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|companions = [[Amy Pond]] | |series =[[DWA comic stories]] | ||
|enemy = [[Space Leech]] | |doctor = Eleventh Doctor | ||
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|writer = | |enemy = [[Space Leech]]es | ||
|setting = [[London]], April, [[2010]] | |||
|writer = Oli Smith | |||
|editor = [[Moray Laing]] | |editor = [[Moray Laing]] | ||
|artist = [[John Ross]] | |artist = [[John Ross]] | ||
|colourist = [[Alan Craddock]] | |colourist = [[Alan Craddock]] | ||
| | |publication= [[DWA 160]]-[[DWA 161|161]] | ||
|format = Comic | |release date = 1 - 8 April 2010 | ||
| | |publisher = BBC Magazines | ||
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|epcount = 2 | |||
|prev = Lucky Heather (comic story) | |||
|next = Madness on the M1! (comic story) | |||
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'''''Attack of the Space Leeches!''''' was the first [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story]] to feature the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
===Part | === Part one === | ||
[[Stephen (Attack of the Space Leeches!)|Stephen]], a young boy with a [[common cold|cold]], is wandering the streets of London in April 2010 when he sees an alien spaceship fall out of the sky. As people look inside the wrecked craft, giant [[Space Leech]]es fly out and attach themselves to the investigators' heads. The leeches swarm, hundreds of them. | |||
Remarkably, Stephen escapes as everyone around him is taken over. He runs to the top of Primrose Hill and decides he needs help. Then the TARDIS materialises around him... | |||
== | === Part two === | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] are due to arrive at [[Primrose Hill]] for a view of London on a clear day when the TARDIS materialises around Stephen. As Stephen tells them of the space leeches getting everyone in London, the Doctor realises that there must be some terrible reason for Stephen to have arrived inside the ship. | |||
Leaving the TARDIS to check out Stephen's story, the Doctor realises that there is something about the boy that makes him different. It is Amy who points out that Stephen has a cold and a runny nose. Remarkably, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to make Stephen's touch super-infectious. This makes his virus strong enough to weaken the leeches, which detach themselves from their victims. | |||
The space leeches are drawn to the Doctor, the "one person whose biology is strong enough to withstand any cold". Assuring Stephen he will take them somewhere safe, the Doctor and Amy lead the space leeches into the TARDIS and take off. | |||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Eleventh Doctor]] | |||
* [[Amy Pond]] | * [[Amy Pond]] | ||
* [[Stephen (Attack of the Space Leeches!)|Stephen]] | * [[Stephen (Attack of the Space Leeches!)|Stephen]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* Part One of this story was on sale only days before the arrival of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy on UK TV and notably only referenced the show with the arrival of the TARDIS in the final frame. By the time of Part Two, readers were likely to have seen the new Doctor and Amy on TV. The Eleventh Doctor and Amy's appearance in Part 2 marked their first comic strip appearance anywhere, predating ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''{{'}}s debut by several weeks. | |||
* Part One of this story was on sale only days before the arrival of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy on UK TV and notably only | * The Doctor's sonic screwdriver (loosely referred to as his "sonic") has the unlikely ability to tweak a virus and make it super infectious. The sonic depicted is of that used by the Tenth Doctor with the blue end. | ||
* The | |||
===Original | === Original print details === | ||
:Publication with page count and closing captions | :Publication with page count and closing captions | ||
# [[DWA | # [[DWA 160]] (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – Find out what happens when Stephen meets the Doctor and Amy! | ||
# [[DWA 161]] (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – Madness on the motorway | |||
# [[DWA | |||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* The idea of the Doctor concocting a highly infectious virus to cure lots of people quickly was similar to that in [[ | * The idea of the Doctor concocting a highly infectious virus to cure lots of people quickly was similar to that in [[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''. | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in 2010]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2010]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 1 March 2024
Attack of the Space Leeches! was the first Doctor Who Adventures comic story to feature the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]
Stephen, a young boy with a cold, is wandering the streets of London in April 2010 when he sees an alien spaceship fall out of the sky. As people look inside the wrecked craft, giant Space Leeches fly out and attach themselves to the investigators' heads. The leeches swarm, hundreds of them.
Remarkably, Stephen escapes as everyone around him is taken over. He runs to the top of Primrose Hill and decides he needs help. Then the TARDIS materialises around him...
Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eleventh Doctor and Amy are due to arrive at Primrose Hill for a view of London on a clear day when the TARDIS materialises around Stephen. As Stephen tells them of the space leeches getting everyone in London, the Doctor realises that there must be some terrible reason for Stephen to have arrived inside the ship.
Leaving the TARDIS to check out Stephen's story, the Doctor realises that there is something about the boy that makes him different. It is Amy who points out that Stephen has a cold and a runny nose. Remarkably, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to make Stephen's touch super-infectious. This makes his virus strong enough to weaken the leeches, which detach themselves from their victims.
The space leeches are drawn to the Doctor, the "one person whose biology is strong enough to withstand any cold". Assuring Stephen he will take them somewhere safe, the Doctor and Amy lead the space leeches into the TARDIS and take off.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Part One of this story was on sale only days before the arrival of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy on UK TV and notably only referenced the show with the arrival of the TARDIS in the final frame. By the time of Part Two, readers were likely to have seen the new Doctor and Amy on TV. The Eleventh Doctor and Amy's appearance in Part 2 marked their first comic strip appearance anywhere, predating Doctor Who Magazine's debut by several weeks.
- The Doctor's sonic screwdriver (loosely referred to as his "sonic") has the unlikely ability to tweak a virus and make it super infectious. The sonic depicted is of that used by the Tenth Doctor with the blue end.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWA 160 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – Find out what happens when Stephen meets the Doctor and Amy!
- DWA 161 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – Madness on the motorway
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The idea of the Doctor concocting a highly infectious virus to cure lots of people quickly was similar to that in TV: New Earth.
