Pinball Wizard (comic story)

Pinball Wizard (comic story)

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Pinball Wizard
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Magazines]]
Editor:	Moray Laing
Writer:	Davey Moore
Artist:	John Ross
Colourist:	Adrian Salmon
Release details
Format:	Comic - 1 parter (6 pages)

Summary

While dodging the Erewon Amada on a recent trip, the Doctor realises that the TARDIS' Xion crystals have been jolted out of line. The slippage caused the passivator to go into flux and leak coolant into the aethiopathic chamber leading to the positioning system to overheat. What the TARDIS needs is a big jolt. Luckily the TARDIS lands inside a giant pinball machine with a strong 1960s American theme (including the Statue of Liberty, fast food mock ups, baseballs, cars and route signs). Ironically this giant pinball table is being used to punish Gameslavers (people who spend too much time playing computer games) by forcing them to take part in a giant real-life game by being encapsulated in one of the games balls. With a spectators deciding on whether the 'player'’ gets to live or not based on their game performance. The Doctor and Rose watch Track R Ball play the game, but Rose mistakenly gets to play the game instead of Joyce Tick while the Doctor (flashing his psychic paper), gets to take control of the game and manipulates the ball to strike the TARDIS. The ball drops down a hole and the Doctor frees Rose. Both of them make a hasty escape in the TARDIS which now works properly.

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Rose Tyler
• Joyce Tick
• Track R Ball

References

• On pinball the Doctor says that he spent a lot of time playing it back in the 1960s, he was quite a wizard at it.

Notes

• The DWAM comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours was bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine.
• Self contained one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

• DWA Issue 15 (6 pages split 4/2) MORE ADVENTURES NEXT ISSUE!

Continuity

• The TARDIS technobable has nothing to do with any references made on screen.
• The Doctor uses his psychic paper to gain control of the pinball game.

Timeline

• This story takes place after DWAM: Smart Bombs
• This story takes place before DWAM: Gangster's Paradise

External links

• The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue.
• Pinball Wizard at the Doctor Who Reference Guide