The Highgate Horror was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.
Summary
Part one: The Highgate Horror
At the Highgate Cemetery, Jess Collins is calling for Dave, who is not answering. To her shock, however, she is met by an unseen menace.
This figure is merely the Doctor, and Clara is not far behind. Jess explains that she initially mistook the Doctor for "the vampire" - specifically, the Highgate Vampire which dominated the news a few years before their current setting of 1972.
Suddenly, the three hear a scream which Jess recognises as Dave's voice. As they reach him, however, they find his body lifeless and completely drained. A distraught Jess explains that Dave simply wanted to prove the vampire's existence, and his mere curiosity has killed him. Clara, putting her hand on a grave, feels a curious static sensation; however, the Doctor puts off investigating that oddity, as they have a vampire to hunt.
Jess, who managed to catch a glimpse of the vampire, describes it as a grey figure which appeared to be gliding instead of walking. As the Doctor investigates unusual marks of vandalism (including a Victorian symbol of death), he finds himself pulled into a castle. Clara and Jess follow him into the castle, only to find him in the grasps of the Highgate Vampire...
Jess points a torch at the vampire, and the creature flees. Nevertheless, the Doctor is unconscious, and the two women must drag him. As the group walks down Egyptian Avenue, they encounter a cult angry that their "circle of enlightenment" has been broken by the intruders. The group, which is attempting to commune with the spirits, does not believe in the vampire's existence... until one of the cult's members gets grabbed by the creature. And as luck would have it, numerous creatures of the same sort follow it out.
The Doctor, who is regaining consciousness, suggests they run to the TARDIS. However, they soon discover that the ship has become a mere police box-shaped tombstone. The group, still chased by the vampires, has nowhere to go...
Part two: Circle of Terror
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Continuity
- The Doctor promises to dedicate a guitar solo to Clara. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice, Before the Flood, The Woman Who Lived, The Zygon Invasion, Hell Bent)
- Exposure to the Doctor's time stream has made Clara a toxin to the Corvids. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
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