Day of the Tune (comic story)
Day of the Tune was a Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic story published in 2015.
Plot
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara materialise on Planet Karaoke. At first Clara is incredulous that a planet is named after a type of entertainment from Earth, but the Doctor scolds her for assuming that humans invented karaoke. He tells Clara to "go sing songs" while he fixes the friction contrafibulator.
Clara asks the Doctor if he ever had musical ambitions, and he replies, "Just once.". He has a flashback to when his first four incarnations formed a band. The band ran into a problem when they all wanted to be the drummer.
Clara leaves the TARDIS, saying, "Four Doctors? I'd pay good money to see that!" The Doctor, unaware that Clara has left, tells Clara to wait a few minutes before singing because he's about to shut off the TARDIS, which will also turn off the translation circuits. After realising that Clara didn't hear him, the Doctor tells himself that everything will probably go fine.
Characters
References
- Karaoke did not originate on Earth.
- The Second Doctor refers to his recorder as a penny whistle.
Notes
- The Doctor recalls once playing Glastonbury with Orbital. Matt Smith performed the Doctor Who theme on stage with the band in 2010.
- The title is a play on the title of the television story Day of the Moon.
- Clara's reference to paying to see four Doctors is a play on the comic story of the same name, which would begin being published the following month.
Original print details
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Continuity
- The Doctor's first four incarnations once attempted to form a band, but creative differences (and the fact that they all wanted to play drums) ended it. The Eleventh Doctor had shown himself to be a huge fan of Ringo Starr, and defended his position as the cool Beatle to Amy Pond. (GAME: City of the Daleks)
- The Tenth Doctor tried to form a band with K9 and Rose-the-Cat, but creative differences ended it. (COMIC: A Rose by Any Other Name)
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