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|doctor            = Twelfth Doctor
|doctor            = Twelfth Doctor
|companions        = [[Gaz]]
|companions        = [[Gaz (A Cold Snap)|Gaz]]
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|featuring        =  
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|enemy            = [[S'Qwatch]]
|enemy            = [[S'Qwatch]]
|year              = [[Blackpool]], [[summer]] [[1976]]
|year              = [[Blackpool]], [[summer]] [[1976]]
|writer            = [[James Hill]]
|writer            = James Hill
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|release date      = [[22 June (releases)|22 June]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date      = 22 June 2017
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|publisher        = Panini UK
|publisher        = Panini UK
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the final comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' before the magazine's hiatus in [[2017 (releases)|2017]].  
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the final ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Twelfth Doctor]] before the magazine's hiatus in [[2017 (releases)|2017]], which carried through until [[The Greatest Movie Never Made (comic story)|January 2019]].


It was the first DWA comic since the July 2016 story ''[[Pirates of Vourakis (comic story)|Pirates of Vourakis]]'' to not be written by [[Andrew Cartmel]] or feature the companion [[Jata]]. Jata's absence in ''A Cold Snap'' is not brought up, leaving the Jata storyline unfinished.
It was the first DWA comic since the July 2016 story ''[[Pirates of Vourakis (comic story)|Pirates of Vourakis]]'' to not be written by [[Andrew Cartmel]] or feature the companion [[Jata]]. Jata's absence in ''A Cold Snap'' is not brought up, leaving the Jata storyline unfinished. For this story, the Doctor takes on a one-off companion named [[Gaz (A Cold Snap)|Gaz]] in a return to the format seen prior to the introduction of Jata, even though by the time the story was published, [[Bill Potts]] and [[Nardole]] had already debuted on television.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
*[[Twelfth Doctor]]
* [[Twelfth Doctor]]
*[[Gaz]]
* [[Gaz (A Cold Snap)|Gaz]]
*[[S'Qwatch]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* This was the final ''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story to feature the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. The final spoken words of his DWA comic strip tenure are: "Mums always know best. And something tells me the S'qwatch mother is going to ground her naughty boys for at least two hundred years!"
* The Doctor calls the summer of 1976 the hottest summer on record, a reference to the real-world {{w|1976 British Isles heat wave}}.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
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{{Twelfth Doctor DWA comics}}
{{Twelfth Doctor DWA comics}}
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[[Category:2017 comic stories]]
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[[Category:Twelfth Doctor DWA comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Blackpool]]
[[Category:Stories set in Blackpool]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1976]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1976]]

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A Cold Snap was the final Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Twelfth Doctor before the magazine's hiatus in 2017, which carried through until January 2019.

It was the first DWA comic since the July 2016 story Pirates of Vourakis to not be written by Andrew Cartmel or feature the companion Jata. Jata's absence in A Cold Snap is not brought up, leaving the Jata storyline unfinished. For this story, the Doctor takes on a one-off companion named Gaz in a return to the format seen prior to the introduction of Jata, even though by the time the story was published, Bill Potts and Nardole had already debuted on television.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This was the final Doctor Who Adventures comic story to feature the Twelfth Doctor. The final spoken words of his DWA comic strip tenure are: "Mums always know best. And something tells me the S'qwatch mother is going to ground her naughty boys for at least two hundred years!"
  • The Doctor calls the summer of 1976 the hottest summer on record, a reference to the real-world 1976 British Isles heat wave.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added