The Time Machination (comic story)

The Time Machination
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	H. G. Wells
Main enemy:	Torchwood Institute Jonathan Smith
Main setting:	London, 1889
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::IDW Publishing]]
Editor:	Denton J. Tipton
Writer:	Tony Lee
Artist:	Paul Grist
Colourist:	Phil Elliott
Release details
Format:	Comic Book - 22 pages

Promotional summary

London, 1889 and a time-stranded Doctor needs the help of an old friend to fix the Tardis... but is beset by pursuers sent by Queen Victoria herself! How is this connected to a previous tale of the Sixth Doctor -- and a Fourth Doctor adventure that hasn't happened yet? And what will happen if the Doctor is captured by the Torchwood Institute? A special standalone tale!

Plot

London 1889 two men are talkingone is H.G Wells the other is a man known as Jonathan Smith, they are talking about the doctor. They enter a little passage way to see the Tenth Doctor. The Doctor states the tardios is out of power, and would go to Cardiff to fuel up, but he says he can't due that due to threats such as Torchwood.

Elsewhere two torchwood agents are tracking Chronal signals, they finally figure that the doctor is trapped.

Jonathan touches a device which sends out chronal enegery, the doctor decidesd he needs to go and find somethings he changes into victorian clothes. They then exi only to come across the two torchwood agents luckily they are unseen. But the power on the chronal energy detector goes mad. The Torchwood Agents know the doctgor is there. They are chased, but the male Torchwood agent fires hitting H.G Wells stunning him, the two torchwood agents take H.G Wells back to the Torchwood Base at the West Indian Docks.

At the West Indian Docks Herbert is interagted, for whathe knows about the doctor. Wells tells them about his meeting with the Sixth Doctor and his "Young Assistant" appeared out of nowhere and took him to planet Karfel. He tells them that the fought Morlox and the Borad and then went home after.

The male torchwood agent asks if the assistant was female, young and indecntly dressed. Herbert replies yes and asks why they know this. The man says Queen Victoria met the doctor after he saved her from a Werewolf ten years ago in Scotland.

Characters

• The Doctor
• H. G. Wells

One of the Torchwood agents resembles Alice Guppy, however it is likely it isn't her as the story is set in 1889 and she joined Torchwood 9 years later.

References

• The story ends with the first moments of DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang and the arrival of the Fourth Doctor and Leela. The Doctor makes mention of wanting to see Little Titch.
• The Doctor makes a veiled reference to Jack Harkness, although at this point in time, Jack had not yet joined Torchwood.
• The Torchwood agents refer to the Doctor's visits to Krakatoa and Perivale, the latter being a reference to DW: Ghost Light.
• The Doctor refers to Professor Chronotis.
• H. G. Wells appeared in DW: Timelash.

Planets

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Notes

• Announced by IDW Publishing at the New York Comic Con in February 2009, The Time Machination is set in Victorian London and reportedly features the first Doctor Who comic book reference to the Torchwood Institute. That fact Queen Victoria is involved would make this a followup to the televised story DW: Tooth and Claw.
• The Doctor is travelling alone so the story presumably takes place post-DW: Journey's End and IDW: The Forgotten.
• Reprinted in the graphic novel Through Time and Space.

Continuity

• The story is a semi-sequel to both DW: Timelash (and arguably Tooth and Claw) and (due to time travel) both a sequel and prequel to The Talons of Weng-Chiang. A reprise of a scene from the last-named appears from the point of view of H. G. Wells.

External links

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