Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor: The Prison Paradox

Illustrated by Sami Kivela
Paperback
$17.99 US
| $23.99 CAN
On sale May 05, 2026 | 128 Pages | 9781787748439

The Doctor and Belinda star in a spectacular new adventure as they encounter new foes and new friends aboard an inescapable prison facility in a forgotten part of the universe.

The Doctor continues his adventures through time and space alongside a team of allies from across the universe, fellow prisoners held captive in a maximum security space prison! Each has a story to tell and a role to play in uncovering the mysteries of their incarceration.

ANNIE THE ADIPOSE: The Adipose are a parasite race, only able to reproduce through the death of others. When discovered they are euthanized or imprisoned to prevent interplanetary epidemics. Conviction: Existence as a parasitic lifeform.

H-8 THE CYBORG: A ship of Theseus of pilfered cybernetics, H-8 doesn’t remember what part of him is biological anymore, or what species he started out as. A hulking being obsessed with firepower, he’s bristling with weapons- including a Dalek gun attached to his arm! Despite this, he’s surprisingly affable. You’d like him. Conviction: Weapons theft.

FELIK THE SLITHEEN: Embarrassed by her family’s history, Felik fled them to become the pirate scourge of two galaxies. Endlessly hunted by her own kind. Conviction: Piracy.

MEEZAN THE TENTACULON: An aquatic squid being made entirely out of twisting tentacles; Meezan is the last of her kind and very sad about it. After her underwater planet became a desert, she returned to try and flood it. Which was not taken well by the land-dwelling species that had come to settle there. Conviction: Attempted terraforming without a permit.
Dan Watters is a British comic book writer who has written several titles, including Dark Souls: Legends of the Flame for Titan Comics and Limbo for Image Comics.  Studied at the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College. His first published work was on Nightbreedbreed #9-11. He went on to work on Vampire: The Masquerade, Paradiso and Firefly as well as working with Ram V on both Grafity’s Wall and Black Mumba. He recently finished work on the comic adaptation of the prequel to Dune: House Atreides.

Sami Kivelä is a Finnish comic book artist. He is best known for titles such as Undone by Blood (AfterShock Comics), Abbott (Boom! Studios) and Machine Gun Wizards (Dark Horse Comics). He has  illustrated several comic books for Zenescope Entertainment, including Hit List and the Realm War: Age of Darkness series, which is a part of the Grimm Fairy Tales Universe. His other work includes Beautiful Canvas (Black Mask Studios), Chum (ComixTribe), Deer Editor (Kickstarter-funded and published by Mad Cave Studios), Dark Lies, Darker Truths (Markosia), The Heap (Moonstone Books), Zeroids (Moonstone Books) and Lordi comics (Arktinen Banaani).
Kivelä has also self-published a number of comics.

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The Doctor and Belinda star in a spectacular new adventure as they encounter new foes and new friends aboard an inescapable prison facility in a forgotten part of the universe.

The Doctor continues his adventures through time and space alongside a team of allies from across the universe, fellow prisoners held captive in a maximum security space prison! Each has a story to tell and a role to play in uncovering the mysteries of their incarceration.

ANNIE THE ADIPOSE: The Adipose are a parasite race, only able to reproduce through the death of others. When discovered they are euthanized or imprisoned to prevent interplanetary epidemics. Conviction: Existence as a parasitic lifeform.

H-8 THE CYBORG: A ship of Theseus of pilfered cybernetics, H-8 doesn’t remember what part of him is biological anymore, or what species he started out as. A hulking being obsessed with firepower, he’s bristling with weapons- including a Dalek gun attached to his arm! Despite this, he’s surprisingly affable. You’d like him. Conviction: Weapons theft.

FELIK THE SLITHEEN: Embarrassed by her family’s history, Felik fled them to become the pirate scourge of two galaxies. Endlessly hunted by her own kind. Conviction: Piracy.

MEEZAN THE TENTACULON: An aquatic squid being made entirely out of twisting tentacles; Meezan is the last of her kind and very sad about it. After her underwater planet became a desert, she returned to try and flood it. Which was not taken well by the land-dwelling species that had come to settle there. Conviction: Attempted terraforming without a permit.

Author

Dan Watters is a British comic book writer who has written several titles, including Dark Souls: Legends of the Flame for Titan Comics and Limbo for Image Comics.  Studied at the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College. His first published work was on Nightbreedbreed #9-11. He went on to work on Vampire: The Masquerade, Paradiso and Firefly as well as working with Ram V on both Grafity’s Wall and Black Mumba. He recently finished work on the comic adaptation of the prequel to Dune: House Atreides.

Sami Kivelä is a Finnish comic book artist. He is best known for titles such as Undone by Blood (AfterShock Comics), Abbott (Boom! Studios) and Machine Gun Wizards (Dark Horse Comics). He has  illustrated several comic books for Zenescope Entertainment, including Hit List and the Realm War: Age of Darkness series, which is a part of the Grimm Fairy Tales Universe. His other work includes Beautiful Canvas (Black Mask Studios), Chum (ComixTribe), Deer Editor (Kickstarter-funded and published by Mad Cave Studios), Dark Lies, Darker Truths (Markosia), The Heap (Moonstone Books), Zeroids (Moonstone Books) and Lordi comics (Arktinen Banaani).
Kivelä has also self-published a number of comics.
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