Tesseract was the third part of the story arc begun inDoctor Who (2009) #1. It was divided into two chapters: "Time Smash" and "Implosion".

Summary[[edit] |[edit source]]

While theTenth Doctor gives his new companions,Emily Winter andMatthew Finnegan, a tour ofthe TARDIS, the vessel is invaded by a number of dimension-hopping aliens.The Advocate places doubt intoMatthew Finnegan's mind about the Doctor's morality, while theTef'Aree have much the same effect uponEmily Winter. Meanwhile, the proximate cause of the invasion — the breech of the TARDIS by theAcari spaceship —forces the TARDIS interior to rearrange itself. Because the Doctor is psychically linked to the TARDIS, this trauma causes the Doctor to undergo temporary mental instability and his past selves begin to bleed through. Only by disengaging from the Acari ship and quickly restoring the proper console room will the Doctor'stenth persona fully reassert itself.

When Emily finds the right console, order is restored. But the Doctor'ssuperphone rings before they can enjoy their victory.Martha Jones calls with an urgent appeal for the Doctor to return toEarth and helpUNIT solve a mysterious new problem . . .

Characters[[edit] |[edit source]]

• Tenth Doctor
• Matthew Finnegan
• Emily Winter
• Acari soldiers
• The Advocate
• Gizou
• Tef'Aree
• Martha Jones

Worldbuilding[[edit] |[edit source]]

• TheShadow Proclamation is mentioned.
• The Doctor is shown simultaneously wearing elements of theSixth andFifth Doctor's outfits, as well as theFourth Doctor'sscarf, theSeventh Doctor's hat and theEighth Doctor's cravat.
• Donna Noble is mentioned.
• TheCloister Bell sounds.
• The Doctor offers his companions aMickey Mouse watch.
• Vislor Turlough kept a diary in the TARDIS, which Matthew discovers.
• When the Doctor answers hissuperphone he initially wonders ifLady Christina might be phoning him.
• The Doctor got Martha and her husband a wedding gift which reacted badly with champagne and senther mother to the ceiling. She is filling in as UNIT's scientific advisor whileMalcolm is inGeneva.

Notes[[edit] |[edit source]]

• The story takes place almost entirely within the TARDIS. Only a handful of stories have explored the interior of the TARDIS, including the television storiesThe Invasion of Time,Castrovalva,The Doctor's Wife, andJourney to the Centre of the TARDIS as well as the comic storyChanges.
• This story was reprinted in the IDW graphic novelTesseract.
• The Advocate implies the TV storiesEarthshock andTerminus are only a week apart.

Continuity[[edit] |[edit source]]

• The Doctor visits many of the TARDIS's oldconsole rooms, (TV:The Masque of Mandragora,Doctor Who,An Unearthly Child) as well asthe art gallery andswimming pool; (TV:The Invasion of Time) he assumes there were two pools, since he deleted the other one. (TV:Paradise Towers)
• The Doctor's wind-up mouse is used and is mistaken forK9 by the Acari. (TV:The Doctor's Daughter)
• At one point, the Doctor spews quotes from various previous adventures. (TV:State of Decay,THe Ultimate Foe,An Unearthly Child)
• Thetribophysical waveform macrokinetic extrapolator is used to disengage the TARDIS from the Acari ship. (TV:Boom Town)
• The Doctor refuses to allow Emily to take possession ofJack Harkness'sonic blaster as he says it is reserved for "someone else". (TV:Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)
• Adric is mentioned several times, including a reference to his death, which is recalled in detail. (TV:Earthshock)
• Malcolm Taylor andCaptain Magambo are namechecked byMartha Jones. (TV:Planet of the Dead)
• Emily arms herself with theFifth Doctor's cricket bat. (TV:Castrovalva)
• The notion of the TARDIS existing in a state oftemporal grace is mentioned. (TV:The Hand of Fear)
• The TARDIS architecture has previously been tampered with by outside forces. (COMIC:The Mark of Mandragora)

Cover gallery[[edit] |[edit source]]

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  Doctor Who (2009)
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  Doctor Who (2009)
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  Doctor Who (2009)
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