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|name              = The Comfort of the Good
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|image            = The Comfort of the Good.jpg
|doctor            = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor            = Eleventh Doctor
|companions        = [[Alice Obiefune|Alice]], [[John Jones|Jones]], [[ARC]]
|companions        = [[Alice Obiefune|Alice]], [[John Jones|Jones]], [[ARC]]
|enemy            = [[Talent Scout]]
|enemy            = [[Talent Scout]]
|year              = [[Rome]] 312 AD, [[London]] [[2015]]
|year              = [[Rome]], [[312]] [[AD]], [[London]], [[2015]]
|writer            = [[Al Ewing]]<br>[[Rob Williams]]
|writer            = Al Ewing, Rob Williams
|designer          = [[Rob Farmer]]
|designer          = [[Rob Farmer]]
|editor            = [[Andrew James]]
|editor            = [[Andrew James]]
|artist            = [[Simon Fraser]]
|artist            = [[Simon Fraser (artist)|Simon Fraser]]
|colourist        = [[Gary Caldwell]]
|colourist        = [[Gary Caldwell]]
|letterer          = [[Richard Starkings]]<br>[[Jimmy Betancourt]]
|letterer          = [[Richard Starkings]], [[Jimmy Betancourt]]
|cover            = [[Boo Cook]] (regular, part 1), [[Simon Fraser]] / Boo Cook / [[AJ]] (regular, part 2), [[Marc Ellerby]] (cover c, part 2)
|publication      = [[11D 14]]-[[11D 15|15]]
|publication      = [[11D 14]]-[[11D 15|15]]
|release date      = [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] - [[12 August (releases)|12 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|reprint          = DWCT 2.5
|cover date        = [[August (releases)|August]] - [[September (releases)|September]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|reprint2          = DWCT 2.6
|traded            = ''[[Conversion (graphic novel)|Conversion]]''
|release date      = 8 July - 12 August 2015
|cover date        =  
|publisher        = Titan Comics
|publisher        = Titan Comics
|format            = Comic - 2 parts
|format            = Comic - 2 parts
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|prev              = Conversion (comic story)
|prev              = Conversion (comic story)
|next              = The Then and the Now (comic story)
|next              = The Then and the Now (comic story)
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eleventh story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor]]'' comic strip series published in [[2015]], and the two-part finale to the first year of the series. It saw the departures of [[John Jones]] and [[ARC]], and wound up the [[SERVEYOUinc]] storyline.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the eleventh story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor]]'' comic story series published in 2015, and the two-part finale to the first year of the series. It saw the departures of [[John Jones]] and [[ARC]], and wound up the [[SERVEYOUinc]] storyline.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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* Will Alice find peace – or be marooned far from Earth?!
* Will Alice find peace – or be marooned far from Earth?!
* Will ARC finally discover the truth about itself – or be reduced to atoms?!
* Will ARC finally discover the truth about itself – or be reduced to atoms?!
* Will Jones fulfill his cosmic rock god destiny – or die among the stars?!
* Will Jones fulfil his cosmic rock god destiny – or die among the stars?!
* And who will be left to join the Doctor as we head into Year Two?!
* And who will be left to join the Doctor as we head into Year Two?!


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* [[Ada Obiefune]]
* [[Ada Obiefune]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Several references are made to ''[[The Snowman]]''. Jones is shown looking through his memory attic, referencing [[David Bowie]]'s video introduction to the film. Jones is also depicted flying in the sky in his pyjamas with a cloud mass resembling the titular flying snowman.
* Talent Scout takes on the appearance of [[the Doctor's mother]].
* Talent Scout takes on the appearance of [[The Doctor's mother]].
* While in London, the Doctor walks past [[the Scone]] and [[Trafalgar Square]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This was the second ''Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor'' two-parter released under the same title.
* This was the second ''Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor'' two-parter released under the same title.
* This was the last story of Year One.
* This was the last story of Year One.
* Several references are made to ''[[The Snowman]]''. Jones is shown looking through his memory attic, referencing [[David Bowie]]'s video introduction to the film. Jones is also depicted flying in the sky in his pyjamas with a cloud mass resembling the titular flying snowman.
* The Doctor sings part of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]].


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=== Original print details ===
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 6 March 2024

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The Comfort of the Good was the eleventh story of the Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor comic story series published in 2015, and the two-part finale to the first year of the series. It saw the departures of John Jones and ARC, and wound up the SERVEYOUinc storyline.

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Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Series co-writers Al Ewing and Rob Williams team up for an unmissable mini-epic, as a year's worth of stories come to a head!
  • Can the Doctor save his new friends from their time-twisting fates?
  • Will Alice find peace – or be marooned far from Earth?!
  • Will ARC finally discover the truth about itself – or be reduced to atoms?!
  • Will Jones fulfil his cosmic rock god destiny – or die among the stars?!
  • And who will be left to join the Doctor as we head into Year Two?!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This was the second Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor two-parter released under the same title.
  • This was the last story of Year One.
  • Several references are made to The Snowman. Jones is shown looking through his memory attic, referencing David Bowie's video introduction to the film. Jones is also depicted flying in the sky in his pyjamas with a cloud mass resembling the titular flying snowman.
  • The Doctor sings part of the Doctor Who theme.

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

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor remembers being thrown out of the TARDIS after it was hit by a paradox, and reveals that the TARDIS intentionally threw him out as a warning shot. (COMIC: Four Dimensions)
  • Jones references going to Ancient Rome and Mississippi and inventing Xavi Moonburst. (COMIC: Conversion, What He Wants, The Other Doctor)
  • The mysterious Time Lord stalking the Doctor is revealed to now be in charge of the Doctor's TARDIS, and the Doctor believes her to be his mother. (COMIC: After Life) It turned out to be the Talent Scout, masquerading as the Doctor's mother.
  • The Doctor remembers Alice has a link to the TARDIS psychic circuits from when the Talent Scout last tried to stow away on the TARDIS. (COMIC: Four Dimensions)
  • The Doctor, Alice, and Jones return to the Dog & Duck so Jones can resume his music career and Alice can see her mother as a young woman. (COMIC: What He Wants...)
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