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{{Infobox Comic
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|comic name= Tesseract
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|series= [[Doctor Who (IDW)]] -<br>[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]
{{Infobox Story SMW
|number= 3
|image        = Tesseract.jpg
|doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]
|series       = [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]]
|companions= [[Matthew Finnegan]]<br>[[Emily Winter]]
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|enemy= [[Acari]], [[Tef'Aree]], the Advocate
|companions   = [[Matthew Finnegan|Matthew]], [[Emily Winter|Emily]]
|year= [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], unnamed [[Acari]] vessel, Fifth Dimensional Space
|featuring    = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
|writer= [[Tony Lee]]
|enemy       = [[Acari]], [[Tef'Aree]], [[the Advocate]]
|editor=
|setting      = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]], [[Acari]] vessel, Fifth Dimensional Space
|artist= [[Al Davison]]
|writer       = Tony Lee
|colourist= [[Lovern Kindzierski]]
|artist       = [[Al Davison]]
|lettering=  
|colourist   = [[Lovern Kindzierski]]
|publication title= [[Doctor Who Ongoing]] 7-8
|publication = [[DW09 7]] - [[DW09 8|8]]
|publication dates= [[January]] to [[February]] [[2010]]
|release date = 13 January - 3 February 2010
|publisher= [[IDW Publishing]]
|publisher   = IDW Publishing
|format= Comic book - two issues
|format       = [[American comic book]] - two issues
|previous story= [[Fugitive]]
|prev        = Fugitive (comic story)
|next story= [[Don't Step on the Grass]]
|next         = Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''Tesseract''''' was the third part of the story arc begun in [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]] #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".


'''''Tesseract''''' is the third story arc in the ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'' series. It is divided into two chapters: ''Time Smash'' and ''Implosion''.
== Summary ==
While the [[Tenth Doctor]] gives his new companions, [[Emily Winter]] and [[Matthew Finnegan]], a tour of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens. [[The Advocate]] places doubt into [[Matthew Finnegan]]'s mind about the Doctor's morality, while the [[Tef'Aree]] have much the same effect upon [[Emily Winter]]. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by the [[Acari]] spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth persona]] fully reassert itself.


==Summary==
When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor's [[superphone]] rings before they can enjoy their victory. [[Martha Jones]] calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return to [[Earth]] and help [[UNIT]] solve a mysterious new problem . . .


While the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] gives his new companions, [[Emily Winter]] and [[Matthew Finnegan]], a tour of the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens.
== Characters ==
 
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
==Characters==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Matthew Finnegan]]
* [[Matthew Finnegan]]
* [[Emily Winter]]
* [[Emily Winter]]
* [[Acari]] soldiers
* [[Acari]] soldiers
* The Advocate
* [[The Advocate]]
* [[Gizou]] posing as Acari soldier
* [[Gizou]]
* [[Tef'Aree]]
* [[Tef'Aree]]
* [[Martha Jones]] (cameo)
* [[Martha Jones]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned.
* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned.
* The Doctor is shown wearing (at the same time) elements of the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s outfits, as well as the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s scarf (which is used to save his life later), the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s hat and the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s cravat.
* The Doctor is shown simultaneously wearing elements of the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s outfits, as well as the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]], the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s hat and the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s cravat.
* [[Adric]] is mentioned several times, including a reference to his death, which is recalled in detail. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
* [[Donna Noble]] is mentioned.
* [[Donna Noble]] is mentioned.
* The events of [[IDW]]: ''[[Silver Scream]]'' are referenced.
* The Doctor refuses to allow Emily to take possession of [[Jack Harkness]]' [[sonic blaster]] as he says it is reserved for "someone else" ([[River Song]]; [[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'').
* The [[Cloister Bell]] sounds.
* The [[Cloister Bell]] sounds.
* The Doctor refers to an alarm clock as "Mickey" - a reference to [[wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]].
* The Doctor offers his companions a [[Mickey Mouse]] watch.
* Emily arms herself with the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s cricket bat.
* [[Vislor Turlough]] kept a diary in the TARDIS, which Matthew discovers.
* The Doctor's wind-up mouse ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') is used and is mistaken for [[K-9]] by the Acari.
* [[Vislor Turlough]] is mentioned.
* [[Martha Jones]] and [[UNIT]] appear at the end of Part 2.
* When the Doctor answers his [[superphone]] he initially wonders if [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina]] might be phoning him.
* When the Doctor answers his [[superphone]] he initially wonders if [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina]] might be phoning him.
* The Doctor finds himself in the TARDIS bathroom/pool area seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]''; he remarks that he thought the area had been jettisoned (as per [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', et al).
* The Doctor got Martha and her husband a wedding gift which reacted badly with champagne and sent [[Francine Jones|her mother]] to the ceiling. She is filling in as UNIT's scientific advisor while [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] is in [[Geneva]].
 
== Notes ==
* The story takes place almost entirely within the TARDIS. Only a handful of stories have explored the interior of the TARDIS, including the television stories ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', and ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'' as well as the comic story ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]''.
* This story was reprinted in the IDW graphic novel ''[[Tesseract (graphic novel)|Tesseract]]''.
* The Advocate implies the TV stories ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' are only a week apart.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
* The story takes place almost entirely within the bowels of the TARDIS. Only a handful of stories have explored the interior of the TARDIS, including [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', and [[DWM]]: ''[[Changes]]''. ''Invasion of Time'' is referenced in Part 2 when the Doctor revisits the swimming pool area last seen in that story.
* The Doctor visits many of the TARDIS's old [[console room]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') as well as [[TARDIS art gallery|the art gallery]] and [[TARDIS swimming pool|swimming pool]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') he assumes there were two pools, since he deleted the other one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
* The Doctor's wind-up mouse is used and is mistaken for [[K9]] by the Acari. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
* At one point, the Doctor spews quotes from various previous adventures. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|THe Ultimate Foe]]'', ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* The [[tribophysical waveform macrokinetic extrapolator]] is used to disengage the TARDIS from the Acari ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')
* The Doctor refuses to allow Emily to take possession of [[Jack Harkness]]' [[sonic blaster]] as he says it is reserved for "[[River Song|someone else]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')
* [[Adric]] is mentioned several times, including a reference to his death, which is recalled in detail. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')
* [[Malcolm Taylor]] and [[Erisa Magambo|Captain Magambo]] are namechecked by [[Martha Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* Emily arms herself with the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s cricket bat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
* The notion of the TARDIS existing in a state of [[temporal grace]] is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* The TARDIS architecture has previously been tampered with by outside forces. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)|The Mark of Mandragora]]'')


==Cover Gallery==
== Cover gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
File:Drwho07-cvra.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 7 (Cover A)
File:Drwho07-cvra.jpg|[[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]]<br />Issue 7 (Cover A)
File:Drwho07-cvrb.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 7 (Cover B)
File:Drwho07-cvrb.jpg|''Doctor Who'' (2009)<br />Issue 7 (Cover B)
File:Drwho08-cvra.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 8 (Cover A)
File:Drwho08-cvra.jpg|''Doctor Who'' (2009)<br />Issue 8 (Cover A)
File:Drwho08-cvrb.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 8 (Cover B)
File:Drwho08-cvrb.jpg|''Doctor Who'' (2009)<br />Issue 8 (Cover B)
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==Continuity==
[[Category:DW09 comic stories]]
===The TARDIS===
[[Category:Stories set entirely in the TARDIS]]
* The Doctor describes the TARDIS as "a box of cubes" with each cube shuffling around if the box is shaken.
[[Category:UNIT comic stories]]
* There are apparently many console rooms in the TARDIS. (Possibly contradicting the "desktop theme" comment in [[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'', or perhaps a simple reference to there being auxiliary control rooms such as the one introduced in [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]''.)
[[Category:2010 comic stories]]
* Some aspects of the interior remain as it looked in the classic series, including white rooms with roundels, a garden ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''), industrial-looking corridors ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]''), and a cathedral-like room ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' TV movie). Of this last, the Doctor acknowledges that he hasn't been in that room for awhile.
[[Category:Two part comics]]
* In addition, Adric's room still exists within the TARDIS.
 
===Other===
* Martha has recently married and is still with UNIT.
 
==Timeline==
* ''Tesseract'' occurs soon after: [[IDW]]: ''[[Fugitive]]'' (possibly immediately after as Emily changes out of her 1920s dress in part 1), and at some point after the events of [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' as the Doctor references Lady Christina.
* The reference to Jack's sonic blaster and the veiled reference to River Song indicates that the Doctor hasn't yet met her (at the time this story was published it was unknown when the Doctor first met River (from River's perspective).
 
==External Links==
''to be added''
 
 
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[[Category:Doctor Who (IDW) comic stories]]

Latest revision as of 02:37, 2 December 2023

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Tesseract was the third part of the story arc begun in Doctor Who (2009) #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

While the Tenth Doctor gives his new companions, Emily Winter and Matthew Finnegan, a tour of the TARDIS, the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens. The Advocate places doubt into Matthew Finnegan's mind about the Doctor's morality, while the Tef'Aree have much the same effect upon Emily Winter. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by the Acari spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor's tenth persona fully reassert itself.

When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor's superphone rings before they can enjoy their victory. Martha Jones calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return to Earth and help UNIT solve a mysterious new problem . . .

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 7 (Cover A)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 7 (Cover A)

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 7 (Cover B)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 7 (Cover B)

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 8 (Cover A)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 8 (Cover A)

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 8 (Cover B)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 8 (Cover B)

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