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|image = Room with a Deja View (comic story).jpg | |image = Room with a Deja View (comic story).jpg | ||
|series = [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] mini-series and one-shots | |series = [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] mini-series and one-shots | ||
|doctor = Tenth Doctor | |doctor = Tenth Doctor | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = | |setting = | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
A murder has taken place, committed by a member of a species that lives in the opposite direction to the timeline, who, from its own perspective, has not yet committed the crime in question. | A [[murder]] has taken place, committed by a member of a species that lives in the opposite direction to the timeline, who, from its own perspective, has not yet committed the crime in question. | ||
It's locked house murder mystery where the culprit is clear from the beginning. but the process is anything but. The Doctor lands smack bang in the middle of it all. | It's locked house murder mystery where the culprit is clear from the beginning. but the process is anything but. The Doctor lands smack bang in the middle of it all. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Alone in the TARDIS, the [[Tenth Doctor]] is depressed, having no companions to talk to. He decides that instead of feeling sad, he should take some time to himself. Meditating, he picks up a distress call and arrives on a space station; however, he gets an | Alone in the TARDIS, the [[Tenth Doctor]] is depressed, having no companions to talk to. He decides that instead of feeling sad, he should take some time to himself. Meditating, he picks up a distress call and arrives on a space station; however, he gets an unwelcoming committee. He attempts to talk, but is gagged and passes out. | ||
The Doctor wakes up in a [[medical bay]], and introduces himself as a Time Lord, shocking the medical staff. They go on to explain that a communicative disease has been at large; simple contact and radio signals can cause infection. They explain that a member of the Counter race attempted to send a signal, and murdered a guard. The Doctor is left surprised when he learns that Counters live in the opposite direction of linear life in the timeline, and thus speak answers before the questions are asked; they've given up hope of interrogation. The Doctor meets the suspect, TX, who calls him his oldest friend. The Doctor warns against anyone going inside for 40 minutes as he will be creating a temporal paradox in order to communicate. | The Doctor wakes up in a [[medical bay]], and introduces himself as a Time Lord, shocking the medical staff. They go on to explain that a communicative disease has been at large; simple contact and radio signals can cause infection. They explain that a member of the Counter race attempted to send a signal, and murdered a guard. The Doctor is left surprised when he learns that Counters live in the opposite direction of linear life in the timeline, and thus speak answers before the questions are asked; they've given up hope of interrogation. The Doctor meets the suspect, TX, who calls him his oldest friend. The Doctor warns against anyone going inside for 40 minutes as he will be creating a temporal paradox in order to communicate. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* | * [[Mozz (Room with a Deja View)|Mozz]] | ||
* | * [[Looz]] | ||
* [[Tx]] | * [[Tx]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* The Doctor exploits a loophole in [[temporal physic]]s to get the full story of the [[murder]]. | |||
* The Doctor exploits a loophole in [[temporal physic]]s to get the full story of the murder. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* The parts of the comic that have a blue background behind the pictures are indicators to read the speech bubbles backwards. The Doctor's interrogation of TX doesn't make sense unless read backwards. | * The parts of the comic that have a blue background behind the pictures are indicators to read the speech bubbles backwards. The Doctor's interrogation of TX doesn't make sense unless read backwards. | ||
* The story's {{w|non-linear narrative}} is reminiscent of the [[First Doctor]] comic strip ''[[Time in Reverse]]''. | * The story's {{w|non-linear narrative}} is reminiscent of the [[First Doctor]] comic strip ''[[Time in Reverse]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
