The Hyperion Empire (comic story)
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The Hyperion Empire was the sixth story of the Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic strip series published in 2015.
Summary
It took everything the Doctor had to defeat a SINGLE Hyperion – a mad and ancient living star that had been sealed away for millennia by the Time Lords. Now Hyperion tombs are opening all across the cosmos, with one awakening on the very edge of the solar system – with vengeance in its heart... How can the Doctor and Clara hope to stop the fury of the Hyperions from consuming Earth?!
Plot
Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Characters
References
- The Doctor observes that the Gerkin and The Shard are buildings shaped like "vegetables" and "giant toothpicks".
- Clara teaches her first-year class tae kwon do.
- Chris Hadfield was an astronaut on the ISS.
- Dimitri Yemtov sings "Starship Trooper" and Lee Jae-Yong sings "Gangnam Style".
Notes
- The release information places this story after the Four Doctors crossover event and between Last Christmas and The Magician's Apprentice.
Original print details
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Continuity
- The Doctor and Clara previously encountered and defeated a lone Hyperion. (COMIC: Terrorformer)
- Questioning the time they landed in London, Clara references the Great Fire of London and The Blitz. (TV: The Visitation, The Empty Child)
- The Doctor points out The Shard as evidence they've landed in 2015. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)
- The Doctor uses Venusian karate. (TV: Inferno, Robot of Sherwood, COMIC: Terrorformer)
