Imaginary Enemies was a story printed in issue 455 of Doctor Who Magazine. Notably, it did not feature the Doctor. This is the last story to feature Amy and Rory, and is currently the only one to feature River Song (albeit in her Mels incarnation).
Summary
In Leadworth, the nativity play is almost starting and young Amelia Pond is being teased before the school play by the main star Veronica (the mayor's spoiled daughter) saying she's mad and she'll get locked away forever. Veronica then breaks the Raggedy Doctor doll Amelia made. Whilst in the library she's visited in the mirror by a man who appears similar to a reverse Santa Claus claiming to be her uncle "Krampus" who is really a member of the Pantheon trying to prevent the future Amy and Rory from getting married and joining the mad man in the box, and conceiving their child who would go on to kill the Doctor.
Krampus captures them with his goblins Otto, Sigfried and Ludwig. However Veronica notices that the doll he has given her is nothing more than a lump of coal. So she throws it into a mirror and Krampus and his goblins are sucked through the portal in the mirror. Amelia and Rory forget about the events but Mels remembers. Since Veronica is knocked out Amelia becomes the new Mary, with Rory as her Joseph. Rory's father comments that they make a lovely couple, to which Mels enthusiastically agrees.
Characters
References
- The being calling himself Krampus claims he is part of the Pantheon of Discord.
- Veronica says her uncle works at Canary Wharf.
- Krampus is dressed like Father Christmas albeit with the colours in reverse and a German accent.
- 'Mr. Williams' is Brian, Rory's dad.
- Amy and Rory both lose memory of this event during the story... until they recall it years later telling it.
Notes
- The story ends with various images of Amy and Rory together from their later years of their life after being sent back in time at the end of TV: The Angels Take Manhattan. In one of the images, Rory is shown to be a medical doctor, suggesting he moved up from being a nurse.
- This is the first non-televised adventure Melody's second incarnation, Mels, appears in, but the third non-televised adventure in which Melody, in any incarnation, has appeared. In the first two, GAME: The Eternity Clock and PROSE: The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery, she appeared in the form of her third incarnation, going by the aliases River Song and Melody Malone respectively.
- Excluding her extended cameo in TV: Closing Time and archival footage from TV: Forest of the Dead used in TV: Journey's End, this is the second story Melody has appeared in that is not credited to Steven Moffat. The first was PROSE: The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery.
Continuity
- Mels has super strength. She was previously shown to have broken free of the Astronaut. (TV: Day of the Moon)
- The being who tricks Veronica is defeated in the same style as the Trickster - the result of the link that brought him there being broken. [source needed]
- Veronica sees a picture of Amy's future self advertising Petrichor perfume.
