Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)

Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Main setting:	Bish's
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Panini Comics]]
Writer:	Scott Gray
Artist:	Roger Langridge David A. Roach (Inking)
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who Magazine 329
Release date:	30th April 2003
Format:	Comic - 1 part
DWM comic stories
← Previous	Oblivion
Next →	Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game

Where Nobody Knows Your Name was a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip. It saw the Eighth Doctor travelling alone and the cameo return of former companion, Frobisher.

Summary

The Eighth Doctor is in a bar chatting to barman Bish, unaware he is opening up to an old friend...

Plot

to be added

Characters

• The Doctor
• Frobisher
• Caralla
• Renaldo
• Zalda
• Creeby
• Jokk

References

Species

• The Doctor says that the last time he properly laughed was when he was threatened by an Ice Warrior who had a lisp.
• Many of the bar patrons resemble Earth animals. Creeby resembles a fly, Jokk an ape and an unnamed character resembles an elephant.

Notes

• Following the departure of Izzy Sinclair, this is the first of six stories in which the Doctor travels alone.
• This comic story was reprinted in The Flood graphic novel.
• The title is a reference to "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," the theme song to the American sitcom Cheers, which takes place in a bar.
  • Caralla's name, clothing, and appearance resemble those of Carla, the Cheers waitress.

Continuity

• Frobisher is an ex-companion of the Doctor. He left to live on the planet A-Lux in DWM: A Cold Day in Hell. He uses the alias Bish whilst in a more humanoid form.

Timeline

• This story takes place after DWM: Oblivion
• This story takes place before DWM: Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game