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|name        = In-Flight Entertainment
|series            = [[BBC Writers' Comics]]
|series            = [[BBC Writers' Comics]]
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|doctor            = Tenth Doctor
|doctor            = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|companions        = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
|companions        = [[Martha Jones]]
|enemy            = [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]], [[Judoon]]
|enemy            = [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]<br />[[Judoon]]
|setting          = [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]], [[31 May]] [[5000000057|5,000,000,057]]
|year              = [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]], [[31 May]], [[5000000057|5,000,000,057]]
|writer            = [[Lindsey Alford]]
|writer            = [[Lindsey Alford]]
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|publication = [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] Website  
|publication       = [[BBC]] Website  
|release date = [[1 May]] [[2008]]
|release date     = [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|publisher        = [[BBC.co.uk]]
|publisher        = BBC.co.uk
|format            = Online comic strip - 6 pages
|format            = Online comic strip - 6 pages
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|next = Mind Shadows (comic story)
|next       = Mind Shadows (comic story)
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'''''In-Flight Entertainment''''' was one of [[BBC Writers' Comics|a series of online comic strips]] posted to the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website. The comic strips were created using an online tool called ''[[Comic Maker]]'', and the art consisted of images based upon the 2005-present ''Doctor Who'' revival. The BBC asked a number of professional ''Doctor Who'' writers to submit stories.
'''''In-Flight Entertainment''''' is one of [[BBC Writers' Comics|a series of online comic strips]] posted to the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website. The comic strips were created using an online tool called ''[[Comic Maker]]'', and the art consisted of images based upon the 2005-present ''Doctor Who'' revival. The BBC asked a number of professional ''Doctor Who'' writers to submit stories.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Hame|Novice Hame]]
* [[Hame|Novice Hame]]
* [[Thomas Kincade Brannigan]]
* [[Thomas Kincade Brannigan]]
* [[Valerie Brannigan]] ([[upgrade]]d)
* [[Valerie Brannigan]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The quarantine on New Earth has been lifted following the events of [[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]''.
* The Cybermen only [[upgrade]] humans.
* The Cybermen only [[upgrade]] humans. Conversions using the neural pathways of any other species results in insanity.
* The [[Macra]] have a "new career" cleaning up the city's pollution.
* The [[Macra]] have a "new career" in cleaning up the city's pollution. The Cybermen also use the Macra to dispose of all non-humans.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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** The model of [[Platform One]] is used for the post the Doctor receives.
** The model of [[Platform One]] is used for the post the Doctor receives.
** The non-humans on New Earth are an [[Ood]], a [[Clockwork Droid]], a [[Slitheen]] and a [[Heavenly Host]].
** The non-humans on New Earth are an [[Ood]], a [[Clockwork Droid]], a [[Slitheen]] and a [[Heavenly Host]].
** A [[Judoon rocket]] and [[Satellite Five]] are used for the controls of the [[Cybership]].
** A [[Judoon rocket]] and [[Satellite Five]] are used for the controls of the [[Cyber-ship]].
** The Cybership itself is actually a [[Dalek Flying Saucer|Dalek ship]].
** The Cybership is actually a [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek ship]].
 
== Continuity ==
* The story takes place between [[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''.
 
== Timeline ==
''to be added''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/fiction_writers_comics BBC - Doctor Who - Writers' Comics]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/fiction_writers_comics BBC - Doctor Who - Writers' Comics]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080501_news_01 BBC - Doctor Who - Comic Maker Update]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080506114217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080501_news_01 BBC - Doctor Who - Comic Maker Update]
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In-Flight Entertainment was one of a series of online comic strips posted to the BBC's Doctor Who website. The comic strips were created using an online tool called Comic Maker, and the art consisted of images based upon the 2005-present Doctor Who revival. The BBC asked a number of professional Doctor Who writers to submit stories.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones receive a distress call from New Earth where the Cybermen and Judoon have joined forces to catalogue all the humans on the planet.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Cybermen only upgrade humans.
  • The Macra have a "new career" cleaning up the city's pollution.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Story writer Lindsey Alford is the only contributor to the BBC Writers' Comics series who had not previously either written for the TV series or for one of the literary spin-off lines. Alford instead was a script editor on the series.
  • Due to the limits of Comic Maker some familiar models are used for items:

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]