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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
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|doctor = Eleventh Doctor | |doctor = Eleventh Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | |companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]] | ||
|enemy = | |featuring = Patrick Lake | ||
|setting = [[Prague]], [[1989]] | |featuring2 = Hugo Wilding | ||
|writer = | |featuring3 = Annabel Lake | ||
|enemy = The [[Mavora Queen]], [[Yuri Azarov]] | |||
|setting = [[Prague]], [[November]] [[1989]] | |||
|writer = Scott Gray | |||
|artist = [[Martin Geraghty]] | |artist = [[Martin Geraghty]] | ||
|colourist = [[James Offredi]] | |colourist = [[James Offredi]] | ||
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|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]] | |editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 451]] - [[DWM 454|454]] | |publication = [[DWM 451]] - [[DWM 454|454]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 30 August - 15 November 2012 | ||
|publisher = Panini Comics | |publisher = Panini Comics | ||
|format = Comic | |format = Comic | ||
|prev = The Cornucopia Caper (comic story) | |prev = The Cornucopia Caper (comic story) | ||
|next = Imaginary Enemies (comic story) | |next = Imaginary Enemies (comic story) | ||
|epcount = 4|reprint = Hunters of the Burning Stone (graphic novel)}}{{comic stub}} | |epcount = 4|reprint = Hunters of the Burning Stone (graphic novel) | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. It marked the first appearance of the Lake family, | }}{{comic stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]. It marked the first appearance of the Lake family, and was the final story to feature Amy and Rory travelling with the Doctor, though they would appear in [[Imaginary Enemies (comic story)|the following story]] without him. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Prague]], [[1989]]: [[Patrick Lake]] and his family are desperate to return to London, but Patrick is hiding a dark secret from his wife — he is a British [[spy]] working undercover to bring down [[Yuri Azarov]], a man whose rise to power leaves devastation for all. Patrick finds an ally in a traveller called [[Eleventh | [[Prague]], [[1989]]: [[Patrick Lake]] and his family are desperate to return to London, but Patrick is hiding a dark secret from his wife — he is a British [[spy]] working undercover to bring down [[Yuri Azarov]], a man whose rise to power leaves devastation for all. Patrick finds an ally in a traveller called the [[Eleventh Doctor]], a man whose name echoes throughout history, according to Patrick's associate [[Hugo Wilding]]. But the Doctor's attempt to discover the truth leaves Patrick's family — and Rory — at the mercy of Yuri and his sinister, inhuman, sidekick... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Amy Pond]] | * [[Amy Pond]] | ||
* [[Rory Williams]] | * [[Rory Williams]] | ||
* [[Rhoda Hoffman]] | |||
* [[Saul Hoffman]] | |||
* [[Yuri Azarov]] | |||
* [[Gerhard Frankel]] | |||
* The [[Mavora Queen]] | |||
* [[Patrick Lake]] | * [[Patrick Lake]] | ||
* [[Heather Lake]] | * [[Heather Lake]] | ||
* [[Annabel Lake]] | * [[Annabel Lake]] | ||
* [[Hugo Wilding]] | * [[Hugo Wilding]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sergei]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Yehuda Loevy]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Golovkin]] | ||
* [[Vostok (The Broken Man)|Vostok]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* When | * When reminiscing about [[London]], [[Heather Lake]] mentions missing ''[[Coronation Street]]'', [[Hyde Park]], [[fish and chips]] and [[Woolworths]] shops. | ||
* | * Among the minds that travelled to [[Prague]] where [[Franz Kafka]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Albert Einstein]]. | ||
* The Doctor claims to be | * The Doctor claims to be "Doctor Zhivago" of the [[Party Security Directorate]] and Ambassador Ottokar of [[Syldavia]]. | ||
* | * The Doctor tells Rhoda that he, Amy and Rory are [[reporter]]s from the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]]. | ||
* [[Operation Broken Man]] | * Rhoda has ambitions to go to [[St Martin's College]] and see the [[Rembrandt Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]]. | ||
* | * During the revolutions of 1989, the [[Poland|Polish]] and [[Hungary|Hungarian]]s "opted out" of the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Berlin Wall]] was destroyed. | ||
* Rory was born in [[1989]], with him quipping that his younger self is "sleeping in a [[cot]] in [[Leadworth]]" when the Doctor tells him they are in 1989. | |||
* [[Karel Capek]] coined the word "[[robot]]" in [[1920]] Prague. | |||
* Azarov's fake immigration to America is being handled under [[Operation Broken Man]]. | |||
* Amy compares herself to [[Joan Collins]] in her dress. | |||
* Azarov shows disgust towards [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and the Soviets' retreat from [[Afghanistan]] | |||
* Amy received [[Hallucinogenic lipstick]] in the post last [[Mother's Day]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is the first Eleventh Doctor | * This is the first Eleventh Doctor ''DWM'' strip that does not feature [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Amy mentions that her favourite artist is [[Vincent van Gogh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | * Amy mentions that her favourite artist is [[Vincent van Gogh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | ||
* The Doctor says that [[Prague]] in 1989 is not a fixed point in time and that anything could happen. He previously said the same about Earth in [[2020]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') | * The Doctor says that [[Prague]] in 1989 is not a fixed point in time and that anything could happen. He previously said the same about Earth in [[2020]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') | ||
* When the Doctor | * When questioned by Patrick about his identity, the Doctor hands him a top secret file with information about his relationship with [[Winston Churchill]], and a picture of him and Churchill is shown. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* When interrogated by Yuri, Rory mentions being [[Rory Williams (Auton)|a plastic Roman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') | |||
* The Doctor once again wears the evening outfit that he wore to Amy and Rory's wedding on [[26 June]] [[2010]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') having previously in Berlin in [[1938]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') and Paris in [[1858]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Screams of Death (comic story)|The Screams of Death]]'') | |||
* Amy calls Rory "stupid face". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') | * Amy calls Rory "stupid face". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') | ||
* | * The Doctor recalls finding psychic metal during his visit to [[Athens]] in [[BC#5th century B.C.|410 BC]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Chains of Olympus]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
