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|companions        = [[Decky Flamboon|Decky]]
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|enemy            = [[Edger]]
|enemy            = [[Edger]]
|setting          = [[Earth]] [[2012]]
|setting          = [[24 December]] [[2012]], [[Britain]]
|writer            = [[Eddie Robson]]
|writer            = Eddie Robson
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|artist            = [[John Ross]]
|artist            = [[John Ross]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
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|publication      =[[DWA 298]]
|publication      = [[DWA 298]]
|release date      = [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|release date      = 6 December 2012
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is a [[Doctor Who Adventures]] comic strip published in [[2012]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Decky Flamboon]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Decky Flamboon]] arrive on Christmas Eve in [[2012]] to find a house full of festivities but without people. A spilt glass on the floor raises the Doctor’s suspicions of something bad. As they look at the cards on the mantelpiece, they see the images of the family running in terror. A card suddenly leaps into life, growing to a giant size and snaps shut trapping the Doctor and Decky in another dimension. Inside the card they meet Kirsty and Shane who are looking for the rest of their family and their two children. The Doctor deduces that this is the work of an [[Edger]] a predator that can only exist in two-dimensional environments. Having brought the cards to life and captured the family, the Edger is resting before before feeding and the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to open up a portal between the cards. Racing between the cards they collect up the family before arriving at the final card where the Edger has the children trapped in its tentacles. Decky lets out a loud roar that brings an avalanche of snow down on top of the Edger. The children are snatched and the family make a final dash back through the portal returning to their home. Snatching up the Christmas cards the Doctor throws it on the fire. The Edger cant be destroyed but its route into this dimensional has been destroyed. Reunited once again the festivities continue with glasses being raised to the Doctor and Decky.
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Decky Flamboon]] arrive on [[Christmas Eve]] in [[2012]] to find a house full of festivities but without people. A spilt glass on the floor raises the Doctor's suspicions of something bad. As they look at the cards on the mantelpiece, they see the images of the family running in terror. A card suddenly leaps into life, growing to a giant size and snaps shut trapping the Doctor and Decky in another dimension. Inside the card they meet Kirsty and Shane who are looking for the rest of their family and their two children. The Doctor [[deduce]]s that this is the work of an [[Edger]] a predator that can only exist in two-dimensional environments. Having brought the cards to life and captured the family, the Edger is resting before before feeding and the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to open up a portal between the cards. Racing between the cards they collect up the family before arriving at the final card where the Edger has the children trapped in its tentacles. Decky lets out a loud roar that brings an avalanche of snow down on top of the Edger. The children are snatched and the family make a final dash back through the portal returning to their home. Snatching up the Christmas cards the Doctor throws it on the fire. The Edger cant be destroyed but its route into this dimensional has been destroyed. Reunited once again the festivities continue with glasses being raised to the Doctor and Decky.


== Named characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Decky Flamboon]]
* [[Decky Flamboon]]
* Kirsty and Shane
* [[Kirsty (On the Cards)|Kirsty]]
* [[Shane (On the Cards)|Shane]]
* [[Kirsty and Shane's children]]
* [[Edger]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] recognises and names the two-dimensional creature as the Edger.
* One of the Christmas cards depicts the [[wise men]] following the [[Christmas star]].
* Other Christmas cards depict a [[snowman]] and a [[reindeer]].
* One of the cards is from [[Lucy (On the Cards)|Lucy]] and [[Mike (On the Cards)|Mike]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Nobody seems phased by Decky Flamboon – a talking reptile.
''to be added''


=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
* Publication with page count and closing captions
* Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWA 298]] (4 pages) DON’T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
# [[DWA 298]] (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
* No reprints to date.
 
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The idea of people being trapped in a two-dimensional world has been seen before on TV in [[Fear Her (TV story)|''Fear Her'']].
* The idea of people being trapped in a two-dimensional world has been seen before in [[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]''.


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On the Cards was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Decky Flamboon.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Decky Flamboon arrive on Christmas Eve in 2012 to find a house full of festivities — but without people. A spilt glass on the floor raises the Doctor's suspicions of something bad. As they look at the cards on the mantelpiece, they see the images of the family running in terror. A card suddenly leaps into life, growing to a giant size and snaps shut trapping the Doctor and Decky in another dimension. Inside the card they meet Kirsty and Shane who are looking for the rest of their family and their two children. The Doctor deduces that this is the work of an Edger — a predator that can only exist in two-dimensional environments. Having brought the cards to life and captured the family, the Edger is resting before before feeding and the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to open up a portal between the cards. Racing between the cards they collect up the family before arriving at the final card where the Edger has the children trapped in its tentacles. Decky lets out a loud roar that brings an avalanche of snow down on top of the Edger. The children are snatched and the family make a final dash back through the portal returning to their home. Snatching up the Christmas cards the Doctor throws it on the fire. The Edger cant be destroyed but its route into this dimensional has been destroyed. Reunited once again the festivities continue with glasses being raised to the Doctor and Decky.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 298 (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The idea of people being trapped in a two-dimensional world has been seen before in TV: Fear Her.