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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip published in 2012.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip published in 2012.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Now travelling alone, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives in [[Detroit]], [[1970]] for an [[Elvis Presley]] comeback gig but finds the streets away from the venue surprisingly quiet. While the Doctor searches for a chicken dinner he finds himself on the menu by a gang of [[Morphuse]]d who led by [[Morphuse|Zof'lya]]. Able to recognise a Time Lord from their files, he is a delicacy they thought they'd never get the chance to taste. The Doctor flees them hidding in the crowds of the comeback show the Doctor makes his way backstage to 'Elvis' where, after securing the door with his sonic, the Doctor asks Elvis (aka an old friend [[Derek (Bite of the Morphuse!)|Derek]]) for assistance. Embarrassed at being found out by the Doctor Derek doesn't want to be anyone's dessert so agrees to contact his ship. As the Morphuse break down the dressing room door they are teleported aboard Derek's spaceship tour bus and held in what used to be a cage for [[Drashig]]s. Safely contained the Doctor leaves Derek charged with dropping them off on a planet "where only cabbages grow!"
Now travelling alone, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives in [[Detroit]], [[1970]] for an [[Elvis Presley]] comeback gig but finds the streets away from the venue surprisingly quiet. While the Doctor searches for a chicken dinner he finds himself on the menu by a gang of [[Morphuse]]d who led by [[Morphuse|Zof'lya]]. Able to recognise a Time Lord from their files, he is a delicacy they thought they'd never get the chance to taste. The Doctor flees them hidding in the crowds of the comeback show the Doctor makes his way backstage to "Elvis" where, after securing the door with his sonic, the Doctor asks Elvis (aka an old friend [[Derek (Bite of the Morphuse!)|Derek]]) for assistance. Embarrassed at being found out by the Doctor Derek doesn't want to be anyone's dessert so agrees to contact his ship. As the Morphuse break down the dressing room door they are teleported aboard Derek's spaceship tour bus and held in what used to be a cage for [[Drashig]]s. Safely contained the Doctor leaves Derek charged with dropping them off on a planet "where only cabbages grow!"


== Named characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Derek (Bite of the Morphuse!)|Derek aka Elvis]]
* [[Derek (Bite of the Morphuse!)|Derek aka Elvis]]
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== References ==
== References ==
* The [[Morphuse]] can identify a [[Time Lord]] from their files - and not necessarily through a sence of smell.
* The [[Morphuse]] can identify a [[Time Lord]] from their files.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Drashig]]s were a vicious species encountered in [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''.
* The [[Drashig]]s were a vicious species encountered in [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''.
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Revision as of 02:31, 2 November 2015

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Bite of the Morphuse! was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2012.

Summary

Now travelling alone, the Doctor arrives in Detroit, 1970 for an Elvis Presley comeback gig but finds the streets away from the venue surprisingly quiet. While the Doctor searches for a chicken dinner he finds himself on the menu by a gang of Morphused who led by Zof'lya. Able to recognise a Time Lord from their files, he is a delicacy they thought they'd never get the chance to taste. The Doctor flees them hidding in the crowds of the comeback show the Doctor makes his way backstage to "Elvis" where, after securing the door with his sonic, the Doctor asks Elvis (aka an old friend Derek) for assistance. Embarrassed at being found out by the Doctor Derek doesn't want to be anyone's dessert so agrees to contact his ship. As the Morphuse break down the dressing room door they are teleported aboard Derek's spaceship tour bus and held in what used to be a cage for Drashigs. Safely contained the Doctor leaves Derek charged with dropping them off on a planet "where only cabbages grow!"

Characters

References

Notes

  • Unusually for the comic strip adventures, the Doctor doesn't take the aliens home in the TARDIS.
  • This is the first Eleventh Doctor DWA comic story not to feature Amy Pond.

Original print details

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 290 (4 pages) DON’T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
  • No reprints to date.

Continuity