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|name= Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery
|image        = The Whispering Gallery (comic story).jpg
|image=Empathivore.JPG
|series       = [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] mini-series and one-shots
|series= ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] mini-series and one-shots
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor  
|doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]
|companions   = [[Martha Jones|Martha]], [[Grayla]]
|companions= [[Martha Jones]], [[Grayla]] (flashback)
|enemy       = [[Empathivore]]  
|enemy= [[Empathivore]]  
|setting      = [[Grått]]
|year= [[Grått]]
|writer       = Leah Moore, John Reppion
|writer= [[Leah Moore]], [[John Reppion]]
|editor       = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor= [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|artist       = [[Ben Templesmith]]   
|artist= [[Ben Templesmith]]   
|colourist   = [[Ben Templesmith]]   
|colourist= [[Ben Templesmith]]   
|letterer     = [[Richard Starkings]]
|letterer= [[Richard Starkings]]
|publication = ''Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery''
|publication= ''Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery''
|reprint      = {{il|[[Through Time and Space (graphic novel)|Through Time and Space]]|[[The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 2]]}}
|release date= [[February]] [[2009]]  
|release date = 28 February 2009
|publisher= [[IDW Publishing]]
|publisher   = IDW Publishing
|format= American comic book - one-shot
|format       = American comic book - one-shot
|prev= The Forgotten (comic story)
|epcount      = 1
|next= The Time Machination (comic story)
|prev         = The Forgotten (comic story)
|next         = The Time Machination (comic story)
}}
}}
== Promotional summary ==
'''''The Whispering Gallery''''' was the first in a series of one-shot [[Tenth Doctor comic stories]] from [[IDW Publishing]].
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has landed in a maze-like gallery filled with thousands of talking pictures, and the Doctor and his companion Martha discover they've come across a planet where showing emotion has been outlawed. The inhabitants have good reason for their supression, but it wouldn't be like the Doctor to leave them in fear of truly living.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has landed in a maze-like gallery filled with thousands of talking pictures, and the Doctor and his companion Martha discover they've come across a planet where showing emotion has been outlawed. The inhabitants have good reason for their suppression, but it wouldn't be like the Doctor to leave them in fear of truly living.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
When [[Martha Jones|Martha]] complains that they're out of [[milk]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] aims [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] for a grocery shop, but instead it lands at the [[Whispering Gallery]] on [[Grått]]. The gallery is filled with pictures of the deceased, and each picture contains a small fragment of the dead person's consciousness, specifically their final thoughts before death.
When [[Martha Jones|Martha]] complains that they're out of [[milk]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] aims [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] for a grocery shop, but instead it lands at the [[Whispering Gallery]] on [[Grått]]. The gallery is filled with pictures of the deceased, and each picture contains a small fragment of the dead person's [[consciousness]], specifically their final thoughts before death.


The Doctor recalls having once met a young female [[Gråttite]] named [[Grayla]], and having briefly travelled with her, giving her a taste of the universe beyond her home planet, where any display of emotion is outlawed. The Doctor is saddened to find Grayla's picture among the displays, with her final thought being a warning to the Doctor about displaying emotion on Grått. The Doctor leaves the gallery in search of Grayla's grave, leaving Martha alone in the gallery.
The Doctor recalls having once met a young female [[Gråttite]] named [[Grayla]], and having briefly travelled with her, giving her a taste of the universe beyond her home planet, where any display of emotion is outlawed. The Doctor is saddened to find Grayla's picture among the displays, with her final thought being a warning to the Doctor about displaying emotion on Grått. The Doctor leaves the gallery in search of Grayla's grave, leaving Martha alone in the gallery.
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Empathivore]]
* [[Empathivore]]
* [[Grayla]] (flashback)
* [[Grayla]]
** Brief [[companion]] of the Doctor between [[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]''.


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Crab Nebula]]
* The Doctor tried to decide which nebula it was that he had taken Grayla to on her travels, the [[Crab Nebula]] or the [[Horsehead Nebula]].
* [[Horsehead Nebula]]
* When the Doctor leaves to find Grayla's grave, he carries a multi-coloured [[umbrella]] similar to the one carried by the [[Sixth Doctor]].
** The Doctor tried to decide which nebula it was that he had taken Grayla to on her travels.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Published with three variant covers.
* This comic book was published with three variant covers.
* Reprinted as part of the graphic novel [[Through Time and Space]].
* It was reprinted as part of the graphic novel ''[[Through Time and Space]]''.
 
== Continuity ==
* The concept of the Whispering Gallery is similar to that of the "data ghosting" in [[the Library]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')


== Cover Gallery ==
== Cover gallery ==
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file:Drwhowhisper-cvra.jpg|Cover A
Drwhowhisper-cvra.jpg|Cover A
file:Drwhowhisper-cvrb.jpg|Cover B
Drwhowhisper-cvrb.jpg|Cover B
Whisper RI.jpg|Cover RI
Whisper RI.jpg|Cover RI
The Whispering Gallery placeholder.jpg|Unused solicitation cover
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== Continuity ==
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* [[Martha Jones]] is the Doctor's companion, meaning this story takes place after she was invited to join the TARDIS in [[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]'' and prior to the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''. It definitely occurs before the previous IDW story, ''[[The Forgotten]]'', which takes place after [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]''.
* The story also reveals that the Tenth Doctor briefly travelled with a female from Grått named [[Grayla]], although she was not asked to become his companion. Given the time placement of the story within the Martha Jones era means the Doctor must have met Grayla during the period between [[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' during which he was companionless, or during the time he dropped off Rose at the 1979 [[ABBA]] concert as stated in [[GAME]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]''. Although technically a companion, having travelled with the Doctor however briefly in the TARDIS, it is stated that Grayla is never actually invited to join the Doctor (if he met her after the events of ''The Runaway Bride'', this may be due to him still recovering from the loss of [[Rose Tyler]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'' and [[Donna Noble]]'s later refusal to join him. (Although his hesitency to have a companion is also echoed in ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' which take place later in the Doctor's timeline.)
* At the beginning of the story, Martha appears to be looking into [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' refrigerator, one of the few occasions since the revival began that a creature comfort of this sort has been seen. The fact she refers to the refrigerator and not the food machine (featured in the early [[First Doctor]] serials) implies the machine might no longer be in use or, at least, that it isn't used for liquid refreshment.
* When the Doctor leaves to find Grayla's grave, he carries a multi-coloured umbrella similar to the one carried by the [[Sixth Doctor]].
* The concept of the Whispering Gallery is similar to that of the "data ghosting" seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]''.
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The Whispering Gallery was the first in a series of one-shot Tenth Doctor comic stories from IDW Publishing.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS has landed in a maze-like gallery filled with thousands of talking pictures, and the Doctor and his companion Martha discover they've come across a planet where showing emotion has been outlawed. The inhabitants have good reason for their suppression, but it wouldn't be like the Doctor to leave them in fear of truly living.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When Martha complains that they're out of milk, the Tenth Doctor aims the TARDIS for a grocery shop, but instead it lands at the Whispering Gallery on Grått. The gallery is filled with pictures of the deceased, and each picture contains a small fragment of the dead person's consciousness, specifically their final thoughts before death.

The Doctor recalls having once met a young female Gråttite named Grayla, and having briefly travelled with her, giving her a taste of the universe beyond her home planet, where any display of emotion is outlawed. The Doctor is saddened to find Grayla's picture among the displays, with her final thought being a warning to the Doctor about displaying emotion on Grått. The Doctor leaves the gallery in search of Grayla's grave, leaving Martha alone in the gallery.

The Doctor soon learns the monsterous secret behind the Gråttites' lack of emotion, and of the consequences of having taken Grayla on her single jouney in the TARDIS. Martha, meanwhile, finds herself compelled to rearrange the gallery to fulfil the last wishes of some of its exhibits.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor tried to decide which nebula it was that he had taken Grayla to on her travels, the Crab Nebula or the Horsehead Nebula.
  • When the Doctor leaves to find Grayla's grave, he carries a multi-coloured umbrella similar to the one carried by the Sixth Doctor.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This comic book was published with three variant covers.
  • It was reprinted as part of the graphic novel Through Time and Space.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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