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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a back-up comic story printed in ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' [[12D 11|issue 11]]. The story followed directly from the events of ''[[The Meddling of Clara's Song]]'', which itself began where ''[[Day of the Tune]]'' had left off. This marked the first time which the [[Titan Comics|Titan]] back-up comic stories printed for ''Doctor Who'' had attempted a continuous story throughout the issues.
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The story is also notable for being one of the first multi-[[The Master|Master]] stories - the story featured the return of the incarnations of the Master initially played by [[Anthony Ainley]], [[Peter Pratt]], [[Eric Roberts]], [[John Simm]] and [[Michelle Gomez]]. For Gomez, Roberts, and Simm, this marked their first full-time appearance outside of the show and prose - the first outside of the show for Gomez.
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}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a back up comic story printed in ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' [[DW12 11|issue 11]]. The story followed directly from the events of ''[[The Meddling of Clara's Song]]'', which itself began where ''[[Day of the Tune]]'' had left off. This marked the first time which the [[Titan Comics|Titan]] back-up comic stories printed for the series had attempted a continuous story throughout the issues.


The story is also notable for being one of the few multi-[[The Master|Master]] stories -- the story featured the return of the incarnation of the Master previously played by [[Roger Delgado]], [[Peter Pratt]] and [[Geoffrey Beevers]], [[Eric Roberts]], [[John Simm]] and [[Michelle Gomez]]. For Gomez, Roberts, and Smith, this marked their first full-time appearance outside of the show and prose.
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
Performing for their lives in ''[[Battle of the Bands Beyond the Stars]]'', the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] watch a luckless [[Ood (The Abominable Showmen)|Ood]] be incinerated. As Clara tries to lighten the mood with a [[bow tie]] joke, a group of robed figures brush past them and onto the stage. Though the Doctor is initially unconcerned, thinking the competition to be a grouping of Headless Monks, both his and Clara's jaws drop when the competition reveals themselves to be [[Missy]] leading a band made up of her previous incarnations.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Ood (The Abominable Showmen)|Ood]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Clara Oswald]]
* [[Clara Oswald]]
* {{Delgado|c}}
* [[Missy]]
* {{Pratt|c}}
* [[Decayed Master]]
* {{Roberts|c}}
* {{Ainley|n=The "Tremas" Master}}
* {{Simm|c}}
* {{Roberts|n=The "Bruce" Master}}
* {{Gomez|c}}
* {{Simm|n=The "Saxon" Master}}
* [[Ood (The Abominable Showmen)|Ood]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The show which the Doctor and Clara appear on is called [[Battle of the Bands Beyond the Stars]].
* The show which the Doctor and Clara appear on is called [[Battle of the Bands Beyond the Stars]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The title is a play on ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* As [[TV]] ''[[The Magician's Apprentice]]'' made it clear that Clara had not seen Missy since the events of ''[[Death in Heaven]]'', ''The Abominable Showmen'' has to be set ''after'' the events of that then-concurrent story.
* The Doctor initially mistakes the hooded Masters for a group of [[Headless Monks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* The Doctor mistakes the hooded Masters for a group of [[Headless Monks]].
* Missy tells the audience to "please attend carefully." ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* An Ood appears and described as "another Ood [the viewers] failed to save". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* Trying to lighten the mood, Clara jokes that the Doctor has gone back to bow ties. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')


== External links ==
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The Abominable Showmen was a back-up comic story printed in Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor issue 11. The story followed directly from the events of The Meddling of Clara's Song, which itself began where Day of the Tune had left off. This marked the first time which the Titan back-up comic stories printed for Doctor Who had attempted a continuous story throughout the issues.

The story is also notable for being one of the first multi-Master stories - the story featured the return of the incarnations of the Master initially played by Anthony Ainley, Peter Pratt, Eric Roberts, John Simm and Michelle Gomez. For Gomez, Roberts, and Simm, this marked their first full-time appearance outside of the show and prose - the first outside of the show for Gomez.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Performing for their lives in Battle of the Bands Beyond the Stars, the Twelfth Doctor and Clara watch a luckless Ood be incinerated. As Clara tries to lighten the mood with a bow tie joke, a group of robed figures brush past them and onto the stage. Though the Doctor is initially unconcerned, thinking the competition to be a grouping of Headless Monks, both his and Clara's jaws drop when the competition reveals themselves to be Missy leading a band made up of her previous incarnations.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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