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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]] | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It featured the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] and the [[Sontaran]]s. | ||
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In the TARDIS, Clara is eagerly awaiting her arrival at the Frost Fair of 1641, having decided to go and see for herself because some of her students are doing a project on the subject. The Doctor is a bit grumpy about going at Christmas, considering how long he lived in the town, as well as some odd readings on the TARDIS console, and isn't cheered up by Clara referring to his being carried around in her handbag a week earlier. Unfortunately, the TARDIS arrives in sand, not snow, with no buildings in sight - it's the Sahara Desert. While looking for someone to ask directions from Clara spots a tank, which the Doctor identifies as a Matilda model, used by Allied forces during World War Two - it seems they're in 1941, not 1641. The tank, unfortunately, turns out to be a German tank, which takes them prisoner. | In the TARDIS, Clara is eagerly awaiting her arrival at the Frost Fair of 1641, having decided to go and see for herself because some of her students are doing a project on the subject. The Doctor is a bit grumpy about going at Christmas, considering how long he lived in the town, as well as some odd readings on the TARDIS console, and isn't cheered up by Clara referring to his being carried around in her handbag a week earlier. Unfortunately, the TARDIS arrives in sand, not snow, with no buildings in sight - it's the Sahara Desert. While looking for someone to ask directions from Clara spots a tank, which the Doctor identifies as a Matilda model, used by Allied forces during World War Two - it seems they're in 1941, not 1641. The tank, unfortunately, turns out to be a German tank, which takes them prisoner. | ||
In German Headquarters, Field Marshal Rommel is arguing with Oberst Bruckner about orders to use saturation bombing against the Allies, despite his troops having settled into winter quarters with established supply routes. They are interrupted by "Doctor Johan Schmidt and his assistant Fraulein Oswald" from Berlin, but Rommel is able to see through the [[ | In German Headquarters, Field Marshal Rommel is arguing with Oberst Bruckner about orders to use saturation bombing against the Allies, despite his troops having settled into winter quarters with established supply routes. They are interrupted by "Doctor Johan Schmidt and his assistant Fraulein Oswald" from Berlin, but Rommel is able to see through the [[psychic paper]] that got them to him. It turns out that the Germans' Tuareg allies have reported "new friends from the sky", making the Doctor realize that the TARDIS brought them here for a reason. He arranges to go with Rommel to meet the Tuareg, whilst Clara stays behind to snoop around. She quickly strikes up a friendship with the young Unteroffizier Hans Engel, who turns out to have been a cellist in civilian life, but they are interrupted by an equally nosy Bruckner, unconvinced of "Fraulein Oswald's" credentials. | ||
The Doctor and Rommel head to the rendezvous, with the Time Lord sadly remembers all the wars he's been involved in, and that he always tries to find another way out where everyone lives. When Rommel says that how they comport themselves at death is the measure of a man, the Doctor refers obliquely to the Field Marshal's own death in 1944. When they do find the Tuareg, they are using energy weapons; the Doctor promptly uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] to cause a light-show that impresses the tribesmen rather than hurts them and demands to be taken to their chieftain. | The Doctor and Rommel head to the rendezvous, with the Time Lord sadly remembers all the wars he's been involved in, and that he always tries to find another way out where everyone lives. When Rommel says that how they comport themselves at death is the measure of a man, the Doctor refers obliquely to the Field Marshal's own death in 1944. When they do find the Tuareg, they are using energy weapons; the Doctor promptly uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] to cause a light-show that impresses the tribesmen rather than hurts them and demands to be taken to their chieftain. | ||
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Back at German HQ, Bruckner orders Engel to prepare a rescue party to "save" Rommel from the Doctor, but also quietly tells Clara that he knows she's not a spy despite her 1641 gown "because I am"... | Back at German HQ, Bruckner orders Engel to prepare a rescue party to "save" Rommel from the Doctor, but also quietly tells Clara that he knows she's not a spy despite her 1641 gown "because I am"... | ||
At the Tuareg camp, their chieftain Bhaki welcomes the Doctor and Rommel and happily agrees to introduce them to the men from the stars - but the Doctor recognizes the weapon in the tent, proclaiming "This is bad, this is very ''very'' bad..." He has reason to worry - the visitors are Sontarans, led by Kygon Brox and other members of the Eighth Battle Fleet! | At the Tuareg camp, their chieftain Bhaki welcomes the Doctor and Rommel and happily agrees to introduce them to the men from the stars - but the Doctor recognizes the weapon in the tent, proclaiming "This is bad, this is very ''very'' bad..." He has reason to worry - the visitors are Sontarans, led by [[Kygon Brox]] and the other members of the Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet! | ||
''to be continued...'' | ''to be continued...'' | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Clara teases the Doctor about his being carried in her handbag next to her hairbrush and keys "last week". ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | * Clara teases the Doctor about his being carried in her handbag next to her hairbrush and keys "last week". ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | ||
* The Doctor refers to his lengthy residence in [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''). | * The Doctor refers to his lengthy residence in [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''). | ||
* The Doctor uses a German version of his regular alias [[John Smith]], " | * The Doctor uses a German version of his regular alias [[John Smith]], "Johan Schmidt". | ||
* The "holiday snaps" the Doctor shows [[Kygon Brox]] through his mind being linked to Kygon's [[mind scythe]] include a [[dinosaur]] near [[Big Ben]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') a [[Dalek]] with wires connected to it, ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'') [[the Moon]] hatching, ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'') the [[Foretold]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'') a [[Knight (Robot of Sherwood)|robot knight]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') the [[Boneless]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') [[the Teller (Time Heist)|the Teller]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Heist (TV story)|Time Heist]]'') and the [[Skovox Blitzer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') | * The "holiday snaps" the Doctor shows [[Kygon Brox]] through his mind being linked to Kygon's [[mind scythe]] include a [[dinosaur]] near [[Big Ben]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') a [[Dalek]] with wires connected to it, ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'') [[the Moon]] hatching, ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'') the [[Foretold]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'') a [[Knight (Robot of Sherwood)|robot knight]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') the [[Boneless]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') [[the Teller (Time Heist)|the Teller]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Heist (TV story)|Time Heist]]'') and the [[Skovox Blitzer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') | ||
Revision as of 06:46, 8 October 2015
The Instruments of War was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine. It featured the Twelfth Doctor, Clara and the Sontarans.
Summary
Part One
In the desert, several camel riders watch a plane crashing using advanced binoculars. One orders the others to activate "the device".
In the TARDIS, Clara is eagerly awaiting her arrival at the Frost Fair of 1641, having decided to go and see for herself because some of her students are doing a project on the subject. The Doctor is a bit grumpy about going at Christmas, considering how long he lived in the town, as well as some odd readings on the TARDIS console, and isn't cheered up by Clara referring to his being carried around in her handbag a week earlier. Unfortunately, the TARDIS arrives in sand, not snow, with no buildings in sight - it's the Sahara Desert. While looking for someone to ask directions from Clara spots a tank, which the Doctor identifies as a Matilda model, used by Allied forces during World War Two - it seems they're in 1941, not 1641. The tank, unfortunately, turns out to be a German tank, which takes them prisoner.
In German Headquarters, Field Marshal Rommel is arguing with Oberst Bruckner about orders to use saturation bombing against the Allies, despite his troops having settled into winter quarters with established supply routes. They are interrupted by "Doctor Johan Schmidt and his assistant Fraulein Oswald" from Berlin, but Rommel is able to see through the psychic paper that got them to him. It turns out that the Germans' Tuareg allies have reported "new friends from the sky", making the Doctor realize that the TARDIS brought them here for a reason. He arranges to go with Rommel to meet the Tuareg, whilst Clara stays behind to snoop around. She quickly strikes up a friendship with the young Unteroffizier Hans Engel, who turns out to have been a cellist in civilian life, but they are interrupted by an equally nosy Bruckner, unconvinced of "Fraulein Oswald's" credentials.
The Doctor and Rommel head to the rendezvous, with the Time Lord sadly remembers all the wars he's been involved in, and that he always tries to find another way out where everyone lives. When Rommel says that how they comport themselves at death is the measure of a man, the Doctor refers obliquely to the Field Marshal's own death in 1944. When they do find the Tuareg, they are using energy weapons; the Doctor promptly uses his sonic screwdriver to cause a light-show that impresses the tribesmen rather than hurts them and demands to be taken to their chieftain.
Back at German HQ, Bruckner orders Engel to prepare a rescue party to "save" Rommel from the Doctor, but also quietly tells Clara that he knows she's not a spy despite her 1641 gown "because I am"...
At the Tuareg camp, their chieftain Bhaki welcomes the Doctor and Rommel and happily agrees to introduce them to the men from the stars - but the Doctor recognizes the weapon in the tent, proclaiming "This is bad, this is very very bad..." He has reason to worry - the visitors are Sontarans, led by Kygon Brox and the other members of the Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet!
to be continued...
Characters
- Twelfth Doctor
- Clara Oswald
- Heinz Bruckner
- Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
- General Field Marshall Albert Kesselring
- Hans Engel
- Bruno Walter
- Hermann Abendroth
- Bhaki
- Kygon Brox
References
- Despite being a well-known figure on the Nazi side of World War II, Erwin Rommel is portrayed as a protagonist and ally of the Twelfth Doctor, rather than an antagonist. In real life, Rommel earned the respect of the allies and unlike many of his contemporaries was never accused of war crimes. The Doctor acknowledges that as in real life, in the DWU, Rommel was forced to commit suicide after being implicated in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Clara Oswald asks the Doctor if Rommel turned out to be "one of the good guys", to which the Doctor refers to Rommel's part in the plot to "remove the Führer".
- The Warsong was a Sontaran world engine weapon created during the Fifty-first Star Fall Campaign to counteract the heavy losses they were taking from the Rutan Host.
Continuity
- Clara teases the Doctor about his being carried in her handbag next to her hairbrush and keys "last week". (TV: Flatline)
- The Doctor refers to his lengthy residence in Christmas. (TV: The Time of the Doctor).
- The Doctor uses a German version of his regular alias John Smith, "Johan Schmidt".
- The "holiday snaps" the Doctor shows Kygon Brox through his mind being linked to Kygon's mind scythe include a dinosaur near Big Ben, (TV: Deep Breath) a Dalek with wires connected to it, (TV: Into the Dalek) the Moon hatching, (TV: Kill the Moon) the Foretold, (TV: Mummy on the Orient Express) a robot knight, (TV: Robot of Sherwood) the Boneless, (TV: Flatline) the Teller (TV: Time Heist) and the Skovox Blitzer. (TV: The Caretaker)
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