Herald of Madness (comic story)

 was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine in 2019, starring the Thirteenth Doctor.

Characters

 * Thirteenth Doctor
 * Graham O'Brien
 * Ryan Sinclair
 * Yasmin Khan
 * Tycho Brahe
 * Johannes Kepler
 * Dagmar Ruskovitch
 * Dominik
 * Olaf

The Doctor

 * The Doctor tells Baroness Ruskovitch that she obtained her doctorate from the University of Gallifrey.

People

 * Tycho Brahe is the court astronomer to Emperor Rudolf II.
 * Brahe lost his nose in a duel with his cousin, that began from an argument over an equation.
 * Johannes Kepler went on to have a satellite, a moon crater, a star system, and an ice lolly named after him.
 * Kepler has a wife. They had two children who died: Heinrich and Susanna.
 * Dagmar Ruskovitch practices archery.

Locations

 * The Doctor and Team TARDIS got lost on their way to the Ninth Moon of Quezzeltrax.
 * Team TARDIS run into Brahe and Kepler in Kokorin Forest.
 * Astronomers from Europe, Persia, India, Turkey and Nigeria attend the gathering.

Technology

 * The Doctor used a celestial sat nav.
 * The telescope had not been invented yet.

Popular culture

 * Yaz likens the gathering inside Castle Houska to Hogwarts. Ryan likens the dark hallways to Resident Evil.
 * Ryan hopes he and the Doctor don't run into Dracula when entering the secret passage.

Foods and beverages

 * Tycho and Graham drink ale.

Astronomy

 * A man at the gathering believes the whole universe revolves around the Earth.

Miscellaneous

 * Tycho gives out autographs at the gathering.

Original print details

 * (Publication with page count and closing captions)


 * 1) DWM 535 (8 pages) Next: The Pit of Hell!

Continuity

 * The Third Doctor previously unearthed Tycho Brahe's body in the 24th century while searching for the Tipping Device. (PROSE: Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna)
 * Graham reminds the Doctor of their track record with "big names in history". (TV: Rosa, The Witchfinders, PROSE: Combat Magicks)