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|name = The Fractures
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|image = The Fractures (comic story).jpg
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|doctor = Twelfth Doctor
  
|doctor = Twelfth Doctor
 
|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
  
|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
 
|featuring = [[Kate Stewart|Kate]]
  
|featuring = [[Kate Stewart|Kate]]
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|enemy = [[Fractures (alien)|Fractures]]
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|enemy = [[Fracture]]s
 
|year = [[London]], [[2014]]
  
|year = [[London]], [[2014]]
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|writer = [[Robbie Morrison]]
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|writer = [[Robbie Morrison (writer)|Robbie Morrison]]
 
|designer = [[Rob Farmer]]
  
|designer = [[Rob Farmer]]
 
|editor = [[Andrew James]]
  
|editor = [[Andrew James]]
 
|artist = [[Brian Williamson]]
  
|artist = [[Brian Williamson]]
 
|colourist = [[Hi-Fi]]
  
|colourist = [[Hi-Fi]]
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|letterer = [[Richard Starkings]]<br>[[Jimmy Betancourt]]
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|letterer = [[Richard Starkings]]<br />[[Jimmy Betancourt]]
 
|cover = [[Blair Shedd]] (regular)
  
|cover = [[Blair Shedd]] (regular)
 
|publication = [[12D 6]]-[[12D 8|8]]
  
|publication = [[12D 6]]-[[12D 8|8]]
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|format = Comic
  
|format = Comic
 
|series = ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]''
  
|series = ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]''
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|reprint = ''[[Doctor Who Comic]]'' #[[DWCT 6|6]]-[[DWCT 8|8]]
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|reprint = DWCT 6
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|reprint2 = DWCT 7
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|reprint3 = DWCT 8
 
|prev = The Swords of Kali (comic story)
  
|prev = The Swords of Kali (comic story)
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|next = The Body Electric (comic story)
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|next = Gangland (comic story)
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}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' comic strip series published in [[2015 (releases)|2015]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' comic story series published in [[2015 (releases)|2015]].
   
 
== Summary ==
  
== Summary ==
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[[Molly (The Fractures)|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! [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] race against time to both stop a dreaded new peril – [[The Fractures]] – in a bid to stop reality unraveling around them.
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[[Molly (The Fractures)|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! [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] race against time to both stop a dreaded new peril – the [[Fracture]]s – in a bid to stop reality unravelling around them.
   
 
== Plot ==
  
== Plot ==
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=== Part three ===
  
=== Part three ===
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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.
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''to be added''
  
   
 
== Characters ==
  
== Characters ==
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== References ==
  
== References ==
 
* Captain van Volk calls the Doctor the [[Oncoming Storm]].
  
* Captain van Volk calls the Doctor the [[Oncoming Storm]].
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* Clara used to drive a [[Mini]]. She now uses a [[motorbike]].
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* The Doctor says he's old enough to be Kate's great-great-great-great-great grandfather, times ten. Kate retorts that it's nothing compared to the size of his ego.
  
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* [[Rassilon cube]]s were devised by [[Rassilon]] as a form of incarceration. Kate calls it a [[Rubik's cube]].
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* Clara defends the size of her flat by saying she lives on second-year teacher's wages.
  
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* The Doctor has spare [[sonic screwdriver]]s and gives one to Clara.
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* Osgood and some of her colleagues intend to see ''{{w|Interstellar (film)|Interstellar}}.''
  
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* Clara used to drive a [[Mini]].
  
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* [[Rassilon cubes]] were devised by [[Rassilon]] as a form of incarceration. The Doctor was once locked in one and it took him six months to break free. Kate calls it a [[Rubik's cube]].
  
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* Amongst the Doctor's items in the TARDIS is the ''Ghostbusters''-esque device from [[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]].''
  
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* The Doctor has spare [[Sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdrivers]] and gives one to Clara.
  
 
* The Doctor calls Kate "Brigadier", alluding to her late [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|father]].
  
* The Doctor calls Kate "Brigadier", alluding to her late [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|father]].
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
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* The Doctor doesn't mention the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] or the [[Reality Bomb]] to the [[Fracture]]s.
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* Hinchcliffe Avenue in Schoreditch is likely a reference to ''Doctor Who ''producer [[Philip Hinchcliffe]].
  
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* The Doctor has a toy of Mrs. Tinkle from [[AAAGH!]] comic strips.
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* The Doctor has a toy of Mrs Tinkle from [[AAAGH!]] comic strips.
   
 
=== Original print details ===
  
=== Original print details ===
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== Continuity ==
  
== Continuity ==
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* The Doctor refers to humanity as "[[pudding-brain|pudding brain]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'' et al)
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* The Doctor refers to humanity as "[[pudding-brain|pudding brains]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'' et al)
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* Lisa references the Doctor serving as [[Coal Hill School]]'s caretaker. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'')
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* [[Lisa Foster|Lisa]] references the Doctor serving as [[Coal Hill School]]'s [[caretaker]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'')
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* The Doctor wears 3D glasses. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')
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* The Doctor wears [[3D glasses]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')
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* Clara jokes that none of her pupils are giving her requests for extra homework. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'')
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* Clara jokes that none of her pupils are giving her requests for extra [[homework]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'')
 
* Potter remarks that [[Petronella Osgood|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 (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
  
* Potter remarks that [[Petronella Osgood|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 (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')
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* The Doctor uses a strand of Clara's hair for a scientific test. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
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* The Doctor uses a strand of Clara's [[hair]] for a scientific test. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
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* Paul Foster is able to travel from his universe into this one because he reverse-engineered the gate destroyed during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf|Battle of London]] in [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]], [[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')
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* [[Paul Foster]] is able to travel from his universe into this one because he reverse-engineered the gate destroyed during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf|Battle of London]] in [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]], [[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')
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* Clara is surprised Hannah knows about her relationship with [[Danny Pink]], however she learnt it in playground gossip from Lisa. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker]]'', ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'')
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* Clara is surprised [[Hannah Foster|Hannah]] knows about her relationship with [[Danny Pink]]. She learnt it in playground gossip from Lisa. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'', ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|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 (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
  
* 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 (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
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* The Doctor gives Kate a Shreeker sonic cannon, which he says he got from [[Brooklyn]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Echo (comic story)|Echo]]'')
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* The Doctor gives Kate a [[Shreeker]] [[sonic cannon]], which he says he got from [[Brooklyn]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Echo (comic story)|Echo]]'')
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* The Doctor continues to be apprehensive about hugging. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
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* The Doctor continues to be apprehensive about [[hugging]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
   
 
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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

to be added

Part two

to be added

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

References

Notes

Original print details

to be added

Continuity

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