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|image            = A New Beginning Titan.jpg
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|doctor            = Thirteenth Doctor
|doctor            = Thirteenth Doctor
|companions        = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]]
|companions        = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]]
|featuring        =  
|featuring        = Irene Schulz
|enemy            = [[Hoarder]]
|featuring2        = Leon Perkins
|setting          =  
|enemy            = [[The Hoarder]]
|writer            = [[Jody Houser]]
|setting          = {{il|[[Blecplam Two and a Half|Blecplam 2.5]], 3912|[[unnamed planet]]|[[another unnamed planet]]}}
|designer          = [[Andrew Leung]]
|writer            = Jody Houser
|designer          = [[Andrew Leung (designer)|Andrew Leung]]
|editor            = [[Jessica Burton]]
|editor            = [[Jessica Burton]]
|penciller        =  
|penciller        =  
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|cover colourist  =  
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|publication      = [[13D 1]] - [[13D 4|4]]
|publication      = [[13D 1]] - [[13D 4|4]]
|anthology        =
|reprint          = A New Beginning (graphic novel)
|reprint          =  
|traded            =  
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|release date      = {{il|[[17 October (releases)|17 October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] - {{sm|(print)}}|[[7 November (releases)|7 November]] 2018 - [[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] {{sm|(digital)}}}}
|release date      = 17 October 2018 - 6 February 2019
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|publisher        = Titan Comics
|publisher        = Titan Comics
|format            = Comic  
|format            = Comic
|epcount = 4
|series            = ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''
|series            = ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''
|prev              = The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)
|prev              = The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)
|next              =  
|next              = Hidden Human History (comic story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story of the regular run of ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]'' comic story series, published in [[2018 (releases)|2018]]-[[2019 (releases)|19]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story of the regular run of ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]'' comic story series, published in [[2018 (releases)|2018]]-[[2019 (releases)|19]].
The story marked the first comic story appearances of the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s companions [[Yasmin Khan]], [[Ryan Sinclair]], and [[Graham O'Brien]], predating their first appearance in [[Doctor Who Magazine]]'s strips by just one day.
Spiritually, the story picked up from where ''[[The Road To... (comic story)|The Road To...]]'' left off, depicting the Doctor finally investigating the mysterious portal that had appeared to her in her three immediate previous incarnations.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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* Dr [[Leon Perkins]]
* Dr [[Leon Perkins]]
* Dr [[Irene Schulz]]
* Dr [[Irene Schulz]]
* [[Hoarder]]
* [[The Hoarder]]
* [[Alien traveller (A New Beginning)|Alien traveller]]
* [[Alien traveller (A New Beginning)|Alien traveller]]
* [[Robot (A New Beginning)|Hero robot]]
* [[Hero robot]]
* [[Teal prisoner]]
* [[Teal prisoner]]
* [[Midnight blue prisoner]]
* [[Midnight blue prisoner]]
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* [[Glass rocket prisoner]]
* [[Glass rocket prisoner]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* The TARDIS [[temporal grace|neutralises]] Perkins' [[gun]].
* The TARDIS [[temporal grace|neutralises]] Perkins' [[gun]].
* The Doctor is able to summon the TARDIS with her [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], but she admits that it gets a bit "prickly" if summoned too much.
* The Doctor is able to summon the TARDIS with her [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], but she admits that it gets a bit "prickly" if summoned too much.
* The [[TARDIS control console]] has a built-in [[microscope]].
* The [[TARDIS console (The Ghost Monument)|TARDIS control console]] has a built-in [[microscope]].
* The alien prisoners can suddenly understand each other's different [[language]]s when the TARDIS [[materialise]]s outside of their holding cell, due to the [[translation circuit]].
* The alien prisoners can suddenly understand each other's different [[language]]s when the TARDIS [[materialise]]s outside of their holding cell, due to the [[translation circuit]].


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* The Doctor wonders if the Grand Army are fighting for or against [[the Judge]].
* The Doctor wonders if the Grand Army are fighting for or against [[the Judge]].
* The Doctor holds a [[mug]] that says "Universe's #1 [[Father|Dad]]".
* The Doctor holds a [[mug]] that says "Universe's #1 [[Father|Dad]]".
* The Doctor claims that [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] would have loved the idea of "swooping up first-time time travellers and pressing them into service as thieves".


=== Organisations ===
=== Organisations ===
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=== History ===
=== History ===
* Dr [[Leon Perkins]] and Dr [[Irene Schulz]] intend to travel to [[1899]] but find themselves in [[1999]] instead.
* Dr [[Leon Perkins]] and Dr [[Irene Schulz]] intend to travel to [[1899]] to steal a [[painting]] in [[Florida]], but find themselves in [[1999]] instead.
* The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her companions first observe Perkins' hand in [[3912]].
* The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her companions first observe Perkins' hand in [[3912]].


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* The Doctor and her companions watch the [[sentient nebula]]e of [[Blecplam Two and a Half]].
* The Doctor and her companions watch the [[sentient nebula]]e of [[Blecplam Two and a Half]].
* While trying to free the trapped Perkins, the Doctor and friends visit [[pre-history|pre-historic]] [[Earth]], where they encounter a [[dinosaur]], as well as a [[City (A New Beginning)|futuristic city]], somewhere in [[space]], and the [[pyramid]]s at [[Giza]].
* While trying to free the trapped Perkins, the Doctor and friends visit [[pre-history|pre-historic]] [[Earth]], where they encounter a [[dinosaur]], as well as a [[City (A New Beginning)|futuristic city]], somewhere in [[space]], and the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|pyramids]] at [[Giza]].
* Finally, they manage to free Perkins on a [[planet (A New Beginning)|planet]] with three [[moon]]s.
* Finally, they manage to free Perkins on a [[planet (A New Beginning)|planet]] with three [[moon]]s.
* Team TARDIS tracks Dr Schulz to an [[temple (A New Beginning)|alien temple]].
* Team TARDIS tracks Dr Schulz to an [[temple (A New Beginning)|alien temple]].


=== Culture ===
=== Culture ===
* The Doctor says that [[Charles Dickens]] would have loved the [[Hoarder]]'s plan, of trapping first-time [[time travel]]lers, and forcing them into service as [[thieves]].
* The Doctor says that [[Charles Dickens]] would have loved [[the Hoarder]]'s plan, of trapping first-time [[time travel]]lers, and forcing them into service as [[thieves]].
* As they close in on the Hoarder, Ryan compares their ambitions to "a proper [[Indiana Jones]] job".
* As they close in on the Hoarder, Ryan compares their ambitions to "a proper [[Indiana Jones]] job".


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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The story saw the first appearances in any comic strip of [[Yasmin Khan]], [[Ryan Sinclair]], and [[Graham O'Brien]], predating their first appearance in [[Doctor Who Magazine]]'s strips by just one day.
* The [[teapot]] the Doctor brings out is identical, in all but colour, to {{iw|disney|Mrs. Potts}}, a character in the [[Disney]] animated film ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
* The [[teapot]] the Doctor brings out is identical, in all but colour, to {{iw|disney|Mrs. Potts}}, a character in the [[Disney]]-animated film ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
* One of the prisoner alien children resembles {{w|Mr Blobby}}.
 
=== Original print details ===
==== 13D 1 ====
* Previously…
: ''When the Doctor fell out of the Sheffield sky and into the lives of Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan, they had little idea how much their worlds would change! Now the Doctor and her friends travel through space and time, righting wrongs, facing terrible danger, and witnessing magnificent wonders!''
* Next time!
: ''An alien army! The truth behind the sabotaged vortex manipulator! Time travelling crooks! A fiendish mastermind! All this and more - in the next issue of DOCTOR WHO!''
 
==== 13D 2 ====
* Previously…
: ''The Doctor has truly changed the lives of Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan, but their adventures have just begun… Chasing a mysterious temporal portal, the team discovered a man, trapped in a time loop! But in order to help him, the friends must first escape the clutches of the Army of the Just!''
* Next time!
: ''Perkins is trying to steal the TARDIS! But to what end? And what does his partner have to do with all of this? All this and more - in the next issue of DOCTOR WHO!''
 
==== 13D 3 ====
* Previously…
: ''The bumpy ride for the Doctor, Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan isn't over yet… and now Perkins wants to steal the TARDIS! But the Doctor feels there is more to this mysterious time wanderer than meats the eye - can she get through to him before he does something terrible?''
* ''Next time!''
: ''The walls are literally closing in as the Doctor and her friends battle to save Schulz from the Hoarder… but will they arrive in time? All will be revealed in the next —- DOCTOR WHO!''
 
==== 13D 4 ====
* Previously…
: ''The Doctor, Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan are in search of Dr. Schulz who The Hoarder injected with some unknown substance in order to make her do his bidding. With the revelation that The Hoarder has also made prisoners of children, the gang have their work cut out to save everyone and stop him. But first there's the small matter of the deep dark hole in which they've found themselves…''
* ''Next time!''
: ''The Doctor and the gang arrive in Slovakia in the 1600s. For once, the team know more about what's going on than the Doctor does. Join the fam for the start of an all new story in the next issue of DOCTOR WHO.''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The portal with Dr. Perkins' hand sticking out, and his voice saying "grab on! I can't hold" appeared to the Doctor in her three previous incarnations:
* The portal with Dr. Perkins' hand sticking out, and his voice saying "grab on! I can't hold" appeared to the Doctor in her three previous incarnations:
** The [[Tenth Doctor]] saw it on [[SS Madame de Pompadour|SS ''Madame de Pompadour'']] in the [[51st century]].  
** The [[Tenth Doctor]] saw it on [[SS Madame de Pompadour|SS ''Madame de Pompadour'']] in the [[51st century]].
** It appeared in [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]' back garden during the [[The Year of the Slow Invasion]], without being noticed by the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
** It appeared in [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]' back garden during the [[The Year of the Slow Invasion]], without being noticed by the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
** The [[Twelfth Doctor]], {{Gomez}} and [[Nardole]] saw it on the [[Mondas]]ian [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road To... (comic story)|The Road To...]]'')
** The [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Missy]] and [[Nardole]] saw it on the [[Mondas]]ian [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road To... (comic story)|The Road To...]]'')
* When prompting her friends to come with her, the Doctor calls them "[[gang]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'', ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'', ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'', ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'', ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* When prompting her friends to come with her, the Doctor calls them "[[gang]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'', ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'', ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'', ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'', ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* The Doctor talks about a [[vortex manipulator]], and [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] doesn't yet know what it is. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'') The Doctor again calls it a "cheap and nasty means of time travel". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor talks about a [[vortex manipulator]], and [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] doesn't yet know what it is. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'') The Doctor again calls it a "cheap and nasty means of time travel". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor summons the TARDIS using her [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], something her [[War Doctor|war incarnation]] did quite frequently. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Thousand Worlds (audio story)|The Thousand Worlds]]'' et al.)
* The Doctor objects to Perkins using a [[firearm|gun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', et al.) Ryan knows from personal experience that she's "a stickler for that one". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]'')
* The Doctor objects to Perkins using a [[firearm|gun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', et al.) Ryan knows from personal experience that she's "a stickler for that one". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]'')
* The Doctor says she'd be the last person to judge someone else for trying to steal a [[TARDIS]], referencing how she stole it in the first place, in her [[first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'')
* The Doctor says she'd be the last person to judge someone else for trying to steal a [[TARDIS]], referencing how she stole it in the first place, in her [[first incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'')
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* The Doctor explains to Perkins that he can understand alien [[language]]s due to the [[TARDIS translation circuit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor explains to Perkins that he can understand alien [[language]]s due to the [[TARDIS translation circuit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor ponders what she used to exclaim before leaping into the unknown in a [[eleventh incarnation|past incarnation]], before remembering too late that it was "[[geronimo]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor ponders what she used to exclaim before leaping into the unknown in a [[eleventh incarnation|past incarnation]], before remembering too late that it was "[[geronimo]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor summons the TARDIS using her [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], something her [[War Doctor|war incarnation]] did quite frequently. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Thousand Worlds (audio story)|The Thousand Worlds]]'' et al.) She would later do the same again on [[Ranskoor Av Kolos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (TV story)|The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos]]'')


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A New Beginning was the first story of the regular run of Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story series, published in 2018-19.

The story marked the first comic story appearances of the Thirteenth Doctor's companions Yasmin Khan, Ryan Sinclair, and Graham O'Brien, predating their first appearance in Doctor Who Magazine's strips by just one day.

Spiritually, the story picked up from where The Road To... left off, depicting the Doctor finally investigating the mysterious portal that had appeared to her in her three immediate previous incarnations.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

People[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Yaz uses her occupation as a police officer to pass herself off as an "authority" in front of the Grand Army.
  • The Doctor wonders if the Grand Army are fighting for or against the Judge.
  • The Doctor holds a mug that says "Universe's #1 Dad".
  • The Doctor claims that Dickens would have loved the idea of "swooping up first-time time travellers and pressing them into service as thieves".

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor, Team TARDIS, and Perkins drink tea.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

13D 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
When the Doctor fell out of the Sheffield sky and into the lives of Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan, they had little idea how much their worlds would change! Now the Doctor and her friends travel through space and time, righting wrongs, facing terrible danger, and witnessing magnificent wonders!
  • Next time!
An alien army! The truth behind the sabotaged vortex manipulator! Time travelling crooks! A fiendish mastermind! All this and more - in the next issue of DOCTOR WHO!

13D 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
The Doctor has truly changed the lives of Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan, but their adventures have just begun… Chasing a mysterious temporal portal, the team discovered a man, trapped in a time loop! But in order to help him, the friends must first escape the clutches of the Army of the Just!
  • Next time!
Perkins is trying to steal the TARDIS! But to what end? And what does his partner have to do with all of this? All this and more - in the next issue of DOCTOR WHO!

13D 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
The bumpy ride for the Doctor, Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan isn't over yet… and now Perkins wants to steal the TARDIS! But the Doctor feels there is more to this mysterious time wanderer than meats the eye - can she get through to him before he does something terrible?
  • Next time!
The walls are literally closing in as the Doctor and her friends battle to save Schulz from the Hoarder… but will they arrive in time? All will be revealed in the next —- DOCTOR WHO!

13D 4[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
The Doctor, Graham, Yasmin, and Ryan are in search of Dr. Schulz who The Hoarder injected with some unknown substance in order to make her do his bidding. With the revelation that The Hoarder has also made prisoners of children, the gang have their work cut out to save everyone and stop him. But first there's the small matter of the deep dark hole in which they've found themselves…
  • Next time!
The Doctor and the gang arrive in Slovakia in the 1600s. For once, the team know more about what's going on than the Doctor does. Join the fam for the start of an all new story in the next issue of DOCTOR WHO.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]


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