Doctormania (comic story)

Doctormania
Doctor:	Ninth Doctor
Companion(s):	Rose, Jack
Main enemy:	Slitheen
Main setting:	Gharusa Prime, 3764
Key crew
Publisher:	Titan Comics
Editor:	Andrew James
Writer:	Cavan Scott
Designer:	Rob Farmer
Artist:	Adriana Melo
Colourist:	Matheus Lopes
Letterer:	Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #1-
Release date:	13 April - 2016
Cover date:	May - 2016
Format:	Comic - 3 parts
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor
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Doctormania was the first story in Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor

Summary

A stunning new clue to Captain Jack Harkness’s missing memories and mysterious past is uncovered! The thrilling race is on for Rose, Captain Jack and The Doctor to escape the clutches of a familiar foe...and a whole planet of The Doctor’s biggest fans?!

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

to be added

Characters

• Ninth Doctor
• Rose Tyler
• Jack Harkness
• Yani
• Penny
• Chumblies

References

Time War

• The Doctor suggests some of the temporal beacons may involve remnants from the Time War.

The Doctor

• The Slitheen imposter of the Doctor wears a turtleneck pullover.
• The imposter of the Doctor has written an autobiography entitled Doctor's Orders.

Rose Tyler

• Rose uses the psychic paper to pretend to be Lois Lane, working for the Daily Planet and the Daily Bugle.

Doctor Who?

• When Jack shows the psychic paper to Yani, it says he is the president of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society.
• Yani has looked at holo-pics of the Doctor and Penny on Stumblr.
• Yani has watched the untransmitted pilot of Doctor Who?.

Notes

• The mention of an untransmitted Doctor Who? pilot hearkens back to the original pilot pitched for the Doctor Who series that was eventually reworked into TV: An Unearthly Child.

Original print details

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Continuity

• The Doctor refers to recently encountering the Unon. (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction)
• Jack suspects his transmission was sent when he was a Time Agent. He says he has not worn the uniform in years. (TV: The Empty Child)
• The Ninth Doctor has encountered the Slitheen before. (TV: Aliens of London/World War Three)
• The Doctor has encountered the Chumblies before. (TV: Galaxy 4)
• When Rose describes "timey-wimey stuff", the Doctor is dismissive of the phrase. He would later embrace the phrase in his tenth incarnation. (TV: Blink)
• Rose thinks her and Keisha could have made use of the psychic paper a few years ago. Rose often went clubbing with her. (PROSE: The Feast of the Drowned)