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|image = DWA 339 CS A Tangeled Web.jpg | |image = DWA 339 CS A Tangeled Web.jpg | ||
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor | |doctor = Eleventh Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | ||
|enemy = [[Treasure hunting spider (A Tangled Web)|Treasure hunting spiders]] | |enemy = [[Treasure hunting spider (A Tangled Web)|Treasure hunting spiders]] | ||
|setting = A windswept moor, Earth | |setting = A windswept moor, Earth | ||
|writer = | |writer = James Hill | ||
|editor = [[Moray Laing]] | |editor = [[Moray Laing]] | ||
|artist = [[John Ross]] | |artist = [[John Ross]] | ||
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|publication = [[DWA 339]] | |publication = [[DWA 339]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 12 February 2014 | ||
|publisher = Immediate Media Company London Limited | |publisher = Immediate Media Company London Limited | ||
|format = Comic | |format = Comic | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|series = [[DWA comic stories]] | |series = [[DWA comic stories]] | ||
|prev = Invaders of the Vortex (comic story) | |prev = Invaders of the Vortex (comic story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip published in [[2014 (releases)|2014]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Out to solve the mystery of people disappearing on the moor the Doctor and Clara encounter treasure hunting spiders living deep underground. | Out to solve the mystery of people disappearing on the moor the Doctor and Clara encounter treasure hunting spiders living deep underground. | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
On a windswept moor the [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] takes [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] to investigate why people have been disappearing on the spot for hundreds of years. Passing a nearby cave they are suddenly taken by a strange web that immediately sends them both to sleep. They awake to find themselves deep underground surrounded by a motley selection of artefacts taken along with missing people who are cocooned in similar webbing. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to release himself and Clara from the web just as [[Treasure hunting spider (A Tangled Web)|giant spiders]] with red | On a windswept moor the [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] takes [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] to investigate why people have been disappearing on the spot for hundreds of years. Passing a nearby [[cave]] they are suddenly taken by a strange [[web]] that immediately sends them both to [[sleep]]. They awake to find themselves deep underground surrounded by a motley selection of artefacts taken along with missing people who are cocooned in similar webbing. The Doctor uses his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to release himself and Clara from the web just as [[Treasure hunting spider (A Tangled Web)|giant spiders]] with [[red]] [[eye]]s return for them. Clara remembers her father telling her that spiders were more afraid of "us" than we are of them. The same seems to true of these underground spiders. When challenged they cower and explain that they are treasure hunters who never intended on hurting anyone and that they have kept the missing humans safe in a suspended seep, some for hundreds of years. All of the artefacts the spiders have collected along the way they regard as great and valuable treasures. With the Doctors help all the sleeping humans are returned to their respective times and the spiders (along with their collection of everyday "valuable" items to an [[asteroid]] in space where the spiders open up a space [[museum]]. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Clara Oswald]] | * [[Clara Oswald]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor compares the moor to the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. | ||
* Clara mentions [[Dave Oswald|her father]], who apparently told her that [[spider]]s were more scared of her than she was of them. | |||
* The Doctor helps the spiders open a [[Space Museum (A Tangled Web)|Space Museum]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Original print details === | === Original print details === | ||
* Publication with page count and closing captions | * Publication with page count and closing captions | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The Doctor has dealt with alien spiders before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', et al.) | ||
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[[Category:Eleventh Doctor DWA comic stories]] | [[Category:Eleventh Doctor DWA comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:2014 comic stories]] | [[Category:2014 comic stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 26 March 2024
A Tangled Web was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2014.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Out to solve the mystery of people disappearing on the moor the Doctor and Clara encounter treasure hunting spiders living deep underground.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On a windswept moor the Doctor takes Clara to investigate why people have been disappearing on the spot for hundreds of years. Passing a nearby cave they are suddenly taken by a strange web that immediately sends them both to sleep. They awake to find themselves deep underground surrounded by a motley selection of artefacts taken along with missing people who are cocooned in similar webbing. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to release himself and Clara from the web just as giant spiders with red eyes return for them. Clara remembers her father telling her that spiders were more afraid of "us" than we are of them. The same seems to true of these underground spiders. When challenged they cower and explain that they are treasure hunters who never intended on hurting anyone and that they have kept the missing humans safe in a suspended seep, some for hundreds of years. All of the artefacts the spiders have collected along the way they regard as great and valuable treasures. With the Doctors help all the sleeping humans are returned to their respective times and the spiders (along with their collection of everyday "valuable" items to an asteroid in space where the spiders open up a space museum.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor compares the moor to the Bermuda Triangle.
- Clara mentions her father, who apparently told her that spiders were more scared of her than she was of them.
- The Doctor helps the spiders open a Space Museum.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWA 339 (4 pages) More adventures next time
- No reprints to date.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor has dealt with alien spiders before. (TV: Planet of the Spiders, et al.)