Defender of the Daleks (comic story)

, starring the Tenth Doctor, was Titan Comics' contribution to the multi-medium Time Lord Victorious storyline. It marked the return of the Golden Emperor to mainstream Doctor Who after its last official appearance in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures' War of the Daleks as an avatar of the Dalek Prime. The story also introduced the Hond.

Plot
The Tenth Doctor with his TARDIS are pulled into an alternate reality where the Time War did not happen. He is then chased by the Daleks until he goes with them to Skaro. When he is at Skaro the Dalek Emperor asks him to help save the Daleks from the Hond.

Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Golden Emperor
 * Dalek Prime Strategist
 * Hond
 * Thirteenth Doctor
 * Eighth Doctor

The Doctor

 * The Doctor wakes up in the TARDIS with short-term amnesia.
 * The Doctor identifies a paradox by scent.
 * The Doctor asks his Thirteenth incarnation if they have ever been ginger, which she sadly denies.

Daleks

 * The Doctor jokingly cites the "true" enemy of the Daleks as being a staircase.

History

 * The Daleks have no record of the Last Great Time War.
 * The Hond were said to have died out in the Dark Times.

Locations

 * The Doctor awakens to find the TARDIS parked in Blecplam Two and a Half.
 * The Doctor and the Dalek Prime Strategist explore the Vault of Obscenities.

Technology

 * The Doctor uses a fire extinguisher.

Time Lord culture

 * The words "Red Gallifreyan" appear on the TARDIS scanner.

Popular culture

 * The Doctor calls the Vault of Obscenities a "real Temple of Doom", noting when the Dalek Prime Strategist fails to get the reference that "it's a movie".

Miscellaneous

 * The Doctor exclaims "Happy Christmas" after referring to the Hond he had just trapped as being "gift-wrapped".
 * While conversing with his successor, the Doctor says that the problem with paradoxes, besides the impending reality collapse, is that they conversations repetitive.

Original print details

 * Part 1:
 * "Previously...
 * In a twist of fate, the Tenth Doctor and the Thirteenth Doctor were brought together to face off against their deadly enemies. Unfortunately, the universe doesn't quite like the idea of a Time Lord meeting up with their past or future self - the consequences of such a paradox could cause a reality-altering shift that destroys the entire universe! Lucky for them it all worked out, until the Tenth Doctor was pulled into an impossible Time Vortex..."

Continuity

 * While being chased by the Daleks, the Doctor briefly visits Blecplam Two and a Half (COMIC: A New Beginning) Guelder, (COMIC: Hidden Human History) the planet of the elves, (COMIC: Holiday Special) North Carolina, (COMIC: Hidden Human History) and Raddplina. (COMIC: Old Friends)
 * The Doctor examines a Progenitor when aboard the Emperor's saucer. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
 * The Dalek City appears as it does in TV: The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar.
 * The Doctor vaguely recalls hearing the term stellar net somewhere recently. (COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends)
 * The Doctor once again asks his Thirteenth if they had ever been ginger, not remembering the last time he asked. (COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends)