Silent Knight (comic story)

Silent Knight
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Featuring:	Santa
Main enemy:	Roboforms
Main setting:	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
Number of parts:	1
Printed in:	DW11 12
Release date:	14 December 2011
Format:	American comic book - 1 issue
Doctor Who (2011)
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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 apart from the ending, giving the title a double meaning.

Summary

Landing in a snowy landscape, the Doctor meets Santa himself, battles robot Santas, rides a sleigh through the skies 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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Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Santa Claus
• Roboforms
• Homeless parent
• Homeless child
• Boy
• Girl

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor pilots Santa's sleigh.
• The Roboforms steal Santa's sack of Christmas presents.
• Names of Santa's naughty list include Jeff Thompson, Shaun Lyon, Rick Marshall, and Barnaby Edwards.
• The Doctor and Santa visit the home of Aaron Aaronson, who's name was on, presumably, Santa's nice list.
• Aaron left out a glass of milk and plate of biscuits for Santa.
• Santa leaves a present for a homeless parent and child, while the Doctor leaves them a slip of paper with lottery numbers for 31 December written on it.
• Santa gives the Roboforms Pirate dress-up costumes as Christmas gifts.
• The Doctor gets a new sonic screwdriver from Santa.

Story notes

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Continuity

• Santa Claus appears. (COMIC: A Christmas Story, PROSE: The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas, PROSE: A Visit from Saint Nicholas, AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa)
• The Roboforms appear. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride)
• The only line spoken in this comic is said to the reader by the Doctor: "Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!" The First Doctor once said the very same thing, also breaking the fourth wall. (TV: "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)
• Santa replaces the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, as he previously did for the Tenth Doctor. (PROSE: Dr. Tenth: Christmas Surprise!)