Silent Knight (comic story)

Silent Knight
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Featuring:	Santa Claus
Main enemy:	Roboforms
Main setting:	The North Pole
Key crew
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Editor:	Denton J. Tipton
Writer:	Tony Lee
Artist:	Paul Grist
Colourist:	Phil Elliott
Letterer:	Neil Uyetake
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who (2011) #12
Release date:	December 2011
Format:	American comic book - 1 issue
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Silent Knight was a one-issue comic story from the Doctor Who (2011) range. It was a Christmas-themed comic and featured Santa Claus and the Roboforms. Interestingly, there was no dialogue in the comic, making the title a pun.

Summary

Landing in a snowy landscape, the Doctor meets Santa himself, battles robot Santas, rides a sleigh through the skys of planet Earth and accompanies Santa as he travels across the world delivering gift. But not by sleigh - by TARDIS.

Plot

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Story notes

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Continuity

• Santa Claus appears. He also appears in COMIC: A Christmas Story, PROSE: The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas, PROSE: A Visit from Saint Nicholas and AUDIO: The Claws of Santa. He was mentioned in TV: A Christmas Carol as well as shown in a photograph.
• Magical reindeer appear. They also feature in the non-canon 2009 BBC Christmas idents and COMIC: A Christmas Story.
• The Roboforms, or similar robots, appear. They also appear in TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride and The Pandorica Opens.
• The only line spoken in this comic is said by the Doctor. This sentence is exactly the same as the controversial one said by the First Doctor in The Feast of Steven.
• The Doctor delivers a Christmas present for Amy and Rory, who are no longer travelling with him. (TV: The God Complex)

Cover gallery

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  Issue 12 (Cover A)

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  Issue 12 (Cover B)

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  Issue 12 (Cover RI)