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* This story is a rare example of using the dating system of CE ('''C'''ommon '''E'''ra) over [[AD]] ('''''a'''nno '''d'''omini'' or "In the year of our Lord") | * This story is a rare example of using the dating system of CE ('''C'''ommon '''E'''ra) over [[AD]] ('''''a'''nno '''d'''omini'' or "In the year of our Lord") | ||
* Bill remarks how the Vikings do not have horns. This is an in-joke reference to criticism levelled at [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'', which featured stereotypical (and historically inaccurate) horn-wearing Vikings. The Vikings seen in this story are depicted closer to how they appear in the popular TV series ''Vikings''. | * Bill remarks how the Vikings do not have horns. This is an in-joke reference to criticism levelled at [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'', which featured stereotypical (and historically inaccurate) horn-wearing Vikings. The Vikings seen in this story are depicted closer to how they appear in the popular TV series ''Vikings''. | ||
* Bill and the Doctor | * Bill and the Doctor previously encountered the Ice Warriors in the TV episode, [[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', which was clearly the former's first encounter with them. Her recognition of them in the second issue places this story after that episode. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* The Doctor laments "[[Viking]]s. Again!" He also finds himself mistaken for [[Odin]] again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') | * The Doctor laments "[[Viking]]s. Again!" He also finds himself mistaken for [[Odin]] again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') | ||
* The [[Ice Warrior]]s carry [[the Flood (The Waters of Mars)|the Flood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') | * The [[Ice Warrior]]s carry [[the Flood (The Waters of Mars)|the Flood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') | ||
* | * Bill recognises the Ice Warriors. She had described them as being like ''[[The Vikings]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Sskoll that he is a friend of [[Grand Marshal]] [[Skaldak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') | * The Doctor tells Sskoll that he is a friend of [[Grand Marshal]] [[Skaldak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells the Vikings that [[Ragnarok]] was "a long time ago" and that "[[Gods of Ragnarok|they]] made [him] play the [[spoon]]s." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | * The Doctor tells the Vikings that [[Ragnarok]] was "a long time ago" and that "[[Gods of Ragnarok|they]] made [him] play the [[spoon]]s." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 25 August 2017
This story has not yet been fully published. Please exercise caution in asserting any more than is actually present in the narrative so far. Be aware that certain facts which appear to be true may not be true once the story is completely published.
The Wolves of Winter was the sixteenth story of the Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic series, published in 2017. The story featured Bill Potts' first appearance in the ongoing Twelfth Doctor comic series, even though it was published only a few days after her final appearance on TV in TV: The Doctor Falls. It featured the return of two Martian species from Doctor Who - the Ice Warriors and the Flood.
Summary
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Characters
- Twelfth Doctor
- Bill Potts
- Sundvik
- Ingiga
- Grimvald
- Halfdan
- Ingigeror Ragnavald
- Torkal
- Asmund
- Sskoll
- Haathi
- Ancient One
References
- The Doctor says Henry III kept a polar bear at the tower. The Doctor caused a stir when he let it out for a swim in the Thames.
- Odin's ravens are called Hugin and Munin.
Notes
- This story is a rare example of using the dating system of CE (Common Era) over AD (anno domini or "In the year of our Lord")
- Bill remarks how the Vikings do not have horns. This is an in-joke reference to criticism levelled at TV: The Girl Who Died, which featured stereotypical (and historically inaccurate) horn-wearing Vikings. The Vikings seen in this story are depicted closer to how they appear in the popular TV series Vikings.
- Bill and the Doctor previously encountered the Ice Warriors in the TV episode, TV: Empress of Mars, which was clearly the former's first encounter with them. Her recognition of them in the second issue places this story after that episode.
Continuity
- The Doctor tells Bill that he once fought a werewolf with the Koh-i-Noor. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
- The Doctor laments "Vikings. Again!" He also finds himself mistaken for Odin again. (TV: The Girl Who Died)
- The Ice Warriors carry the Flood. (TV: The Waters of Mars)
- Bill recognises the Ice Warriors. She had described them as being like The Vikings. (TV: Empress of Mars)
- The Doctor tells Sskoll that he is a friend of Grand Marshal Skaldak. (TV: Cold War)
- The Doctor tells the Vikings that Ragnarok was "a long time ago" and that "they made [him] play the spoons." (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
- Putting on a spacesuit with the Doctor again, Bill is pleased that she does not have to pay for oxygen. (TV: Oxygen)
- The Doctor recognises the names of the "Asmund, Grimvald, Torkal, Halfdan. Brave Viking warriors." as he comes into contact with a messenger of Fenric. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
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