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|image= DWA CS 018.jpg
|image = DWA CS 018.jpg
|series=[[DWA comic stories]]
|series = [[DWA comic stories]]
|doctor= Tenth Doctor
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|companions= [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|companions= [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|enemy= [[Perfect Paris|The Façade]]
|enemy = [[Perfect Paris|The Façade]]
|setting= [[Paris]], [[December]]  
|setting = [[Paris]], [[December]]  
|writer= [[Davey Moore]]
|writer = Davey Moore
|artist= [[John Ross]]  
|artist = [[John Ross]]
|colourist= [[Adrian Salmon]]  
|colourist = [[Adrian Salmon]]  
|letterer= [[Paul Lang]]  
|letterer = [[Paul Lang]]  
|editor= [[Moray Laing]]
|editor = [[Moray Laing]]
|publication= [[DWA 18]]-[[DWA 19|19]]
|publication= [[DWA 18]]-[[DWA 19|19]]
|release date= [[29 November (releases)|29 November]]-[[13 December (releases)|13 December]] 2006
|release date= 29 November - 13 December 2006
|publisher= BBC Magazines
|publisher = BBC Magazines
|format= Comic 2 parter (12 pages)
|format = Comic
|prev= Gangster's Paradise
|epcount = 2
|next= The Hunters (comic story)
|prev = Gangster's Paradise (comic story)
|next = The Hunters (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''A Date to Remember''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].
'''''A Date to Remember''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
=== A Date to Remember (part one) ===
=== A Date to Remember (part one) ===
Expecting [[the TARDIS]] to arrive at [[Christmas]] [[2009]], [[Rose Tyler]] is delighted to find it's spring in [[Perfect Paris]]. It's all there: shopping, people watching, sight seeing at the [[Louvre]], [[croissant]]s and [[cocoa|hot chocolate]], [[chip]]s and [[ketchup]] and mime artists bearing [[flower]]s.
Expecting [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to arrive at [[Christmas]] [[2009]], [[Rose Tyler]] is delighted to find it's spring in [[Perfect Paris]]. It's all there: shopping, people watching, sight seeing at the [[Louvre]], [[croissant]]s and [[cocoa|hot chocolate]], [[chip]]s and [[ketchup]] and mime artists bearing [[flower]]s.


Yet all is not as it seems. The people are uncommunicative and keep disappearing and unobtrusive [[Perfect Paris|robot guards]] are everywhere. When a group of resistance fighters cause havoc in the square, the robot guards attack with containment cubes and Rose is snatched and dragged through a portal that opens up in front of the Doctor.
Yet all is not as it seems. The people are uncommunicative and keep disappearing and unobtrusive [[Perfect Paris|robot guards]] are everywhere. When a group of resistance fighters cause havoc in the square, the robot guards attack with containment cubes and Rose is snatched and dragged through a portal that opens up in front of the Doctor.


=== Snow Fakes (part two) ===
=== Snow Fakes (part two) ===
On the other side of the portal that was created by the Resistance using a glitch in the system, Rose finds herself in the "real" [[Paris]]. The resistance fighters, led by [[Jean-Paul]] and [[Esme (A Date to Remember)|Esme]] are determined to destroy [[Perfect Paris|the Facade]], a computer programme that enhances people's perceptions in and of [[Perfect Paris]]. Everything Rose and the Doctor had seen was a synthetic or carefully controlled construction.
On the other side of the portal that was created by the Resistance using a glitch in the system, Rose finds herself in the "real" [[Paris]]. The resistance fighters, led by [[Jean-Paul (A Date to Remember)|Jean-Paul]] and [[Esme (A Date to Remember)|Esme]] are determined to destroy [[Perfect Paris|the Facade]], a computer programme that enhances people's perceptions in and of [[Perfect Paris]]. Everything Rose and the Doctor had seen was a synthetic or carefully controlled construction.


Fighting for a return of "reality", the Resistance has obtained and uses a computer virus that causes the Façade to break down. As the "real" replaces the 'unreal', a control room is exposed. In it, a human operator connected by a drip has become enslaved to the Facade, maintaining it since he was a child, a slave to the machine that would create the perfect city for people to live in. Once freed, the work of rebuilding the city begins.
Fighting for a return of "reality", the Resistance has obtained and uses a computer virus that causes the Façade to break down. As the "real" replaces the "unreal", a control room is exposed. In it, a human operator connected by a drip has become enslaved to the Facade, maintaining it since he was a child, a slave to the machine that would create the perfect city for people to live in. Once freed, the work of rebuilding the city begins.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Jean-Paul]]
* [[Jean-Paul (A Date to Remember)|Jean-Paul]]
* [[Esme (A Date to Remember)|Esme]]
* [[Esme (A Date to Remember)|Esme]]
* [[Perfect Paris|The Facade Operator]]
* [[Perfect Paris|The Facade Operator]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
=== Locations ===
* The Doctor and Rose window shop at a [[Boutique (A Date to Remember)|boutique]].
* The Doctor and Rose visit the [[Louvre]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is [[Rose Tyler]]'s last appearance as the Doctor's travelling companion in ''Doctor Who Adventures''.
* This is [[Rose Tyler]]'s last appearance as the Doctor's travelling companion in ''Doctor Who Adventures''.
* The ''Doctor Who Adventures'' 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 ===
=== Original print details ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Once again in [[Paris]], the Doctor visits the [[Louvre]] to view the [[Mona Lisa]] painting, having previously visited it in [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]''.
* Once again in [[Paris]], the Doctor visits the [[Louvre]] to view the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' painting, having previously visited it in [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:2006 comic stories]]
[[Category:2006 comic stories]]
[[Category:Two part comics]]

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A Date to Remember was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Date to Remember (part one)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Expecting the TARDIS to arrive at Christmas 2009, Rose Tyler is delighted to find it's spring in Perfect Paris. It's all there: shopping, people watching, sight seeing at the Louvre, croissants and hot chocolate, chips and ketchup and mime artists bearing flowers.

Yet all is not as it seems. The people are uncommunicative and keep disappearing and unobtrusive robot guards are everywhere. When a group of resistance fighters cause havoc in the square, the robot guards attack with containment cubes and Rose is snatched and dragged through a portal that opens up in front of the Doctor.

Snow Fakes (part two)[[edit] | [edit source]]

On the other side of the portal that was created by the Resistance using a glitch in the system, Rose finds herself in the "real" Paris. The resistance fighters, led by Jean-Paul and Esme are determined to destroy the Facade, a computer programme that enhances people's perceptions in and of Perfect Paris. Everything Rose and the Doctor had seen was a synthetic or carefully controlled construction.

Fighting for a return of "reality", the Resistance has obtained and uses a computer virus that causes the Façade to break down. As the "real" replaces the "unreal", a control room is exposed. In it, a human operator connected by a drip has become enslaved to the Facade, maintaining it since he was a child, a slave to the machine that would create the perfect city for people to live in. Once freed, the work of rebuilding the city begins.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor and Rose window shop at a boutique.
  • The Doctor and Rose visit the Louvre.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is Rose Tyler's last appearance as the Doctor's travelling companion in Doctor Who Adventures.

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

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 18 (6 pages) CAN THE DOCTOR GET ROSE BACK? FIND OUT NEXT ISSUE!
  2. DWA 19 (6 pages) JOIN THE DOCTOR FOR A BRAND NEW ADVENTURE NEXT ISSUE!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]