Silver Scream (comic story)
Silver Scream was the first of four parts of a connected storyline that extended through the Tenth Doctor's run in Doctor Who (2009). It introduced the characters of Matthew Finnegan and Emily Winter, who would later (in IDW: Fugitive) join the Doctor as companions. Important to the overall story arc in this series, the Doctor saved Winter's life, even though her death was a fixed point in time. This act led directly into his trial by the Shadow Proclamation in Fugitive.
Summary
The Doctor arrives in 1920's Hollywood, only to find two new companions and a Conspiracy going on.
plot
part 1
In Hollywood 1926 the doctor is at a celebrity part under the guise of many celebrities such as Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. Kato the Butlar interupts him introducing him to film maker Archie Maplin. After he speaks to him, he meets young actress Emily Winter and then he meets Matthew Finnegan a runner at the united actors studio. They talks and the doctor notices a man walk in who Emily says that is Maximilian Love, the doctor trys to talk to him, but his asistant Mr Leo Millar does not let him. But the Doctor makes an appointment.
The next day the doctor meets Archie who tak the doctor says the film studio is in the middle of a Chronal Template. Archie Walks and the Doctor stays there only he is being watched. His watchers are Maximilian and Leo who note he is not Human nor Terronite like them. They then hear someone enter the reception, revealing it to be Emily. Leo takes her in the room, only to find Maximilian strapped down and then Emily is restrained by Leo and starts to scream.
Elsewhere Matthew is spying on Millars studio, he tel;ls the doctor tha he does not trust Leo saying that he turned up there six months ago, they audtioned for actors only 10% got through the other 90% all went home destained never to act again. Emily walks out the studio, Matthew asks her if she got the part.
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Notes
Silver Scream was originally intended to include Charlie Chaplin, however it was found out late that there were rights problems in using him, and so he was replaced with a character named Archie Maplin. If it had been Charlie Chaplin, then it would have fit in with Donna's reference to him in Journey's End similarly to how the Doctor mentioned a desire to meet Agatha Christie in Last of the Time Lords. The story contains a veiled reference to Chaplin, establishing that "Maplin" is a different individual.
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Continuity
- In Journey's End when Donna Noble is about to get her memories wiped by the Doctor. She suggests going to meet Charlie Chaplin. As noted above, rights issues prevented the use of Chaplin for this story, however the Doctor does make an oblique reference to "the fellow in the bowler hat", indicating that Maplin is intended to be a different individual existing in the same universe as Chaplin (which preserves continuity should Chaplin ever appear on the TV series).
- In an interview, Tony Lee confirmed that the ongoing series featuring the Tenth Doctor occurs right before the final specials.
- The characters of Matthew and Emily return at the end of the following story arc, Fugitive, at which point they become companions of the Doctor.
Timeline
- Silver Scream occurs at some point after the events of DW: Planet of the Dead, as the story that immediately follows it, Fugitive contains a reference to the "four knocks" prophecy, while the story that immediately occurs after that, Tesseract contains references to Malcolm Taylor and Lady Christina de Souza.
Reprints
- Silver Scream is included in Doctor Who Volume 1: Fugitive, a graphic novel-style omnibus published by IDW in March 2010.
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