The King of Earth (comic story): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Comic|

comic name=The Day the Earth Was Sold |

image= [[file:BIT10dr.jpg|250px]]|

series= [[Doctor Who comic strip stories|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor comic strip stories]]|

doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]|

companions= |

enemy=[[Nin]], [[Ssaarg]], and [[Hoolox]]|

year= [[Earth]], [[London]], [[Nin|Nin spacecraft]]|  

writer= [[Simon Furman]] |

artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] |  

colourist= [[Alan Craddock]] |

lettering= unstated |

editor= [[Claire Lister]]|

publication title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)]]|

publication dates= [[March]] [[2009]]|

publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]|

format= Comic - Part 2 of 2 (4 pages)|

previous story= [[The Day the Earth Was Sold]]|

next story= [[The Guardians of Terror]]|

==Opening narration box==

The Doctor is about to be blown into smithereens!

The Doctor asks the [[Nin]] to freeze the [[Hoolox]]'s missiles  before they hit the Earth while he sorts things out. He uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] to teleport to Earth and arrives in a garden shed where he finds a young boy called [[Robbie]]. Robbie is playing with a mobile handheld device that he had found. The Doctor returns to the [[Nin]] ship with Robbie, where the boy explains he thought it was a game device, not real. But it doesn't help. The Hoolox and the [[Ssraar]] join forces but their weapons are useless against the advanced technoloogy of the Nin. The Doctor takes the device from Robbie and calls the owner of the mobile device. The mobile belongs to [[Fliant Wormbleeder]] an intergalactic estate agent who appears as a hologram and on the Doctor's request, looks through his catalogue to find suitable homes for all three alien races. War is averted and the Doctor returns Robbie home.

==Characters==

==References==

*  The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various 'props' used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, [[sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]] and his intelligent [[glasses]].

==Notes==

* Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.  

* The limitation of only 4 pages meant that stories often lacked some depth in comparison to other regular comic strips running at the same time.  

* Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with [[Doctor Who Adventures]], it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by [[Doctor Who Magazine]].

==Original print details ==

* 2/2 [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 66]] (4 pages) THE END!

==Continuity==

[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories|King of Earth]]

[[Category:Battles in Time comic stories|King of Earth]]