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comic name= Party Animals|
|range          = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
image= [[file:Party_Animals.jpg|250px]]|
|number in range = 63
series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Seventh Doctor comic strip stories]]|
|image           = Party Animals Death's Head.jpg
doctor= [[Seventh Doctor]]<br>[[The Doctor (Party Animals)|The Doctor]]
|doctor          = Seventh Doctor
companions= [[Ace]]<br>[[Ria]]|
|featuring      = Fred
enemy= |
|featuring2      = Fourth Doctor
year= [[Time Vortex]], [[Maruthea]]|
|featuring3      = Sixth Doctor
writer= [[Gary Russell]]|
|companions     = [[Ace]]
editor= [[John Freeman]]|
|enemy          = [[Beep]]
artist= [[Mike Collins]] (pencils)<br>[[Steve Pini]] (inks)|
|setting        = [[Time Vortex]], ''[[Maruthea]]''
colourist=None - Black & White|
|writer         = Gary Russell
lettering=Glib|
|editor         = [[John Freeman]]
publication title= [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM 173|173]]|
|artist         = [[Mike Collins]] (pencils), [[Steve Pini]] (inks)
publication dates= [[15th May]] [[1991]]|
|colourist       =
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|letterer        = Glib
format= Comic - 1 part|
|publication     = [[DWM 173]]
previous story= [[The Mark of Mandragora]]|
|reprint        = TIDH 12
next story= [[The Chameleon Factor]]|
|reprint2        = The Good Soldier (graphic novel)
|release date    = 18 April 1991
|cover date      = 15 May 1991
|publisher       = Marvel Comics
|format         = Comic
|epcount        = 1
|series          = [[DWM comic stories]]
|prev            = The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)
|next            = The Chameleon Factor (comic story)
|series2        = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|DWM "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2          = Under Pressure (comic story)
|next2          = The Chameleon Factor (comic story)
|series3        = Stories reprinted in ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head]]''
|prev3          = The Cast Iron Contract (comic story)
|next3          = Priceless! (comic story)
}}
}}
==Summary==
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[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Ace]] travel to [[Maruthea]] for [[Bonjaxx]]'s birthday party. Whilst there he sees several people he knows, and something of his future.
'''''Party Animals''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


==Characters==
== Summary ==
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor (seventh incarnation)]]
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] travel to ''[[Maruthea]]'' for [[Bonjaxx]]'s birthday party. Whilst there he encounters old friends and enemies, and has a glimpse of his future.
**Drinks [[water]].
**Mentions [[the Rani]] and her giant mouse at his graduation party.


*[[Ace]]
== Plot ==
**Has a new baseball bat.
''to be added''


*[[The Doctor (Party Animals)|The Doctor (future incarnation)]]
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Fred|The Doctor]]
* [[Ria (Party Animals)|Ria]]
* [[Bonjaxx]]
* [[Death's Head]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Gandalf]]
* [[Monty Python]]
* [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Knight_(Monty_Python) Black Knight]
* [[Benito Mussolini]]
* [[wikipedia:The_Blue_Meanie|Blue Meanie]]
* [https://peewee.fandom.com/wiki/Cowboy_Curtis#:~:text=Cowboy%20Curtis%20is%20a%20supporting,is%20portrayed%20by%20Laurence%20Fishburne. Cowboy Curtis]
* [https://peewee.fandom.com/wiki/Jambi Jambi the Genie]
* [[RoboCop|Robocop]]
* [[The Terminator]]
* [[Captain Kirk]]
* [[Darth Vader]]
* [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lo-Pan Lo Pan]
* [[Superman]]
* [https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_pop_culture_references_to_Power_Rangers_and_Super_Sentai/M_to_Z Power Rangers]
* [[Bill and Ted|Bill S]]
* [[Bill and Ted|Theodore Logan]]
* [[Spock]]
* [[Rock]]
* [[Doctor Octopus]]
* [[wikipedia:Hulk_Hogan|Hulk Hogan]]


*[[Ria]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Seventh Doctor claims that [[the Rani]] and her [[giant mouse]] came to his [[graduation party]].


*[[Bonjaxx]]
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor always drinks [[water]] at ''[[Maruthea]]''.
* A Sontaran has a can of [[Sontaran Up]].


*[[Death's Head]]
=== Individuals and species ===
*Fourth Doctor
* There are numerous species, mechanical beings and individuals present at Bonjaxx's party:
** The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] walk past [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|a group of tiny penguins]] outside of Bonjaxx's bar. In the bar, two [[Dalek]]s, a [[Bus conductor (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|robot bus conductor]], [[Ivan Asimoff]], a [[Cybermat]], [[Worf]] arm wrestling an [[Ogron]], [[Sapphire and Steel]], [[Shayde]], [[Captain Britain]] (1970s costume), [[Bart Simpson]], a [[Draconian]], a [[Silurian]] wearing a dress, a [[Werelok]], [[Axel Pressbutton]], [[Abslom Daak]], a [[Wrarth Warrior]], a [[Sontaran]], the [[Freefall Warriors]] ([[Machine Head]], [[Cool Breeze]], [[Big Cat]], and [[Bruce]]), and a [[Melkur]] are present.
** When the Doctor Ace take seats, the [[the Hulk|Hulk]], a [[Ferengi]], [[Darth Vader]], [[Death's Head]], a [[Quark]], the [[Silver Surfer]], [[Adam Warlock]], and a [[Kalichura]] are seen.
** As the Doctor and Ace meet [[Fred|a mysterious stranger]] and his [[Ria (Party Animals)|companion]], [[Cusick and Doot]] walk past. A [[Vervoid]], a [[Posicarian]], a [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]], and an [[Ice Warrior]] are also part of the crowd as a drunken [[Meep]] starts a fight.
** As the fight escalates, [[the Destroyer]], [[Jetsam (Junk-Yard Demon)|Jetsam]], the chainsaw-armed [[Cannibal (End of the Line)|Chief of the Cannibals]], [[Captain Britain]] (1980s costume), a [[Defender (Polly the Glot)|Defender]], [[Morbius]], [[Combat Wombat]], {{Delgado}}, and [[Catavolcus]] are caught up in it. (A balloon in the shape of [[the Mekon]] in seen in the background.)
** As the fight continues, a [[Telos]]ian [[Cyber-Controller]], [[Captain UK]], a [[Robot Yeti]], a [[Cheetah Person]], [[Vol Mercurius]], a [[Sensorite]], [[Vesuvius (Doctor Who and the Iron Legion)|Vesuvius]], an [[Alien Guard (organisation)|Alien Guard]] an [[Alpha Centauran]] are also in the fray. [[Ace]] uses her baseball bat against the [[Kandyman]]. As the Doctors and their companions leave the bar, an [[K1|Experimental Prototype Robot K1]], a [[White Robot]], a [[Chumbley]], [[Emma Peel]], [[Meltron]], [[Captain Britain]] (1990s costume), [[John Steed]], and a [[Wirrn]] are seen.
* Ace has a new [[baseball bat]].


==References==
=== Locations ===
*There are several species, races and people present at the party including:
* The trick to getting to ''[[Maruthea]]'' is apparently not to be there at all, causing you to be so.
:*A [[Draconian]].
:*A female [[Silurian]].
:*A [[Sontaran]].
:*Two [[Dalek]]s (seemingly lovingly touching plungers).
:*[[Shayde]]
:*The android [[Bus Conductor]] from [[Segonax]].
:*[[Abslom Daak]]
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_and_Steel Sapphire and Steel, from the television show of the same name]
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Pressbutton Axel Pressbutton]
:*[[Melkur]]
:*Worf of ''[[Star Trek]]'' fame.
:*A [[Meep]].
:*A [[Wrarth Warrior]]
:*[[The Freefall Warriors]]
:*An [[The Ergon|Ergon]].
:*The [[Kandy Man]].
:*An [[Ice Warrior]].
:*An [[Experimental Prototype Robot K1]].
:*A [[White Robot]].
:*[[Morbius]] (in the brain case and body created by [[Mehendri Solon]]).
:*A [[Vervoid]].
:*An [[Alpha Centauran]]
:*Bart Simpson of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' fame.
:*Captain Britain (and at least one alternate-universe counterpart) from [[Marvel Comics]]


*The Doctor's [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] makes a brief appearance.
=== Technology ===
*One of Bonjaxx's gifts appears to have the general shape of [[K-9]].
* One of Bonjaxx's gifts appears to be the same shape as [[K9]].
*There is an implication that the [[Laws of Time|First Law of Time]] might related to meeting a previous/future incarnation of oneself.
*The trick of getting to [[Maruthea]] is not to be there at all, then you are.
*Bonjaxx may be from the [[Daemon]] like race seen in the DW annual strip [[Menace of the Molags]]


==Notes==
=== Time Lords ===
*The likeness of the 'future Doctor' is based on [[Nicholas Briggs]] who portrayed the Doctor in [[AudioVisuals]] series of audio dramas.
* The Seventh Doctor asks his future incarnation if [[Time Lord|they]] ever repealed the [[First Law of Time]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
*The likeness of the 'future' Doctor also appears in [[DWM]]: ''[[The Final Chapter]] and ''[[Wormwood (comic strip)|Wormwood]]''.''
[[File:The Incomplete Death's Head Party Animals Happening.jpg|thumb|A new view of Bonjaxx's birthday party. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)|The Incomplete Death's Head]]'')]]
* The likeness of the "future Doctor" is based on [[Nicholas Briggs]], who portrayed the Doctor in the ''[[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]]'' series of unlicensed audio dramas; his companion [[Ria (Party Animals)|Ria]] also first appeared in the Audio Visuals.
* A [[Werelok]], a [[Kalichura]], and [[Meep]] are seen in this story. It is not explicitly said if they are [[Brill]], [[Melanicus]], or [[Beep|Beep the Meep]], prominent members of their respective species.
* Ships seen docking at Maruthea include: ''[[Kill-Wagon]]'' ([[Big Cat]]'s ship, the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] from ''[[Star Trek]]'', and [[Thunderbird Three]] from ''[[Thunderbirds]]''.
* Not only does this story feature cameos of beings from TV ''Doctor Who'' and [[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]] comic stories, it features cameos of beings from franchises (normally) outside the [[DWU]]: [[Worf]] and a [[Ferengi]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', [[Sapphire and Steel]], [[Bart Simpson]] from ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Axel Pressbutton]], the [[Hulk]], [[Death's Head]], the [[Silver Surfer]], [[Adam Warlock]], [[Cusick and Doot]], [[Captain Britain]], and [[Captain UK]], [[Darth Vader]], [[the Mekon]], [[Emma Peel]] and [[John Steed]].
* Two individuals are largely obscured by dialogue balloons. As seen in the colourised version, one is a humanoid figure in a red uniform sitting with [[Hulk]] and the other is a man with a grey moustache and beard and carrying a bindle. They are likely [[Scarlet (fictional character)|Captain Scarlet]] and Catweazle, the main characters of the British TV shows ''[[Captain Scarlet (TV series)|Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'' and ''Catweazle'', respectively.
* [[Abslom Daak]] is explicitly present in this story, as is his ship ''[[Kill-Wagon]]''. The [[Draconian]] and [[Ice Warrior]] in this story could be [[Salander (Star Tigers)|Salander]] and [[Harma]], respectively, part of ''Kill-Wagon''{{'}}s crew from [[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]''. Additionally, [[Vol Mercurius]] is seen holding a [[Sensorite]] in the bar fight.
* [[Captain Britain]] is seen three times in this comic, each appearance corresponding to his 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s costumes. While they are never seen in the same panel, this could indicate that Captain Britain is attending this party at different points in his timeline, just like the Doctor.
[[File:TIDH Party.jpeg|thumb|Another view of Bonjaxx's birthday party. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)|The Incomplete Death's Head]]'')]]
* This story was reprinted in [[TIDH 12|issue 12]] of ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head]]''. The final two issues of the [[The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)|framing device]] run concurrently with ''Party Animals'' and show new images of Bonjaxx's birthday party. [[Bonjaxx]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], a [[Fred|future incarnation of the Doctor]], [[Captain Britain]], a [[Sontaran]], a [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|penguin]], a [[Dalek]], the [[Silver Surfer]], the [[Hulk]], [[Bruce (The Free-Fall Warriors)|Bruce]] and [[Death's Head]] are seen in both stories.
** New individuals seen at the party include [[Doctor Strange]], [[Doctor Octopus]], [[Scarlet Witch]], [[Namor]], [[Random]], [[Warlock (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Warlock]], [[Knave (A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair...)|Knave]], [[Jester (A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair...)|Jester]], [[Doctor Doom]], [[the Thing]], [[Rocket Raccoon]], [[Thor]], the [[Human Torch]], [[Volstagg|Volstagg the Voluminous]], [[Conan|Conan the Barbarian]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Lucas Bishop]], [[Ghost Rider]], [[Tigon Liger]], [[Stacy Arnheim]], [[Guillermo Perez]], and [[Apocalypse (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Apocalypse]].


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor finally arrives on [[Maruthea]] for [[Bonjaxx]]'s [[birthday]] party. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Echoes of the Mogor! (comic story)|Echoes of the Mogor!]]'', ''[[Time and Tide (comic story)|Time and Tide]]'', ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'', ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor tells Ace to call him "Doctor" instead of "Professor". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* The Doctor alludes to the unforeseen complications involving Bonjaxx's birthday present. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'')
* The drunk [[Meep]] was told by [[Shaman Kahn]] that the [[Freefall Warrior]]s would be at ''Maruthea'' and wants to claim the reward. Shaman Khan was last seen crashing into an asteroid belt, thus losing a race against [[Big Cat]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)|A Ship Called Sudden Death]]'')


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*This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Into the Silent Land]]''
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*This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]''
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*This story occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[The Mark of Mandragora]]''
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*This story occurs before [[DWM]]: ''[[The Chameleon Factor]]''


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Party Animals was a Seventh Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary

The Seventh Doctor and Ace travel to Maruthea for Bonjaxx's birthday party. Whilst there he encounters old friends and enemies, and has a glimpse of his future.

Plot

to be added

Characters

Worldbuilding

The Doctor

Foods and beverages

Individuals and species

Locations

  • The trick to getting to Maruthea is apparently not to be there at all, causing you to be so.

Technology

  • One of Bonjaxx's gifts appears to be the same shape as K9.

Time Lords

Notes

A new view of Bonjaxx's birthday party. (COMIC: The Incomplete Death's Head)
Another view of Bonjaxx's birthday party. (COMIC: The Incomplete Death's Head)

Continuity