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|doctor = Twelfth Doctor | |doctor = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | |companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Boneless]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[21st century]] | |setting = [[London]], [[21st century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Robbie Morrison (writer) | ||
|designer = [[Rob Farmer]] | |designer = [[Rob Farmer]] | ||
|editor = [[Andrew James]] | |editor = [[Andrew James]] | ||
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|letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] and [[Jimmy Betancourt]] | |letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] and [[Jimmy Betancourt]] | ||
|publication = [[12DY2 5]] | |publication = [[12DY2 5]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 11 May 2016 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = May 2016 | ||
|traded = ''[[The School of Death (graphic novel)|The School of Death]]'' | |||
|publisher = Titan Comics | |publisher = Titan Comics | ||
|format = Comic | |format = Comic | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|series = ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' | |series = ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' | ||
|prev = Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story) | |prev = Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story) | ||
|next = | |next = The Twist (comic story) | ||
}} | }}{{dab page|fourth wall (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' comic series, published in [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ninth story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' comic series, published in [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
It's the long-awaited return of a deadly foe, as the Doctor and Clara face a monster that will have you checking your stack of comics for suspicious movement! Dare you continue reading, when every page turn could bring you into MORTAL DANGER?! You have to – you're the Doctor's only hope! | It's the long-awaited return of [[Boneless|a deadly foe]], as [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] face a monster that will have you checking your stack of comics for suspicious movement! Dare you continue reading, when every page turn could bring you into MORTAL DANGER?! You have to – you're the Doctor's only hope! | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | Irritably, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] addresses the reader of a comic book and warns them not to turn the page. Assuming that it's all part of the story, [[Natalie (The Fourth Wall)|Natalie]] turns the page and finds herself trapped in her book. | ||
One hour prior, [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in [[London]], the Doctor dragging [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] to a local comic book store from which he's detected strange energy emissions. As Clara stocks up on comics, which she's taken to reading during the Doctor's technobabble, before the [[Time Lord]] notices ''[[Time Surgeon]]'', a comic series based on his and Clara's adventures. As the Doctor rants about the imitation, he suddenly vanishes. When Clara tells the employees of this, they take her to the back room where they've stored all the comics that have absorbing people. After Luke is absorbed, by a comic, Clara recognises the cause as the [[Boneless]] and leads the female clerk away. | |||
Within the comic, the Doctor makes contact with Natalie, telling her about the danger. Back in the 3-D universe, Clara manages to delay the Boneless by toppling the comic shelves allowing her a reprieve to talk to the Doctor. The Doctor tells her to go back to the TARDIS and use the telepathic circuits to create a temporal/spatial flux that will disrupt the fourth wall and send the Boneless back to the 2-D universe. | |||
Back in the comic pages, the Doctor and Natalie observe that the Boneless are speeding up. Realising that the victims' shared love of comics has created a shared telepathic web between them. If that can be harnessed into a single telepathic entity, then it just might defeat the Boneless. | |||
Back in the TARDIS, Clara create the flux but the comic she and the clerk are carrying disgorges a Boneless only for the Doctor to create the telepathic unison, disrupting the Boneless and sending them all back to their own dimension. As clean-up begins, the Doctor gets Natalie a job at the comic store before he leads Clara away. After all, he needs to have word with the creators of ''Time Surgeon''. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Twelfth Doctor]] | * [[Twelfth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Clara Oswald]] | * [[Clara Oswald]] | ||
* [[Natalie (The Fourth Wall)|Natalie]] | |||
* [[Natalie's mother (The Fourth Wall)|Natalie's mother]] | |||
* [[James (The Fourth Wall)|James]] | |||
* [[Molly (The Fourth Wall)|Molly]] | |||
* [[Luke (The Fourth Wall)|Luke]] | |||
* [[Clerk (The Fourth Wall)|Female clerk]] | |||
* [[Boneless]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== The Doctor === | |||
* The Doctor tells Clara he has no control over whether he can [[Regeneration|regenerate]] into a [[woman]]. | |||
== | === Comic books === | ||
* The | * The comic shop is called the [[Prohibited Sphere Megastore]]. | ||
* ''[[The Bat]]'', ''[[Amazonia (superhero)|Amazonia]]'', ''[[Steel Man]]'', ''[[Spider-Guy]]'', ''[[Time Surgeon]]'', ''[[T-Men]]'' and ''[[Monkey Planet]]'' are all popular comic series. | |||
* Natalie mentions the [[Silver Surfer]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to be | * ''The Bat'', ''Amazonia'', ''Steel Man'', ''Spider-Guy'', ''T-Men'' and ''Monkey Planet'' exist in the [[DWU]] alongside the series they parody: [[Batman]], [[Wonder Woman]], [[Iron Man]], [[Spider-Man]], the [[X-Men]], and [[Planet of the Apes]], respectively. | ||
* This is the final main ''Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor'' story to feature Clara Oswald (though she continued to be featured in the back-up strip). | |||
* The Doctor has been known to break the fourth wall with viewers a number of times, such as the [[First Doctor]] wishing viewers a Merry Christmas at the end of an instalment of [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. The Twelfth Doctor himself has done so on several occasions ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'', ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'', and ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]''). For further details, see [[Fourth wall]]. | |||
* This story was published not long after [[Pearl Mackie]] was announced the Doctor's new TV companion, [[Bill Potts]]. The character of Natalie, who becomes something of a one-off companion in this tale, was noted as strongly resembling Mackie. Artist [[Rachael Stott]] indicated on her Twitter feed that this was a coincidence. | |||
=== Original print details === | === Original print details === | ||
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* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] previously visited the [[Prohibited Sphere]] store. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Give Free or Die (comic story)|Give Free or Die]]'') | * The [[Eleventh Doctor]] previously visited the [[Prohibited Sphere]] store. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Give Free or Die (comic story)|Give Free or Die]]'') | ||
* The Boneless return. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | * The Boneless return. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | ||
* When the Doctor is breaking through the "fourth wall", the stray comic book panels show images from ''[[Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)|Clara Oswald and the School of Death]].'' | |||
* The Doctor mentions the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | |||
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The Fourth Wall was the ninth story of the Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic series, published in 2016.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
It's the long-awaited return of a deadly foe, as the Doctor and Clara face a monster that will have you checking your stack of comics for suspicious movement! Dare you continue reading, when every page turn could bring you into MORTAL DANGER?! You have to – you're the Doctor's only hope!
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Irritably, the Twelfth Doctor addresses the reader of a comic book and warns them not to turn the page. Assuming that it's all part of the story, Natalie turns the page and finds herself trapped in her book.
One hour prior, the TARDIS lands in London, the Doctor dragging Clara to a local comic book store from which he's detected strange energy emissions. As Clara stocks up on comics, which she's taken to reading during the Doctor's technobabble, before the Time Lord notices Time Surgeon, a comic series based on his and Clara's adventures. As the Doctor rants about the imitation, he suddenly vanishes. When Clara tells the employees of this, they take her to the back room where they've stored all the comics that have absorbing people. After Luke is absorbed, by a comic, Clara recognises the cause as the Boneless and leads the female clerk away.
Within the comic, the Doctor makes contact with Natalie, telling her about the danger. Back in the 3-D universe, Clara manages to delay the Boneless by toppling the comic shelves allowing her a reprieve to talk to the Doctor. The Doctor tells her to go back to the TARDIS and use the telepathic circuits to create a temporal/spatial flux that will disrupt the fourth wall and send the Boneless back to the 2-D universe.
Back in the comic pages, the Doctor and Natalie observe that the Boneless are speeding up. Realising that the victims' shared love of comics has created a shared telepathic web between them. If that can be harnessed into a single telepathic entity, then it just might defeat the Boneless.
Back in the TARDIS, Clara create the flux but the comic she and the clerk are carrying disgorges a Boneless only for the Doctor to create the telepathic unison, disrupting the Boneless and sending them all back to their own dimension. As clean-up begins, the Doctor gets Natalie a job at the comic store before he leads Clara away. After all, he needs to have word with the creators of Time Surgeon.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor tells Clara he has no control over whether he can regenerate into a woman.
Comic books[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The comic shop is called the Prohibited Sphere Megastore.
- The Bat, Amazonia, Steel Man, Spider-Guy, Time Surgeon, T-Men and Monkey Planet are all popular comic series.
- Natalie mentions the Silver Surfer.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Bat, Amazonia, Steel Man, Spider-Guy, T-Men and Monkey Planet exist in the DWU alongside the series they parody: Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Planet of the Apes, respectively.
- This is the final main Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor story to feature Clara Oswald (though she continued to be featured in the back-up strip).
- The Doctor has been known to break the fourth wall with viewers a number of times, such as the First Doctor wishing viewers a Merry Christmas at the end of an instalment of TV: The Daleks' Master Plan. The Twelfth Doctor himself has done so on several occasions (TV: Deep Breath, Listen, Before the Flood, and Heaven Sent). For further details, see Fourth wall.
- This story was published not long after Pearl Mackie was announced the Doctor's new TV companion, Bill Potts. The character of Natalie, who becomes something of a one-off companion in this tale, was noted as strongly resembling Mackie. Artist Rachael Stott indicated on her Twitter feed that this was a coincidence.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Clara questions the Doctor's decision to park the TARDIS in broad daylight, but he tells her no one will notice it. (TV: Boom Town)
- The Eleventh Doctor previously visited the Prohibited Sphere store. (COMIC: Give Free or Die)
- The Boneless return. (TV: Flatline)
- When the Doctor is breaking through the "fourth wall", the stray comic book panels show images from Clara Oswald and the School of Death.
- The Doctor mentions the Empress of the Racnoss. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
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