The Fractures (comic story)

Molly's father was killed in a terrible accident. UNIT scientist John Foster suffered the same fate. But are they really gone? Both play a part in the universe-hopping new arc! The Doctor and Clara race against time to both stop a dreaded new peril – the Fractures – in a bid to stop reality unravelling around them.

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Characters

References

Captain van Volk calls the Doctor the Oncoming Storm.
The Doctor says he's old enough to be Kate's great-great-great-great-great grandfather, times ten. Kate retorts that it's nothing compared to the size of his ego.
Clara defends the size of her flat by saying she lives on second-year teacher's wages.
Osgood and some of her colleagues intend to see Interstellar.
Clara used to drive a Mini.
Rassilon cubes were devised by Rassilon as a form of incarceration. The Doctor was once locked in one and it took him six months to break free. Kate calls it a Rubik's cube.
Amongst the Doctor's items in the TARDIS is the Ghostbusters-esque device from TV: The Caretaker.
The Doctor has spare sonic screwdrivers and gives one to Clara.
The Doctor calls Kate "Brigadier", alluding to her late father.

Notes

Hinchcliffe Avenue in Schoreditch is likely a reference to Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe.
The Doctor has a toy of Mrs. Tinkle from AAAGH! comic strips.

Original print details

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Continuity

The Doctor refers to humanity as "pudding brains". (TV: Deep Breath et al)
Lisa references the Doctor serving as Coal Hill School's caretaker. (TV: The Caretaker)
The Doctor wears 3D glasses. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
Clara jokes that none of her pupils are giving her requests for extra homework. (TV: The Caretaker)
Potter remarks that Osgood is away and that she'd be devastated at missing the Doctor, especially since she replaced her scarf with a bow tie. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, Death in Heaven)
The Doctor uses a strand of Clara's hair for a scientific test. (TV: Deep Breath)
Paul Foster is able to travel from his universe into this one because he reverse-engineered the gate destroyed during the Battle of London in 2007. (TV: Army of Ghosts, Doomsday)
Clara is surprised Hannah knows about her relationship with Danny Pink. She learnt it in playground gossip from Lisa. (TV: The Caretaker, In the Forest of the Night)
The Doctor saves Clara and the Fosters from a crashing bus by flying the TARDIS alongside the doors and having them jump in. The Tenth Doctor pulled off a similar feat to save Donna Noble. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
The Doctor gives Kate a Shreeker sonic cannon, which he says he got from Brooklyn. (COMIC: Echo)
The Doctor continues to be apprehensive about hugging. (TV: Deep Breath, Listen)