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{{Infobox Comic|
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comic name= The Hunters / Cliffhanger|
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image= [[Image:DWA 20 Human Hunter.jpg|250px]]|
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series= [[Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor comic strip stories]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]|
|image= DWA CS 020 human Hunter.jpg
companions= [[Kara McGravy]]|
|series = [[DWA comic stories]]
enemy= the [[Untra]]|
|doctor= Tenth Doctor
year= [[Hondran]]|  
|companions= [[Kara McGravy|Kara]]
writer= [[Trevor Baxendale]]|
|enemy= The [[Untra]]
artist= [[John Ross]]|  
|setting= [[Hondran]]  
colourist= [[Adrian Salmon]]|
|writer= Trevor Baxendale
lettering= [[Paul Vyse]]|
|artist= [[John Ross]]
editor= [[Moray Laing]]|
|colourist= [[Adrian Salmon]]
publication title= [[Doctor Who Adventures]] [[DWA Issue 20|20]] - [[DWA Issue 21|21]]|
|letterer= [[Paul Vyse]]
publication dates= [[January]] [[2007]]|
|editor= [[Moray Laing]]
publisher= [[BBC Magazines]]|
|publication= [[DWA 20]] - [[DWA 21|21]]
format= Comic -  2 parter (12 pages)|
|release date= 3 - 17 January 2007
previous story= [[A Date to Remember]] / [[A Date to Remember|Snow Fakes]]|
|publisher= BBC Magazines
next story= [[13 O'Clock]]|
|format= Comic
|prev= A Date to Remember (comic story)
|next= 13 O'Clock (comic story)
|epcount = 2
}}
}}
'''''The Hunters''''' was a [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
===The Hunters (Part One)===
=== The Hunters (part one) ===
Shortly after landing on a jungle planet without [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] to accompany him, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] finds himself clinging onto a vine when the cliff edge collapses and the TARDIS plummets down the side of a cliff. He is rescued by [[Kara McGravy]] a female botanist studying the planet's carnivorous flora and fauna. No sooner is the Doctor back on solid ground, than he and Kara are running for their lives from the [[Untra]], Human-hunters from [[Untralo IV]]. The Untra hunt by scent and the Doctor and Kara are able to shake them off by crossing a swamp, narrowly avoiding being caught in quicksand. But the Doctor knows the Untra will soon pick up their scent again and as he runs through the jungle he is caught by a giant man-eating plant…
Shortly after landing on a [[jungle]] [[planet]] without [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] to accompany him, the [[Tenth Doctor]] finds himself clinging onto a [[vine]] when the [[cliff]] edge collapses and the TARDIS plummets down the side of a cliff. He is rescued by [[Kara McGravy]] a female [[botanist]] studying the planet's carnivorous flora and fauna.


===Cliffhanger (Part Two)===
No sooner is the Doctor back on solid ground, than Kara and he are running for their lives from the [[Untra]], human-hunters from [[Untralo IV]]. The Untra hunt by scent and the Doctor and Kara shake them off by crossing a swamp, narrowly avoiding being caught in [[quicksand]]. Yet the Doctor knows the Untra will soon pick up their scent again and as he runs through the jungle he is caught by a giant, man-eating plant...
As the Doctor struggles in the mouth of the [[Hondran|Marorda plant]], Kara explains that the meat-eating plant is intelligent and loves to talk. The Marorda plant spits the Doctor out when he tries to start a conversation with it giving the excuse that there was not enough meat on him. The Untra arrive and shoot the Marorda. While the Untra are busy with the Doctor, Kara escapes and comes across another of the planet's plant life. [[Hondran|Halitosis Mushrooms]] so called because of their foul smell. Gathering up a few handfuls of the mushrooms, Kara returns to the Doctor where she overpowers the Untra’s sense of smell. The Doctor and Kara make their escape down a cliff edge by climbing down the [[Hondran|vines]]. The vines however are another carnivorous plant form and as the Untra climb down after them, the vine comes alive with snake-like heads, razor sharp teeth snapping at their heels. The Doctor ties the vines long necked heads in knots after they have eaten all the Untras bar the Untra Leader, who is chewed up a bit by a Marorda plant, before being allowed to leave.  


==Characters==
=== Cliffhanger (part two) ===
*[[Tenth Doctor]]
As the Doctor struggles in the mouth of the [[Hondran|Marorda plant]], Kara explains that the meat-eating plant is intelligent and loves to talk. The Marorda plant spits the Doctor out when he tries to start a conversation with it, giving the excuse that there was not enough meat on him. The Untra arrive and shoot the Marorda. While the Untra are busy with the Doctor, Kara escapes and comes across another of the planet's plant life, [[Hondran|Halitosis Mushrooms]], so called because of their foul smell.
*[[Kara McGravy]]


===Original Print Details (Publication with page count and closing captions)===
Gathering up a few handfuls of the mushrooms, Kara returns to the Doctor where she overpowers the Untra's sense of smell. The Doctor and Kara make their escape down a cliff edge by climbing down the [[Hondran|vines]].
# [[DWA Issue 20]] (6 pages) WILL THE DOCTOR ESCAPE? FIND OUT NEXT ISSUE!
# [[DWA Issue 21]] (6 pages) THE END! A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE FOR THE DOCTOR BEGINS NEXT ISSUE!


==Notes==
The vines however are another carnivorous plant form and as the Untra climb down after them, the vine comes alive with snake-like heads, razor sharp teeth snapping at their heels. The Doctor ties the vines' long-necked heads in knots after they have eaten all the Untras bar the Untra Leader, who is chewed up a bit by a Marorda plant, before being allowed to leave.
* The [[Doctor Who Adventures]] 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..
* Self contained one part stories were the norm in the early issues later being expanded to two-parters.


==References==
== Characters ==
* The TARDIS landing on an unsecure cliff edge is attributed to a fault in the 'subsidence scanners'.
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Kara McGravy]]


==Continuity==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] makes an absent-minded comment to [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] to take in the view, before realising she isn't with him. There is no explanation given for her departure but her travelling days with the Doctor on television had (aparently) come to an end.
''to be added''
* The [[Hondran|Maroda plants]] response to not eating the Doctor, echoes [[Donna Noble]]'s view of [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] being too skinny.


==Timeline==
== Notes ==
*This story occurs after [[DWM]]: ''[[The Warkeeper's Crown]]''
* The ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
*This story occurs before [[DWAM]]: ''[[13 O'Clock]]''
* Self contained, one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.


==External Links==
=== Original print details ===
* [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/DWA/DWA.htm The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue]
:Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWA 20]] (6 pages) WILL THE DOCTOR ESCAPE? FIND OUT NEXT ISSUE!
# [[DWA 21]] (6 pages) THE END! A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE FOR THE DOCTOR BEGINS NEXT ISSUE!
 
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.dwamag.com/ The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue]
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/dwacomic10.htm#dwa20 Doctor Who Reference Guide - synopsis for '''The Hunters / Cliffhanger''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/dwacomic10.htm#dwa20 Doctor Who Reference Guide - synopsis for '''The Hunters / Cliffhanger''']
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The Hunters was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Hunters (part one)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shortly after landing on a jungle planet without Rose to accompany him, the Tenth Doctor finds himself clinging onto a vine when the cliff edge collapses and the TARDIS plummets down the side of a cliff. He is rescued by Kara McGravy a female botanist studying the planet's carnivorous flora and fauna.

No sooner is the Doctor back on solid ground, than Kara and he are running for their lives from the Untra, human-hunters from Untralo IV. The Untra hunt by scent and the Doctor and Kara shake them off by crossing a swamp, narrowly avoiding being caught in quicksand. Yet the Doctor knows the Untra will soon pick up their scent again and as he runs through the jungle he is caught by a giant, man-eating plant...

Cliffhanger (part two)[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the Doctor struggles in the mouth of the Marorda plant, Kara explains that the meat-eating plant is intelligent and loves to talk. The Marorda plant spits the Doctor out when he tries to start a conversation with it, giving the excuse that there was not enough meat on him. The Untra arrive and shoot the Marorda. While the Untra are busy with the Doctor, Kara escapes and comes across another of the planet's plant life, Halitosis Mushrooms, so called because of their foul smell.

Gathering up a few handfuls of the mushrooms, Kara returns to the Doctor where she overpowers the Untra's sense of smell. The Doctor and Kara make their escape down a cliff edge by climbing down the vines.

The vines however are another carnivorous plant form and as the Untra climb down after them, the vine comes alive with snake-like heads, razor sharp teeth snapping at their heels. The Doctor ties the vines' long-necked heads in knots after they have eaten all the Untras bar the Untra Leader, who is chewed up a bit by a Marorda plant, before being allowed to leave.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor Who Adventures 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.

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

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 20 (6 pages) WILL THE DOCTOR ESCAPE? FIND OUT NEXT ISSUE!
  2. DWA 21 (6 pages) THE END! A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE FOR THE DOCTOR BEGINS NEXT ISSUE!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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