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writer= | |featuring = Bram Stoker | ||
artist= [[John Ross]]| | |featuring2 = Oscar Wilde | ||
colourist= [[Adrian Salmon ]]| | |enemy = [[Vampire virus]] | ||
|setting = [[London]] and [[Reading]], [[May]] [[1897]] | |||
editor= [[Moray Laing]] Script Editor: [[Gary Russell]]| | |writer = Alan Barnes | ||
|artist = [[John Ross]] | |||
|colourist = [[Adrian Salmon]] | |||
publisher= | |letterer = [[Paul Lang]] | ||
format= Comic | |editor = [[Moray Laing]] Script Editor: [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|publication= [[DWA 11]]-[[DWA 12|12]] | |||
next | |release date= 24 August 2006 | ||
|publisher = BBC Magazines | |||
|format = Comic | |||
|prev = Save the Humans! (comic story) | |||
|next = Triskaidekaphobia (comic story) | |||
|epcount = 2 | |||
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'''''Bat Attack!''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
===Part | === Part one Bat Attack! === | ||
After helping Inspector Lestrade solve "the case of the unsuitable suitor" and stop the evil Professor Janus getting married | After helping [[Lestrade|Inspector Lestrade]] solve "the case of the unsuitable suitor" and stop the evil [[Janus (Bat Attack!)|Professor Janus]] getting married, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] leave to catch a cab to [[Waterloo]], boat train to [[Paris]] and a night at Le [[Moulin Rouge]]. Their journey, however, is interrupted immediately. A cloud of vampire [[bat]]s block the sun, congregating above the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]]. | ||
==Characters== | Following the bats, the Doctor and Rose's timely arrival stops a young girl from being attacked by a bat. Yet all is not as it seems. The theatre is rehearsing for [[Bram Stoker]]'s new production — [[Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula]]. Bram is supported and assisted by his wife [[Florence Stoker|Florence]], who warns her husband that the descendant of the real [[Vlad III|Count Dracula]] has arrived from [[Transylvania]]. Furious that his and his family's name is being wrongfully misrepresented, he arrives intent on exacting his revenge on the writer by killing him. | ||
Florence saves her husband from Dracula, revealing herself as a [[vampire]]; she had been bitten some twenty years earlier by [[Oscar Wilde]], who is currently serving a sentence at [[Reading Gaol]]. | |||
For twenty years Florence had lived on a diet of small [[cat]]s and mammals. Bram has protected and supported his wife as she has him. The Doctor identifies this type of vampirism as an alien disease, a [[virus]] strain, and offers to help. To save Florence (and the kittens), the Doctor must first find a cure for Oscar. With Rose, he heads to Reading Gaol. | |||
=== Part two The Battle of Reading Gaol === | |||
Using Florence's bats to fly him into the gaol, the Doctor finds and rescues Oscar Wilde who has been there two years. Oscar explains that he was turned into a vampire when a strange shining creature, an alien probe, arrived at his door one evening while he was holding a [[séance]] with a few of his friends, drawn by the séance and travelling the thought waves. His friends were killed and their blood used to fill the aliens' tanks. | |||
Oscar was spared and left alive to spread the virus, its survival letting others know of the planet Earth's rich pickings. Florence was Oscar's first love and while in [[Ireland]], he infected her. Rose and Florence's distraction, created for the Doctor, had led to their capture by the prison staff who have themselves been turned into vampires by the prison doctor and manager, who had been using Oscar in their experiments. Arriving just in time, the Doctor and a very "[[butch (slang)|butch]]" Oscar rescue Rose and Florence. Oscar, the stronger, original carrier of the virus, takes command of the infected guards. | |||
The Doctor needs a nano-filtration system to synthesise an anti-virus, but there isn't one. He "manufactures" one himself by drinking batch 272 of the Vampire Virus (which has already been made and distributed across Great Britain). The Doctor explains how every Time Lord carries an anti-vampire serum. The Doctor then projects it as a burp. The Doctor's infectious burps carry the antigens, which spread out and save the world. | |||
Florence is caught by the burp and returned to her old self. She can again go out in sunlight without having to be shielded from the sun by her bats. Oscar takes the opportunity to leave the prison and start a new life in Paris. | |||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Rose Tyler]] | * [[Rose Tyler]] | ||
* [[Inspector Lestrade]] | * [[Lestrade|Inspector Lestrade]] | ||
* [[Professor Janus]] | * [[Janus (Bat Attack!)|Professor Janus]] | ||
* [[Bram Stoker]] | * [[Bram Stoker]] | ||
* [[Florence | * [[Florence Stoker]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Frederick von Dracula]] | ||
* [[Oscar Wilde]] | * [[Oscar Wilde]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor mentions that the [[congestion charge]] doesn't kick in for over a century. | |||
* Rose refers to ''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers]]'', [[Nicole Kidman]] and the [[Moulin Rouge]]. | |||
* The Doctor and Rose visit the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] where the meet [[Bram Stoker]] and witness a rehearsal of [[Dracula (book)|Dracula]]. | |||
* [[Henry Irving|Mr Irving]] is an actor and a great friend of Bram Stoker. | |||
* Florence Stoker receives a [[telegram]] from [[Southampton Docks]]. | |||
* Rose mentions [[garlic]], [[silver]] crosses and wooden stakes when facing the [[vampire (mythology)|vampire]]-like creatures. Vampire lore also states that they are allergic to sunlight. | |||
* [[Frederick von Dracula]] refers to himself as Count of [[Wallachia]] and a descendant of [[Vlad III]]. | |||
* The | * Florence has been draining the [[blood]] of [[kitten]]s as an alternative to [[human]]s. | ||
* | * The Doctor's [[psychic paper]] is used by Rose and Florence to gain access to Reading Gaol. | ||
* | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
* | * Referencing Oscar Wilde's homosexual tendencies this story creates a parallel with Oscar's vampiric virus. | ||
** Oscar's imprisonment is attributed to a "terrible scandal". | |||
** Oscar talks of "unnatural urges — to kill or turn the things I love". | |||
** The Doctor questions Oscar's "unnaturalness" with "born that way, or made". | |||
** Oscar even talks of a foul fellow, the prison doctor, who "carries out invasive procedures on my person!" | |||
== | === Original print details === | ||
:Publication with page count and closing captions | |||
# [[DWA 11]] (6 pages) TO BE CONTINUED! | |||
# [[DWA 12]] (6 pages) A NEW ADVENTURE STARTS NEXT ISSUE! | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The Doctor is reluctant to allow Inspector Lestrade to credit him and Rose to Queen [[Victoria]], due to their breaking of the banishment rules. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | ||
{{ | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|dwacomic10.htm#dwa11|Bat Attack! / The Battle of Reading Gaol}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:26, 20 January 2024
Bat Attack! was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one Bat Attack![[edit] | [edit source]]
After helping Inspector Lestrade solve "the case of the unsuitable suitor" and stop the evil Professor Janus getting married, the Tenth Doctor and Rose leave to catch a cab to Waterloo, boat train to Paris and a night at Le Moulin Rouge. Their journey, however, is interrupted immediately. A cloud of vampire bats block the sun, congregating above the Royal Lyceum Theatre.
Following the bats, the Doctor and Rose's timely arrival stops a young girl from being attacked by a bat. Yet all is not as it seems. The theatre is rehearsing for Bram Stoker's new production — Dracula. Bram is supported and assisted by his wife Florence, who warns her husband that the descendant of the real Count Dracula has arrived from Transylvania. Furious that his and his family's name is being wrongfully misrepresented, he arrives intent on exacting his revenge on the writer by killing him.
Florence saves her husband from Dracula, revealing herself as a vampire; she had been bitten some twenty years earlier by Oscar Wilde, who is currently serving a sentence at Reading Gaol.
For twenty years Florence had lived on a diet of small cats and mammals. Bram has protected and supported his wife as she has him. The Doctor identifies this type of vampirism as an alien disease, a virus strain, and offers to help. To save Florence (and the kittens), the Doctor must first find a cure for Oscar. With Rose, he heads to Reading Gaol.
Part two The Battle of Reading Gaol[[edit] | [edit source]]
Using Florence's bats to fly him into the gaol, the Doctor finds and rescues Oscar Wilde who has been there two years. Oscar explains that he was turned into a vampire when a strange shining creature, an alien probe, arrived at his door one evening while he was holding a séance with a few of his friends, drawn by the séance and travelling the thought waves. His friends were killed and their blood used to fill the aliens' tanks.
Oscar was spared and left alive to spread the virus, its survival letting others know of the planet Earth's rich pickings. Florence was Oscar's first love and while in Ireland, he infected her. Rose and Florence's distraction, created for the Doctor, had led to their capture by the prison staff who have themselves been turned into vampires by the prison doctor and manager, who had been using Oscar in their experiments. Arriving just in time, the Doctor and a very "butch" Oscar rescue Rose and Florence. Oscar, the stronger, original carrier of the virus, takes command of the infected guards.
The Doctor needs a nano-filtration system to synthesise an anti-virus, but there isn't one. He "manufactures" one himself by drinking batch 272 of the Vampire Virus (which has already been made and distributed across Great Britain). The Doctor explains how every Time Lord carries an anti-vampire serum. The Doctor then projects it as a burp. The Doctor's infectious burps carry the antigens, which spread out and save the world.
Florence is caught by the burp and returned to her old self. She can again go out in sunlight without having to be shielded from the sun by her bats. Oscar takes the opportunity to leave the prison and start a new life in Paris.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Tenth Doctor
- Rose Tyler
- Inspector Lestrade
- Professor Janus
- Bram Stoker
- Florence Stoker
- Frederick von Dracula
- Oscar Wilde
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions that the congestion charge doesn't kick in for over a century.
- Rose refers to The Fearless Vampire Killers, Nicole Kidman and the Moulin Rouge.
- The Doctor and Rose visit the Royal Lyceum Theatre where the meet Bram Stoker and witness a rehearsal of Dracula.
- Mr Irving is an actor and a great friend of Bram Stoker.
- Florence Stoker receives a telegram from Southampton Docks.
- Rose mentions garlic, silver crosses and wooden stakes when facing the vampire-like creatures. Vampire lore also states that they are allergic to sunlight.
- Frederick von Dracula refers to himself as Count of Wallachia and a descendant of Vlad III.
- Florence has been draining the blood of kittens as an alternative to humans.
- The Doctor's psychic paper is used by Rose and Florence to gain access to Reading Gaol.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Referencing Oscar Wilde's homosexual tendencies this story creates a parallel with Oscar's vampiric virus.
- Oscar's imprisonment is attributed to a "terrible scandal".
- Oscar talks of "unnatural urges — to kill or turn the things I love".
- The Doctor questions Oscar's "unnaturalness" with "born that way, or made".
- Oscar even talks of a foul fellow, the prison doctor, who "carries out invasive procedures on my person!"
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Publication with page count and closing captions
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor is reluctant to allow Inspector Lestrade to credit him and Rose to Queen Victoria, due to their breaking of the banishment rules. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
