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|image = TheRoadTo.jpg | |image = TheRoadTo.jpg | ||
| | |doctor = Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Twelfth Doctor | ||
|featuring = Arthur (The Girl in the Fireplace) | |featuring = Arthur (The Girl in the Fireplace) | ||
|featuring2 = Amy Pond | |featuring2 = Amy Pond | ||
|featuring3 = Rory Williams | |featuring3 = Rory Williams | ||
|featuring4 = Nardole | |featuring4 = Nardole | ||
|featuring5 = | |featuring5 = Missy | ||
|featuring6 = Leon Perkins | |featuring6 = Leon Perkins | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = {{il|[[SS Madame de Pompadour|SS ''Madame de Pompadour'']], [[51st century]]|[[London]], [[the Year of the Slow Invasion]]<!--The episode in no way gives us a firm date. Please do not add supposition like 2020, as there's nothing in the episode which firmly supported that.-->|[[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[SS Madame de Pompadour|SS ''Madame de Pompadour'']], [[51st century]]|[[London]], [[the Year of the Slow Invasion]]<!--The episode in no way gives us a firm date. Please do not add supposition like 2020, as there's nothing in the episode which firmly supported that.-->|[[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jody Houser | ||
|editor = [[Andrew James]], [[Jessica Burton]] | |editor = [[Andrew James]], [[Jessica Burton]] | ||
|penciller = | |penciller = | ||
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|reprint =The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor (graphic novel) | |reprint =The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor (graphic novel) | ||
|traded = | |traded = | ||
|release date = | |release date = 11 July - 12 September 2018 | ||
|publisher = Titan Publishing Group | |publisher = Titan Publishing Group | ||
|format = Comic - 3 parts | |format = Comic - 3 parts | ||
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|prev = Tulpa (comic story) | |prev = Tulpa (comic story) | ||
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}} | |series2=''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''|next2=The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the serialised backup story of ''[[Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor]]'' published in [[2018 (releases)|2018]] as a prequel to ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the serialised backup story of ''[[Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor]]'' published in [[2018 (releases)|2018]] as a prequel to ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:08, 29 October 2024
The Road To... was the serialised backup story of Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor published in 2018 as a prequel to Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor.
The story, told through three separate narratives, depicts the Doctor's encounter with the same mysterious portal with a hand reaching out of it in their Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth incarnations, preluding the Thirteenth Doctor's encounter with it in A New Beginning.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
On the SS Madame de Pompadour in the 51st century, the Tenth Doctor has returned from a party in 18th century France where he is irritated to find that his human companions Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith have yet again wandered off, confiding his frustrations with Arthur the horse. His attention, however, is soon drawn to a rip in time, distinct from the time windows on the ship. From the rip, a humanoid hand is seen to emerge from a figure who asks for the Doctor to "grab on" as they "can't hold..." before quickly shattering as the rip closes. Bewildered by what has just occurred, the Doctor determines it to be "not good" but notes that it is something which needs to wait as he hears from a distance that his companions are at the mercy of the Clockwork Droids, promptly rushing off to rescue them.
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the Year of the Slow Invasion, the Eleventh Doctor is bored and tries to kill time by doing anything, musing on the briefness of the human lifespan and the paradox of Amy and Rory, who can hear him, simply sitting there. As the Doctor ponders while riding the lawn mower, the portal appears behind his back, the hand again calling for help. Lost in thought though, the Doctor pays the portal no mind and it soon disappears, the Time Lord continuing on as if nothing happened.
Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]
On the Mondasian colony ship, the Twelfth Doctor, Missy and Nardole take the elevator down to Floor 1056 to rescue Bill Potts, when the portal reappears, the Doctor remembers it from the SS Madame de Pompadour. After scanning it with his screwdriver, he asks Missy if she wants to save Bill or the person that wants to reach them with the portal. Missy answers that she wants to save Bill as she is the one that is afraid of her. The Doctor stores his screwdriver back inside of his pocket and they go to save Bill. The portal will wait.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Tenth Doctor
- Arthur
- Rose Tyler
- Mickey Smith
- Eleventh Doctor
- Amy Pond
- Rory Williams
- Twelfth Doctor
- Nardole
- Missy
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Tenth Doctor wears his tie on his head.
- The Eleventh Doctor paints the Ponds' wooden garden fence, fixes their car, mows their lawn, and vacuums their floor.
- The Eleventh Doctor kicks a football.
- The Ponds' back garden has a bird feeder.
- Missy remarks that there's something about lifts "that just makes you want to pull out the ribs of those around you one by one", which she refers to as an "arts and crafts project".
- The Twelfth Doctor remembers seeing the hand reaching through a portal on another ship where time was "out of sorts". Ironically, the same incarnation of the Doctor was not able to remember the spaceship in TV: Deep Breath.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The first issue of this story takes place during TV: The Girl in the Fireplace. Rose and Mickey don't appear directly. However, speech bubbles belonging to them can be seen.
- The second issue of this story takes place during TV: The Power of Three.
- The third issue of this story takes place during TV: World Enough and Time. Erroneously, Missy is drawn wearing a brown outfit here rather than the dark purple one seen in the episode.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Tenth Doctor is on board the SS Madame de Pompadour. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace)
- The Tenth Doctor appears to converse with Arthur the horse. Indeed, his next incarnation would claim to "speak horse." (TV: A Town Called Mercy)
- The Eleventh Doctor notes that he gave the Ponds their house and car. (TV: The God Complex)
- The Eleventh Doctor previously displayed his football skills. (TV: The Lodger)
- The Ponds' living room is littered with cubes. (TV: The Power of Three)
- Missy calls the Twelfth Doctor "Doctor Who". (TV: World Enough and Time)
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