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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures]] comic strip published in [[2012]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures]] comic strip published in [[2012]]. | ||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] arrive for dinner late at the family home of Lord Cranarch , Repton Abbey. The downstairs servants and all the dinner guests have been taken over by a gang of invading reptilian aliens. The aliens (led by a [[Ryzt|Lord Ryzt]]) are collecting the thoughts and memories of the household, using devices called dullifiers. The bodies are being kept alive, linked to a stasis generator to store the memories, which are being fed back to the aliens. Central to their plans for Earth’s conquest are the national defence plans known to Lord Cranarch, who held a position high in British intelligence. The Doctor uses his sonic cane to overload the alien minds, flooding them with too many memories at once, releasing the control over the houseguests. Turning their own technology against them, the Doctor uses the hypno-ray settings on the dullifiers to implant the suggestion that “Earth is not worth bothering about” and that “they should go home”, which they do, leaving dinner to be served again after the Doctor's favourite cheesy nibbles. | [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] arrive for dinner late at the family home of Lord Cranarch , Repton Abbey. The downstairs servants and all the dinner guests have been taken over by a gang of invading reptilian aliens. The aliens (led by a [[Ryzt|Lord Ryzt]]) are collecting the thoughts and memories of the household, using devices called dullifiers. The bodies are being kept alive, linked to a stasis generator to store the memories, which are being fed back to the aliens. Central to their plans for Earth’s conquest are the national defence plans known to Lord Cranarch, who held a position high in British intelligence. The Doctor uses his sonic cane to overload the alien minds, flooding them with too many memories at once, releasing the control over the houseguests. Turning their own technology against them, the Doctor uses the hypno-ray settings on the dullifiers to implant the suggestion that “Earth is not worth bothering about” and that “they should go home”, which they do, leaving dinner to be served again after the Doctor's favourite cheesy nibbles. | ||
==Named characters== | == Named characters == | ||
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] | * [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
* [[Amy Pond]] | * [[Amy Pond]] | ||
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* [[Ryzt|Lord Ryzt]] | * [[Ryzt|Lord Ryzt]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* The Doctor explains his late arrival for dinner as having been caught up in a run in with a bunch of '''Grayzonian War Monkeys'''. (An untold story) | * The Doctor explains his late arrival for dinner as having been caught up in a run in with a bunch of '''Grayzonian War Monkeys'''. (An untold story) | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* An unusually great number of names are thrown into this story, which is interesting as it is not a real world historical setting. There is Lord Cranarch himself, young Daniel, a butler called Carter, Sir Hugh, the Countess of Grantham, Lord Ryzt and K'Tang, (both aliens) even though the enemy species is not stated. | * An unusually great number of names are thrown into this story, which is interesting as it is not a real world historical setting. There is Lord Cranarch himself, young Daniel, a butler called Carter, Sir Hugh, the Countess of Grantham, Lord Ryzt and K'Tang, (both aliens) even though the enemy species is not stated. | ||
* The Countess of Grantham ("a fearsome old dragon") could be a reference to Lady Margaret Thatcher (from Grantham) | * The Countess of Grantham ("a fearsome old dragon") could be a reference to Lady Margaret Thatcher (from Grantham) | ||
===Original print details=== | === Original print details === | ||
* Publication with page count and closing captions | * Publication with page count and closing captions | ||
# [[DWA 260]] (4 pages) | # [[DWA 260]] (4 pages) | ||
* No reprints to date. | * No reprints to date. | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] wears top hat and tails. He uses his [[sonic cane]] that appeared in the television story ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''. | * [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] wears top hat and tails. He uses his [[sonic cane]] that appeared in the television story ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''. | ||
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] refers to [[Rory Williams]] and [[Amy Pond]] collectively as ''Ponds''. | * [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] refers to [[Rory Williams]] and [[Amy Pond]] collectively as ''Ponds''. | ||
* Dinner table conversation mentions the tragedy of the sinking of the ''[[Titanic]]''. | * Dinner table conversation mentions the tragedy of the sinking of the ''[[Titanic]]''. | ||
==Timeline== | == Timeline == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/DWA/DWA.htm The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue.] | * [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/DWA/DWA.htm The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue.] | ||
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[[Category:DWA comic stories]] | [[Category:DWA comic stories]] | ||
Revision as of 01:45, 29 April 2012
The Demons of Repton Abbey was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2012.
Summary
The Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams arrive for dinner late at the family home of Lord Cranarch , Repton Abbey. The downstairs servants and all the dinner guests have been taken over by a gang of invading reptilian aliens. The aliens (led by a Lord Ryzt) are collecting the thoughts and memories of the household, using devices called dullifiers. The bodies are being kept alive, linked to a stasis generator to store the memories, which are being fed back to the aliens. Central to their plans for Earth’s conquest are the national defence plans known to Lord Cranarch, who held a position high in British intelligence. The Doctor uses his sonic cane to overload the alien minds, flooding them with too many memories at once, releasing the control over the houseguests. Turning their own technology against them, the Doctor uses the hypno-ray settings on the dullifiers to implant the suggestion that “Earth is not worth bothering about” and that “they should go home”, which they do, leaving dinner to be served again after the Doctor's favourite cheesy nibbles.
Named characters
References
- The Doctor explains his late arrival for dinner as having been caught up in a run in with a bunch of Grayzonian War Monkeys. (An untold story)
Notes
- An unusually great number of names are thrown into this story, which is interesting as it is not a real world historical setting. There is Lord Cranarch himself, young Daniel, a butler called Carter, Sir Hugh, the Countess of Grantham, Lord Ryzt and K'Tang, (both aliens) even though the enemy species is not stated.
- The Countess of Grantham ("a fearsome old dragon") could be a reference to Lady Margaret Thatcher (from Grantham)
Original print details
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWA 260 (4 pages)
- No reprints to date.
Continuity
- The Doctor wears top hat and tails. He uses his sonic cane that appeared in the television story Let's Kill Hitler.
- The Doctor refers to Rory Williams and Amy Pond collectively as Ponds.
- Dinner table conversation mentions the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic.
Timeline
to be added
