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|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | |||
|number in range = 77 | |||
|image = Cuckoo.jpg | |||
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |||
|doctor = Seventh Doctor | |||
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | |||
|enemy = [[Surcoth (Cuckoo)|Surcoth]] | |||
|setting = [[Lifton]], [[15 October]] [[1855]] | |||
|writer = Dan Abnett | |||
|editor = [[Gary Russell]] | |||
|artist = [[John Ridgway]] | |||
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|letterer = [[Janey Rutter]] | |||
|publication= [[DWM 208]] - [[DWM 210|210]] | |||
|release date= 23 December 1993 - 17 February 1994 | |||
|cover date= 19 January - 16 March 1994 | |||
|publisher = Marvel Comics | |||
|format = Comic | |||
|prev = Time & Time Again (comic story) | |||
|next = Uninvited Guest (comic story) | |||
|series2 = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]] | |||
|prev2 = Time & Time Again (comic story) | |||
|next2 = Blood Heat (novel) | |||
|epcount = 3 | |||
|reprint = Emperor of the Daleks (graphic novel) | |||
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'''''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]]''. | |||
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". | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== Plot == | |||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Seventh | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Ace]] | * [[Ace]] | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Mary Anne Wesley]] | |||
* Doctor [[Thomas Gideon]] | |||
* [[Gilbert Mackley]] | |||
* [[Reverend]] [[Wesley]] | |||
* Sir [[William Gadling]] | |||
* An [[Surcoth (Cuckoo)|unnamed Surcoth]] | |||
* [[Boy (Cuckoo)|Boy]] | |||
* [[Landlord (Cuckoo)|Landlord]] | |||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* 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 == | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:17, 26 January 2024
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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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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- Bernice Summerfield
- Mary Anne Wesley
- Doctor Thomas Gideon
- Gilbert Mackley
- Reverend Wesley
- Sir William Gadling
- An unnamed Surcoth
- Boy
- Landlord
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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