A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)

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A Little Help from My Friends was the only story in the second year of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic series, published in 2020.

This multi-Doctor story tied into the events of the series 3 TV story, Blink, taking place in 1969 during the time when the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones were stranded there by a Weeping Angel.

Quite unusually for this series, the first two parts of the story had their worldwide debut not in the ongoing American comic series, but in its UK sister series Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS, appearing in the first and second issues of its third year, less than a week before their respective American printings. Regardless, the fine print on the issues' contents pages still credit 13DY2 1 and 13DY2 2 as their original printings.

The story ended on a cliffhanger, which led into the Doctor Who (2020) story, Alternating Current.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Thirteenth Doctor is back with her friends – Yaz, Ryan and Graham – in a brand new time-travelling adventure. This time she faces the horrific Weeping Angels – who else can help her out but one of her previous incarnations: the Tenth Doctor himself! Landing in the swinging 60s, the Thirteenth Doctor and fam are stranded in the middle of a territorial battle between the Angels and the creepy Autons, all the while having to avoid her former self and causing the universe to implode! What could go wrong?

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Times and places[[edit] | [edit source]]

Devices[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food[[edit] | [edit source]]

Society[[edit] | [edit source]]

Retail[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Agency[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Yaz pretends to be a time agent when interacting with the Tenth Doctor.

Companions[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first Titan Comics story to make its debut in the UK before the US, at least as far as parts one and two are concerned.
  • This comic story is contentious to date in the Thirteenth Doctor's era. The intention, evidently, was that the story was meant to be set during Series 11, noticeable due to details such as the TARDIS interior. However, several TV stories after the comic's release would bring this into question. First, Series 12's TV: Spyfall would illustrate Ryan, Graham, and Yaz still showing confusion about the Doctor's ability to change bodies, implying that they had never been a part of a Multi-Doctor event. More perplexing, Series 13's TV: Once, Upon Time, which premiered after the exit of Ryan and Graham, would feature Yaz meeting the Weeping Angels for, according to her, the first time. As with most continuity issues in the franchise's history, the solution to these contradictions are left to personal interpretation.
  • While in 1969, the Thirteenth Doctor says the Weeping Angels are "22 years away", which would be 1991.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

For consistency, issues 1 and 2 of the American comic shall be treated as the original points of publication of parts 1 and 2.

13DY2 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
Not so long ago, the Tenth Doctor and companion Martha Jones were attacked by the menacing Weeping Angels - aliens that feed off of the potential energy of their victims' lost future by stranding them in the past. Now, the Thirteenth Doctor and fam travel to 1969 to party at Woodstock! Or so they think…
  • Next time!
The Tenth Doctor has trouble tracking time energy - meanwhile, the threat of two deadly enemies forces the Thirteenth Doctor to get investigating!

13DY2 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
Thirteen and fam have found themselves in swinging '60s London! That would be groovy - except the Tenth Doctor is stranded with Martha in the same time and place. But a deadly paradox might be the least of their problems - there's something strange going on - it's almost as if they're being watched…
  • Next time!
The Weeping Angels have made their move! Now the two Doctors have a deadly choice - work together and risk time imploding, or leave the fate of the world in the hands of the Angels…

13DY2 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
London, 1969: Thirteen has teamed up with Martha Jones to investigate an apparent break-in at her shop, with mysterious mannequins not far behind… Elsewhere, the fam have been following Ten around hoping to find clues - instead, they're ambushed by a Weeping Angel!
  • Next time!
The two Doctors must now work together to stop London falling to both the Autons and the Weeping Angels! But time's running out - can they succeed before a paradox tears the universe apart?!

13DY2 4[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Previously…
The Weeping Angels are trying to break into the TARDIS! Autons are ready to attack the streets of 1969 London! Now, Ten and Thirteen must risk a deadly paradox in order to stop the Earth from becoming an alien battleground…
  • Next time!
The Doctor has returned to the present to find Earth taken over by a hostile alien force! She'll need the help of an old friend to set things right - but all is not as it seems…

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's library cards.