The Wishing Well Witch (comic story)

It's Gabby's first trip to the UK, as the Doctor shows her (and her new fellow TARDIS traveler!) around his adopted gaff. But a visit to the countryside swiftly turns into a gothic horror story, as the gang discover the curse afflicting a small town!

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The Doctor thumbs through a number of annuals and comics in the bookshop, including Beano, The Dandy, Whizzer and Chips and the Monster Fun Annual 1980.
A witch haunts Drewbury.

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Gabby says she and Cindy are from New York. However, Cindy says that she is Canadian in a sarcastic manner, only to be elbowed by Gabby.
- Cindy later says she was born in Brooklyn in Vortex Butterflies, further confirming this was a sarcastic comment.

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Gabby still suffers the effects of having been taken over by Ebonite, and momentarily lets out a burst of energy when Cindy angers her. (COMIC: Arena of Fear)
Dewbury is famous for its stone circles. The Fourth Doctor encountered more sinister manifestations of stone circles in Cornwall in 1978. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
Dewbury has beaten out Stockbridge as the most paranormal village in England. (COMIC: The Tides of Time et al)
The fortune teller tells Cindy that she must beware of Sutekh, and warns that the old gods from outside the universe will consume everything. (COMIC: Cindy, Cleo and the Magic Sketchbook, Old Girl)
The Doctor recalls his initiation in front of the Untempered Schism as a child. (TV: The Sound of Drums)