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|publisher = [[BBC Magazines]] | |publisher = [[BBC Magazines]] | ||
|format = Comic - 1 parts (4 pages) | |format = Comic - 1 parts (4 pages) | ||
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}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures]] comic strip published in [[2011]]. | }}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures]] comic strip published in [[2011]]. | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The TARDIS arrives in the middle of the [[English Civil War]], [[ 26 July|26 July]][[ 1643]]. As the soldiers surround [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], Prince Rupert of the Rhine rides up and declares the battle lost and demands their immediate surrender. Unleashing his ‘Dog of War’, a giant [[Dog|poodle]], the Doctor is quick to warn Rory and Amy to block their ears as the dog emits a bark that freezes the higher brain functions, leaving the soldiers unable to move or speak. As Prince Rupert boasts about his remarkable dog ‘Boye’, his soldiers collect the other side's weapons. Suddenly Boye lunges at the Doctor. Using his sonic screwdriver the Doctor deflects the bark back on the dog, leaving it stunned. The stunned dog reveals on his back, a previously invisible, secret rider, itself a dog-like creature. Awakening, the creature identified itself as [[Parzival|Parzival of the Vegracandis]]. When challenged to explain its behaviour, it reveals it sought to gain influence over the planet by getting close to the King. Its plan thwarted, the Doctor takes Parzival away with them in the TARDIS to take him home. | The TARDIS arrives in the middle of the [[English Civil War]], [[26 July|26 July]][[ 1643]]. As the soldiers surround [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], Prince Rupert of the Rhine rides up and declares the battle lost and demands their immediate surrender. Unleashing his ‘Dog of War’, a giant [[Dog|poodle]], the Doctor is quick to warn Rory and Amy to block their ears as the dog emits a bark that freezes the higher brain functions, leaving the soldiers unable to move or speak. As Prince Rupert boasts about his remarkable dog ‘Boye’, his soldiers collect the other side's weapons. Suddenly Boye lunges at the Doctor. Using his sonic screwdriver the Doctor deflects the bark back on the dog, leaving it stunned. The stunned dog reveals on his back, a previously invisible, secret rider, itself a dog-like creature. Awakening, the creature identified itself as [[Parzival|Parzival of the Vegracandis]]. When challenged to explain its behaviour, it reveals it sought to gain influence over the planet by getting close to the King. Its plan thwarted, the Doctor takes Parzival away with them in the TARDIS to take him home. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* | * The Doctor uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] to deflect Boye's bark back at itself, therby stunning both Boye and [[Parzival]] who was invisable on its back. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
* | * [[1643]] has previously been visited by [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] when he returned [[Will Chandler]] to the Civil War after finding him in the village of [[Little Hodcombe]] in [[1984]]. | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
Revision as of 03:24, 30 November 2011
Dog of War! (comic story) was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2011.
Summary
The TARDIS arrives in the middle of the English Civil War, 26 July1643. As the soldiers surround the Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams, Prince Rupert of the Rhine rides up and declares the battle lost and demands their immediate surrender. Unleashing his ‘Dog of War’, a giant poodle, the Doctor is quick to warn Rory and Amy to block their ears as the dog emits a bark that freezes the higher brain functions, leaving the soldiers unable to move or speak. As Prince Rupert boasts about his remarkable dog ‘Boye’, his soldiers collect the other side's weapons. Suddenly Boye lunges at the Doctor. Using his sonic screwdriver the Doctor deflects the bark back on the dog, leaving it stunned. The stunned dog reveals on his back, a previously invisible, secret rider, itself a dog-like creature. Awakening, the creature identified itself as Parzival of the Vegracandis. When challenged to explain its behaviour, it reveals it sought to gain influence over the planet by getting close to the King. Its plan thwarted, the Doctor takes Parzival away with them in the TARDIS to take him home.
Named characters
References
- The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to deflect Boye's bark back at itself, therby stunning both Boye and Parzival who was invisable on its back.
Notes
Original print details
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWA 245 (4 pages) DON’T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
- No reprints to date.
Continuity
- 1643 has previously been visited by the Doctor when he returned Will Chandler to the Civil War after finding him in the village of Little Hodcombe in 1984.
Timeline
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