Red Christmas (comic story): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Comic|

comic name= Red Christmas|

image= [[file:DWA CS197 Red Christmas.jpg|250px]]  |

series= [[Doctor Who comic strip stories]] -<BR> [[Eleventh Doctor comic strip stories]]|

number=197|

doctor= [[Eleventh Doctor]]|

companions= [[Amy Pond]]|

enemy= [[Krampus]]|

year= [[Hollograd]] [[Christmas]] [[1873]]|  

writer= [[Oli Smith]]|

artist= [[John Ross]]|  

colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]|

lettering=  |

editor= [[Moray Laing]]|

publication title= [[Doctor Who Adventures]] <br> [[DWA 197|Issues 197]]|

publication dates= [[16th December |16]] [[December]] [[2010]]|

publisher= [[BBC Magazines]]|

format= Comic -  1 parts (4 pages)|

previous story= [[Rough Waters]]|

next story= [[First Foot First]]|

==Summary==

The Eleventh Doctor (in a jingling, festive hat) takes [[Amy Pond]] to [[Hollograd]] on [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] in [[1873]], expecting it to be like a fairy-tale Christmas scene. The village is instead covered in a red mist - a psychic fog that separates the parents from their children. The psychic fog blocks the children (like Almos), from the minds of their parents until the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to clear away the fog with a bright light. In the light, those behind the fog are revealed as [[Krampus]] - creatures of folklore who use the fog to create a fear and sadness (in this case from the feelings of losing a child at Christmas), on which they feed. The screwdriver doesn’t give light to keep the fog away and it creeps back until the Doctor returns to the TARDIS and switches on the roof light. The fog is dispersed, the parents are re-united with their children and the Krampus, unable to exist without sadness, fade away.

==Characters==

* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]

* Almos

==References==

==Notes==

* The DWAM comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.

* Self contained, one part stories were the norm.

===Original print details===

==Continuity==

* The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver on the TARDIS roof light to illuminate the fog and disperse it. He previously did this in [[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''.

[[Category:Stories set in the 1870s]]

[[Category:Eleventh Doctor Doctor Who Adventures comic stories]]