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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an exclusive comic story included in a special [[Blu-ray]] giftset to celebrate ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s fiftieth anniversary in 2013, produced by the team behind the then-current ''Doctor Who'' comic book series by [[IDW Publishing]]. It was later reprinted in 2016 by [[Titan Publishing Group]] in ''[[The Eleventh Doctor Archives: Volume 3]]'', part of a series of reprints of the IDW stories and renamed '''''50th Anniversary DVD Special'''''.


'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an exclusive comic story included in a [[Blu-ray]] giftset to celebrate ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s fiftieth anniversary.
== Summary ==
[[Clara Oswald]] wakes a groggy [[Eleventh Doctor]] with [[breakfast]] in [[bed]], telling him that it's his [[birthday]], but things aren't right. He and Clara live in an ordinary house, he has an office, and Clara is preparing well-cooked food for his birthday party. In the Doctor's office, however, is something resembling [[the TARDIS]], which the Doctor vaguely remembers; the opening it, he discovers many [[1000 Year Journal|thousand year]] [[Eleventh Doctor's diary|diaries]], but is bemused to find they are all completely empty.


== Summary ==
Out shopping for items, he meets people who are strangely familiar to him — [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and the [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Adric]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]], and starts to realise that things are not right. The shops themselves are stocked with curious items such as [[Adipose]] and [[Cybermen]], and then the Doctor encounters a band of old adversaries who all ask him for help. Back "home", when he arrives, the Doctor's friends celebrate his birthday. They present him with presents — his [[fob watch]], the [[TARDIS key]], [[psychic paper]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. These items allow him to break free of the mental projection caused by a [[Trylonian Brain Drain]] machine. The [[Trylonian]]s want to drain the Doctor's mind of knowledge of the alien species he's encountered to advance their plans of conquest. Recalling all his previous incarnations, the Doctor overloads the Trylonian battle computer. Surrounded, the Doctor and Clara prepare to fight the monsters, protect their friends and save the planet — just what they always do, in fact.
[[Clara Oswald]] wakes a groggy [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] with breakfast in bed, telling him that it’s his birthday, but things aren’t right. He and Clara live in an ordinary house, he has an office, and Clara is preparing well-cooked food for his birthday party. In the Doctor’s office, however, is something resembling the [[TARDIS]], which the Doctor vaguely remembers. Out shopping for items, he meets people who are strangely familiar to him - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and the [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Adric]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]], and starts to realise that things are not right. The shops themselves are stocked with curious items such as [[Adipose]] and [[Cybermen]], and then the Doctor encounters a band of old adversaries who all ask him for help. Back ‘home’, when he arrives, the Doctor’s friends celebrate his birthday. They present him with presents - his [[fob watch]], the [[TARDIS key]], [[psychic paper]] and the [[sonic screwdriver]]. These items allow him to break free of the mental projection caused by a [[Trylonian Brain Drain]] machine. The [[Trylonian|Trylonians]] want to drain the Doctor’s mind of knowledge of the alien species he’s encountered to advance their plans of conquest. Recalling all his previous incarnations, the Doctor overloads the Trylonian battle computer. Surrounded, the Doctor and Clara prepare to fight the monsters, protect their friends and save the planet - just what they always do, in fact.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Clara Oswald]]
* [[Clara Oswald]]
=== The Doctor's mind ===
* [[Peri Brown]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Romana I]]
* [[Romana II]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Zoe Herriot]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Turlough]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
* [[Nyssa]]
* [[Adric]]
* [[Steven Taylor]]
* [[Dodo Chaplet]]
* [[Katarina]]
* [[Vicki Pallister]]
* [[Melanie Bush]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Sara Kingdom]]
* [[Victoria Waterfield]]
* [[Ben Jackson]]
* [[Polly Wright]]
* [[Mike Yates]]
* John [[Benton]]
* [[River Song]]
* [[River Song]]
* [[Amelia Pond|Amy Pond]]
* Clara Oswald
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
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* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
* [[Prisoner Zero]]
* [[Nyssa]]
* [[Ice Warrior]]
* [[Adric]]
* [[The Master]]
* [[Steven Taylor]]
* [[Silent]]
* [[Dodo Chaplet]]
* [[Wirrn]]
* [[Celestial Toymaker]]
* [[Silurian]]
* [[Zygon]]
* [[Slitheen]]
* [[Axon]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is the first time that River Song appears in a comic story in her third incarnation. Her first comic appearance was in her second incarnation, in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Imaginary Enemies (comic story)|Imaginary Enemies]]''.
* This is the first time that River Song appears in a comic story in her third incarnation. Her first comic appearance was in her second incarnation, in ''[[Imaginary Enemies (comic story)|Imaginary Enemies]]''.
* For reasons unknown, the opening page which resembles a birthday party invitation identifies Clara as "Clara Oswin", even though ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'' confirms the original Clara's name does not include Oswin.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* River refers to the Doctor as "my love," just as she did in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''.
* In the mental projection, several objects from [[the Doctor]]'s life appears, including: dolls resembling [[Adipose]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') [[Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') [[Cybermat]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') [[Auton]]s and proper [[troll doll]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') a flower shop with [[Wolfweed]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') a [[Krynoid]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'') a [[Vervoid]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'') [[Excalibur]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') the [[time cabinet]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') [[The Master's TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') [[Rosanna Calvierri]]'s throne, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'') and a [[Macra]] claw. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'') The Doctor's presents include his [[biodata module]] [[fob watch]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'') a [[TARDIS key]]{{facts}}, [[psychic paper]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al.) and his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]{{which}}{{facts}}.
* River once again refers to the Doctor as "my love". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' / ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'')


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Latest revision as of 19:49, 9 November 2023

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The Birthday Boy was an exclusive comic story included in a special Blu-ray giftset to celebrate Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary in 2013, produced by the team behind the then-current Doctor Who comic book series by IDW Publishing. It was later reprinted in 2016 by Titan Publishing Group in The Eleventh Doctor Archives: Volume 3, part of a series of reprints of the IDW stories and renamed 50th Anniversary DVD Special.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Clara Oswald wakes a groggy Eleventh Doctor with breakfast in bed, telling him that it's his birthday, but things aren't right. He and Clara live in an ordinary house, he has an office, and Clara is preparing well-cooked food for his birthday party. In the Doctor's office, however, is something resembling the TARDIS, which the Doctor vaguely remembers; the opening it, he discovers many thousand year diaries, but is bemused to find they are all completely empty.

Out shopping for items, he meets people who are strangely familiar to him — Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric, Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet, and starts to realise that things are not right. The shops themselves are stocked with curious items such as Adipose and Cybermen, and then the Doctor encounters a band of old adversaries who all ask him for help. Back "home", when he arrives, the Doctor's friends celebrate his birthday. They present him with presents — his fob watch, the TARDIS key, psychic paper and the sonic screwdriver. These items allow him to break free of the mental projection caused by a Trylonian Brain Drain machine. The Trylonians want to drain the Doctor's mind of knowledge of the alien species he's encountered to advance their plans of conquest. Recalling all his previous incarnations, the Doctor overloads the Trylonian battle computer. Surrounded, the Doctor and Clara prepare to fight the monsters, protect their friends and save the planet — just what they always do, in fact.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's mind[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first time that River Song appears in a comic story in her third incarnation. Her first comic appearance was in her second incarnation, in Imaginary Enemies.
  • For reasons unknown, the opening page which resembles a birthday party invitation identifies Clara as "Clara Oswin", even though The Bells of Saint John confirms the original Clara's name does not include Oswin.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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