The Forgotten (comic story): Difference between revisions

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Infuriated at his plans being exposed, the being identifies itself: [[Es'Cartrss]] of the [[Tactire]], a parasitic race known as the Cranial Parasites. It tells him of how his [[planet]] was one of the many the Daleks had stolen to power the [[Reality Bomb]]. He infiltrated the [[Crucible]] until its destruction, then entered the Doctor's TARDIS and attached itself to him in the effort that began the story.

Prompted by the Doctor, the TARDIS assumes a variety of disguises of many past companions geared for combat, such as [[Steven Taylor]], [[Leela]] and [[Harry Sullivan]], while the Doctor examines the [[baseball bat]]. He realises it was, in fact, a [[chameleon circuit]] covering the [[Great Key of Rassilon]], the final key to the last door of [[the Matrix]], the one the [[robot]]s had been so desperate to keep them away from.

* [[Prison guard (The Forgotten)|Prison guards]]

* It is revealed that it is the [[TARDIS matrix]] that has taken the form of Martha throughout the story; the Matrix proceeds to take on the forms of [[Harry Sullivan]], [[Leela]], [[Mel Bush]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Kamelion]], and, finally, [[Susan Foreman]]. Although he isn't impersonated, [[Sabalom Glitz]] is also mentioned, creating confusion as to whether Glitz has travelled with the Doctor or not.

* ''The Forgotten'' was a comic book mini-series produced by the American company [[IDW Publishing]] in the fall of 2008, following on from its initial ''Doctor Who'' title ''[[Agent Provocateur (comic story)|Agent Provocateur]]''.

* This was the first officially sanctioned spin-off to feature all ten (at the time) of [[the Doctor]]'s incarnations.

* Due to a printing error, the dialogue balloons on Page 1 of Issue 6 were left blank. The absence of the dialogue had caused confusion over whether the villain was meant to be the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] or [[the Valeyard]], since most references to it were on this page (although the Doctor refers to the villain as the Valeyard on a later page). [[Tony Lee]] posted the missing dialogue on IDW's web forum [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=], and the dialogue was fixed in the trade paperback release.

* The fact the villain takes the form of the Meta-Crisis Doctor, and refers to himself as [[the Valeyard]], added credence to the theory that the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor could be destined to become the Valeyard. The Doctor, however, laughs at the idea. Until such a time as a connection is actually made, the fact the villain chooses "the Valeyard" as his alias means that, regardless of his appearance, the villain being impersonated here is indeed the Valeyard.

* In the Third Doctor's story, the Master is said to be locked up on a secure island. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')

* The Third Doctor calls the Fourth "all teeth and curls." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')

* The Eighth and Ninth Doctors make comments about how young and innocent their predecessors are compared to the Tenth, having not yet faced the [[Last Great Time War]]. [[Clara Oswald]] made a similar comment regarding the [[War Doctor]], knowing he was younger than the Tenth and Eleventh because he had more hope in his eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

* The Tenth Doctor makes a comment about seeing the Fifth Doctor again, ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') which the latter believes to be "[[Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey|timey wimey stuff]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')