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{{Infobox Comic|
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comic name=[[Attack of the Rats]] |
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image= [[Image:BIT10dr.jpg|250px]]|
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series= [[Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
number=47|
|image = Attack of the Rats.jpg
doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]|
|series=[[DWBIT comic stories|''DWBIT'' comic stories]]
companions= [[Donna Noble]] |
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
enemy=[[Zantraan]] |
|companions= [[Donna Noble|Donna]]  
year= [[Earth]], [[England]], [[Whitby]]|  
|enemy = [[Zantraan]]  
writer= [[Jason Loborik]] |
|setting = [[Paris]]
artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] |  
|writer = Jason Loborik
colourist= [[Alan Craddock]] |
|artist = [[Lee Sullivan]]
lettering= not stated |
|colourist = [[Alan Craddock]]
editor= [[Claire Lister]]|
|letterer =
publication_title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]]|
|editor = [[Claire Lister]]
publication_dates=[[25th June|25]] [[June]][[2008]]|
|publication = [[DWBIT 47]]  
publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]|
|release date= 25 June 2008
format= Comic - Part 3 of 3 (4 pages)|
|publisher = GE Fabbri Ltd
previous story= [[Sting of the Serpent]] |
|format = Comic - Part 3 of 4 (4 pages)
next story= [[The Zantraan Invasion]]|
|prev = Sting of the Serpent (comic story)
|next = The Zantraan Invasion (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''Attack of the Rats''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]''. It was written by [[Jason Loborik]].


==Opening Tag==
== Opening narration box ==
The Doctor has tracked the latest alien pod to France ...
The Doctor has tracked the latest alien pod to [[France]] ...


==Summary==
== Summary ==
In Paris the area around a third crashed alien craft has been evacuated and placed under UNIT control. The Doctor's [[psychic paper]] gives them entrance as providers from Noble Catering. This was a bigger craft with more crew and more alien mutations, this time giant rats. Taking refuge in the alien craft the Doctor uses the communication system to contact the mothership. Onboard the mother ship the Queen of the Zantraan, is expecting her three scout ships to have found a safe landing ground for the royal ship. The Queen is not happy that her scouts have all died and uses a tractor beam to bring back the space craft along with the Doctor and Donna, who are encased in an isolation sphere to protect the Zantraan's from germs. Following their exodus from a plague ridden homeworld the Zantraans are looking for a new world to colonize. Fortunately for them as their ship is dying they came across the Earth, the Pure Planet, a fresh clean world. The Doctor and Donna fail to convince the Zantraans that the Earth isn't suitable as its ridden with pollution, smells and disease. Instead The Zantraan Queen orders preparations to cleanse the planet through burning... 
In [[Paris]], the area around a third crashed alien craft has been evacuated and placed under [[UNIT]] control. The [[Tenth Doctor]]'s [[psychic paper]] gives them entrance as providers from Noble Catering. This is a bigger craft, with more crew and more alien mutations, this time giant [[rat]]s taking refuge in the alien craft.
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[[Image:BITCS47.jpg|500px|Artist[[Lee Sullivan]]]]


==Characters==
The Doctor uses the communication system to contact the mothership. The Queen of the Zantraan is expecting her three scout ships to have found a safe landing site for the royal ship. She is not happy her scouts have all died. She uses a tractor beam to bring back the space craft, along with the Doctor and [[Donna Noble]], who are in an isolation sphere to protect the Zantraans from germs. Following their exodus from a plague-ridden homeworld, the Zantraans are looking for a new world to colonise. As their ship was dying, they luckily came across the Earth, the Pure Planet, a fresh clean world.
 
The Doctor and Donna fail to convince the Zantraans that the Earth isn't suitable, as it's ridden with pollution, smells and disease. Instead The Zantraan Queen orders preparations to cleanse the planet through burning...
 
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Zantraan]] - Large, grey in colour, three-eyed, six tentacled limbed creatures, ruled over by a monarch Queen. The Zantraans were forced to leave their home planet when it was ravaged by a plague. The surviving population fled in a shape ship destined to find a new world.
* [[Zantraan]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''


==Original Print Details ==
== Notes ==
(Instalment, publication with page count and closing captions)
* Supporting the series of collectible ''Doctor Who'' trading cards, the magazine carried a regular four page comic strip of the Tenth Doctor's adventures.
* 3/4 [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 47]] (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED…
* The limitation of only four pages meant that stories often lacked depth compared to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
* The ''Battles in Time'' comic strip sought to reinforce the association of its Doctor with the one seen on screen with "props" from the TV series: blue/brown suit, [[sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]] and his intelligent [[glasses]].
* The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine and as did ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', reflected the appeal to readers younger than those catered to by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
 
=== Original print details ===
* 3/4 [[DWBIT 47]] (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED...
* No reprints to date.
* No reprints to date.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
* Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
''to be added''
* The limitation of only 4 pages meant that stories often lacked some depth in comparison to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
* Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with [[Doctor Who Adventures (Magazine)]], it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by [[Doctor Who Magazine]].


==References==
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*  The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, [[sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]] and his intelligent [[glasses]].
==Continuity==
''to be added''


==External Links==
[[Category:DWBIT comic stories]]
* [http://www.battlesintime.com The official magazine website with magazine and trading card details, including news of the latest available issue.]
[[Category:Stories set in Paris]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:UNIT comic stories]]
[[Category:Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]
[[Category:2008 comic stories]]

Latest revision as of 22:39, 23 January 2024

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Attack of the Rats was a comic story published in Doctor Who: Battles in Time. It was written by Jason Loborik.

Opening narration box[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor has tracked the latest alien pod to France ...

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Paris, the area around a third crashed alien craft has been evacuated and placed under UNIT control. The Tenth Doctor's psychic paper gives them entrance as providers from Noble Catering. This is a bigger craft, with more crew and more alien mutations, this time giant rats taking refuge in the alien craft.

The Doctor uses the communication system to contact the mothership. The Queen of the Zantraan is expecting her three scout ships to have found a safe landing site for the royal ship. She is not happy her scouts have all died. She uses a tractor beam to bring back the space craft, along with the Doctor and Donna Noble, who are in an isolation sphere to protect the Zantraans from germs. Following their exodus from a plague-ridden homeworld, the Zantraans are looking for a new world to colonise. As their ship was dying, they luckily came across the Earth, the Pure Planet, a fresh clean world.

The Doctor and Donna fail to convince the Zantraans that the Earth isn't suitable, as it's ridden with pollution, smells and disease. Instead The Zantraan Queen orders preparations to cleanse the planet through burning...

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Supporting the series of collectible Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine carried a regular four page comic strip of the Tenth Doctor's adventures.
  • The limitation of only four pages meant that stories often lacked depth compared to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
  • The Battles in Time comic strip sought to reinforce the association of its Doctor with the one seen on screen with "props" from the TV series: blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.
  • The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine and as did Doctor Who Adventures, reflected the appeal to readers younger than those catered to by Doctor Who Magazine.

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

  • 3/4 DWBIT 47 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED...
  • No reprints to date.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added