Herald of Madness (comic story)

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Herald of Madness
Doctor:	Thirteenth Doctor
Companion(s):	Graham, Ryan, Yaz
Main setting:	Bohemia, 1601
Key crew
Publisher:	Panini Comics
Editor:	Peter Ware and Marcus Hearn
Writer:	Scott Gray
Artist:	Mike Collins
Colourist:	James Offredi
Letterer:	Roger Langridge
Release details
Printed in:	DWM 535 -
Release date:	7 February 2019 -
Cover date:	March 2019 -
Format:	Comic
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Herald of Madness was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine in 2019, starring the Thirteenth Doctor.

Characters

• Thirteenth Doctor
• Graham O'Brien
• Ryan Sinclair
• Yasmin Khan
• Tycho Brahe
• Johannes Kepler
• Dagmar Ruskovitch
• Dominik
• Olaf

References

The Doctor

• The Doctor tells Baroness Ruskovitch that she obtained her doctorate from the University of Gallifrey.

People

• Tycho Brahe is the court astronomer to Emperor Rudolf II.
• Brahe lost his nose in a duel with his cousin, that began from an argument over an equation.
• Johannes Kepler went on to have a satellite, a moon crater, a star system, and an ice lolly named after him.
• Kepler has a wife. They had two children who died: Heinrich and Susanna.
• Dagmar Ruskovitch practices archery.

Locations

• The Doctor and Team TARDIS got lost on their way to the Ninth Moon of Quezzeltrax.
• Team TARDIS run into Brahe and Kepler in Kokorin Forest.
• Astronomers from Europe, Persia, India, Turkey and Nigeria attend the gathering.

Technology

• The Doctor used a celestial sat nav.
• The telescope had not been invented yet.

Popular culture

• Yaz likens the gathering inside Castle Houska to Hogwarts. Ryan likens the dark hallways to Resident Evil.
• Ryan hopes he and the Doctor don't run into Dracula when entering the secret passage.

Foods and beverages

• Tycho and Graham drink ale.

Astronomy

• A man at the gathering believes the whole universe revolves around the Earth.

Miscellaneous

• Tycho gives out autographs at the gathering.

Notes

Original print details

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

1. DWM 535 (8 pages) Next: The Pit of Hell!

Continuity

• The Third Doctor previously unearthed Tycho Brahe's body in the 24th century while searching for the Tipping Device. (PROSE: Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna)
• Graham reminds the Doctor of their track record with "big names in history". (TV: Rosa, The Witchfinders, PROSE: Combat Magicks)

External links

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