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|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
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|companions = [[Amy Pond]]<br>[[Rory Williams]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]]
|enemy = [[Yuri Azarov]]<br>The[[Mavora]]<br>[[Sergal]]  
|featuring = Patrick Lake
|setting = [[Prague]], [[1989]]
|featuring2 = Hugo Wilding
|writer = [[Scott Gray]]
|featuring3 = Annabel Lake
|enemy = The [[Mavora Queen]], [[Yuri Azarov]]
|setting = [[Prague]], [[November]] [[1989]]
|writer = Scott Gray
|artist = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|artist = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|colourist = [[James Offredi]]
|colourist = [[James Offredi]]
|lettering = [[Roger Langridge]]
|lettering = [[Roger Langridge]]
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]]<br>[[Peter Ware]]
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 451|451]] - [[DWM 454|454]]
|publication = [[DWM 451]] - [[DWM 454|454]]
|release date = [[30 August]] [[2012]]
|release date = 30 August - 15 November 2012
|publisher = [[Panini Comics]]
|publisher = Panini Comics
|format = Comic - 4 parts
|format = Comic
|prev = The Cornucopia Caper (comic story)
|prev = The Cornucopia Caper (comic story)
|next = Imaginary Enemies (comic story)
|next = Imaginary Enemies (comic story)
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|epcount = 4|reprint = Hunters of the Burning Stone (graphic novel)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]].  
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. It marked the first appearance of the Lake family, and was the final story to feature Amy and Rory travelling with the Doctor, though they would appear in [[Imaginary Enemies (comic story)|the following story]] without him.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Prague, 1989: Patrick Lake and his family are desperate to return to London, but Patrick is hiding a dark secret from his wife - he is a British spy working undercover to bring down Yuri Azarov, a man whose rise to power leaves devastation for all. Patrick finds an ally in a traveller called the Doctor, a man whose name echoes throughout history, according to Patrick's associate Hugo Wilding. But the Doctor's attempt to discover the truth leaves Patrick's family - and Rory - at the mercy of Yuri and his sinister, inhuman, sidekick...
[[Prague]], [[1989]]: [[Patrick Lake]] and his family are desperate to return to London, but Patrick is hiding a dark secret from his wife — he is a British [[spy]] working undercover to bring down [[Yuri Azarov]], a man whose rise to power leaves devastation for all. Patrick finds an ally in a traveller called the [[Eleventh Doctor]], a man whose name echoes throughout history, according to Patrick's associate [[Hugo Wilding]]. But the Doctor's attempt to discover the truth leaves Patrick's family — and Rory — at the mercy of Yuri and his sinister, inhuman, sidekick...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part One: The Broken Man ===
=== Part one: The Broken Man ===
''To be added''
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=== Part Two: From Russia With Hate ===
=== Part two: From Russia With Hate ===
''To be added''
''to be added''


=== Part Three: The Sorrows of Prague ===
=== Part three: The Sorrows of Prague ===
''To be added''
''to be added''


=== Part Four: The Sacrifice ===
=== Part four: The Sacrifice ===
''To be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Rhoda Hoffman]]
* [[Saul Hoffman]]
* [[Yuri Azarov]]
* [[Gerhard Frankel]]
* The [[Mavora Queen]]
* [[Patrick Lake]]
* [[Patrick Lake]]
* [[Heather Lake]]
* [[Heather Lake]]
* [[Alice Lake]]
* [[Annabel Lake]]
* [[Yuri Azarov]]
* [[Rhoda Hoffmann]]
* [[Saul Hoffmann]]
* [[Hugo Wilding]]
* [[Hugo Wilding]]
* [[Ambassador]] [[Golovkin]]
* [[Sergei]]
* [[Sergal]]
* [[Yehuda Loevy]]
* [[Golovkin]]
* [[Vostok (The Broken Man)|Vostok]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* When talking about [[London]], [[Heather]] mentions [[Coronation Street]], [[Hyde Park]], [[Fish & Chips]] and [[Woolworths]] shops.
* When reminiscing about [[London]], [[Heather Lake]] mentions missing ''[[Coronation Street]]'', [[Hyde Park]], [[fish and chips]] and [[Woolworths]] shops.
* Among the minds that travelled to [[Prague]] where [[Franz Kafka]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Albert Einstein]].
* The Doctor claims to be "Doctor Zhivago" of the [[Party Security Directorate]] and Ambassador Ottokar of [[Syldavia]].
* The Doctor tells Rhoda that he, Amy and Rory are [[reporter]]s from the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]].
* Rhoda has ambitions to go to [[St Martin's College]] and see the [[Rembrandt Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]].
* During the revolutions of 1989, the [[Poland|Polish]] and [[Hungary|Hungarian]]s "opted out" of the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Berlin Wall]] was destroyed.
* Rory was born in [[1989]], with him quipping that his younger self is "sleeping in a [[cot]] in [[Leadworth]]" when the Doctor tells him they are in 1989.
* [[Karel Capek]] coined the word "[[robot]]" in [[1920]] Prague.
* Azarov's fake immigration to America is being handled under [[Operation Broken Man]].
* Amy compares herself to [[Joan Collins]] in her dress.
* Azarov shows disgust towards [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and the Soviets' retreat from [[Afghanistan]]
* Amy received [[Hallucinogenic lipstick]] in the post last [[Mother's Day]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is the first Eleventh Doctor [[DWM]] strip that does not feature the [[TARDIS]].
* This is the first Eleventh Doctor ''DWM'' strip that does not feature [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor wears the evening outfit that he wore at Amy and Rory's wedding in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]''. He also wore this outfit in Berlin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'') and in Paris. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Screams of Death]]'')
* Amy mentions that her favourite artist is [[Vincent van Gogh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor mentions his latest visit to [[Athens]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Chains of Olympus]]'')
* The Doctor says that [[Prague]] in 1989 is not a fixed point in time and that anything could happen. He previously said the same about Earth in [[2020]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'')
* Rory punches [[Sergal]]. He previously punched [[Adolf Hitler]] and the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
* When questioned by Patrick about his identity, the Doctor hands him a top secret file with information about his relationship with [[Winston Churchill]], and a picture of him and Churchill is shown. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* Amy uses [[River Song]]'s [[hallucinogenic lipstick]], which River sent to her for Mother's Day. Assuming that this story is set during [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|the 2011 series]], this places this story in between ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'' and ''[[The God Complex]]''.
* When interrogated by Yuri, Rory mentions being [[Rory Williams (Auton)|a plastic Roman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
* The Doctor says that Prague in 1989 is not a [[fixed point in time]], and that anything could happen. He previously said the same about Earth in [[2020]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood]]'')
* The Doctor once again wears the evening outfit that he wore to Amy and Rory's wedding on [[26 June]] [[2010]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') having previously in Berlin in [[1938]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') and Paris in [[1858]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Screams of Death (comic story)|The Screams of Death]]'')
* When the Doctor discovers that they are in [[1989]], Rory says that "he is in a cot in [[Leadworth]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
* Amy calls Rory "stupid face". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')
* Amy calls Rory "stupid face". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'')
* The Doctor recalls finding psychic metal during his visit to [[Athens]] in [[BC#5th century B.C.|410 BC]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Chains of Olympus]]'')
* When questioned by Patrick about his identity, the Doctor hands him a top secret file with infomation about his relationship with [[Winston Churchill]], and a picture of The Doctor and Churchill is shown. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* When interrogated by Yuri, Rory mentions being a [[Rory Williams (Auton)|plastic Roman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang]]'')


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The Broken Man was a Doctor Who Magazine comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams. It marked the first appearance of the Lake family, and was the final story to feature Amy and Rory travelling with the Doctor, though they would appear in the following story without him.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prague, 1989: Patrick Lake and his family are desperate to return to London, but Patrick is hiding a dark secret from his wife — he is a British spy working undercover to bring down Yuri Azarov, a man whose rise to power leaves devastation for all. Patrick finds an ally in a traveller called the Eleventh Doctor, a man whose name echoes throughout history, according to Patrick's associate Hugo Wilding. But the Doctor's attempt to discover the truth leaves Patrick's family — and Rory — at the mercy of Yuri and his sinister, inhuman, sidekick...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one: The Broken Man[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part two: From Russia With Hate[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part three: The Sorrows of Prague[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part four: The Sacrifice[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first Eleventh Doctor DWM strip that does not feature his TARDIS.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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