A Klytode Christmas (comic story)

A Klytode Christmas
Doctor:	Tenth Doctor
Companion(s):	Martha Jones
Main enemy:	Klytode
Main setting:	Earth, London, 3738
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Magazines]]
Editor:	Moray Laing
Release details
Printed in:	DWA 44-45
Release date:	6-13 December 2007
Format:	Comic - 2 parter (12 pages)
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A Klytode Christmas is a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.

Summary

The Doctor takes Martha to London in 3781 for a bit of Christmas shopping, where he is reunited with two old friends - Bert and Jimmy. But as the Doctor and Martha join the pair for Christmas dinner, an old enemy lurks in the darkness, and the foursome must stop Christmas from being permanently cancelled for the whole planet...

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Martha Jones
• Bert
• Jimmy

References

to be added

Notes

• The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
• Self contained, one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

1. DWA 44 (6 pages)
2. DWA 45 (6 pages)

Continuity

• Tish Jones is mentioned. (TV: Smith and Jones, The Lazarus Experiment)
• Jimmy, Bert and the Klytode previously encountered the Tenth Doctor in COMIC: The Snag Finders.
• The Doctor says he "would rather deal with a Cyberman invasion than go shopping". (TV: The Invasion, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday).
• Trying to gain Bert's faith, the Doctor says, "Trust me, I'm the Doctor", a phrase often used by the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Eleventh Hour etc).
• The Doctor says that "shop window dummies make him nervous", referring to the Autons. (TV: Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons, Rose).