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|name= The Futurists
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|image= The Futurists.jpg
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|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|number=  
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|doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]
|doctor= Tenth Doctor
|companions= [[Rose Tyler]]
|companions= [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|enemy= [[The Roman Legion]], [[Massimo]], [[The Hajor]], [[The Caratacus]]  
|enemy= [[Hajor]]
|year= [[Milan]][[Rome]][[Wales]] [[2007]]
|setting= {{il|[[Milan]], [[1925]]|[[Caerleon]], [[Wales]], [[3rd century]]}}
|writer= [[Mike Collins]]
|writer= Mike Collins
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|artist= [[Mike Collins]]
|artist= [[Mike Collins]]
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|letterer=
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|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' 372-374
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 372|372]]-[[DWM 374|374]]
|release date= 16 August - 11 October [[2006]]
|release date= 20 July - 14 September 2006
|publisher=  
|cover date= 16 August - 11 October 2006
|publisher= Panini Comics
|format= Comic - 3 parts  
|format= Comic - 3 parts  
|prev= F.A.Q. (comic story)
|prev= F.A.Q. (comic story)
|next= Interstellar Overdrive (comic story)
|next= Interstellar Overdrive (comic story)
|}}
|reprint = The Betrothal of Sontar (graphic novel)
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'''''The Futurists''''' was a [[Tenth Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Summary: Parts One-Three: Soon after the leader of the Futurist group dissapears, Milan is destroyed. In it's place is a huge, futuristic city. The Doctor and Rose travel back to the time of the Romans to find out who is behind this...
Soon after the leader of the [[Futurist]] group disappears, [[Milan]] is destroyed. In its place is a huge, futuristic city. The Doctor and Rose travel back to the time of the [[Roman]]s to find out who is behind this...
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Altea Orsi]]
* [[Valente]]
* [[Giovanni Lucio]]
* [[Massimo]]
* [[Secondus]]
* [[Aeron]]
* [[Olwyn]]
* [[Derek (The Futurists)|Derek]]
* [[Darius (The Futurists)|Darius]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Silurians were a real Celtic tribe, and were deliberately included in the strip by Collins due to their having the same name as [[Silurian|the show's Silurians]].
* Rose mentions [[99 Flake|99s]], [[Tutti frutti (food)|tutti frutti]], [[Boudicca]] and [[WKD Original Vodka|WKD]].
* One of the Silurians says the line : "''These Romans are crazy''". This is a direct reference to the French comic "Asterix", in which this line is often spoken by Obelix.
* The Doctor mentions [[Kraftwerk]], [[Purple Haze]], and ''[[Starlight Express]]''.
* When explaining the Futurists' history, the Doctor tells Rose that they ended up [[fascist]]s for [[Benito Mussolini]] when he joined [[Adolf Hitler]] in [[World War II]].
* Rose fancied a boy at her school who liked [[Pantera]]'s [[Metal (genre)|thrash metal]], and she still has a weakness for ''[[Planet Caravan]]''.
* Rose compares [[Valente]] to [[Dwayne Johnson|the Rock]].
* The Doctor acts with confusion when he hears a [[Roman]] call for an attack on the [[Silurian (tribe)|Silurians]], mistakenly thinking he means the [[Earth Reptile]]s.
* The Silurian Liberation Front fight in the name of [[Caratacus]].
* Giovanni is obsessed with architect [[Antonio Sant'Elia]]'s work.
* Aeron thinks the Hajor dimension might be [[Annwn]].
* When told the [[Hajor]] "smooth out" the [[paradox]]es in the timeline created by time travellers, the Doctor compares them to "the blokes with [[shovel]]s [that] follow the [[elephant]]s in the [[Disneyland]] [[parade]]", only to realise he would be the elephant in the example.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The [[Silurian (tribe)|Silurians]] were a real Celtic tribe, and were deliberately included in the strip by Collins due to their having the same name as [[Silurian|the show's Silurians]].{{source}}


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* For the second consecutive story, Rose relies upon the [[psychic paper]] to get her out of a jam.
* Rose is once again disappointed to be near [[Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')
 
== Timeline ==
* This story takes place after [[DWM]]: ''[[F.A.Q.]]''
* This story takes place before [[DWM]]: ''[[Interstellar Overdrive]]''
 
 


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The Futurists was a Tenth Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Soon after the leader of the Futurist group disappears, Milan is destroyed. In its place is a huge, futuristic city. The Doctor and Rose travel back to the time of the Romans to find out who is behind this...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]