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{{Infobox Comic|
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comic name=The Zantraan Invasion |
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image= [[Image:BIT10dr.jpg|250px]]|
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series= [[Doctor Who comic strip stories|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor comic strip stories]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]|
|image= The Zantraan Invasion.jpg
companions= [[Donna Noble]] |
|series=[[DWBIT comic stories|''DWBIT'' comic stories]]
enemy=[[Zantraan]] |
|doctor= Tenth Doctor
year= [[Earth]] Orbit|  
|companions= [[Donna Noble|Donna]]  
writer= [[Jason Loborik]] |
|enemy = [[Zantraan]]  
artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] |  
|setting= [[Earth]] orbit
colourist= [[Alan Craddock]] |
|writer= Jason Loborik
lettering=  |
|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]
editor= [[Claire Lister]]|
|colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]
publication title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)|Battles in Time]] [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 48|48]]|
|letterer=
publication dates= [[9th July|9]] [[July]] [[2008]]|
|editor= [[Claire Lister]]
publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]|
|publication= [[DWBIT 48]]
format= Comic - Part 4 of 4 (4 pages)|
|release date= 9 July 2008
previous story= [[Attack of the Rats]] |
|publisher= GE Fabbri Ltd
next story= [[Pawns of the Zenith]]|
|format= Comic - Part 4 of 4 (4 pages)
}}
|prev= Attack of the Rats (comic story)
==Opening narration box==
|next= Pawns of the Zenith (comic story)
}}'''''The Zantraan Invasion''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]''. It was written by [[Jason Loborik]].
 
== Opening narration box ==
The Doctor and Donna are prisoners of the fearsome Zantraan Queen ...
The Doctor and Donna are prisoners of the fearsome Zantraan Queen ...


==Summary==
== Summary ==
Before killing the Doctor and Donna who are being held in an isolation bubble, the Zantraan decides to test what the Doctor has told her about the scout mutations. She orders a guard to leave its body and take over the Doctor. The guard obeys and for a moment the Doctor undergoes a mutation, but the Zantraan guard is overcome by a smell inside coming from a blue cheese baguette in Donna's pocket, and has to leave the sphere. The Doctor makes a hole in the sphere using his [[sonic screwdriver]] and, as the germs escape, spreading panic amongst the queen and her people, the Doctor takes over the controls and manages to land the mothership on a remote farm where on opening the doors they are 'greeted' by pigs. The Zantraan are overwhelmed by the smell and and disgusted by the animals and accept the Doctors help fixing the ships drives and sending it back to [[Zantrah]], where the plague should have died out. Half an hour later the Doctor and Donna realise they are some five hundred miles from the TARDIS which was left in [[Paris]].  
Before killing the Doctor and Donna, who are being held in an isolation bubble, the Zantraan decides to test what the Doctor has told her about the scout mutations. She orders a guard to leave its body and take over the Doctor. The guard obeys and for a moment the Doctor undergoes a mutation, but the Zantraan guard is overcome by a smell coming from a blue cheese baguette in Donna's pocket, and has to leave the sphere.
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[[Image:BITCS48.jpg|500px|Artist[[Lee Sullivan]]]]
The Doctor makes a hole in the sphere with his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and, as the germs escape, spreading panic amongst the queen and her people, the Doctor takes over the controls and lands the mothership on a remote farm. On opening the doors they are "greeted" by pigs.
 
The Zantraan are overwhelmed by the smell and and disgusted by the animals. They accept the Doctor's help fixing the ship's drives and sending it back to [[Zantrah]], where the plague should have died out. Half an hour later the Doctor and Donna realise they are some five hundred miles from the TARDIS, which was left in [[Paris]].


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Zantraan]] - Although they appeared as large, grey in colour, three-eyed, six tentacled limbed creatures, ruled over by a monarch Queen they were in fact a host body The Zantraan are more, and capable of leaving their body. The Zantraans were forced to leave their home planet when it was ravaged by a plague. The surviving population fled in a spaceship destined to find a new world. Finding the Earth undesirable they repaired their ship and returned home where the plague should have died out.
* [[Zantraan]]


==Original print details ==
== Worldbuilding ==
(Instalment, publication with page count and closing captions)
''to be added''
* 4/4  [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 48]] (4 pages) THE END
 
== Notes ==
* Supporting the series of collectiable ''Doctor Who'' trading cards, the magazine carried a regular four page comic strip of the Tenth Doctor's adventures.
* The limitation of only four pages meant that stories often lacked depth compared to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
* The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as did ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', reflected the appeal to readers younger than those catered to by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* The ''Battles in Time'' comic strip sought to reinforce the association of its Doctor with the one seen on screen with "props" from the TV series: blue/brown suit, [[sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]] and his intelligent [[glasses]].
 
=== Original print details ===
* 4/4 [[DWBIT 48]] (4 pages) THE END
* No reprints to date.
* No reprints to date.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
* 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]].
 
==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]].
==Continuity==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==[[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
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*This story takes place after [[DWBIT]]: ''[[Attack of the Rats]]''
*This story takes place before [[DWBIT]]: ''[[Pawns of the Zenith]]''


==External links==
[[Category:DWBIT comic stories]]
* [http://www.battlesintime.com The official magazine website with magazine and trading card details, including news of the latest available issue.]
[[Category:Comic stories set in the Sol System]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories|Zantraan Invasion]]
[[Category:2008 comic stories]]
[[Category:Battles in Time comic stories|Zantraan Invasion]]

Latest revision as of 20:13, 3 November 2024

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The Zantraan Invasion was a comic story published in Doctor Who: Battles in Time. It was written by Jason Loborik.

Opening narration box[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Donna are prisoners of the fearsome Zantraan Queen ...

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Before killing the Doctor and Donna, who are being held in an isolation bubble, the Zantraan decides to test what the Doctor has told her about the scout mutations. She orders a guard to leave its body and take over the Doctor. The guard obeys and for a moment the Doctor undergoes a mutation, but the Zantraan guard is overcome by a smell coming from a blue cheese baguette in Donna's pocket, and has to leave the sphere.

The Doctor makes a hole in the sphere with his sonic screwdriver and, as the germs escape, spreading panic amongst the queen and her people, the Doctor takes over the controls and lands the mothership on a remote farm. On opening the doors they are "greeted" by pigs.

The Zantraan are overwhelmed by the smell and and disgusted by the animals. They accept the Doctor's help fixing the ship's drives and sending it back to Zantrah, where the plague should have died out. Half an hour later the Doctor and Donna realise they are some five hundred miles from the TARDIS, which was left in Paris.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Supporting the series of collectiable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine carried a regular four page comic strip of the Tenth Doctor's adventures.
  • The limitation of only four pages meant that stories often lacked depth compared to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
  • The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as did Doctor Who Adventures, reflected the appeal to readers younger than those catered to by Doctor Who Magazine.
  • The Battles in Time comic strip sought to reinforce the association of its Doctor with the one seen on screen with "props" from the TV series: blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 4/4 DWBIT 48 (4 pages) THE END
  • No reprints to date.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added