Junk Food (comic story)

Junk Food (comic story)

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Junk Food
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Heather McCrimmon
Main enemy:	Benjix
Main setting:	Earth, near future
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Magazines]]
Editor:	Moray Laing
Writer:	Christopher Cooper
Artist:	John Ross
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Format:	Comic - 1 parter (4 pages)

Summary

The Tenth Doctor and Heather arrive at the launch of a brand-new factory in the near future on Earth. Using waste conversion technology TRASH INC plans to end world hunger with their Convert-o-Matic a fully automatic factory producing canisters of a ‘Generic Food Substitute’ made from household rubbish! The Doctor is naturally curious and hiding in the factory until its quiet, goes investigating. The factory he finds is a Supermassive Matter Transporter, an industrial teleport. Guarded by green one-eyed tentacled creatures the Doctor realizes an invasion is imminent with the creatures hiding and being distributed across the world in the ‘food’ canisters. But Heather falls into the transporter and finds herself on a planet where all the waste is being dumped. She manages to capture one of the creatures (a Benjix), with a tyre when it follows her through the transporter, before using the transporter to return. The Doctor has been busy with his sonic screwdriver and by “reversing the polarity” of the transmit beam – sends the rubbish and the Benjix back home before breaking the transporter for good.

Characters

• The Doctor
• Heather McCrimmon

Original print details (Publication with page count and closing captions)

1. DWA 151 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK! Heather's last adventure!

Reprints

• None to date

Notes

• The DWAM 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.
• Self contained, one part stories were the norm.
• This was another under the title 'The Tenth Doctor's Untold Stories'.

References

• Heather threatens the Benjix with a Dalek blaster (actually an egg whisk!)
• The Doctor uses the phrase "Reverse the polarity", harkening back to his third incarnation.

Continuity

• The Tenth Doctor is seen wearing his brown coat and his blue suit.
• The Tenth Doctor uses his Sonic screwdriver to seal a hatch and later to "reverse the polarity" of the transmat beam.

Timeline

• This story takes place after DWAM: The Unwelcome Visitors
• This story takes place before DWAM: Dead-line

External links

• The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue.