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|comic name        = The Child of Time
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|series           = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' - [[Eleventh Doctor comic stories]]
|number in range = 159
|doctor           = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|image = Galatean time scoop.jpg
|companions= [[Amy Pond]]
|series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|enemy             = [[Chiyoko]] (redeems herself) <br />[[Galatean]]s
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|year              = [[England]] [[2011]]<br /> [[Paris]] [[1858]]<br /> [[Wilmslow]] [[2011]]<br /> [[Museum of Lost Opportunities]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]
|writer           = [[Jonathan Morris]]
|featuring = Alan Turing{{!}}Turning
|editor           = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Scott Gray]]
|featuring2 = Cosette
|artist           = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|featuring3 = Margaret Webster
|lettering        = [[Roger Langridge]]
|enemy = [[Chiyoko]]
|publication title = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 438|438]]  
|setting = [[England]]; [[Wilmslow]], [[1954]]; [[Museum of Lost Opportunities]]
|publication dates = [[25 August]] [[2011]]
|writer = Jonathan Morris
|publisher         = [[Panini Comics]]
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Scott Gray]]
|format           = Comic
|artist = [[Martin Geraghty]]
|previous story   = [[Apotheosis]]
|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]]
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|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 438|438]] - [[DWM 441|441]]
'''''The Child of Time''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]].
|release date = 25 August - 17 November 2011
|publisher = Panini Comics
|format = Comic
|prev = Apotheosis (comic story)
|next = The Chains of Olympus (comic story)
|epcount = 4|reprint = The Child of Time (graphic novel)
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'''''The Child of Time''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. It concluded the [[Chiyoko]] arc.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
''The clock is ticking, as the Doctor and Amy find themselvestrying to avert Chiyoko's creation, with the whole universe is in the balance...''
The clock is ticking, as the Doctor and Amy find themselves trying to avert Chiyoko's creation and prevent a galactic war in Earth's future. The whole universe is hanging in the balance and the time vortex is close to complete collapse. Travelling between worlds that shouldn't exist and meeting long dead souls, the Doctor and Amy's toughest adventure could prove to be their last... The end of everything is approaching, at the hands of a little girl who wants to live forever.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
=== Part 1 ===
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] follow [[Chiyoko]] through the [[Time Vortex]]. She is ensuring that her creation occurs. She sends the Vorlax drone to 2011, [[Eldritch Valdemar]] to Paris in 1858 and frees [[Axos]] from the [[Time loop]] to invade Earth. The [[TARDIS]] lands on Earth during a battle between humans and the [[Galatean]]s. The humans, led by Captain Kaido, take the Doctor and Amy to their base, where they meet Sergeant [[Sokkuri]], another human rescued by Kaido. The Doctor and Amy discover the remaining humans worship Chiyoko as a goddess. To stop the Galateans from capturing Earth, Kaido uses a machine that only responds to her brain waves to activate a network of bombs under the Earth's crust and destroy the planet. After doing this, she is shot by Sokkuri, a Galatean in disguise. She tries to absorb Kaido's brain waves to halt the explosion, but is killed by Kaido. Chiyoko appears to the Doctor and Amy and tells them she started the war to see whether humans or Galateans are superior; the Galateans were successful and shall continue living. Since the humans were inferior, they must 'go away', as must the Doctor and Amy. She disappears. Before the Doctor can stop the countdown, the Earth explodes.
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] follow [[Chiyoko]] through the [[Time Vortex]]. She is ensuring that her creation occurs. She sends the Vorlax drone to 2011, [[Eldritch Valdemar]] to Paris in 1858 and frees [[Axos]] from the [[time loop]] to invade Earth.
 
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] lands on Earth during a battle between humans and the [[Galatean]]s. The humans, led by Captain Kaido, take the Doctor and Amy to their base, where they meet Sergeant [[Sokkuri]], another human rescued by Kaido. The Doctor and Amy discover the remaining humans worship Chiyoko as a goddess. To stop the Galateans from capturing Earth, Kaido uses a machine that only responds to her brain waves to activate a network of bombs under the Earth's crust and destroy the planet. After doing this, she is shot by Sokkuri, a Galatean in disguise. She tries to absorb Kaido's brain waves to halt the explosion, but is killed by Kaido.
 
Chiyoko appears to the Doctor and Amy and tells them she started the war to see whether humans or Galateans are superior; the Galateans were successful and shall continue living. Since the humans were inferior, they must "go away", as must the Doctor and Amy. She disappears. Before the Doctor can stop the countdown, the Earth explodes.


=== Part 2 ===
=== Part 2 ===
The Doctor and Amy wake in the country. They meet a man who introduces himself as [[Alan Turing]]. While Turing makes them tea at his house, the Doctor tells Amy he should not be here; it is mid-July, and Turing killed himself in June by eating a poisoned apple. Unfortunately, Turing overhears this conversation. The Doctor tells Amy to take a look around the surrounding area.
The Doctor and Amy wake in the country. They meet a man who introduces himself as [[Alan Turing]]. While Turing makes them tea at his house, the Doctor tells Amy he should not be here; it is mid-July, and Turing killed himself in June by eating a poisoned apple. Unfortunately, Turing overhears this conversation. The Doctor tells Amy to take a look around the surrounding area.


Turing shows the Doctor some theories he is working on. Turing has developed Chaos Theory twenty years early. Meanwhile, Amy finds a dodo wandering the streets with a scrap of parchment in its mouth. She grabs the parchment, then sees the dodo run through a portal into a seemingly-abandoned chapel. At the same time, Turing tells the Doctor he did try to end his life, but was saved at the last moment, by a girl named Chiyoko.
Turing shows the Doctor some theories he is working on. Turing has developed [[chaos theory]] twenty years early. Meanwhile, Amy finds a dodo wandering the streets with a scrap of parchment in its mouth. She grabs the parchment, then sees the dodo run through a portal into a seemingly-abandoned chapel. At the same time, Turing tells the Doctor he did try to end his life, but was saved at the last moment, by a girl named Chiyoko.


In the chapel, Amy finds Buddy Holly writing a musical with John Keats starring Jayne. As soon as she tries to talk to them, they are shot by spider-like robots resembling Galateans. Circuitry falls out of the three people; they are robots. Back in Wilmslow, the Doctor knows that Chiyoko couldn't change history without endangering her existence, so this isn't 1954. He opens a portal with his sonic, and shows Turing he is living in a dimensional projection. Through the portal, they can see portals to many places and eras, an abandoned museum of time.
In the chapel, Amy finds Buddy Holly writing a musical with John Keats starring Jayne. As soon as she tries to talk to them, they are shot by spider-like robots resembling Galateans. Circuitry falls out of the three people; they are robots. Back in Wilmslow, the Doctor knows that Chiyoko couldn't change history without endangering her existence, so this isn't 1954. He opens a portal with his sonic, and shows Turing he is living in a dimensional projection. Through the portal, they can see portals to many places and eras, an abandoned museum of time.
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They take everyone to a time scoop which they used to rescue the Doctor from the dying Earth. The Brontës want to use it to wipe the Galateans from history, and know only the Doctor has knowledge to change history. The Doctor knows that if he refuses, the Galteans will kill them all. They burst through, attempting to kill everyone. As they hide, the Doctor explains that they can't escape via the time scoop without being shot at first, and Anne Brontë bids them goodbye...
They take everyone to a time scoop which they used to rescue the Doctor from the dying Earth. The Brontës want to use it to wipe the Galateans from history, and know only the Doctor has knowledge to change history. The Doctor knows that if he refuses, the Galteans will kill them all. They burst through, attempting to kill everyone. As they hide, the Doctor explains that they can't escape via the time scoop without being shot at first, and Anne Brontë bids them goodbye...
=== Part 3 ===
''to be added''
=== Part 4 ===
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Alan Turing]]
* [[Chiyoko]]
* [[Chiyoko]]
* [[Emily Brontë]]
* [[Charlotte Brontë]]
* [[Anne Brontë]]
* [[Keltor Jacobs]]
* [[Chloe (The Child of Time)|Chloe]]
* [[Kaido]]
* [[Webber (The Child of Time)|Webber]]
* [[Hachiman]]
* [[Sokkuri]]
* [[Cosette]]
* [[Margaret Webster]]
* [[Konami (Apotheosis)|Konami]]
* [[Buddy Holly]]
* [[John Keats]]
* [[Jayne Mansfield]]
* [[Louis (The Screams of Death)|Louis]]
* [[Arthur (Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night)|Arthur]]
* [[Eldritch Valdemar]]
* [[Eldritch Valdemar]]
* [[Alan Turing]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[Nun (The Child of Time)|Nun]]
* [[Emily Brontë]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[Charlotte Brontë]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[Anne Brontë]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[Buddy Holly]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[Jayne Mansfield]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[John Keats]] (Robot duplicate)
* [[Keltor Jacobs]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Alan Turing committed [[suicide]] by ingesting [[cyanide]] through an [[apple]] bite in [[June]] [[1954]].
* Amy enjoys [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''.
* The Doctor uses "[[Rassilon]]'s Beard" as an euphemism.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Chiyoko has just been created. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Apotheosis (comic story)|Apotheosis]]'')
 
* The Doctor and Amy see Chiyoko send the [[Vorlax Regeneration Drone]] to [[2011]] [[Hawkshaw Manor]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (comic story)|Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night]]'') [[Eldritch Valdemar]] to [[1858]] [[Paris]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Screams of Death (comic story)|The Screams of Death]]'') and [[Axos]] to 2011 [[Japan]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Golden Ones (comic story)|The Golden Ones]]'')
== Timeline ==
* The Doctor sees Chiyoko on the [[TARDIS scanner]] observing Cosette being absorbed into the TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Screams of Death (comic story)|The Screams of Death]]'')
''to be added''
* The Doctor bemoans human putting [[Nuclear bomb]]s in the Earth's crust to destroy the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* Chiyoko ensures the [[Human-Galatean War]] happens, as she was created by the conflict. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Apotheosis (comic story)|Apotheosis]]'')
* When the Doctor returns them home, Cosette is reunited with Louis, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Screams of Death (comic story)|The Screams of Death]]'') and Margaret is met by Arthur. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (comic story)|Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night]]'')


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You may be looking for the graphic novel of the same name or the Time Hunter novel.

The Child of Time was a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond. It concluded the Chiyoko arc.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The clock is ticking, as the Doctor and Amy find themselves trying to avert Chiyoko's creation and prevent a galactic war in Earth's future. The whole universe is hanging in the balance and the time vortex is close to complete collapse. Travelling between worlds that shouldn't exist and meeting long dead souls, the Doctor and Amy's toughest adventure could prove to be their last... The end of everything is approaching, at the hands of a little girl who wants to live forever.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eleventh Doctor and Amy follow Chiyoko through the Time Vortex. She is ensuring that her creation occurs. She sends the Vorlax drone to 2011, Eldritch Valdemar to Paris in 1858 and frees Axos from the time loop to invade Earth.

The Doctor's TARDIS lands on Earth during a battle between humans and the Galateans. The humans, led by Captain Kaido, take the Doctor and Amy to their base, where they meet Sergeant Sokkuri, another human rescued by Kaido. The Doctor and Amy discover the remaining humans worship Chiyoko as a goddess. To stop the Galateans from capturing Earth, Kaido uses a machine that only responds to her brain waves to activate a network of bombs under the Earth's crust and destroy the planet. After doing this, she is shot by Sokkuri, a Galatean in disguise. She tries to absorb Kaido's brain waves to halt the explosion, but is killed by Kaido.

Chiyoko appears to the Doctor and Amy and tells them she started the war to see whether humans or Galateans are superior; the Galateans were successful and shall continue living. Since the humans were inferior, they must "go away", as must the Doctor and Amy. She disappears. Before the Doctor can stop the countdown, the Earth explodes.

Part 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Amy wake in the country. They meet a man who introduces himself as Alan Turing. While Turing makes them tea at his house, the Doctor tells Amy he should not be here; it is mid-July, and Turing killed himself in June by eating a poisoned apple. Unfortunately, Turing overhears this conversation. The Doctor tells Amy to take a look around the surrounding area.

Turing shows the Doctor some theories he is working on. Turing has developed chaos theory twenty years early. Meanwhile, Amy finds a dodo wandering the streets with a scrap of parchment in its mouth. She grabs the parchment, then sees the dodo run through a portal into a seemingly-abandoned chapel. At the same time, Turing tells the Doctor he did try to end his life, but was saved at the last moment, by a girl named Chiyoko.

In the chapel, Amy finds Buddy Holly writing a musical with John Keats starring Jayne. As soon as she tries to talk to them, they are shot by spider-like robots resembling Galateans. Circuitry falls out of the three people; they are robots. Back in Wilmslow, the Doctor knows that Chiyoko couldn't change history without endangering her existence, so this isn't 1954. He opens a portal with his sonic, and shows Turing he is living in a dimensional projection. Through the portal, they can see portals to many places and eras, an abandoned museum of time.

The Doctor and Turing find themselves out of the projection, held at gunpoint by the Brontë sisters. They are robots themselves, and have rescued Amy. Turing discovers he himself is a robot, and happily claims he is the ultimate expression of the Turing test. Emily Brontë explains the robots are Galateans, ten million years on, and "the Museum of Lost Opportunities" was founded by Chiyoko as a memorial to the human race in the ruins of planet Earth. The Galateans have colonised every star in the sky, and all other races have been destroyed. The Galateans appear and kill Emily. After shooting them, the remaining Brontës claim the Galateans have been driven insane and seek to destroy all other life forms. The Brontës' programming decay and they discovered their true nature.

They take everyone to a time scoop which they used to rescue the Doctor from the dying Earth. The Brontës want to use it to wipe the Galateans from history, and know only the Doctor has knowledge to change history. The Doctor knows that if he refuses, the Galteans will kill them all. They burst through, attempting to kill everyone. As they hide, the Doctor explains that they can't escape via the time scoop without being shot at first, and Anne Brontë bids them goodbye...

Part 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part 4[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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