compassion, because i think that’d be funny and i also suggest The Shift because it’d also be funny

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Oooh I went to Timey Fracture! Twice in fact, so can two of me join the superhero team?

/j I’d be rubbish as a superhero. Even two of me :laughing:

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Yeah, sure, why not? I assume each person who goes multiple times gets multiple versions, it is a Time Fracture, after all. I also went to Time Fracture. Just the once. Brian The Ood offered me a job; felt like life had peaked there. I also got to spend time with The Doctor. Whole sidequest.

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