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comic name= Red Christmas| | comic name= Red Christmas| | ||
image= [[ | image= [[File:DWA CS197 Red Christmas.jpg|250px]] | | ||
series= [[Doctor Who comic strip stories]] -<BR> [[Eleventh Doctor comic strip stories]]| | series= [[Doctor Who comic strip stories]] -<BR> [[Eleventh Doctor comic strip stories]]| | ||
number=197| | number=197| | ||
Revision as of 20:05, 23 December 2010
Summary
The Eleventh Doctor (in a jingling festive hat), takes Amy Pond to Hollograd on 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 is separating 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.
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Notes
- The DWAM comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours was bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine.
- Self contained one part stories were the norm.
Original print details
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWA Issue 197 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – The Doctor, Amy and Rory celebrate in the New Year!
- No reprints to date.
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.
