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|image            = DWA CS 290 BITE OF THE MORPHUSE!.jpg
|image            = DWA CS 290 BITE OF THE MORPHUSE!.jpg
|doctor            = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor            = Eleventh Doctor
|main character    =
|main character    =  
|featuring        =  
|featuring        =  
|enemy            = [[Morphuse]]
|enemy            = [[Morphuse]]
|setting          = [[Detroit]], [[1970]]
|setting          = [[Detroit]], [[1970]]
|writer            = [[Christopher Cooper]]
|writer            = Christopher Cooper
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|penciller        =  
|penciller        =  
|inker            =
|inker            =  
|artist            =  
|artist            =  
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
|reprint colourist =  
|reprint colourist =  
|letterer          =
|letterer          =  
|publication      = [[DWA 290]]
|publication      = [[DWA 290]]
|release date      = [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|release date      = 11 October 2012
|cover date        =  
|cover date        =  
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
|format            = Comic - 1 part (4 pages)
|format            = Comic
|epcount          = 1
|series            = [[DWA comic stories]]
|series            = [[DWA comic stories]]
|prev              = Pondnium! (comic story)
|prev              = Pondnium! (comic story)
|next              = Garbage Day! (comic story)
|next              = Garbage Day! (comic story)
}}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip published in 2012.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Now travelling alone, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives in [[Detroit]], [[1970]] for an [[Elvis Presley]] comeback gig but finds the streets away from the venue surprisingly quiet. While the Doctor searches for a chicken dinner he finds himself on the menu by a gang of [[Morphuse]]d who led by [[Morphuse|Zof'lya]]. Able to recognise a Time Lord from their files, he is a delicacy they thought they'd never get the chance to taste. The Doctor flees them hidding in the crowds of the comeback show the Doctor makes his way backstage to "Elvis" where, after securing the door with his sonic, the Doctor asks Elvis (aka an old friend [[Derek (Bite of the Morphuse!)|Derek]]) for assistance. Embarrassed at being found out by the Doctor Derek doesn't want to be anyone's dessert so agrees to contact his ship. As the Morphuse break down the dressing room door they are teleported aboard Derek's spaceship tour bus and held in what used to be a cage for [[Drashig]]s. Safely contained the Doctor leaves Derek charged with dropping them off on a planet "where only cabbages grow!"
Now travelling alone, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives in [[Detroit]], [[1970]] for an [[Elvis Presley]] comeback gig but finds the streets away from the venue surprisingly quiet. While the Doctor searches for a chicken dinner he finds himself on the menu by a gang of [[Morphuse]]d who led by [[Morphuse|Zof'lya]]. Able to recognise a Time Lord from their files, he is a delicacy they thought they'd never get the chance to taste. The Doctor flees them hiding in the crowds of the comeback show the Doctor makes his way backstage to "Elvis" where, after securing the door with his sonic, the Doctor asks Elvis (aka an old friend [[Derek (Bite of the Morphuse!)|Derek]]) for assistance. Embarrassed at being found out by the Doctor Derek doesn't want to be anyone's dessert so agrees to contact his ship. As the Morphuse break down the dressing room door they are teleported aboard Derek's spaceship tour bus and held in what used to be a cage for [[Drashig]]s. Safely contained the Doctor leaves Derek charged with dropping them off on a planet "where only cabbages grow!"


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Morphuse|Zof'lya]]
* [[Morphuse|Zof'lya]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* Publication with page count and closing captions
* Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWA 290]] (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
# [[DWA 290]] (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
* No reprints to date.
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Drashig]]s were a vicious species encountered in [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''.
* The [[Drashig]]s were a vicious species encountered in [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''.
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[[Category:2012 comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1970]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1970]]
[[Category:Stories set in the United States]]
[[Category:Stories set in the United States]]
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 3 November 2024

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Bite of the Morphuse! was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Now travelling alone, the Doctor arrives in Detroit, 1970 for an Elvis Presley comeback gig but finds the streets away from the venue surprisingly quiet. While the Doctor searches for a chicken dinner he finds himself on the menu by a gang of Morphused who led by Zof'lya. Able to recognise a Time Lord from their files, he is a delicacy they thought they'd never get the chance to taste. The Doctor flees them hiding in the crowds of the comeback show the Doctor makes his way backstage to "Elvis" where, after securing the door with his sonic, the Doctor asks Elvis (aka an old friend Derek) for assistance. Embarrassed at being found out by the Doctor Derek doesn't want to be anyone's dessert so agrees to contact his ship. As the Morphuse break down the dressing room door they are teleported aboard Derek's spaceship tour bus and held in what used to be a cage for Drashigs. Safely contained the Doctor leaves Derek charged with dropping them off on a planet "where only cabbages grow!"

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Unusually for the comic strip adventures, the Doctor doesn't take the aliens home in the TARDIS.
  • This is the first Eleventh Doctor DWA comic story not to feature Amy Pond.

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

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 290 (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]