Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (comic story)

Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
Doctor:	Tenth Doctor
Companion(s):	Gabby, Cindy, Noobis
Main enemy:	Red Jade General
Main setting:	Mount Buzhou, Ancient China
Key crew
Publisher:	Titan Comics
Editor:	Jessica Burton
Writer:	Nick Abadzis
Artist:	Giorgia Sposito
Colourist:	Arianna Florean
Letterer:	Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Jimmy Betancourt
Release details
Number of parts:	2
Printed in:	10DY3 3-4
Release date:	15 March - 19 April 2017
Format:	Comic
Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor
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Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth was the second story of the third year of Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor comic story series, published in 2017.

Summary

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Plot

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Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Gabby Gonzalez
• Cindy Wu
• Anubis
• Seeker
• Red TARDIS
• Wu Wei
• Li
• Red Jade General
• Forces of the Red Jade General
  • Ten-oh (10-0-B15)
  • Too-bee (2-B-04)
  • No-name (2-B-01)
  • 17-B-21
  • Dorothy

Worldbuilding

• The Para-Nestene are a version of Nestene.

Notes

The Doctor and Gabby observe Chinese elemental symbols.

• Master Wu Wei's book shows the Chinese elemental symbols for Fire (火), Water (水), Earth (土), Wood (木), and Metal (金).
  • On the other page, the symbols for Fire, Water, and Earth from Avatar: The Last Airbender are shown. These are the elements shared between Avatar and Chinese philosophy.

Continuity

• The Doctor was previously involved in a time ram. In that instance, it was with the Master's TARDIS. (TV: The Time Monster)
• The Doctor has visited Ancient China before. (TV: Marco Polo)
• When Gabby asked Ten-oh where Cindy was, Gabby referred to her as "the original, you might say", then referred to her as the first, much like the First Doctor referred to himself. (TV: The Five Doctors, The Doctor Falls)

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