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|name= Frosty the Snowdemon
|image       = Fd.jpg
|image= Fd.jpg
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|series=[[DWA comic stories]]
|companions   = [[Donna Noble|Donna]]
|doctor= Tenth Doctor
|enemy       = Snowdemon
|companions= [[Donna Noble]]
|setting     = [[Garden centre (Frosty the Snowdemon)|Garden centre]], [[Christmas]], [[21st century]]
|enemy=  
|writer       = Christopher Cooper
|setting=  
|artist       = [[John Ross]]
|writer=  
|colourist   = [[Alan Craddock]]
|artist= [[John Ross]]
|letterer     = [[Paul Vyse]]
|colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]
|editor       = [[Moray Laing]]
|letterer= [[Paul Vyse]]
|publication = [[DWA 95]]
|editor= [[Moray Laing]]
|release date = 18 December 2008
|publication= [[DWA 95]]
|publisher   = BBC Magazines
|release date= [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] [[2008]]
|format       = Comic
|publisher= [[BBC Magazines]]
|epcount      = 1
|format= Comic - 1 parter (5 pages)
|series      = [[DWA comic stories]]
|prev= The Giant's Ring (comic story)
|prev         = The Giant's Ring (comic story)
|next= The Chromosome Connection (comic story)
|next         = The Chromosome Connection (comic story)
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'''''Frosty the Snowdemon''''' is a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]].
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'''''Frosty the Snowdemon''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]]. It was Donna's final appearance in that publication.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Snowdemon]]
* [[Pixees]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* People at the garden centre are dressed in [[Victorian era]] clothing.
* The garden centre has a [[Santa's grotto]].
* The Doctor claims Santa's [[reindeer]] should be a shade [[green]]er and should have a "couple more [[leg]]s".
* The "Santa" working at the grotto is working for a [[tenner]] an hour.
* The [[pixees]] speak entirely in [[rhyme]].
* Donna wants to get her [[Wilfred Mott|grandfather]] a [[voice-changing toy]] for Christmas.
* Donna buys a pair of "tacky" [[slipper]]s for [[Nerys]].
* The Doctor, Donna, and the Pixees eat at the garden centre's [[Christmas Bumper Buffet]].
* The Doctor offers Donna a [[mince pie]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor compares Santa's grotto to the [[North Pole|real thing]], and notes that the "Santa" working there is obviously not the real one, as he's "way too skinny". Indeed, the Doctor has met the real [[Santa Claus]] many times before. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Christmas Story (comic story)|A Christmas Story]]'', ''[[Silent Knight (comic story)|Silent Knight]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas (short story)|The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas]]'', ''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
* Donna declines the Doctor's offer to visit Santa's grotto with him, as Santa "gives [her] the creeps these days". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* Donna exclaims, upon meeting the Snowdemon, "an alien on [[Earth]] at Christmas. Don't they have anything better to do?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* When she's captured by the Snowdemon, Donna exclaims that she hates Christmas. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
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Frosty the Snowdemon was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble. It was Donna's final appearance in that publication.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
  • Self contained, one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 95 (5 pages)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e
DWA Tenth Doctor comic stories
Rose Tyler
Solo
Martha Jones
Solo
Donna Noble
Heather McCrimmon
With Wolfgang Ryter
Solo
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