~ The Shadow Compendium ~

"... The Future Lies This Way."

...Or that's what the latest Wizard101 monthly newsletter says. 

Now, if you look at the above image it may at first glance appear to be a random image. And well, it's not as random as you may think. If you take a closer look you will notice a red shape near the words. And it doesn't take a doctor or a professor to know that this is a box of some sorts. But it does take someone who's willing to research exactly the history and references behind this box. And thus I'll tell you what it is. 

The box is actually a telegraph box commonly seen in Marleybone. It's a reference to a strange machine called the Tardis which is an important device in a British television show called Doctor Who. Now your next question should be who or what is Doctor Who? And the answer is quite simple or complex depending on how familiar you are with its origins. So I'll just give supply a short answer instead. 

From: Wizards-of-the-Spiral

Doctor Who is the name of the television show which features a man (If that's what you want to call him.) who is an alien who has the ability to travel throughout time and space. 

Now that you know who the Doctor is it's time to introduce you to KingsIsle's "Doctor". His name is the Professor. And since Doctor Who is a British television show the Professor is a Marleybonian which is the British species of the Spiral. He wears the scarf from the doctor's fourth form. 

Currently in Wizard101 the Professor plays a minor role in the scheme of things. He first appears in a quest in the World of Zafaria where we're sent to talk to him. This quest was actually the first time we came into contact with the strange Dog. (Than shortly afterwards he disappeared but at some point KingsIsle brought him back, permanently.)  KingsIsle then later on decided to give him a second purpose. And this purpose was to assist us with obtaining a new, more powerful minion halfway through being a Transcendent wizard. After this we never really speak to him again.

From Duelist101.com

But now it seems he might be making a return. . . AND IT WILL BE BIG. 

Not only does his telegraph box appear in the latest  newsletter but it's also notable that his telegraph boxes spawned in Wizard City, and Avalon during the early stages of the Test Realm that introduced Fishing. It's also notable that the telegraph box moved a few feet in front of where he stands in Regent's Square. And on top of that it's not commonly known that while in the Test Realm a telegraph box loaded in both Mooshu and Zafaria. So I wonder what KingsIsle has in store for us.

But in the meantime I have to go stop a wizard from blowing up the world. Oh wait. . . that hasn't happened yet. Until next time see ya in the Spiral.