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|image = The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop.jpg
 
|image = The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop.jpg
|name = The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop
 
 
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
 
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
 
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
 
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
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|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]]
 
|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]]
 
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 429|429]]
 
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 429|429]]
|release date = [[12 January (releases)|12 January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
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|release date = [[16 December (releases)|16 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
 
|publisher = Panini Comics
 
|publisher = Panini Comics
 
|format = Comic - 1 part
 
|format = Comic - 1 part
 
|prev = The Golden Ones (comic story)
 
|prev = The Golden Ones (comic story)
 
|next = The Screams of Death (comic story)
 
|next = The Screams of Death (comic story)
 
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the [[2010 (releases)|2010]] [[Christmas]] comic story from ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', and was therefore the current story when ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'' was enjoying its [[BBC One]] premiere. Presciently, it presaged the televised 2011 [[Christmas Special]] by telling a story based upon ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the [[2010 (releases)|2010]] [[Christmas]] comic story from ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', and was therefore the current story when ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'' was enjoying its [[BBC One]] premiere. Presciently, it presaged the televised 2011 [[Christmas Special]] by telling a story based upon ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''.
   
 
This one, however, involved the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and a young [[Amelia Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] in a heightened reality that feels like [[Narnia]]. Only on the final page do readers understand that [[C. S. Lewis]] has been reading a story, and that the story with the Doctor wasn't real.
 
This one, however, involved the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and a young [[Amelia Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] in a heightened reality that feels like [[Narnia]]. Only on the final page do readers understand that [[C. S. Lewis]] has been reading a story, and that the story with the Doctor wasn't real.
   
Importantly, the story drew the parallels between Narnia and ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and opined out that Lewis died on the day before ''[[Doctor Who]]'' premiered in [[1963 (releases)|1963]].
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Importantly, the story drew the parallels between Narnia and ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and pointed out that Lewis died on the day before ''[[Doctor Who]]'' premiered in [[1963 (releases)|1963]].
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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
 
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] present [[C. S. Lewis]] with a book, ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'', not unlike a piece of his future work...
 
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] present [[C. S. Lewis]] with a book, ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'', not unlike a piece of his future work...
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== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
 
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== Characters ==
 
== Characters ==
 
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
 
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* The Queen wears a [[Time Lord]] collar, and the [[Seal of Rassilon]] appears above her throne.
 
* The Queen wears a [[Time Lord]] collar, and the [[Seal of Rassilon]] appears above her throne.
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* The bookshop is called [[Phoenix Books]].
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* Amelia and Rory were "sent away" because of the [[air raid]]s.
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* The [[Inklings]] met up at the [[The Eagle and Child]].
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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* Writer Jonathan Morris revealed, in the commentary for the [[The Child of Time (graphic novel)|graphic novel compilation]], the origin of this story: Morris had conceived it in [[2003 (production)|2003]] as an idea for a ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' story, with his basis being "what if ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had been the product of an earlier age, instead of the 1960s? What if it wasn't science-fiction, but a piece of children's literary fiction, like {{wi|The Box of Delights}}, {{wi|The Phoenix and the Carpet}} and {{wi|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}?"
* This story is based on {{wi|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}. The title is also a play on the book's title, as are the short story ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'' and the television story ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
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* This story is based on ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. The title is also a play on the book's title, as are the short story ''[[The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe]]'' and the television story ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
* The books are named after "scrapped" ''Who'' stories ([[The Doomsday Contract (TV story)|Shylock]], [[Doctor Who Meets Scratchman|Scratchman]], [[The Dark Dimension]], [[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Master of Luxor]], [[The Song of the Space Whale]], [[The Imps]]) or books that the artist, [[Rob Davis]] wrote as a child, possibly including ''Zackzod'', ''Doom Boxes'', ''Blood Shed'', ''Sirens of'', and ''Titan''. The most notable is the book Amy picks up, named ''[[Shada (book)|Shada]]'', after ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''.
 
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* Working titles for the story included ''The Storyteller'' and ''The Professor, the Wolf and the Bookshop''.
 
* The books are named after "scrapped" ''Who'' stories ([[The Doomsday Contract (TV story)|Shylock]], [[Doctor Who Meets Scratchman|Scratchman]], [[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]], [[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Master of Luxor]], [[The Song of the Space Whale]], [[The Imps]]) or books that the artist, [[Rob Davis]] wrote as a child, possibly including ''Zackzod'', ''Doom Boxes'', ''Blood Shed'', ''Sirens of'', and ''Titan''. The most notable is the book Amy picks up, named ''[[Shada (book)|Shada]]'', after ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''.
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== Continuity ==
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Revision as of 15:13, 21 October 2019

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The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop was the 2010 Christmas comic story from Doctor Who Magazine, and was therefore the current story when A Christmas Carol was enjoying its BBC One premiere. Presciently, it presaged the televised 2011 Christmas Special by telling a story based upon The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

This one, however, involved the Eleventh Doctor and a young Amelia Pond and Rory Williams in a heightened reality that feels like Narnia. Only on the final page do readers understand that C. S. Lewis has been reading a story, and that the story with the Doctor wasn't real.

Importantly, the story drew the parallels between Narnia and Doctor Who, and pointed out that Lewis died on the day before Doctor Who premiered in 1963.

Summary

The Doctor and Amy present C. S. Lewis with a book, The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop, not unlike a piece of his future work...

Plot

to be added

Characters

In the book

References

Notes

Continuity

to be added