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|name        = {{StoryTitle}}
|image        = Ripper's Curse (comic story).jpg
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|series      = [[Doctor Who (2011)|''Doctor Who'' (2011)]]
|series      = [[Doctor Who (2011)|''Doctor Who'' (2011)]]
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|enemy        = [[Mac'atyde]]
|enemy        = [[Mac'atyde]]
|setting      = {{il|[[Whitechapel]] & [[Scotland Yard]], [[London]], [[30 September]] [[1888]]|[[Whitechapel]], [[8 November|8]]-[[9 November]] [[1888]]|[[Whitechapel]], [[2011]]}}
|setting      = {{il|[[Whitechapel]] & [[Scotland Yard]], [[London]], [[30 September]] [[1888]]|[[Whitechapel]], [[8 November|8]]-[[9 November]] [[1888]]|[[Whitechapel]], [[2011]]}}
|writer      = [[Tony Lee]]
|writer      = Tony Lee
|editor      = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor      = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|artist      = ''Part one''<hr>[[Richard Piers Rayner]]<br />[[Horacio Domingues]]<br />[[Tim Hamilton]]<br /><hr>''Part two''<hr>Tim Hamilton<hr>''Part three''<hr>Tim Hamilton
|artist      = [[Richard Piers Rayner]], [[Horacio Domingues]], [[Tim Hamilton]]
|colourist    = [[Phil Elliott]]
|colourist    = [[Phil Elliott]]
|letterer    = [[Shawn Lee]]
|letterer    = [[Shawn Lee]]
|publication  = [[DW11 2]] - [[DW11 4|4]]
|publication  = [[DW11 2]] - [[DW11 4|4]]
|release date = [[February (releases)|February]] - [[April (releases)|April]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|reprint      = {{il|''[[The Ripper (graphic novel)|The Ripper]]''|''[[The Eleventh Doctor Archives: Volume 1]]''}}
|release date = 16 March - 27 April 2011
|publisher    = IDW Publishing
|publisher    = IDW Publishing
|format      = {{w|American comic book}} - three issues
|format      = Comic
|epcount      = 3
|prev        = Spam Filtered (comic story)
|prev        = Spam Filtered (comic story)
|next        = They Think It's All Over (comic story)
|next        = They Think It's All Over (comic story)
}}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story published in [[Doctor Who (2011)|''Doctor Who'' (2011)]]. Like the first, it featured the newly-married [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] in an adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story published in [[Doctor Who (2011)|''Doctor Who'' (2011)]]. Like the first, it featured the newly-married [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] in an adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
=== Part one ===
=== Part one ===
This is it! No alternate worlds, no dreams or virtual cities-it's the first time ever that the [[The Doctor|Doctor]] goes up against [[Jack the Ripper|JACK THE RIPPER]]! When the Doctor, [[Rory Williams|Rory]], and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] find themselves in [[Whitechapel]] in [[1888]], they become part of a murder hunt for Jack himself-or should that be Jack ITself?
This is it! No alternate worlds, no dreams or virtual cities-it's the first time ever that [[the Doctor]] goes up against [[Jack the Ripper|JACK THE RIPPER]]! When the Doctor, [[Rory Williams|Rory]], and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] find themselves in [[Whitechapel]] in [[1888]], they become part of a murder hunt for Jack himself-or should that be Jack ITself?


=== Part two ===
=== Part two ===
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* [[Josie (Ripper's Curse)|Josie]]
* [[Josie (Ripper's Curse)|Josie]]
* [[Lewis (Ripper's Curse)|Lewis]]
* [[Lewis (Ripper's Curse)|Lewis]]
* Chief Inspector [[Henry Smith|Smith]]
* [[Chief Inspector Smith]]
* [[Bert (Ripper's Curse)|Bert]]
* [[Bert (Ripper's Curse)|Bert]]
* 2011 Ripper tour guide
* 2011 Ripper tour guide


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Amy Pond and Rory Williams use the aliases [[Miss Marple]] and Inspector [[Clouseau]].
* Amy Pond and Rory Williams use the aliases Miss [[Marple]] and Inspector [[Clouseau]].
* [[Mac'atyde]] hears the Doctor's [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]].
* [[Mac'atyde]] hears the Doctor's [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]].
* [[Alternate timeline]]s have a period of time before "the universe accepts them."
* [[Alternate timeline]]s have a period of time before "the universe accepts them".
* Mac'atyde's portal is mistaken for a freak [[time eddy]].
* Mac'atyde's portal is mistaken for a freak [[time eddy]].
* Rory claims he liked Inspector Frederick Abberline better when he looked like [[Johnny Depp]].
* Rory claims he liked Inspector Frederick Abberline better when he looked like [[Johnny Depp]].
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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* Despite the publisher's claim for part one, above, the Doctor has indeed investigated the crimes of Jack the Ripper before, in the BBC novel ''[[Matrix (novel)|Matrix]]''.
* Despite the publisher's claim for part one, above, the Doctor has indeed investigated the crimes of Jack the Ripper before, in the BBC novel ''[[Matrix (novel)|Matrix]]''.
* In [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'', which aired not long after this comic story concluded, [[Madame Vastra]] claims to have caught and eaten Jack the Ripper. This contradicts the events of ''Ripper's Curse'', although it is possible that Vastra may have caught the wrong suspect.
* In ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', which aired not long after this comic story concluded, [[Madame Vastra]] claims to have caught and eaten Jack the Ripper. This contradicts the events of ''Ripper's Curse''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor says that [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is "still playing up since all that [[Hard-light hologram|holographic]] [[Spam (email)|spam]] left her". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Spam Filtered (comic story)|Spam Filtered]]'')
* The Doctor says that [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is "still playing up since all that [[Hard-light hologram|holographic]] [[Spam (email)|spam]] left her". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Spam Filtered (comic story)|Spam Filtered]]'')
* The Doctor considers starting to carry a [[lasso]] with him, stating that lassos "are cool". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor considers starting to carry a [[lasso]] with him, stating that lassos "are cool". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', et al.)
* Mac'atyde uses a [[shimmer|shimmer suit]] to disguise himself as human. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* Mac'atyde uses a [[shimmer|shimmer suit]] to disguise himself as human. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* In order to track Mac'atyde down, the Doctor uses a device similar to [[Species matcher|the one]] he used in [[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]''.
* In order to track Mac'atyde down, the Doctor uses a device similar to [[Species matcher|the one]] he used in [[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]''.
* The Doctor mentions that Shakespeare also wasn't fooled by the psychic paper. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that [[William Shakespeare]] also wasn't fooled by the psychic paper. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')


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Ripper's Curse was the second story published in Doctor Who (2011). Like the first, it featured the newly-married Amy Pond and Rory Williams in an adventure with the Eleventh Doctor.

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

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

This is it! No alternate worlds, no dreams or virtual cities-it's the first time ever that the Doctor goes up against JACK THE RIPPER! When the Doctor, Rory, and Amy find themselves in Whitechapel in 1888, they become part of a murder hunt for Jack himself-or should that be Jack ITself?

Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jack The Ripper has been caught! And even the Doctor has trouble talking his way out of this one! But why is the true Ripper following Amy? What is her connection to Mary Kelly? And how has Rory become the chief of police?

Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mary Kelly's dead, but was she supposed to die? In a changing future, the Doctor discovers his actions have led to a larger number of "canonical" Ripper victims—and that Amy is remembered as the next to be murdered... Can they find her before the future becomes real?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ripper's Curse (1)[[edit] | [edit source]]

The group travel back to Jack the Ripper's murders.

The Ripper's Gift (2)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Amy is kidnapped and wakes up bound and gagged with a green alien lizard looming on her.

The Canonical Twelve (3)[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Rory hear in the Present Amy became one of the Ripper's victims. They go back to save her, the Doctor saying eventually the Universe will accept the changed list. In the past Amy is bound and gagged and encounters a green monstrosity, that claims it will take the Doctor's Time Craft. She finds Mary Kelly, who was also drugged. The Doctor and Rory meet a similar creature who claims the murderer is Mac'atyde, a criminal he is tracking. They battle and are sent through a portal into space.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Despite the publisher's claim for part one, above, the Doctor has indeed investigated the crimes of Jack the Ripper before, in the BBC novel Matrix.
  • In A Good Man Goes to War, which aired not long after this comic story concluded, Madame Vastra claims to have caught and eaten Jack the Ripper. This contradicts the events of Ripper's Curse.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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