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|name        = Escape to Penhaxico
|series       = [[BBC Writers' Comics]]
|series           = [[BBC Writers' Comics]]
|image       = Escape To Penhaxico Jack and Ten.jpg
|image             =
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|doctor           = Tenth Doctor
|featuring   = Martha Jones|Martha
|featuring         = [[Martha Jones|Martha]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]
|featuring2  = Jack Harkness
|enemy             = [[Max Capricorn]]'s henchmen  
|enemy       = [[Max Capricorn]]'s henchmen  
|setting             = [[Earth]], early [[2009]]<br />[[Penhaxico Two]], [[2009]]
|setting     = [[Earth]], [[2009]]; [[Penhaxico Two]], [[2009]]
|writer           = [[Brian Minchin]]
|writer       = Brian Minchin
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|publication = [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] Website  
|publication = [[BBC]] Website  
|release date = [[12 June (releases)|12 June]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|release date = 12 June 2008
|publisher         = BBC.co.uk
|publisher   = BBC.co.uk
|format           = Online comic strip - 6 pages
|format       = Online comic strip - 6 pages
|prev   = Mad Martha (comic story)
|prev         = Mad Martha (comic story)
|next       = Just Another Thursday (comic story)
|next         = Just Another Thursday (comic story)
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'''Escape to Penhexico''' 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]]''. The art consisted of images based upon the 2005-present ''Doctor Who'' revival. The BBC asked several professional ''Doctor Who'' writers to submit stories.
'''Escape to Penhexico''' 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]]''. The art consisted of images based upon the 2005-present ''Doctor Who'' revival. The BBC asked several professional writers to submit stories. This was the first ''Doctor Who''-related publication for [[Brian Minchin]], who would go on to write a ''Doctor Who'' novel and several ''[[Torchwood]]'' comic strips and an audio drama before being named an executive producer on ''Doctor Who'' itself in 2013.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Two months after the destruction of the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'', two of [[Max Capricorn]]'s henchmen abduct [[Jack Harkness]] in the mistaken belief that ''he'' is Capricorn. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] reunites with [[Martha Jones]] to retrieve him from Penhaxico 2. This turns out to be easier done than said because the sunlight on Penhaxico 2 shrinks humans to a tenth of their size.
Two months after the destruction of the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'', two of [[Max Capricorn]]'s henchmen abduct [[Jack Harkness]] in the mistaken belief that ''he'' is Capricorn. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] reunites with [[Martha Jones]] to retrieve him from Penhaxico 2. This turns out to be easier said than done because the sunlight on Penhaxico 2 shrinks humans to a tenth of their size.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* Two of [[Max Capricorn]]'s henchmen.
* Two of [[Max Capricorn]]'s henchmen.


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* When the Doctor drops Jack, they mention having just encountered the [[Cybersquid]].
* When the Doctor drops Jack, they mention having just encountered the [[Cybersquid]].
* Capricorn's men think Jack is Capricorn because they detect traces of [[bekaren energy]] on him.
* Capricorn's men think Jack is Capricorn because they detect traces of [[bekaren energy]] on him.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Due to the limits of Comic Maker some familar models are used for items:
* The story takes place two months after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''.
* The story establishes that [[Max Capricorn]] had stationed two henchmen on Earth to help him escape following the destruction of the ''Titanic''. Not realising their boss is dead, the henchmen mistake Captain Jack for the tycoon.
* The convenient presence of Martha Jones suggests the story may take place when she worked with [[Torchwood 3]]. According evidence in the timeline, Martha's adventures with Torchwood take place during the first couple of months of 2009, after the events of ''Voyage of the Damned'' and therefore within the time frame suggested by this story.
* Due to the limits of Comic Maker some familiar models are used for items:
** [[Chula warship]]s are seen flying on [[Penhaxico Two]].
** [[Chula warship]]s are seen flying on [[Penhaxico Two]].
** Many aliens are seen on the beach of Penhaxico Two:
** Many aliens are seen on the beach of Penhaxico Two:
*** [[Hath]]
*** [[Hath]]
*** [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]
*** [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
*** [[Ood]]
*** [[Ood]]
*** Female [[Clockwork Droid]]
*** Female [[Clockwork Droid]]
*** [[Sontaran]] (General [[Staal]])
*** [[Sontaran]]
*** [[Abzorbaloff]]
*** [[Abzorbalovian]]
*** [[Pyrovile]]
*** [[Pyrovile]]
*** [[Pig slave]]s
*** [[Pig slave]]s
*** [[Adipose]]
*** [[Adipose]]
*** [[Roboform]]
*** [[Roboform]]
*** [[Slitheen]]
*** [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]
*** [[Richard Lazarus|Lazarus Monster]]
*** [[Richard Lazarus|Lazarus Monster]]
*** [[Toclafane]]
*** [[Toclafane]]
*** [[Moxx of Balhoon]]
*** [[Balhoonian]]
*** [[Judoon]]
*** [[Judoon]]
*** [[Dalek]]
*** [[Dalek]]
*** [[Sycorax]]
*** [[Sycorax]]
== Continuity ==
* The story takes place two months after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''.
* The story establishes that [[Max Capricorn]] had stationed two henchmen on Earth to help him escape following the destruction of the ''Titanic''. Not realising their boss is dead, the henchmen mistake Captain Jack for the tycoon.
* The convenient presence of Martha Jones suggests the story may take place when she worked with [[Torchwood 3]]. According evidence in the timeline, Martha's adventures with Torchwood take place during the first couple of months of 2009, after the events of ''Voyage of the Damned'' and therefore within the time frame suggested by this story.


== 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://web.archive.org/web/20110627113140/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080612_news_01 BBC - Doctor Who - Exclusive Brian Minchin Comic!]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110627113140/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080612_news_01 BBC - Doctor Who - Exclusive Brian Minchin Comic!]
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Escape to Penhexico 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. The art consisted of images based upon the 2005-present Doctor Who revival. The BBC asked several professional writers to submit stories. This was the first Doctor Who-related publication for Brian Minchin, who would go on to write a Doctor Who novel and several Torchwood comic strips and an audio drama before being named an executive producer on Doctor Who itself in 2013.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Two months after the destruction of the Titanic, two of Max Capricorn's henchmen abduct Jack Harkness in the mistaken belief that he is Capricorn. The Doctor reunites with Martha Jones to retrieve him from Penhaxico 2. This turns out to be easier said than done because the sunlight on Penhaxico 2 shrinks humans to a tenth of their size.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • When the Doctor drops Jack, they mention having just encountered the Cybersquid.
  • Capricorn's men think Jack is Capricorn because they detect traces of bekaren energy on him.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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