Tesseract (comic story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Comic

|comic name = Tesseract

|series = [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]: [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]]

|doctor = [[Tenth Doctor]]

|enemy = [[Acari]], [[Tef'Aree]], [[the Advocate]]

|year = [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], unnamed [[Acari]] vessel, Fifth Dimensional Space

}}'''''Tesseract''''' was the third part of the story arc begun in [[Doctor Who (2009)|''Doctor Who'' (2009)]] #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".

While the Tenth [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] gives his new companions, [[Emily Winter]] and [[Matthew Finnegan]], a tour of the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens. [[The Advocate]] places doubt into [[Matthew Finnegan]]'s mind about the Doctor's morality, while the [[Tef'Aree]] have much the same effect upon [[Emily Winter]]. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by the [[Acari]] spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor|tenth persona]] fully reassert itself.

When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor's [[superphone]] rings before they can enjoy their victory. [[Martha Jones]] calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return to [[Earth]] and help [[UNIT]] solve a mysterious new problem . . .

* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]

* [[Matthew Finnegan]]

* [[Martha Jones]]

* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned.

* The Doctor is shown simultaneously wearing elements of the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s outfits, as well as the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] (which is used to save his life later), the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s hat and the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s cravat.

* An oblique reference to the [[Zero Room]] is made when the Doctor notes that the sudden rearrangement of the TARDIS interior is causing him "temporal disarray".

* The [[Tef'Aree]] predict a number of events in Emily's future, including her standing beside a memorial to a dead friend and an encounter with "the Soul Free". The Doctor believes that the Tef'Aree are only mythical.

* The story takes place almost entirely within the bowels of the TARDIS. Only a handful of stories have explored the interior of the TARDIS, including [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', and [[DWM]]: ''[[Changes]]''. ''Invasion of Time'' is referenced in Part 2 when the Doctor revisits the swimming pool area last seen in that story.

* The notion of the TARDIS existing in a state of "[[temporal grace]]" is mentioned, and a sly aside is given to the fact that [[script editor]], [[Eric Saward]], sometimes forgot about the concept, introduced in [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''.

* The Doctor says the TARDIS is "full of old console rooms", evoking ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', where the secondary console room was introduced. It perhaps also implies that all the old console rooms seen throughout the years still exist within the TARDIS. Indeed, at one point the Doctor goes to a part of the TARDIS that strongly resembles the [[JNT]]-era interior. At another, he goes into the [[Cloister Room]], as seen in [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]]. [[Matthew Finnegan]] later discovers the [[First Doctor]]'s console room. Although the later TV episode [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' would confirm that the old console rooms had been archived, it contradicts this story by establishing that the Doctor wasn't aware of this fact (it's possible he lost this memory during his regeneration).

* The Doctor's wind-up mouse ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') is used and is mistaken for [[K9]] by the Acari.

* Lady [[Christina de Souza]] is briefly mentioned, as the Doctor wonders if it is she who is calling him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')

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* ''Tesseract'' occurs soon — possibly immediately — after [[IDW]]: ''[[Fugitive]]''. A reference to [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina]] confirms what has already been indicated in earlier issues: the whole of [[Doctor Who (2009)|this comic series]] happens at some point after the events of [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''.

* The reference to [[Jack Harkness]]' [[sonic blaster]] and its destiny with [[River Song]] indicates that River hasn't yet met the Doctor for the first time.

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