Hidden Human History (comic story)

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Hidden Human History
Doctor:	Thirteenth Doctor
Companion(s):	Graham, Ryan, Yaz
Featuring:	Schulz, Perkins
Main enemy:	Stilean Flesh Eaters
Main setting:	Guelder, 1500s, North Carolina, 1711
Key crew
Publisher:	Titan Comics
Editor:	Jessica Burton
Writer:	Jody Houser
Designer:	Andrew Leung
Artist:	Rachael Stott (part 1), Roberta Ingranata (part 2-3)
Colourist:	Enrica Eren Angiolini & Tracey Bailey & Viviana Spinelli
Letterer:	Richard Starkings & Comicraft's Sarah Jacobs & John Roshell
Release details
Printed in:	13D 5 -
Release date:	6 March 2019 -
Format:	Comic
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor
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Hidden Human History was the second story of the regular run of Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story series, published in 2019.

Summary

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Characters

• Thirteenth Doctor
• Graham O'Brien
• Ryan Sinclair
• Yasmin Khan
• Irene Schulz
• Leon Perkins
• Magda
• Stilean Flesh Eaters

References

The Doctor

• The Doctor uses the psychic paper to identify herself to Magda as a member of the "Nobility Accountability Committee".

Media

• Ryan, Yaz, and Graham all listen to a podcast called Hidden Human History. It's hosted by Bethany Brunwine.

Animals

• The TARDIS lands in a field of sheep.

History

• The Guelders wars took place in the early 1500s.
• Cary's rebellion occurred in North Carolina in 1711.

Society

• Cary's rebellion was all about the governorship, and whether or not Quakers were allowed in politics.
• Humans use bells for "all sorts of things", including celebration, the passage of time, and as a warning.

Food

• Ryan says that he ate a "really big burger" the day before. Yaz added that it consisted of two patties.
• Graham mentions the salad he ate may have had some chicken in it.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• The Doctor verifies the groups time and location by touch. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, et al.)
  • When the Doctor touches the soil upon arriving in North Carolina, Yaz worries she's going to eat it again. (TV: It Takes You Away)
• The Doctor warns a flock of sheep grazing outside the TARDIS that she's "watching" them and to "keep the plotting to a minimum". (TV: It Takes You Away)
• The Doctor says an old friend taught her that you can save just one person during established historical events. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
• As the Doctor explains that running is sometimes the bravest thing you can do, she remembers the Kerb!am Man, (TV: Kerblam!) Becka Savage possessed by the Morax, (TV: The Witchfinders) and Mount Vesuvius erupting. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
• Ryan suggests that the Habsburg's horses could be aliens, leading Graham to wonder if "alien horses" could really be a thing. The Tenth Doctor once encountered a Zygon disguised as a horse. (TV: The Day of the Doctor) The Twelfth Doctor once travelled with Jata, an Osumaran. Osumarans resemble horses. (COMIC: From the Horse's Mouth, Fear Buds, Royal Wedding)
• It's been "the best part of a decade" since Schulz and Perkins first met the Doctor from their perspective. From the Doctor's point of view, it's been "more like a week or ten". (COMIC: A New Beginning)
• The Doctor fears she's about to cross her own timeline, which could either unleash reapers (TV: Father's Day), or create a black hole. (TV: Time Crash)
• Graham wonders if the Doctor has ever left any body parts lying around; she says yes, but it's "off in another reality these days". (TV: The Christmas Invasion, Journey's End)
• The Doctor expresses disappointment that Perkins seems to have forgotten her dislike of guns. (COMIC: A New Beginning)