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| main character          = [[The Mentor (Death to the Doctor!)|The Mentor]], [[Valis]], [[Bolog]], [[Kraarn]], [[Plink]], [[Zargath]], [[Questor]]
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|year= [[Research Base Truro]]
| featuring2      = Martha Jones
|writer= [[Jonathan Morris]]
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|artist= [[Rodger Langbridge]]
| featuring5      = Fourth Doctor
|colourist= [[James Offredi]]
| featuring6      = Sixth Doctor
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| featuring7      = Eighth Doctor
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 390|390]]
| featuring8      = Ninth Doctor
|release date= [[13 December]] [[2007]]
| featuring9      = Steven Taylor
|publisher= [[Panini Comics]]
| featuring10    = Dodo Chaplet
|format= Comic - 1 part (9 pages)
| featuring11    = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier
|prev= The First (comic story)
| featuring12    = Jo Grant
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| featuring14    = Romana I{{!}} Romana I
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| featuring16    = Izzy Sinclair
| featuring17    = Rose Tyler
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| setting        = [[Research Base Truro]]
| writer         = Jonathan Morris
| editor         = [[Tom Spilsbury]] & [[Scott Gray]]
| artist         = [[Roger Langridge]]
| colourist       = [[James Offredi]]
| letterer       = [[Roger Langridge]]<ref>Uncredited in the comic, but confirmed in the contents of ''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]'' comic collection.</ref>
| publication    = [[DWM 390]]
| release date   = 13 December 2007
| traded          = ''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]''
| publisher       = Panini Comics
| format         = Comic
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| next           = Universal Monsters (comic story)
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'''''Death to the Doctor!''''' was a [[DWM comic stories|DWM comic story]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]].
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'''''Death to the Doctor!''''' was a [[DWM comic stories|''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic story]] written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and published in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]].
 
Although released during a run of stories featuring the contemporary [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] team of the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]], the pair only appear on the final page. Much of this story focuses on defeated foes of [[the Doctor]]'s first nine incarnations plotting to defeat him together, while later turning on one another when the accidental electrocution of [[Kraarn]] leads the other six to incorrectly believe the Doctor is among them. Various incarnations and [[companion]]s of the Doctor, including ''DWM'' companions [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Frobisher]], also appear in flashbacks.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Enemies unite to defeat the Doctor.
Enemies unite to defeat [[the Doctor]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
On a research base in deep space, a number of enemies have united for the same reason: they were all defeated by the man known as [[the Doctor]]. A new member, called [[Valis]], arrives to join and is welcomed by [[Kraarn of the Kraagaaron]]. In the meeting, some of the aliens speak of how they were defeated by the Time Lord's various incarnations.
[[File:Conference Death to the Doctor!.jpg|thumb|left|[[Kraarn]], [[Valis]], [[Bolog]], [[Zargath]], [[Questor]], [[Plink]], [[The Mentor (Death to the Doctor!)|The Mentor]] attend a meeting to discuss [[the Doctor]].]]
On [[Research Base Truro]], which is under strict [[quarantine]] due to an outbreak of [[Galactic plague]],
[[High Arbiter of the Darkness]] [[Valis]] is greeted by [[Kraarn]] of the [[Kraagaaron]]. The pair join a conference group made up of other aliens who have come together to speak of how they were defeated by the various incarnations of [[the Doctor]]. As the latest member, Valis was given the opportunity to retell his story first and he revealed how a fortnight ago he had appropriated the [[Crystal of Consciousness]] and, with the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] at his mercy, planned to place the crystal within his [[psychic web]]. However, the Doctor had managed to switch the crystal with a piece of [[perspex]] which overloaded Valis' machine.


Valis reveals that he was defeated by [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor's eighth incarnation]], who stopped him using the [[crystal of consciousness]]. [[Bolog]], a toad-like creature, tells how he was defeated by [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor's fourth incarnation]], who sent his fleet of ships into the [[sun]] using a [[banana]]. The piscine [[Zargath]] recounts how [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor's ninth incarnation]] had defeated him by making it rain with his [[Sonic Screwdriver]] after he tried to invade [[Powell Estate]].
[[Bolog]], a [[amphibian|toad-like]] creature, and the piscine [[Zargath]] are next to recount their defeats. Bolog explains how he was defeated by the [[Fourth Doctor]] who sent the whole [[Reptilios]] [[Reptilios Invasion Fleet|Invasion Fleet]] into the [[sun]] using a [[banana]], while Zargath tells that the [[Ninth Doctor]] managed to defeat his takeover of the [[Powell Estate]] by using [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to make it [[rain]] as the [[Zargath]] race are [[Allergy|allergic]] to [[water]].


[[Plink]], an alien wearing a metal helmet, reveals that he has been defeated by several Doctors including [[Sixth Doctor|the sixth]], and comments on his poor choice of clothes. Kraarn comes up with an idea: they must unite to defeat the Doctor. He starts showing slides, but is blown up. The other villains wonder what caused it and Valis comes up with the only explanation: the Doctor must be on the base.
[[Plink]], an alien wearing a metal helmet, reveals that he has been defeated by several Doctors including the [[Sixth Doctor]], and comments on his poor choice of clothes. Kraarn comes up with an idea: they must unite to defeat the Doctor. He starts showing slides, but is blown up. The other villains wonder what caused it and Valis comes up with the only explanation: the Doctor must be on the base.


The aliens then search for the Doctor. Valis talks with one of the villains, called [[The Mentor (Death to the Doctor!)|The Mentor]] (who resembles [[The Master]]), and he reveals that he was defeated by [[Third Doctor|the Doctor's third incarnation]]. In another corridor, Bolog asks [[Questor]], an old humanoid, how he was defeated; Questor tells him how [[First Doctor|the Doctor's first incarnation]] defeated him in the [[Jungle of Tropicalus]]. The other two aliens reach the room with a [[Metabolic Interfermometer]], which shows only six people in the base. As there are only six aliens, this can only mean that The Doctor is one of them. Not long after, a shot is heard - Bolog killed Questor because he thought Questor was the Doctor in disguise.
The aliens then search for the Doctor. Valis talks with one of the villains, called [[The Mentor (Death to the Doctor!)|the Mentor]] (who resembles [[the Master]]), and he reveals that he was defeated by the Doctor's [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]. In another corridor, Bolog asks [[Questor]], an old humanoid, how he was defeated; Questor tells him how the Doctor's [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] defeated him in the [[Jungle of Tropicalus]]. The other two aliens reach the room with a [[Metabolic Interfermometer]], which shows only six people in the base. As there are only six aliens, this can only mean that the Doctor is one of them. Not long after, a shot is heard — Bolog has killed Questor because he thought Questor was the Doctor in disguise.


The aliens accuse each other of being the Doctor, and attention switches to Valis, the newest member. He is shot by Zargath - but is revealed to be flammable - and Zargath is caught in the blast - but neither was the Doctor. There are now only three left, and each accused the others of being the Doctor. They then hear [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] arriving, but too late - they all shoot, killing each other.
The aliens accuse each other of being the Doctor, and attention switches to Valis, the newest member. He is shot by Zargath, but is revealed to be flammable, and Zargath is caught in the blast — but neither was the Doctor. There are now only three left, and each accuses the others of being the Doctor. They then hear [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] arriving, but too late — they all shoot, killing each other.


[[Martha Jones]] comes out the TARDIS, and is shocked to see the dead aliens. The Doctor examines the station and discovers that the wire which killed Kraarn had an electrical fault. He sees the Interferometer, and discovers that they are the only ones there - leaving him to wonder what caused it. He apologises to Martha, saying that if he had got there sooner, he would have saved them.
[[Martha Jones]] comes out of the TARDIS, and is shocked to see the dead aliens. The Doctor examines the station and discovers that the wire which killed Kraarn had an electrical fault. He sees the Interferometre, and discovers that they are the only ones there — leaving him to wonder what caused it. He apologises to Martha, saying that if he had got there sooner, he would have saved them.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[The Mentor (Death to the Doctor!)|The Mentor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Valis]]
* [[Valis]]
* [[Kraarn of the Kraagaaron]]
* [[Bolog]]
* [[Bolog]]
* [[Kraarn]]
* [[Plink]]
* [[Zargath]]
* [[Zargath]]
* [[The Mentor (Death to the Doctor!)|The Mentor]]
* [[Questor]]
* [[Questor]]
* [[Plink]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Dodo Chaplet]]
* [[Steven Taylor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Romana I]]
* [[K9 Mark II]]
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Izzy Sinclair]]
* [[Ninth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Bolog]] remarks that [[Questor]] looks "[[lo-fi]]".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The only Doctors not to appear are the [[Second Doctor|Second]], [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], and [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]]. Questor, however, closely resembles the Second Doctor.
* [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Frobisher]]'s appearances make them the first comic strip companions to appear in the ''DWM'' strip since the revival of the TV series and the subsequent switch to companions that debuted on TV.
* During the conceptualizing of the comic, [[Tom Spilsbury]] suggested that they only use comic-original companions in the flashback (specifically, [[Sharon Davies]] for the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] for the [[First Doctor]]), but this was eventually decided against in favour of using more recognisable TV companions. (''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]'')
 
=== Original print details ===
: (Publication with page count and closing caption)
* [[DWM 390]] (9 pages) The End


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* In the flashback, the Fourth Doctor says "bananas are good", a line used by the Ninth Doctor in [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'' and Tenth Doctor in ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]''.
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] says that "bananas are good". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
* [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Frobisher]]'s appearances make them the first comic strip companions to appear in the DWM strip since the revival of the TV series and the subsequent switch to TV-only companions.


=== Placements ===
== Footnotes ==
* [[File:Death to the Doctor 1st.jpg|thumb|Frame showing the First Doctor, Steven, and Dodo.]]The First Doctor is shown with [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]], thus placing that adventure between [[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' and ''[[The Savages]]''. Steven and Dodo are in the outfits they wore just before and during [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', possibly placing it around that point.
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* The Third Doctor is shown with [[Jo Grant]] and [[the Brigadier]] and the Master is mentioned as being prisoner on a maximum-security island, putting this between [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'' and ''[[The Sea Devils]]''.
* The Fourth Doctor is shown with [[Romana I]] and [[K9]] (which must therefore be [[K9 Mark II]]). Since Romana is wearing the same dress she wore in [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'', it may have happened during their break in the search for the [[Key to Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'')
* The Sixth Doctor is shown with [[Frobisher]], so the adventure probably takes place either between [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'' and ''[[Funhouse]]'' or [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin]]'' and ''[[The Holy Terror]]''.
* The Eighth Doctor and Izzy cannot easily be placed, due to the Doctor wearing his blue jacket and Izzy being in her own body.
* The Ninth Doctor is shown with [[Rose Tyler]], so a likely placement is between [[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'' and ''[[Boom Town]]''.
* For the Tenth Doctor and [[Martha Jones]], it must be between [[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'' and ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''.
 
== Timeline ==
For the First Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[VD]]: ''[[The Golden Door]]''
* This story occurs before [[PDA]]: ''[[Bunker Soldiers]]''
 
For the Third Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Battle Within (short story)|The Battle Within]]''
* This story occurs before [[PROSE]]: ''[[Losing Track of Time]]''
 
For the Fourth Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]''
* This story occurs before [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''
 
For the Sixth Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Emperor (short story)|The Last Emperor]]''
* This story occurs before [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Age of Chaos (comic story)|The Age of Chaos]]''
 
For the Eighth Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[The Autonomy Bug]]''
* This story occurs before [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Izzy's Story]]''
 
For the Ninth Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cruel Sea (comic story)|The Cruel Sea]]''
* This story occurs before [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''
 
For the Tenth Doctor:
* This story occurs after [[COMIC]]: ''[[The First (comic story)|The First]]''
* This story occurs before [[COMIC]]: ''[[Universal Monsters (comic story)|Universal Monsters]]''
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You may be looking for the unproduced TV story or the SJA serial Death of the Doctor.

Death to the Doctor! was a Doctor Who Magazine comic story written by Jonathan Morris and published in December 2007.

Although released during a run of stories featuring the contemporary TARDIS team of the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, the pair only appear on the final page. Much of this story focuses on defeated foes of the Doctor's first nine incarnations plotting to defeat him together, while later turning on one another when the accidental electrocution of Kraarn leads the other six to incorrectly believe the Doctor is among them. Various incarnations and companions of the Doctor, including DWM companions Izzy Sinclair and Frobisher, also appear in flashbacks.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Enemies unite to defeat the Doctor.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kraarn, Valis, Bolog, Zargath, Questor, Plink, The Mentor attend a meeting to discuss the Doctor.

On Research Base Truro, which is under strict quarantine due to an outbreak of Galactic plague, High Arbiter of the Darkness Valis is greeted by Kraarn of the Kraagaaron. The pair join a conference group made up of other aliens who have come together to speak of how they were defeated by the various incarnations of the Doctor. As the latest member, Valis was given the opportunity to retell his story first and he revealed how a fortnight ago he had appropriated the Crystal of Consciousness and, with the Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair at his mercy, planned to place the crystal within his psychic web. However, the Doctor had managed to switch the crystal with a piece of perspex which overloaded Valis' machine.

Bolog, a toad-like creature, and the piscine Zargath are next to recount their defeats. Bolog explains how he was defeated by the Fourth Doctor who sent the whole Reptilios Invasion Fleet into the sun using a banana, while Zargath tells that the Ninth Doctor managed to defeat his takeover of the Powell Estate by using his sonic screwdriver to make it rain as the Zargath race are allergic to water.

Plink, an alien wearing a metal helmet, reveals that he has been defeated by several Doctors including the Sixth Doctor, and comments on his poor choice of clothes. Kraarn comes up with an idea: they must unite to defeat the Doctor. He starts showing slides, but is blown up. The other villains wonder what caused it and Valis comes up with the only explanation: the Doctor must be on the base.

The aliens then search for the Doctor. Valis talks with one of the villains, called the Mentor (who resembles the Master), and he reveals that he was defeated by the Doctor's third incarnation. In another corridor, Bolog asks Questor, an old humanoid, how he was defeated; Questor tells him how the Doctor's first incarnation defeated him in the Jungle of Tropicalus. The other two aliens reach the room with a Metabolic Interfermometer, which shows only six people in the base. As there are only six aliens, this can only mean that the Doctor is one of them. Not long after, a shot is heard — Bolog has killed Questor because he thought Questor was the Doctor in disguise.

The aliens accuse each other of being the Doctor, and attention switches to Valis, the newest member. He is shot by Zargath, but is revealed to be flammable, and Zargath is caught in the blast — but neither was the Doctor. There are now only three left, and each accuses the others of being the Doctor. They then hear the TARDIS arriving, but too late — they all shoot, killing each other.

Martha Jones comes out of the TARDIS, and is shocked to see the dead aliens. The Doctor examines the station and discovers that the wire which killed Kraarn had an electrical fault. He sees the Interferometre, and discovers that they are the only ones there — leaving him to wonder what caused it. He apologises to Martha, saying that if he had got there sooner, he would have saved them.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Izzy Sinclair and Frobisher's appearances make them the first comic strip companions to appear in the DWM strip since the revival of the TV series and the subsequent switch to companions that debuted on TV.
  • During the conceptualizing of the comic, Tom Spilsbury suggested that they only use comic-original companions in the flashback (specifically, Sharon Davies for the Fourth Doctor and John and Gillian for the First Doctor), but this was eventually decided against in favour of using more recognisable TV companions. (The Widow's Curse)

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

(Publication with page count and closing caption)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Uncredited in the comic, but confirmed in the contents of The Widow's Curse comic collection.
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