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{{Infobox Comic
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|image             = [[Image:Doctor10.jpg|250px]]
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|comic name        = The Genius Trap
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|series           = [[Doctor Who comic strip stories]] -<BR>[[Tenth Doctor comic strip stories]]
{{Infobox Story SMW
|doctor           = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|image= Tgt.jpg
|companions       = [[Heather McCrimmon]]<br>[[Wolfgang Ryter]]
|series = [[DWA comic stories]]
|year              = Summer 2009
|doctor= Tenth Doctor
|editor            = [[Moray Laing]]
|companions= [[Heather McCrimmon|Heather]], [[Wolfgang Ryter|Wolfie]]
|artist           = [[John Ross]]
|enemy= The Bacothormeon
|colourist         = [[Alan Craddock]]
|setting= [[London]], [[2010]]
|lettering        = [[Paul Vyse]]
|writer= Steve Lyons
|publication_title = [[Doctor Who Adventures]] [[DWA Issue 124|124]]
|artist= [[John Ross]]
|publication_dates = [[16th July|16]] [[July]] [[2009]]
|colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]
|publisher         = [[BBC Magazines]]
|letterer= [[Paul Vyse]]
|format           = Comic - 1 parter (4 pages)
|editor= [[Moray Laing]]
|previous story    = [[Starstruck]]
|publication= [[DWA 124]]
|next story        = [[The Rising Tide]]
|release date= 16 July 2009
|publisher= BBC Magazines
|format= Comic
|epcount = 1
|prev= Starstruck (comic story)
|next= The Rising Tide (comic story)
}}
}}
'''''The Genius Trap''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Heather McCrimmon]] and [[Wolfgang Ryter]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
The Doctor and Wolfie return with Heather to Edinburgh University. They find the whole campus playing a new puzzle game and over the past days kids have been missing. The Doctor decides to find out about this game with Wolfie tagging along.
 
The Doctor gets one of these devices and completes it easily. He throws it away to get a space hopper. Wolfie catches it and is kidnapped by two crazy guys. He is taken to a Bacothormeon, which attempts to take Wolfie's brain, only to be stopped by the Doctor. The Doctor follows the signal to the alien and overloads its brain with his memories of ten lifetimes in one blast.
 
The alien is reduced to its natural state. The Doctor takes it home and the two guys are taken away by [[UNIT]].


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Heather McCrimmon]]
* [[Heather McCrimmon]]
* [[Wolfgang Ryter|Wolfgang "Wolfie" Ryter]]
* [[Wolfgang Ryter]]
* [[Rob (The Chromosome Connection)|Rob]]


==Original Print Details (Publication with page count and closing captions)==
== Worldbuilding ==
# [[DWA Issue 124]] (4 pages)
''to be added''


==Reprints==
== Notes ==
* None to date
* The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
* Self contained, one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.
* This is the first and UNIT story in ''Doctor Who Adventures''. {{as of|2020}}, only two other stories in the series have featured UNIT, namely ''[[Big in Japan (comic story)|Big in Japan]]'' and ''[[Empire's Fall (comic story)|Empire's Fall]]''.


==Notes==
=== Original print details ===
* The DWAM comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours was bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine.
:Publication with page count and closing captions
* Self contained one part stories were the norm in the early issues later being expanded to two-parters.
# [[DWA 124]] (4 pages)
* Established as roughly the same time as [[The Ball and Chain Gang]].


==References==
== Continuity ==
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{{Tenth Doctor DWA comics}}
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==Continuity==
[[Category:Tenth Doctor DWA comic stories]]
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[[Category:UNIT comic stories]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
==External Links==
[[Category:Stories set in 2010]]
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/DWA/DWA.htm The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue.]
[[Category:2009 comic stories]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in Edinburgh]]
{{comic stub}}
[[Category:One part comics]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories|Genius Trap]]
[[Category:Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|Genius Trap]]

Latest revision as of 22:10, 22 January 2024

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The Genius Trap was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor, Heather McCrimmon and Wolfgang Ryter.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Wolfie return with Heather to Edinburgh University. They find the whole campus playing a new puzzle game and over the past days kids have been missing. The Doctor decides to find out about this game with Wolfie tagging along.

The Doctor gets one of these devices and completes it easily. He throws it away to get a space hopper. Wolfie catches it and is kidnapped by two crazy guys. He is taken to a Bacothormeon, which attempts to take Wolfie's brain, only to be stopped by the Doctor. The Doctor follows the signal to the alien and overloads its brain with his memories of ten lifetimes in one blast.

The alien is reduced to its natural state. The Doctor takes it home and the two guys are taken away by UNIT.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
  • Self contained, one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.
  • This is the first and UNIT story in Doctor Who Adventures. As of 2020, only two other stories in the series have featured UNIT, namely Big in Japan and Empire's Fall.

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

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 124 (4 pages)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added