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{{Infobox Comic|
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comic name= A Christmas Story|
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image= [[File:A Christmas Story.jpg|250px]]|
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
doctor= [[First Doctor]]|
|image       = Santa Baby.jpg
companions= [[John and Gillian]]|
|doctor      = First Doctor
enemy= |
|companions  = [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
year= |
|featuring    = [[Santa Claus|Santa]]
writer= [[Neville Main]]|
|enemy        = The [[Demon Magician]]
artist= [[Neville Main]]|
|setting      = [[Christmas-land]], [[24 December]]
editor=|
|writer      = Bill Mevin
colourist=|
|artist       = [[Bill Mevin]]
lettering=|
|editor       =  
publication title= [[TV Comic]] 732-735|
|colourist   =  
publication dates= 25 December [[1965]] - 15 January [[1966]]|
|letterer    =
publisher= |
|publication = ''[[TV Comic]]'' 732-735
format= Comic - 4 parts (? pages)|
|release date = 20 December 1965 - 10 January 1966
previous story= [[Shark Bait]]|
|reprint      = DWCC 15
next story= [[The Didus Expedition]]|
|publisher   = Polystyle Publications, Ltd.
|separator    = ;
|format       = Comic - 4 parts (8 pages)
|series      = [[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
|prev        = Shark Bait (TVC comic story)
|next         = The Didus Expedition (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''A Christmas Story''''' was the first [[Christmas]] story set in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. It first appeared in the [[1965 (releases)|1965]] Christmas season. It would later be one of the few ''[[TV Comic]]'' stories reprinted in ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'' and was even the subject of the cover to [[DWCC 15|the issue in which it appeared]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The First Doctor visits the North Pole, and [[Santa Claus]] asks the Doctor to help him save [[Christmas]] for the little kids of the world. With the Doctor's help, Christmas is saved, and presents are delivered. The Doctor then departs in the TARDIS.
The [[First Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] visit the [[Christmas-land]] to which [[Santa Claus]] has moved his workshop from the [[North Pole]], where it was apparently "very noisy [with] all those aircraft and things", as Santa himself explains. They find that Santa's toy production is way behind, due to his having received many letters from children wanting a model TARDIS for [[Christmas]], as well having been hampered by an impish being calling himself the [[Demon Magician]]. Having seen a demonstration of the Doctor's "[[magic box]]", one of the functions of which is a toy duplicator, Santa asks the Doctor to help make the TARDIS models and ward off the Demon Magician in order to save Christmas for the children of the world. The three time travellers eventually thwart the Demon Magician with the help of the Doctor's "magic box". After they send the creature into space, far away from Santa's workshop, they decide to leave in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. In gratitude, Santa lights up the sky with a huge message whilst on his rounds: ''HAPPY JOURNEY TO TARDIS''.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[First Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
*[[John and Gillian]]
* [[John Who]]
*[[Santa Clause]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* [[Santa Claus]]
* [[Demon Magician]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
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==Notes==
== Notes ==
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* This story was reprinted in ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'' [[DWCC 15|Issue 15]].
* According to ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'', this story is also known as ''A Story for Christmas''.
 
=== Original print details ===


==Continuity==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
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==Timeline==
* TVC 732 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
*This story occurs after [[TVC]]: ''[[Shark Bait]]''
* TVC 733 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
*This story occurs before [[TVC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]''
* TVC 734 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 735 (2 pages) [No closing caption]


==External links==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
[[Category:First Doctor comic stories|Christmas Story]]
{{dwrefguide|tvcomic1.htm#13|A Christmas Story}}
{{First Doctor TVC comics}}
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[[Category:First Doctor TVC comic stories]]
[[Category:1965 comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]]
[[Category:Four part comics]]

Latest revision as of 15:17, 16 November 2024

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A Christmas Story was the first Christmas story set in the Doctor Who universe. It first appeared in the 1965 Christmas season. It would later be one of the few TV Comic stories reprinted in Doctor Who Classic Comics and was even the subject of the cover to the issue in which it appeared.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The First Doctor, John and Gillian visit the Christmas-land to which Santa Claus has moved his workshop from the North Pole, where it was apparently "very noisy [with] all those aircraft and things", as Santa himself explains. They find that Santa's toy production is way behind, due to his having received many letters from children wanting a model TARDIS for Christmas, as well having been hampered by an impish being calling himself the Demon Magician. Having seen a demonstration of the Doctor's "magic box", one of the functions of which is a toy duplicator, Santa asks the Doctor to help make the TARDIS models and ward off the Demon Magician in order to save Christmas for the children of the world. The three time travellers eventually thwart the Demon Magician with the help of the Doctor's "magic box". After they send the creature into space, far away from Santa's workshop, they decide to leave in the TARDIS. In gratitude, Santa lights up the sky with a huge message whilst on his rounds: HAPPY JOURNEY TO TARDIS.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 732 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 733 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 734 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 735 (2 pages) [No closing caption]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]