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|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Benny]], [[Ace]]
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|enemy= [[Thomas Gideon]]
|enemy = [[Surcoth (Cuckoo)|Surcoth]]
|setting= [[Lifton]] [[15 October]] [[1855]]
|setting = [[Lifton]], [[15 October]] [[1855]]
|writer= [[Dan Abnett]]
|writer = Dan Abnett
|editor= [[Gary Russell]]
|editor = [[Gary Russell]]
|artist= [[John Ridgway]]
|artist = [[John Ridgway]]
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|letterer=[[Janey Rutter]]
|letterer = [[Janey Rutter]]
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 208|208]] - [[DWM 210|210]]
|publication= [[DWM 208]] - [[DWM 210|210]]
|release date= [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|release date= 23 December 1993 - 17 February 1994
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|cover date= 19 January - 16 March 1994
|format= Comic - 3 parts
|publisher = Marvel Comics
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'''''Cuckoo''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Benny]] and [[Ace]]. Barring the coda of ''[[The Last Word (comic story)|The Last Word]]'', it was the last in the short run of DWM comic stories that attempted to hew to the continuity of the [[Virgin New Adventures]].  
|reprint = Emperor of the Daleks (graphic novel)
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{{dab page|Cuckoo (disambiguation)}}
'''''Cuckoo''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Ace]]. Barring the coda of ''[[The Last Word (comic story)|The Last Word]]'', it was the last in the short run of DWM comic stories set within the continuity of the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''.


It therefore featured a different Ace to the one otherwise seen in most DWM comic strips, since what might be called the "DWM Ace" died at more or less her ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' age in ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]''.  The Ace here was the older, more "suspicious-of-the-Doctor" Ace of the New Adventures, and therefore had, amongst other things, an expanded vocabulary that was inconsistent with the televised/DWM Ace.
The story explored gender politics, taking advantage of having two independent, sexually-liberated female [[companion]]s by setting the story in the [[Victorian era]] and featuring a sexist character who espoused virulently anti-feminist ideas who was literally a "monster".


The story took advantage of having two independent, sexually-liberated female [[companion]]s by having a story that was focussed clearly on gender politics.  Not only was the story set in the dead centre of the [[Victorian era]] — giving Benny and Ace plenty of cause to object to their surroundings — but the character who espoused the most virulently anti-feminist ideas was shown to ''literally'' be a monster. 
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* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Mary Anne Wesley]]
* [[Mary Anne Wesley]]
* [[Doctor]] [[Thomas Gideon]]
* Doctor [[Thomas Gideon]]
* [[Gilbert Mackley]]
* [[Gilbert Mackley]]
* [[Reverend]] [[Wesley]]
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* [[Landlord (Cuckoo)|Landlord]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*The title has nothing to do with a literal [[cuckoo]] bird, but rather the British slang ''[[cuckoo (slang)|cuckoo]]'', in the sense of something being where it's not supposed to be. In part two, the [[Seventh Doctor]] refers to the alien fossil in the caves around [[Lifton]] as being a cuckoo that needs to be pushed out of the nest of human history, so that [[Charles Darwin]] will properly publish ''[[The Origin of the Species]]'', rather than being suppressed by [[Mary Anne Wesley]]'s incorrect assumption that somehow the alien [[fossil]] should "fit" into [[Earth]]'s [[evolution]]ary "table".
* The title refers to the British slang "[[cuckoo (slang)|cuckoo]]", meaning something being where it's not supposed to be. In part two, the Doctor refers to the alien fossil in the caves around [[Lifton]] as being a cuckoo that needs to be pushed out of the nest of human history, so that [[Charles Darwin]] will properly publish ''[[The Origin of the Species]]'', rather than being suppressed by [[Mary Anne Wesley]]'s incorrect assumption that somehow the alien [[fossil]] should "fit" into [[Earth]]'s [[evolution]]ary "table".
* The Seventh Doctor takes a drop of [[Madeira (drink)|Madeira]] in [[Lifton]], evoking the scene in ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'' where the [[First Doctor]] also had some whilst visiting another part of the [[English]] coast. The scenes of Ace and Benny wandering around the caves at the beach are also reminiscent of surviving [[telesnap]]s of [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and the Doctor walking on a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] beach in part one of the serial.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
*The Seventh Doctor takes a drop of [[Madeira]] in [[Lifton]], evoking the scene in ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'' where the [[First Doctor]] also had some whilst visiting another part of the [[English]] coast.  Indeed, the scenes of Ace and Benny wandering around the caves at the beach are very reminiscent of surviving [[telesnap]]s of [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and the [[First Doctor]] walking on a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] beach in part one of ''The Smugglers''.
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You may wish to consult Cuckoo (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Cuckoo was a Doctor Who Magazine comic story featuring the Seventh Doctor, Benny and Ace. Barring the coda of The Last Word, it was the last in the short run of DWM comic stories set within the continuity of the Virgin New Adventures.

The story explored gender politics, taking advantage of having two independent, sexually-liberated female companions by setting the story in the Victorian era and featuring a sexist character who espoused virulently anti-feminist ideas who was literally a "monster".

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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  • The title refers to the British slang "cuckoo", meaning something being where it's not supposed to be. In part two, the Doctor refers to the alien fossil in the caves around Lifton as being a cuckoo that needs to be pushed out of the nest of human history, so that Charles Darwin will properly publish The Origin of the Species, rather than being suppressed by Mary Anne Wesley's incorrect assumption that somehow the alien fossil should "fit" into Earth's evolutionary "table".
  • The Seventh Doctor takes a drop of Madeira in Lifton, evoking the scene in The Smugglers where the First Doctor also had some whilst visiting another part of the English coast. The scenes of Ace and Benny wandering around the caves at the beach are also reminiscent of surviving telesnaps of Polly, Ben and the Doctor walking on a Cornish beach in part one of the serial.

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