Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)

 was the eighth story of the Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic series published in 2016. It was the first story of the second year of the series and saw a restart of the issue numbering, with the series now taking place during the events of the ninth series. The story featured the surprise return of the Sea Devils.

Summary
The gothic, sprawling Ravenscaur is the top private school in the UK, educator of the children of royalty, politicians and celebrities, and epicenter of generations of power and influence. When an old friend of Clara's dies at the school under mysterious circumstances, she and the Doctor go undercover to investigate.

Part One
Late at Ravenscaur School, Christel Dean is packing up her things, when a piece of chalk lifts up and writes on the chalkboard, "I must not murder my teacher." She runs out of the school, and as she drives away, leaves a voicemail for her friend Clara. A group of students appear in the middle of the road, and Christel swerves into a tree. As the children approach her, she runs onto a bridge, where the water rises and she is attacked by a sea creature.

Meanwhile, the Doctor is being harassed by an alien in the bar of a starliner. He uses the sonic sunglasses to hack into the aliens' jetpacks, sending them flying, and hops into the TARDIS with an extra drink for Clara.

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Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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Characters

 * Twelfth Doctor
 * Clara Oswald
 * Jack Irvine
 * Lucy Walker
 * Christel Dean
 * Mr Beck
 * Mrs Mariner
 * Lucifer van Volk
 * Catriona Stewart
 * Daniel Claremont
 * Kate Stewart
 * Osgood

Original print details
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Continuity

 * The Doctor now uses his sonic sunglasses. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice etc.)
 * While not recognising Lucifer, the Doctor queries whether he knew a "mop-head in a fedora and rainbow scarf", a "skinny chap with electro-shock hair", or a "bow-tied whippersnapper". (TV: Planet of the Spiders, The Parting of the Ways, The End of Time)
 * The Doctor claims that he gets distracted rather than running off. (TV: Into the Dalek)
 * Clara is said to have used psychic paper to get the job with the school, leading the Doctor to remark that she is acting like him. (TV: Flatline)
 * A teacher shows attraction to Clara, a la Danny Pink, but in a more negative manner and she shoots down his advances (unlike in TV: Into the Dalek).
 * Clara refers to herself as being impossible. (TV: The Name of the Doctor, et al)
 * In keeping with Year Two being set in the Series 9 continuity, the Doctor is now wearing more casual clothes, in particular his hoodie. (TV: Last Christmas)
 * The Doctor once again claims to be a master swordfighter, and fights using an unconventional weapon. (TV: Robot of Sherwood)
 * Clara possesses a sonic screwdriver, which she got from the Doctor during the Fracture invasion. (COMIC: The Fractures)
 * Clara attended teaching college before taking her job at Coal Hill School (TV: The Day of the Doctor). The story does not indicate whether she is still employed by Coal Hill at this point.
 * The Doctor recalls the emergence of the Sea Devils in the English Channel. (TV: The Sea Devils) He notes that it happened in either 1972 or 1982, referencing the UNIT dating controversy.
 * The Doctor tells Mrs. Mariner that he "had a run-in with some intelligent fireballs a while back". (COMIC: The Hyperion Empire)
 * When Kate finds out that the Prime Minister isn't human she remarks, "Not again". (TV: The Sound of the Drums)
 * The Doctor gives Clara and the students a device that boosts their mental abilities (TV: Hide).
 * The Doctor again refers to an unusual object as a companion and mourns its loss (TV: The Time of the Doctor).
 * Clara refers to the TARDIS as her home, much as Ace did in TV: Survival.