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|name              = The Greedy Gulper
|image            = DWA CS 292 THE GREEDY GULPER.jpg
|image            = DWA CS 292 THE GREEDY GULPER.jpg
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|writer            = [[Steve Lyons]]
|writer            = Steve Lyons
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|artist            = [[John Ross]]
|artist            = [[John Ross]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
|letterer          =  
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|publication      =[[DWA 292]]
|publication      = [[DWA 292]]
|release date      = [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|release date      = 25 October 2012
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
|format            = Comic - 1 parts (4 pages)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip published in 2012.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Very shortly after arriving in a quiet, (and boring) primitive village, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] finds some villagers dressed in not-very-scary sheets to appear ghostly and, drive him away from a sacrificial offering of fruit. Not running away, the Doctor is tied up and according to the only book surviving from their ancestors on Old Earth, the "sacred tex" foretells the coming of the greedy Gulper. The Doctor recognises the "sacred text" as a manual for an old video game. The Greedy Gulper doesn't exist and they have nothing to be afraid of. Suddenly a creature appears that looks like the Greedy Gulper. Encouraging the villagers to throw the fruit, the creature is knocked off balance and is revealed to be a human from a terra-forming company seeking to frighten the settlers that are already on the planet away. The exposed and captured employee of the terraforming company agree to the Doctors request to testify to the [[Shadow Proclamation]] meaning that the villagers are safe.
Very shortly after arriving in a quiet and primitive village, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] finds some villagers dressed in not-very-scary sheets to appear ghostly and, drive him away from a sacrificial offering of fruit. Not running away, the Doctor is tied up and according to the only book surviving from their ancestors on Old Earth, the "sacred tex" foretells the coming of the greedy Gulper. The Doctor recognises the "sacred text" as a manual for an old video game. The Greedy Gulper doesn't exist and they have nothing to be afraid of.
 
Suddenly a creature appears that looks like the Greedy Gulper. Encouraging the villagers to throw the fruit, the creature is knocked off balance and is revealed to be a human from a terra-forming company seeking to frighten the settlers that are already on the planet away. The exposed and captured employee of the terraforming company agree to the Doctors request to testify to the [[Shadow Proclamation]] meaning that the villagers are safe.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is referenced as agents of policing and judgement.
''to be added''
 
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
* Publication with page count and closing captions
* Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWA 292]] (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
# [[DWA 292]] (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
* No reprints to date.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


{{Eleventh Doctor DWA comics}}
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[[Category:Eleventh Doctor DWA comic stories]]
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor DWA comic stories]]
[[Category:2012 comic stories]]
[[Category:2012 comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

Latest revision as of 20:33, 3 November 2024

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The Greedy Gulper was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Very shortly after arriving in a quiet and primitive village, the Doctor finds some villagers dressed in not-very-scary sheets to appear ghostly and, drive him away from a sacrificial offering of fruit. Not running away, the Doctor is tied up and according to the only book surviving from their ancestors on Old Earth, the "sacred tex" foretells the coming of the greedy Gulper. The Doctor recognises the "sacred text" as a manual for an old video game. The Greedy Gulper doesn't exist and they have nothing to be afraid of.

Suddenly a creature appears that looks like the Greedy Gulper. Encouraging the villagers to throw the fruit, the creature is knocked off balance and is revealed to be a human from a terra-forming company seeking to frighten the settlers that are already on the planet away. The exposed and captured employee of the terraforming company agree to the Doctors request to testify to the Shadow Proclamation meaning that the villagers are safe.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 292 (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added