The Fourth Wall (comic story)

 was the ninth story of the Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic series, published in 2016.

Summary
It's the long-awaited return of a deadly foe, as the Doctor and Clara face a monster that will have you checking your stack of comics for suspicious movement! Dare you continue reading, when every page turn could bring you into MORTAL DANGER?! You have to – you're the Doctor's only hope!

Plot
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara arrive in modern London because of some suspicious activity recorded by the TARDIS. While looking around, the Doctor is sucked into a Time Surgeon comic. With the help of Clara, he escapes the comic and defeats the Boneless.

Characters

 * Twelfth Doctor
 * Clara Oswald
 * Natalie
 * Natalie's mother
 * James
 * Molly
 * Luke
 * Female clerk

Comic books

 * The Bat, Amazonia, Steel Man, Spider-Guy, Time Surgeon, T-Men and Monkey Planet are all popular comic series.

Original print details
to be added

Continuity

 * Clara questions the Doctor's decision to park the TARDIS in broad daylight, but he tells her no one will notice it. (TV: Boom Town)
 * The Eleventh Doctor previously visited the Prohibited Sphere store. (COMIC: Give Free or Die)
 * The Boneless return. (TV: Flatline)
 * When the Doctor is breaking through the "fourth wall", some of the stray comic book panels show images from Clara Oswald and the School of Death.
 * The Doctor mentions the Empress of the Racnoss. (TV: The Runaway Bride)