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|image = EmilyHypothetical.jpg | |||
|image= | |series = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]] | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]] | |doctor = Eleventh Doctor | ||
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor | |companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | ||
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | |enemy = [[Hypothetical Gentleman]] | ||
|enemy = [[Hypothetical Gentleman]] | |setting = [[London]], [[1851]] | ||
| | |writer = Andy Diggle | ||
|writer = | |editor = [[Denton J. Tipton]] | ||
|editor = [[Denton J. Tipton]] | |artist = [[Mark Buckingham]] | ||
|artist = [[Mark Buckingham]] | |colourist = [[Charlie Kirchoff]] | ||
|colourist = [[Charlie Kirchoff]] | |letterer = [[Shawn Lee]] | ||
|letterer = [[Shawn Lee]] | |publication = [[DW12 1]] - [[DW12 2|2]] | ||
|publication = [[ | |release date = 3 - 31 October 2012 | ||
|release date = | |publisher = IDW Publishing | ||
|publisher = | |format = [[American comic book]] - 2 parts | ||
|format = | |next = The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story) | ||
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|next = The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)}} | {{you may|Hypothetical Gentleman|n1=the titular character|The Hypothetical Gentleman|n2=the graphic novel}} | ||
{{you may|Hypothetical Gentleman|n1=the titular character}} | '''''Hypothetical Gentleman''''' was the first comic story from the [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]] range. | ||
'''''Hypothetical Gentleman''''' was | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
A shadow being has emerged from a machine used to view alternate realities, and is stealing time from those he touches in order to become "real." Can the Doctor save the Hypothetical Gentleman's latest victim? | A shadow being has emerged from a machine used to view alternate realities, and is stealing time from those he touches in order to become "real." Can the Doctor save the [[Hypothetical Gentleman]]'s latest victim? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Eleventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Amy Pond]] | * [[Amy Pond]] | ||
* [[Rory Williams]] | * [[Rory Williams]] | ||
* [[Henry Hardwicke]] | |||
* [[Rosalind Hardwicke]] | |||
* [[Charles Fairfax]] | |||
* [[Emily Fairfax]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Hypothetical Gentleman gives the Fairfaxes the information to build a [[quantum resonator]], which serves as a window into other worlds and shows what might have been. It draws [[artron energy]] from the TARDIS allowing the Gentleman to materialise in this reality, so the Doctor creates a [[synchronization cage]] to trap it. | |||
* The Hypothetical Gentleman shows Emily images of [[Sontaran]]s, a [[peg doll (Night Terrors)|peg doll]], a [[Zygon]], a [[Kroton (species)|Kroton]], a [[Headless monk]], a [[Silent]], a [[Weeping Angel]] and a [[Krynoid]]. | |||
* [[Glossolalia]] is "the language of the [[angel]]s." | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This story subtly begins a running gag of trying to get Amy and Rory to [[Majorca]], [[Spain]]. | ||
* ''[[Sky Jacks (comic story)|Sky Jacks]]'' later reveals the Hypothetical Gentleman is in fact [[the Matrix]], having survived the [[Last Great Time War]] by connecting itself into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The Eleventh Doctor successfully takes Amy and Rory to [[the Great Exhibition]], having previously missed the year. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'') | ||
* Rory mentions going to [[Majorca]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)|The Eye of Ashaya]]'') | |||
*Set mainly in and around the [[Crystal Palace]] of | * Set mainly in and around the [[Crystal Palace]] of The Great Exhibition of [[1851]], the Doctor mentions he has to avoid running into himself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | ||
* A [[Osiran service robot|mummy]] is on display in the Crystal Palace. The Doctor checks to see if it is deactivated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:23, 3 May 2024
- You may be looking for the titular character or the graphic novel.
Hypothetical Gentleman was the first comic story from the Doctor Who (2012) range.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
A shadow being has emerged from a machine used to view alternate realities, and is stealing time from those he touches in order to become "real." Can the Doctor save the Hypothetical Gentleman's latest victim?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Eleventh Doctor
- Amy Pond
- Rory Williams
- Henry Hardwicke
- Rosalind Hardwicke
- Charles Fairfax
- Emily Fairfax
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Hypothetical Gentleman gives the Fairfaxes the information to build a quantum resonator, which serves as a window into other worlds and shows what might have been. It draws artron energy from the TARDIS allowing the Gentleman to materialise in this reality, so the Doctor creates a synchronization cage to trap it.
- The Hypothetical Gentleman shows Emily images of Sontarans, a peg doll, a Zygon, a Kroton, a Headless monk, a Silent, a Weeping Angel and a Krynoid.
- Glossolalia is "the language of the angels."
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story subtly begins a running gag of trying to get Amy and Rory to Majorca, Spain.
- Sky Jacks later reveals the Hypothetical Gentleman is in fact the Matrix, having survived the Last Great Time War by connecting itself into the Doctor's TARDIS.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Eleventh Doctor successfully takes Amy and Rory to the Great Exhibition, having previously missed the year. (COMIC: The Eagle of the Reich)
- Rory mentions going to Majorca. (COMIC: The Eye of Ashaya)
- Set mainly in and around the Crystal Palace of The Great Exhibition of 1851, the Doctor mentions he has to avoid running into himself. (AUDIO: Other Lives, TV: Time-Flight)
- A mummy is on display in the Crystal Palace. The Doctor checks to see if it is deactivated. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)
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