The Fractures was the third story of the Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor comic story series published in 2015.
Summary[]
Molly's father was killed in a terrible accident. UNIT scientist John Foster suffered the same fate. But are they really gone? Both play a part in the universe-hopping new arc! The Doctor and Clara race against time to both stop a dreaded new peril – the Fractures – in a bid to stop reality unravelling around them.
Plot[]
Part one[]
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Part two[]
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Part three[]
The Doctor banishes the Fractures back to where they came from, marking himself as their mortal enemy. However, he does manage to let Paul stay in N-Space with his family.
Characters[]
- Twelfth Doctor
- Clara Oswald
- Kate Stewart
- Paul Foster
- Hannah Foster
- Lisa Foster
- Molly Foster
References[]
- Captain van Volk calls the Doctor the Oncoming Storm.
- Clara used to drive a Mini. She now uses a motorbike.
- Rassilon cubes were devised by Rassilon as a form of incarceration. Kate calls it a Rubik's cube.
- The Doctor has spare sonic screwdrivers and gives one to Clara.
- The Doctor calls Kate "Brigadier", alluding to her late father.
Notes[]
- The Doctor doesn't mention the Battle of Canary Wharf or the Reality Bomb to the Fractures.
- The Doctor has a toy of Mrs Tinkle from AAAGH! comic strips.
Original print details[]
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Continuity[]
- The Doctor refers to humanity as "pudding brains". (TV: Deep Breath et al)
- Lisa references the Doctor serving as Coal Hill School's caretaker. (TV: The Caretaker)
- The Doctor wears 3D glasses. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
- Clara jokes that none of her pupils are giving her requests for extra homework. (TV: The Caretaker)
- Potter remarks that Osgood is away and that she'd be devastated at missing the Doctor, especially since she replaced her scarf with a bow tie. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, Death in Heaven)
- The Doctor uses a strand of Clara's hair for a scientific test. (TV: Deep Breath)
- Paul Foster is able to travel from his universe into this one because he reverse-engineered the gate destroyed during the Battle of London in 2007. (TV: Army of Ghosts, Doomsday)
- Clara is surprised Hannah knows about her relationship with Danny Pink. She learnt it in playground gossip from Lisa. (TV: The Caretaker, In the Forest of the Night)
- The Doctor saves Clara and the Fosters from a crashing bus by flying the TARDIS alongside the doors and having them jump in. The Tenth Doctor pulled off a similar feat to save Donna Noble. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
- The Doctor gives Kate a Shreeker sonic cannon, which he says he got from Brooklyn. (COMIC: Echo)
- The Doctor continues to be apprehensive about hugging. (TV: Deep Breath, Listen)
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