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|image        = EmilyHypothetical.jpg
|image        = EmilyHypothetical.jpg
|series      = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]]
|series      = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]]
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|enemy        = [[Hypothetical Gentleman]]
|enemy        = [[Hypothetical Gentleman]]
|setting      = [[London]], [[1851]]
|setting      = [[London]], [[1851]]
|writer      = [[Andy Diggle]]
|writer      = Andy Diggle
|editor      = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor      = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|artist      = [[Mark Buckingham]]
|artist      = [[Mark Buckingham]]
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|letterer    = [[Shawn Lee]]
|letterer    = [[Shawn Lee]]
|publication  = [[DW12 1]] - [[DW12 2|2]]
|publication  = [[DW12 1]] - [[DW12 2|2]]
|release date = [[3 October (releases)|3]] - [[31 October (releases)|31 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|release date = 3 - 31 October 2012
|publisher    = IDW Publishing
|publisher    = IDW Publishing
|format      = [[American comic book]] - 2 parts
|format      = [[American comic book]] - 2 parts
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
A shadow being has emerged from a machine used to view alternate realities, and is stealing time from those he touches in order to become "real." Can the Doctor save the Hypothetical Gentleman's latest victim?
A shadow being has emerged from a machine used to view alternate realities, and is stealing time from those he touches in order to become "real." Can the Doctor save the [[Hypothetical Gentleman]]'s latest victim?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Emily Fairfax]]
* [[Emily Fairfax]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Hypothetical Gentleman gives the Fairfaxes the information to build a [[quantum resonator]], which serves as a window into other worlds and shows what might have been. It draws [[artron energy]] from the TARDIS allowing the Gentleman to materialise in this reality, so the Doctor creates a [[synchronization cage]] to trap it.
* The Hypothetical Gentleman gives the Fairfaxes the information to build a [[quantum resonator]], which serves as a window into other worlds and shows what might have been. It draws [[artron energy]] from the TARDIS allowing the Gentleman to materialise in this reality, so the Doctor creates a [[synchronization cage]] to trap it.
* The Hypothetical Gentleman shows Emily images of [[Sontaran]]s, a [[peg doll (Night Terrors)|peg doll]], a [[Zygon]], a [[Kroton (species)|Kroton]], a [[Headless monk]], a [[Silent]], a [[Weeping Angel]] and a [[Krynoid]].
* The Hypothetical Gentleman shows Emily images of [[Sontaran]]s, a [[peg doll (Night Terrors)|peg doll]], a [[Zygon]], a [[Kroton (species)|Kroton]], a [[Headless monk]], a [[Silent]], a [[Weeping Angel]] and a [[Krynoid]].
* [[Glossolalia]] is "the language of the [[Angel (mythology)|angel]]s."
* [[Glossolalia]] is "the language of the [[angel]]s."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story subtly begins a running gag of trying to get Amy and Rory to [[Majorca]], [[Spain]].
* This story subtly begins a running gag of trying to get Amy and Rory to [[Majorca]], [[Spain]].
* ''[[Sky Jacks (comic story)|Sky Jacks]]'' later reveals the Hypothetical Gentleman is in fact [[the Matrix]], having survived the [[Last Great Time War]] by connecting itself into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Eleventh Doctor successfully takes Amy and Rory to [[the Great Exhibition]], having previously missed the year. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'')  
* The Eleventh Doctor successfully takes Amy and Rory to [[the Great Exhibition]], having previously missed the year. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'')
* Rory mentions going to [[Majorca]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)|The Eye of Ashaya]]'')
* Rory mentions going to [[Majorca]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)|The Eye of Ashaya]]'')
* Set mainly in and around the [[Crystal Palace]] of The Great Exhibition of [[1851]], the Doctor mentions he has to avoid running into himself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]'')
* Set mainly in and around the [[Crystal Palace]] of The Great Exhibition of [[1851]], the Doctor mentions he has to avoid running into himself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')
* A [[Osiran service robot|mummy]] is on display in the Crystal Palace. The Doctor checks to see if it is deactivated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* A [[Osiran service robot|mummy]] is on display in the Crystal Palace. The Doctor checks to see if it is deactivated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')


== Cover gallery ==
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DW2012 1a.jpg|Issue 1 (Cover A)
DW2012 2a.jpg|Issue 2 (Cover A)
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Hypothetical Gentleman was the first comic story from the Doctor Who (2012) range.

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A shadow being has emerged from a machine used to view alternate realities, and is stealing time from those he touches in order to become "real." Can the Doctor save the Hypothetical Gentleman's latest victim?

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