The Then and the Now (comic story)

 was the first story printed in the second year of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor. A two-part story, it was the first in the series since What He Wants... to feature the Doctor and Alice without John Jones or ARC, and was the first comic printed after the conclusion of the Four Doctors cross over event. It also featured the surprise return of comics character Abslom Daak, who had originally been introduced during early issues of Doctor Who Magazine. This was most likely a tribute to Daak creator Steve Moore, who had passed on earlier that year. The decision to return Daak to his basics -- of carrying around Taiyin in order to find a way to revive her -- was most likely made in part due to the author's wishes (Moore had spoken out against the Nemesis of the Daleks/Emperor of the Daleks! take on the character multiple times).

The comic is also notable to non-Daak fans as being the first story since The Day of the Doctor to depict The Curator, and the only one to directly connect him to the Doctor. While the previous story had only hinted that he might be a future incarnation of the Time Lord, this comic decided to clearly show the figure as one of the Doctor's forms when time is distorted around him and Alice. He appears in front of the Eleventh Doctor, who is in front of the First Doctor, suggesting that his is indeed a future incarnation.

Summary
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Characters

 * Eleventh Doctor
 * Alice Obiefune
 * Abslom Daak
 * War Doctor (flashback)
 * The Curator (distortion)

Continuity
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