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comic name= The Trick|
|image= DWA CS 190 The Trick.jpg
image= [[File:DWACS190 The Trick.jpg|250px]]|
|series = [[DWA comic stories]]
series= [[DWA comic stories]]|
|number=190
number=190|
|doctor= Eleventh Doctor
doctor= [[Eleventh Doctor]]|
|companions= [[Amy Pond|Amy]]
companions= [[Amy Pond]]|
|enemy = Zargofly and Zarkon
enemy= unknown|
|setting= [[Texas]]  
year= [[Halloween]] [[Texas]], [[USA]]|  
|writer= Oli Smith
writer= [[Oli Smith]]|
|artist= [[John Ross]]  
artist= [[John Ross]]|  
|colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]
colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]|
|letterer=
lettering=  |
|editor= [[Moray Laing]]
editor= [[Moray Laing]]|
|publication= [[DWA 190]]
publication title= ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' <br /> [[DWA 190|Issues 190]]|
|release date= 28 October 2010
publication dates= [[28th October|28]] [[October]] [[2010]]|
|publisher= BBC Magazines
publisher= [[BBC Magazines]]|
|format= Comic
format= Comic -  1 parts (4 pages)|
|epcount = 1
previous story= [[Cell Shock]]|
|prev= Cell Shock (comic story)
next story= [[The Lunar Tyk]]|
|next= The Lunar Tyk (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''The Trick''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip.
'''''The Trick''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]].
 
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
It's Halloween. On a farm in Texas, an old man and his son witness the arrival of an alien space ship whose passengers start firing as soon as they arrive. As the man and his son flee, they bump into the TARDIS and the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond dressed up, ready to go trick or treating. Taking shelter back at the farmhouse, the Doctor remembers a recent encounter on the planet Thursday, next Wednesday where the natives shrink the heads of their enemies and display them as a warning. Gathering up the harvested pumpkins, the Doctor gets them all carving. As the small invasion force of four aliens (led by [[Zargofly and Zarkon]]) approach the farmhouse expecting to find easy targets, they see the pumpkin heads alight in the window. Believing the humans to hollow out the heads of their enemies, the aliens panic and flee.
It's Halloween on a farm in Texas, an old man and his son witness the arrival of an alien spaceship whose passengers start firing as soon as they arrive. As the man and his son flee, they bump into the TARDIS, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond dressed up, ready to go trick or treating.
 
Taking shelter back at the farmhouse, the Doctor remembers a recent encounter on the planet [[Thursday (planet)|Thursday]], next Wednesday, where the natives shrink the heads of their enemies and display them as a warning. Gathering up the harvested [[pumpkin]]s, the Doctor gets them all carving.
 
As the small invasion force of four aliens, led by [[Zargofly and Zarkon]], approach the farmhouse expecting to find easy targets, they see the pumpkin heads alight in the window. Believing the humans to hollow out the heads of their enemies, the aliens panic and flee.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Zargofly and Zarkon]]
* [[Zargofly and Zarkon]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The DWA comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
* The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience. The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
* Self contained, one part stories were the norm.
* Self contained, one part stories were the norm.


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* Publication with page count and closing captions
* Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWA 190]] (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – The Doctor and Amy run into trouble on the moon
# [[DWA 190]] (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – The Doctor and Amy run into trouble on the moon
* No reprints to date.
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== External links ==
{{Eleventh Doctor DWA comics}}
 
{{TitleSort}}
 
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[[Category:Stories set in Texas]]
[[Category:Stories set in Texas]]
[[Category:Stories set at Halloween]]
[[Category:Stories set at Halloween]]
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor DWA comic stories]]
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor DWA comic stories]]
[[Category:2010 comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

Latest revision as of 20:21, 3 November 2024

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The Trick was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

It's Halloween on a farm in Texas, an old man and his son witness the arrival of an alien spaceship whose passengers start firing as soon as they arrive. As the man and his son flee, they bump into the TARDIS, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond dressed up, ready to go trick or treating.

Taking shelter back at the farmhouse, the Doctor remembers a recent encounter on the planet Thursday, next Wednesday, where the natives shrink the heads of their enemies and display them as a warning. Gathering up the harvested pumpkins, the Doctor gets them all carving.

As the small invasion force of four aliens, led by Zargofly and Zarkon, approach the farmhouse expecting to find easy targets, they see the pumpkin heads alight in the window. Believing the humans to hollow out the heads of their enemies, the aliens panic and flee.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience. The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
  • Self contained, one part stories were the norm.

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

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 190 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – The Doctor and Amy run into trouble on the moon

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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