Evening’s Empire

Evening's Empire was a Seventh Doctor comic story by Andrew Cartmel and featured art by Richard Piers Rayner. It featured Ace and Muriel Frost, the latter of which was included to introduce a supporting cast for the series. The story went through delays after the first part was published in DWM 180, with John Freeman referring to it as "the Doctor Who Magazine equivlent of Shada", and it was decided that publications of the latter parts would be delayed until all creative parties had caught up with one another. The story was also an attempt to introduce darker and more complex themes, a natural evolution from the final stories featuring Sylvester McCoy, such as the themes of abuse — both sexual and parental — as well as condemnation of Christianity and bullying. However, due to its delays, the threads introduced in the story were never able to be further explored in further storylines.