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|image        = Tesseract.jpg
|series      = [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]]
|doctor      = Tenth Doctor
|companions  = [[Matthew Finnegan|Matthew]], [[Emily Winter|Emily]]
|featuring    = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
|enemy        = [[Acari]], [[Tef'Aree]], [[the Advocate]]
|setting      = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]], [[Acari]] vessel, Fifth Dimensional Space
|writer      = Tony Lee
|artist      = [[Al Davison]]
|colourist    = [[Lovern Kindzierski]]
|publication  = [[DW09 7]] - [[DW09 8|8]]
|release date = 13 January - 3 February 2010
|publisher    = IDW Publishing
|format      = [[American comic book]] - two issues
|prev        = Fugitive (comic story)
|next        = Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)
}}
'''''Tesseract''''' was the third part of the story arc begun in [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]] #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".


|image = [[file:Tesseract.jpg|250px]]
== Summary ==
|comic name = Tesseract
While the [[Tenth Doctor]] gives his new companions, [[Emily Winter]] and [[Matthew Finnegan]], a tour of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens. [[The Advocate]] places doubt into [[Matthew Finnegan]]'s mind about the Doctor's morality, while the [[Tef'Aree]] have much the same effect upon [[Emily Winter]]. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by the [[Acari]] spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth persona]] fully reassert itself.
|series = [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]: [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]]
|doctor = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|companions = [[Matthew Finnegan]]<br>[[Emily Winter]]<br>[[Martha Jones]] (cameo; returns)
|enemy = [[Acari]], [[Tef'Aree]], [[the Advocate]]
|year = [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], unnamed [[Acari]] vessel, Fifth Dimensional Space
|writer = [[Tony Lee]]
|artist = [[Al Davison]]
|colourist = [[Lovern Kindzierski]]
|publication title = [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]] #7-8
|publication dates = [[January]] to [[February]] [[2010]]
|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
|format = [[wikipedia:American comic book|American comic book]] - two issues
|previous story = ''[[Fugitive]]''
|next story = ''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]''
}}'''''Tesseract''''' was the third part of the story arc begun in [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]] #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".
 
==Summary==
 
While the Tenth [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] gives his new companions, [[Emily Winter]] and [[Matthew Finnegan]], a tour of the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens. [[The Advocate]] places doubt into [[Matthew Finnegan]]'s mind about the Doctor's morality, while the [[Tef'Aree]] have much the same effect upon [[Emily Winter]]. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by the [[Acari]] spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth persona]] fully reassert itself.


When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor's [[superphone]] rings before they can enjoy their victory. [[Martha Jones]] calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return to [[Earth]] and help [[UNIT]] solve a mysterious new problem . . .
When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor's [[superphone]] rings before they can enjoy their victory. [[Martha Jones]] calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return to [[Earth]] and help [[UNIT]] solve a mysterious new problem . . .


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Matthew Finnegan]]
* [[Matthew Finnegan]]
* [[Emily Winter]]
* [[Emily Winter]]
* [[Acari]] soldiers
* [[Acari]] soldiers
* The Advocate
* [[The Advocate]]
* [[Gizou]] posing as Acari soldier
* [[Gizou]]
* [[Tef'Aree]]
* [[Tef'Aree]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned.
* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned.
* The Doctor is shown simultaneously wearing elements of the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s outfits, as well as the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] (which is used to save his life later), the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s hat and the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s cravat.
* The Doctor is shown simultaneously wearing elements of the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s outfits, as well as the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]], the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s hat and the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s cravat.
* The Doctor describes the TARDIS as "a box of cubes" with each cube shuffling around if the box is shaken.
* [[Donna Noble]] is mentioned.
* [[Donna Noble]] is mentioned.
* The [[Cloister Bell]] sounds.
* The [[Cloister Bell]] sounds.
* One of the two watches the Doctor offers his companions is a [[Mickey Mouse]] watch (Emily takes this one).
* The Doctor offers his companions a [[Mickey Mouse]] watch.
* [[Vislor Turlough]] is mentioned. He apparently kept a diary in the TARDIS, which Matthew discovers, but whose contents he does not reveal to his fellow TARDIS travelers.
* [[Vislor Turlough]] kept a diary in the TARDIS, which Matthew discovers.
* When the Doctor answers his [[superphone]] he initially wonders if [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina]] might be phoning him. Exactly how she obtained his phone number — or, to be precise, Martha's old phone number — is not explored.
* When the Doctor answers his [[superphone]] he initially wonders if [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina]] might be phoning him.
* An oblique reference to the [[Zero Room]] is made when the Doctor notes that the sudden rearrangement of the TARDIS interior is causing him "temporal disarray".
* The Doctor got Martha and her husband a wedding gift which reacted badly with champagne and sent [[Francine Jones|her mother]] to the ceiling. She is filling in as UNIT's scientific advisor while [[Malcolm Taylor|Malcolm]] is in [[Geneva]].
* The [[Tef'Aree]] predict a number of events in Emily's future, including her standing beside a memorial to a dead friend and an encounter with "the Soul Free". The Doctor believes that the Tef'Aree are only mythical.
*Martha is described as being fresh from her wedding to a man she does not specify. The Doctor got them a wedding gift which reacted badly with champagne and sent [[Francine Jones|her mother]] to the ceiling. Martha gains yet another [[UNIT]] appointment by the time of this story, filling in as UNIT's scientific advisor while Malcolm is in [[Geneva]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
* The story takes place almost entirely within the bowels of the TARDIS. Only a handful of stories have explored the interior of the TARDIS, including [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', and [[DWM]]: ''[[Changes]]''. ''Invasion of Time'' is referenced in Part 2 when the Doctor revisits the swimming pool area last seen in that story.
* The story takes place almost entirely within the TARDIS. Only a handful of stories have explored the interior of the TARDIS, including the television stories ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', and ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'' as well as the comic story ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]''.
* The notion of the TARDIS existing in a state of "[[temporal grace]]" is mentioned, and a sly aside is given to the fact that [[script editor]], [[Eric Saward]], sometimes forgot about the concept, introduced in [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''.
* This story was reprinted in the IDW graphic novel ''[[Tesseract (graphic novel)|Tesseract]]''.
* The Advocate implies the TV stories ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' are only a week apart.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor says the TARDIS is "full of old console rooms", evoking ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', where the secondary console room was introduced. It perhaps also implies that all the old console rooms seen throughout the years still exist within the TARDIS. Indeed, at one point the Doctor goes to a part of the TARDIS that strongly resembles the [[JNT]]-era interior. At another, he goes into the [[Cloister Room]], as seen in [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]]. [[Matthew Finnegan]] later discovers the [[First Doctor]]'s console room. This is confirmed ([http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Wife DW: ''The Doctor's Wife'')]
* The Doctor visits many of the TARDIS's old [[console room]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') as well as [[TARDIS art gallery|the art gallery]] and [[TARDIS swimming pool|swimming pool]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') he assumes there were two pools, since he deleted the other one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
* The Doctor's wind-up mouse ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') is used and is mistaken for [[K9]] by the Acari.
* The Doctor's wind-up mouse is used and is mistaken for [[K9]] by the Acari. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
* At one point the Doctor spews quotes from various previous adventures. Whilst in the pool from ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', he recalls precise lines from ''[[State of Decay]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'', and ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''. At the same time, he is loitering in the TARDIS pool area seen in ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', and remarks that he thought the area had been jettisoned. The scene is strongly reminiscent of the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s first moments of consciousness in ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', wherein snatches of his former selves bleed through.
* At one point, the Doctor spews quotes from various previous adventures. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|THe Ultimate Foe]]'', ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* The [[tribophysical waveform macrokinetic extrapolator]] is used to disengage the TARDIS from the Acari ship, and the events of [[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'' are referenced.
* The [[tribophysical waveform macrokinetic extrapolator]] is used to disengage the TARDIS from the Acari ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')
* The events of [[IDW]]: ''[[Silver Scream]]'' are referenced.
* The Doctor refuses to allow Emily to take possession of [[Jack Harkness]]' [[sonic blaster]] as he says it is reserved for "[[River Song|someone else]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')
* The Doctor refuses to allow Emily to take possession of [[Jack Harkness]]' [[sonic blaster]] as he says it is reserved for "[[River Song|someone else]]". ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
* [[Adric]] is mentioned several times, including a reference to his death, which is recalled in detail. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')
* [[Adric]] is mentioned several times, including a reference to his death, which is recalled in detail. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
* [[Malcolm Taylor]] and [[Erisa Magambo|Captain Magambo]] are namechecked by [[Martha Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* [[Malcolm Taylor (Planet of the Dead)|Malcolm Taylor]] and [[Erisa Magambo|Captain Magambo]] are namechecked by [[Martha Jones]]. However, ''[[Don't Step on the Grass]]'' makes it clear that she's no longer a UNIT employee, but "strictly freelance", foreshadowing her statements in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.
* Emily arms herself with the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s cricket bat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
* Emily arms herself with the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s cricket bat in the cricket club seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''.
* The notion of the TARDIS existing in a state of [[temporal grace]] is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* Lady Christina de Souza is briefly mentioned as the Doctor wonders if it is her who is calling him. This shows that she and the Doctor must have had at least one other adventure. He presumably gave her Martha's old phone number so that she could contact him.
* The TARDIS architecture has previously been tampered with by outside forces. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)|The Mark of Mandragora]]'')


==Cover Gallery==
== Cover gallery ==
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file:Drwho07-cvra.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 7 (Cover A)
File:Drwho07-cvra.jpg|[[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]]<br />Issue 7 (Cover A)
file:Drwho07-cvrb.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 7 (Cover B)
File:Drwho07-cvrb.jpg|''Doctor Who'' (2009)<br />Issue 7 (Cover B)
file:Drwho08-cvra.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 8 (Cover A)
File:Drwho08-cvra.jpg|''Doctor Who'' (2009)<br />Issue 8 (Cover A)
file:Drwho08-cvrb.jpg|[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]<br>Issue 8 (Cover B)
File:Drwho08-cvrb.jpg|''Doctor Who'' (2009)<br />Issue 8 (Cover B)
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==Timeline==
[[Category:DW09 comic stories]]
* ''Tesseract'' occurs soon — possibly immediately — after [[IDW]]: ''[[Fugitive]]''. A reference to [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina]] confirms what has already been indicated in earlier issues: the whole of [[Doctor Who (2009)|this comic series]] happens at some point after the events of [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''.
* The reference to [[Jack Harkness]]' [[sonic blaster]] and its destiny with [[River Song]] indicates that River hasn't yet met the Doctor for the first time.
 
==External links==
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Tesseract was the third part of the story arc begun in Doctor Who (2009) #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

While the Tenth Doctor gives his new companions, Emily Winter and Matthew Finnegan, a tour of the TARDIS, the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens. The Advocate places doubt into Matthew Finnegan's mind about the Doctor's morality, while the Tef'Aree have much the same effect upon Emily Winter. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by the Acari spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor's tenth persona fully reassert itself.

When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor's superphone rings before they can enjoy their victory. Martha Jones calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return to Earth and help UNIT solve a mysterious new problem . . .

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 7 (Cover A)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 7 (Cover A)

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 7 (Cover B)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 7 (Cover B)

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 8 (Cover A)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 8 (Cover A)

  • Doctor Who (2009) Issue 8 (Cover B)

    Doctor Who (2009)
    Issue 8 (Cover B)

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