July 04, 2025
Get a special first look at a brand-new Doctor Who comics series, arriving in 2025 from Titan Comics.
Join the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his companion in time and space, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), as they encounter new enemies and new allies aboard an inescapable prison facility in a forgotten part of the universe, in the brand-new adventure from Titan Comics, The Prison Paradox.
Written by sci-fi and fantasy master, Dan Watters (Doctor Who, Nightwing, Loki, Home Sick Pilots), with art by Sami Kivelä (Undone by Blood, Abbott, Machine Gun Wizards), this spectacular new comic series sees a Doctor Who adventure like no other as the Doctor, Belinda, and an unlikely team of allies infiltrate a prison holding monsters and villains from across the cosmos.
Below is a preview of the cover of The Prison Paradox, plus reports from the prison warden on the Doctor, Belinda, and...? Check back in over this week to see more characters revealed!
The Warden’s Report
Panoptopolis prison
Intake 22/88
Prisoner Name: Unknown. Known as The Doctor.
Planet of Origin: Gallifrey, Constellation of Kasterborus (planet destroyed)
Species: Time Lord
Data: Gallifreyan male. The last of his kind, prisoner has a binary vascular system. High intelligence, persuasive with a quick wit.
Conviction: Redacted
Prisoner Name: Miss Belinda Chandra
Planet of Origin: Unknown
Species: Unknown
Data: Humanoid female. Speaks of planet known as “Earth.”
Conviction: Redacted
Prisoner Name: H-8
Planet of Origin: Unknown
Species: Unknown
Data: Prisoner doesn’t remember what part of him is biological anymore, or what species he started out as. Armed and dangerous with weapons- including a Dalek gun (deactivated?) attached to his arm. Surprisingly affable.
Conviction: Weapons theft.
Prisoner Name: Annie
Planet of Origin: Adipose 3
Species: Adipose
Data: 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.
Prisoner Name: Felik of the Slitheen
Planet of Origin: Raxacoricofallapatorius
Species: Raxacoricofallapatorian
Data: 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.
Prisoner Name: Meezan
Planet of Origin: Tentaculas
Species: Tentaculon
Data: An aquatic being made entirely out of tentacles; prisoner is the last of her kind. After her underwater planet became a desert, she returned to flood it, but was stopped by the land-dwelling species that had come to settle there.
Conviction: Attempted terraforming without a permit.
Editor Jonathan Wilkins shared his excitement on the new series:
"This storyline is Titan Comics' most ambitious yet as the Doctor and Belinda travel to a sinister space prison from which there is no escape. But who or what are the inmates - and who holds the keys to the cells? Writer Dan Watters takes us on a grand tour of the facility where mystery and danger lurk in every corner! Artist-extraordinaire Sami Kivelä joins the team to bring Dan's epic story to life! Join us for an incredible adventure featuring some familiar faces and some exciting new characters making their debut in the Whoniverse!"
Issue #1 features a range of covers by superstar artists Jay Anacleto, Nupini, Flops, and more, including a color-your-own-variant, and foil editions. Also available will be a cool connecting variant (across Issues #1-4) by series artist Sami Kivelä.
Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor Issue #1 comic series is released in comic shops and digital devices later this year.
