Bow-ties for Goal Posts (comic story)

Bow-ties for Goal Posts
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Rory
Main setting:	Leadworth Football Club, Leadworth
Key crew
Publisher:	Titan Comics
Writer:	Marc Ellerby
Artist:	Marc Ellerby
Release details
Printed in:	11D 12
Release date:	20 May 2015
Cover date:	June 2015
Format:	Comic
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Bow-ties for Goal Posts was a Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor comic story published in 2015.

Summary

Rory Williams and the Doctor attend a football game, whose rules the Time Lord fails to understand.

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Rory Williams
• Referee

References

• The Doctor remarks that River Song's timeline is less complicated than the rules of football.
• The Doctor mistakes the bald football fans for a Sontaran invasion.
• The Doctor's sonic screwdriver grants a football referee's eyes the ability to watch every football game in the galaxy.
• The game is held at the Leadworth Football Club.
• The Doctor is bored by the match because it lacks jetpacks and there were no women on the teams.

Notes

• This is the first time Rory has been the sole companion in a story.

Original print details

to be added

Continuity

• The Eleventh Doctor proves to be able to play football in TV: The Lodger.