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|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | |||
|number in range = 141 | |||
|image = Sycorax Shamans.jpg | |image = Sycorax Shamans.jpg | ||
|series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|doctor = Tenth Doctor | |doctor = Tenth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Donna Noble|Donna]] | |companions = [[Donna Noble|Donna]] | ||
|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[Haxan Craw (The Widow's Curse)|Haxan Craw]] | ||
|setting = [[Shadow Cay]], [[2009]] | |setting = [[Shadow Cay]], [[2009]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Rob Davis | ||
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]] & [[Scott Gray]] | |editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]] & [[Scott Gray]] | ||
|inker = [[David A. Roach]] | |inker = [[David A. Roach]] | ||
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|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]] | |letterer = [[Roger Langridge]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 395]] - [[DWM 398]] | |publication = [[DWM 395]] - [[DWM 398]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 1 May - 24 July 2008 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = 28 May - 20 August 2008 | ||
|traded= ''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]'' | |traded= ''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]'' | ||
|publisher = Panini Comics | |publisher = Panini Comics | ||
|format = Comic | |format = Comic | ||
|epcount = 4 | |||
|prev = Hotel Historia (comic story) | |prev = Hotel Historia (comic story) | ||
|next = The Time of My Life (comic story) | |next = The Time of My Life (comic story) | ||
}}{{you may|The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|n1=the graphic novel of the same name}} | }}{{you may|The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|n1=the graphic novel of the same name}} | ||
'''''The Widow's Curse''''' was a | '''''The Widow's Curse''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] in her ''DWM'' debut, though it was not [[Any Old Iron (comic story)|her comic strip debut]]. It was the second time author [[Rob Davis]] had introduced a televised [[companion]] to the pages of ''Doctor Who Magazine''. Ultimately, however, Donna would appear in only one further story afterward. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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The Doctor realises the "locals" are all zombies, or human abstracts, as is the man who rescued him — the Sycorax are controlling them remotely. The man introduces himself as Lee Deverill. The Doctor notes he is different, but is puzzled because zombie control doesn't allow for individuality. They decide to go into the Sycorax ship. | The Doctor realises the "locals" are all zombies, or human abstracts, as is the man who rescued him — the Sycorax are controlling them remotely. The man introduces himself as Lee Deverill. The Doctor notes he is different, but is puzzled because zombie control doesn't allow for individuality. They decide to go into the Sycorax ship. | ||
In the church, some of the humans recognise the Sycorax as the | In the church, some of the humans recognise the Sycorax as the "Christmas aliens on television" — but the Sycorax tell them not to speak in front of the Haxan Craw. Donna and Norah watch from behind rocks as the Haxan Craw brings in the stone, which she identifies as the Foraxi Yox. She orders the killing of the humans — but Donna protests. The Sycorax put the stone ball into a screen — which shows them what happened to their husbands. Donna realises it is like a [[Black Box recorder]]. The Sycorax watch the clip, which shows them being targeted by the humans and say they have been betrayed. | ||
The Doctor and Lee come across a beach filled with the heads of abstracts — the Doctor notes they are "very, very, very dead... like they've died hundreds of times". Lee tells the Doctor that a 747 has gone missing — the Sycorax seem to have hypnotised the entire world. They set off an alarm and are chased by Sycorax riders. | The Doctor and Lee come across a beach filled with the heads of abstracts — the Doctor notes they are "very, very, very dead... like they've died hundreds of times". Lee tells the Doctor that a 747 has gone missing — the Sycorax seem to have hypnotised the entire world. They set off an alarm and are chased by Sycorax riders. | ||
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Meanwhile, the Sycorax are preparing to kill the humans when Norah throws the Sycorax's recording device into their screen, causing an explosion. In the panic, the humans flee. Jean is tied to the rest by the Torkfish but cuts the rope so she can stay with Harry, who is now dead, the Torkfish having relaxed its grip. Lee discovers he is just a spirit in another man's body. He throws himself at the Gilfane Craw and both land in the pool of acid surrounding the mainframe and dissolve. The Doctor frees Lee from the mainframe and turns to face the Haxan Craw and her warriors. Donna and Norah board a plane. | Meanwhile, the Sycorax are preparing to kill the humans when Norah throws the Sycorax's recording device into their screen, causing an explosion. In the panic, the humans flee. Jean is tied to the rest by the Torkfish but cuts the rope so she can stay with Harry, who is now dead, the Torkfish having relaxed its grip. Lee discovers he is just a spirit in another man's body. He throws himself at the Gilfane Craw and both land in the pool of acid surrounding the mainframe and dissolve. The Doctor frees Lee from the mainframe and turns to face the Haxan Craw and her warriors. Donna and Norah board a plane. | ||
The Sycorax wake the dead, who are contaminated with a spell/virus that will be spread round the world in the Sycorax's vengeance, stopping the death of humanity while removing the immune system, causing agony for hundreds of years. Donna and Norah realise the plane is full of corpses contaminated with the virus, ready to be flown to [[London]]. The Sycorax declare this is their curse and advance on the Doctor. The Haxan Craw proclaims "No second chances, | The Sycorax wake the dead, who are contaminated with a spell/virus that will be spread round the world in the Sycorax's vengeance, stopping the death of humanity while removing the immune system, causing agony for hundreds of years. Donna and Norah realise the plane is full of corpses contaminated with the virus, ready to be flown to [[London]]. The Sycorax declare this is their curse and advance on the Doctor. The Haxan Craw mockingly proclaims, in a paraphrase of the Doctor's own words, "No second chances, we're that sort of a clan!" | ||
=== Part four === | === Part four === | ||
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* [[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Donna Noble]] | * [[Donna Noble]] | ||
* [[Norah]] | * [[Norah (The Widow's Curse)|Norah]] | ||
* [[Lee Deverill]] | |||
* [[Haxan Craw (The Widow's Curse)|Haxan Craw]] | |||
* [[Gilfane Craw]] | |||
* [[Jean (The Widow's Curse)|Jean]] | * [[Jean (The Widow's Curse)|Jean]] | ||
* [[Harry (The Widow's Curse)|Harry]] | * [[Harry (The Widow's Curse)|Harry]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shelk]] | ||
* [[Ramon (The Widow's Curse)|Ramon]] | * [[Ramon (The Widow's Curse)|Ramon]] | ||
* [[Pepé (The Widow's Curse)|Pepé]] | * [[Pepé (The Widow's Curse)|Pepé]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Donna received a bottle of [[Odeur Delaware]] as a gift from [[Sylvia Noble]] | * Donna received a bottle of [[Odeur Delaware]] as a gift from [[Sylvia Noble]] during [[Christmas]] [[2001]]. | ||
* When asked about her holiday experiences, Donna listed the locations which she had visited | * When asked about her holiday experiences, Donna listed the locations which she had visited as [[Minehead]], [[Paris]] with her school, [[Lanzarote]], the [[Isle of Wight]], [[Corfu]], [[Crete]], [[Cornwall]], the rings of [[Saturn]], the [[Magellanic Clouds|Magellan Clouds]], [[Venus]], [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], [[Pluto]], the birth of the [[Earth]], the death of the [[Mestophelix Galaxy]] and [[Skegness]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * Events from ''The Christmas Invasion'' are seen by the Sycorax and dialogue from the episode is quoted verbatim. The Doctor's killing of the Sycorax leader by throwing a [[satsuma]] also plays a key role in the story, but the image depicts him wit his usual outfit on as opposed to the pyjamas he was wearing in ''The Christmas Invasion''. | ||
=== Original print details === | === Original print details === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Donna mentions having seen the birth of the [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | * Donna mentions having seen the birth of the [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | ||
* The Sycorax are searching for their husbands and brothers from the [[Sycorax invasion of Earth]], and learn about how [[Harriet Jones]] destroyed the [[Sycorax spaceship]] and the Doctor killed the [[Fadros Pallujikaa]] by throwing a [[fruit]] and making him fall of the [[Sycorax spaceship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | |||
* Donna recalls flying [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | |||
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