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|doctor            = Eleventh Doctor
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|companions        = [[Decky Flamboon]]
|companions        = [[Decky Flamboon|Decky]]
|enemy            = [[Robot King (Space Race)|Robot King]]
|enemy            = [[Robot King (Space Race)|Robot King]]
|year              = Space Station Cherry Delta
|setting          = Space Station Cherry Delta
|writer            = [[Steve Lyons]]
|writer            = Steve Lyons
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|editor            = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|artist            = [[John Ross]]
|artist            = [[John Ross]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
|colourist        = [[Alan Craddock]]
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|publication      = [[Doctor Who Adventures]] <br /> [[DWA 306|Issue 306]]
|publication      = [[DWA 306]]
|release date      = [[7th February]] [[2013]]
|release date      = 7 February 2013
|publisher        = [[Immediate Media Company London Limited]]
|publisher        = Immediate Media Company London Limited
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is a [[Doctor Who Adventures]] comic strip published in [[2013]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Decky Flamboon]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Investigating the disappearance of four pilots from the Great Space Race on Space Station Cherry Delta [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has [[Decky Flamboon]] entering the race armed with a homing  beacon in the event something should happen to him. The first manoeuvre in space is to circle a junkyard planet. It is above this planet that Decky loses control of his ship and crashes into the planet. On investigating the Doctor is attacked by giant robots that have transformed out of the racing ships and trapped a pilot inside of each. Decky (along with the other trapped pilots), is unable to stop his own robot shell firing shots at the Doctor. An attempt to use his shape-shifting belt to free himself results in a feedback that causes the robot to fire indiscriminately around him. In the confusion the Doctor is able to track the source of control to a bitter and rusted [[Robot King (Space Race)|Robot King]] which had been abandoned and allowed to go rusty in a pile of junk.. With a little bit of modification the Doctor is able to remove the Robot King’s consciousness and convert the Robot King (a universal remote control for all machinery which ceased production in the 2200’s), into a more useful appliance – a toaster! Without the Robot Kings influence the Robots are reduced to scrap metal and the missing pilots are free to return home.
The Doctor and Decky investigate the disappearance of four missing pilots in the Great Space Race and find a decommissioned Robot King!


== Named characters ==
== Plot ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
Investigating the disappearance of four pilots from the Great Space Race on Space Station Cherry Delta, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has [[Decky Flamboon]] enter the race armed with a homing beacon in the event something should happen to him. The first manoeuvre in space is to circle a junkyard planet. It is above this planet that Decky loses control of his ship and crashes into the planet. On investigating, the Doctor is attacked by giant robots that have transformed out of the racing ships and trapped a pilot inside of each. Decky (along with the other trapped pilots) is unable to stop his own robot shell firing shots at the Doctor. An attempt to use his shape-shifting belt to free himself results in a feedback that causes the robot to fire indiscriminately around him. In the confusion, the Doctor is able to track the source of control to a bitter and rusted [[Robot King (Space Race)|Robot King]] which had been abandoned and allowed to go rusty in a pile of junk. With a little bit of modification, the Doctor is able to remove the Robot King's [[consciousness]] and convert the Robot King (a universal remote control for all machinery which ceased production in the [[2200s]]), into a more useful appliance: a toaster! Without the Robot King's influence, the Robots are reduced to scrap metal and the missing pilots are free to return home.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Decky Flamboon]]
* [[Decky Flamboon]]
* [[Robot King]]
* [[Robot King (Space Race)|Robot King]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Decky Flamboon]] attempts to use his shape-shifting belt to escape his imprisonment inside the robot – but once again it doesn’t work.
''to be added''
* Decky is given a small round flat disk that acts as a homing signal.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story owes more than a nod to the ‘Transformers’ franchise.
=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
* Publication with page count and closing captions
* Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWA 306]] (4 pages) DON’T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
# [[DWA 306]] (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
* No reprints to date.
 
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* This is not the first time the TARDIS has landed the Doctor in a junkyard (see also ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* This is not the first time that the TARDIS has [[Dematerialisation circuit|materialised]] in a [[junkyard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')


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Latest revision as of 20:34, 3 November 2024

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Space Race was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Decky Flamboon.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Decky investigate the disappearance of four missing pilots in the Great Space Race and find a decommissioned Robot King!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Investigating the disappearance of four pilots from the Great Space Race on Space Station Cherry Delta, the Doctor has Decky Flamboon enter the race armed with a homing beacon in the event something should happen to him. The first manoeuvre in space is to circle a junkyard planet. It is above this planet that Decky loses control of his ship and crashes into the planet. On investigating, the Doctor is attacked by giant robots that have transformed out of the racing ships and trapped a pilot inside of each. Decky (along with the other trapped pilots) is unable to stop his own robot shell firing shots at the Doctor. An attempt to use his shape-shifting belt to free himself results in a feedback that causes the robot to fire indiscriminately around him. In the confusion, the Doctor is able to track the source of control to a bitter and rusted Robot King which had been abandoned and allowed to go rusty in a pile of junk. With a little bit of modification, the Doctor is able to remove the Robot King's consciousness and convert the Robot King (a universal remote control for all machinery which ceased production in the 2200s), into a more useful appliance: a toaster! Without the Robot King's influence, the Robots are reduced to scrap metal and the missing pilots are free to return home.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 306 (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]