Prisoners of Time

Prisoners of Time was the 12-issue story made by IDW to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. Released throughout 2013, each of the first eleven parts featured a different Doctor, all leading up to the final, multi-Doctor issue in December.

The story was released one issue at a time starting with POT 1, with three volumes each containing four issues being sold alongside. Volume one was released on 28 May 2013, volume two on 24 September and three on 18 December.

Continuity

 * The cloaked figure closely resembles the decaying version of the Master. He wears a black cloak with a hood, his hands are brown and swollen, and wears what appears to be a sash, all characteristics of the Master, specifically in TV: The Deadly Assassin.
 * Adam studies images of the Doctor and his companions, including images of Rose Tyler, Leela, Romana I, the Brigadier, Jo Grant (including the infamous nude of Katy Manning with a Dalek), Martha Jones, Donna Noble, K9, Sarah Jane Smith, Vicki Pallister, Captain Jack Harkness, Romana II, Charley Pollard, Adric, Ace, Dodo Chaplet, Rory Williams, Amy Williams, Mickey Smith, Liz Shaw, Frobisher, himself, and Ian Chesterton, among others.
 * The cloaked figure studies an image of the Seventh Doctor in a hospital whilst discussing the Doctor's ability to regenerate. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * Adam studies images of the Fourth Doctor with Sarah Jane Smith driving away from the TARDIS while in Hollywood; the Roman stone carving of the Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble, and the TARDIS from TV: The Fires of Pompeii; and the TARDIS parked in Cardiff.
 * Adam describes the First Doctor as "a teacher," the Ninth Doctor as "a soldier," the Sixth Doctor as "a madman," and the Tenth Doctor as "the Oncoming Storm." (TV: The Parting of the Ways, et. al)
 * Issue one served as a sequel to TV: The Web Planet, with the reintroduction of the Zarbi and the Animus.
 * Jamie takes note of the size of an item, in this case one of the police boxes on Frenko Bazaar. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks, The Wheel in Space, The Seeds of Death, The Two Doctors)
 * The White Robots appear outside of the Land of Fiction. (TV: The Mind Robber)
 * Jamie can very easily manoeuvre through ventilation. (TV: The Two Doctors)
 * Zoe mentions T-Mat. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
 * In issue two, Jamie and Zoe wear the same outfits they wore in TV: The Krotons and COMIC: Land of the Blind, the latter of which was also drawn by Lee Sullivan.
 * Several of the aliens seen at the Frenko Bazaar are from other stories.
 * In a crowd shot, a Voord (TV: The Keys of Marinus), two Raxacoricofallapatorians (TV: Aliens of London/World War Three) and a Sontaran (TV: The Time Warrior) can be seen.
 * In one panel, a Fishman from Kandalinga, (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga) an Atlantean (PROSE: The Lost Ones), two Korad and a Mechanistrian (PROSE: Peril in Mechanistria) are all seen shopping. All were introduced in the Doctor Who Annual 1966.
 * An Alpha Centauran can be seen. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
 * The Third Doctor drives the "Whomobile". (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Planet of the Spiders, AUDIO: Glorious Goodwood)
 * The Rutans recall their demise at the hands of the Doctor at Fang Rock. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock)
 * The Fifth Doctor remembers the fight with the Sontaran Linx on Earth (TV: The Time Warrior) and he knows his role in foiling the Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey, even if he has "hazy" memories about those events. (TV: The Invasion of Time)
 * The Eleventh Doctor would later intervene similarly in between a fight between Rutans and Sontarans. (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot)
 * The Tenth Doctor appears to Frobisher in the same way Frobisher first appeared to him, through the top of the TARDIS console. (COMIC: The Shape Shifter)
 * The Seventh Doctor and Ace previously had met the Master in TV: Survival
 * The Master is wearing the coat that he was wearing in GAME: Destiny of the Doctors.
 * The Master says to the Doctor "Say my name." He would say the same thing to the Tenth Doctor in a later incarnation. (TV: Utopia)
 * In her car, Grace Holloway listens to a news report stating that the beryllium atomic clock at the Institute for Technological Advancement and Research will be repaired soon, after it failed to start on 1 January 2000. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * Issue nine revealed that the events of this story are a continuation/consequences of The Long Game with the revelation that the antagonist is Adam Mitchell.
 * Adam Mitchell reveals to the Ninth Doctor that he excavated Henry Van Statten's Vault in order to obtain Cyberman technology. (TV: Dalek)
 * Adam owns a copy of the book A Journal of Impossible Things (TV: Human Nature/The End of Time)
 * After Adam tells his story of how his life was ruined, Rose says "I'm so sorry." (TV: Doomsday)
 * The Tenth Doctor mentions that he has met the Dominators before, in a different body. (TV: The Dominators)