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|comic name = The Love Invasion
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|series = [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Ninth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]
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|doctor = [[Ninth Doctor]]
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|companions = [[Rose Tyler]]
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|year = [[1966]]
|number in range = 123
|writer = [[Gareth Roberts]] and [[Clayton Hickman]]
|image = Love Invasion alien.jpg
|artist = [[Mike Collins]]
|series =[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|publication title = [[Doctor Who Magazine]] 355-357
|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|publication dates = 27 April - 22 June [[2005]]
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|enemy = [[Igrix]]
|setting = [[London]], [[1966]]
|writer = Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman
|editor = [[Clayton Hickman]]
|penciller = [[Mike Collins]]
|inker = [[David A. Roach]]
|colourist = {{il|[[Dylan Teague]]|[[James Offredi]] (part two only)}}
|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]]
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 355|355]]-[[DWM 357|357]]
|traded = ''[[The Cruel Sea (graphic novel)|The Cruel Sea]]''
|release date = 31 March - 28 May 2005
|cover date = 27 April - 22 June 2005
|format = Comic - 3 parts
|format = Comic - 3 parts
|previous story = [[World War Three]]
|prev = The Flood (comic story)
|next story = [[Mr. Nobody]]
|next = Art Attack (comic story)
}}
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'''''The Love Invasion''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', plotted by [[Gareth Roberts]] and [[Clayton Hickman]], and scripted by Roberts alone. It was the first comic strip to feature the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. It also featured the brief return of former [[companion]]s [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] in a cameo role.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Doctor takes Rose to London in the year 1966, where they find beautiful girls wandering the streets, doing good on behalf of a group called Lend-a-Hand. The Doctor notes that the girls don’t smell human, and becomes concerned when he discovers that someone is preparing to build affordable family housing on the fields where Rose’s council estate is supposed to be built
The [[Ninth Doctor]] takes [[Rose Tyler]] to [[London]] in the year [[1966]], where they find beautiful girls wandering the streets, doing good on behalf of a group called [[Lend-a-Hand]]. The Doctor notes the girls don't smell [[human]]. He becomes concerned when he discovers that someone is preparing to build affordable family housing on the fields where Rose's council estate is supposed to be built.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Ninth Doctor]]
The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] travel to the site of Rose's estate before it was built in [[1966]], [[London]]. They discover someone has been changing history, and a housing development called [[Brandon Mews]] has been built on the estate's future, even though there should have been nothing there except fields. The Doctor goes to a pub to check ''[[The Daily Mirror]]'' for any other alterations to history, and discovers the football score in the [[World Cup]] had [[England (football team)|England]] scoring an extra goal against [[West Germany (football team)|West Germany]].
*[[Rose Tyler]]


==References==
Later, the Doctor learns from [[Charlotte Cobb]] that her husband, [[Peter Cobb]], had mysteriously died after being followed by Lend-a-Hand girls, Rose went to Lend-a-Hand House and found that humans were also being converted into Lend-a-Hand girls. Travelling to [[Lend-a-Hand House]], the Doctor discovered the [[Kustollon]] [[Igrix]] has travelled back in time, and plans to use Lend-a-Hand girls, initially made up of female humans, but later including biotechnology grown from Kustollon gene-stuff, to alter history so that humanity would be given whatever they desire and never venture out into space, and consequently never win a battle between Earth and Kustollia in 3046. Igrix' first major step is to destroy the [[Moon]] in 1966, removing any staging post for Earth to have to break out into space. With the help of Peter's work on DNA resequencing, the Doctor creats a virus containing genetic instructions from Rose in the form of perfume, which Rose throws at the Lend-a-Hand girls, making them humans with human instructions.


The Doctor and Rose climb to the top of the [[Post Office Tower]] to stop Igrix using his spaceship to fire at the Moon. The Doctor sprays the human virus at his biotech ship. Now, the ship refuses to take orders from Igrix, and flies into space to explore and spend some "quality time" with Igrix. Setting history back on course, the Doctor uses [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to destroy the housing development, and make them start over and build Rose's future home, the [[Powell Estate]].


*There is a poster on the wall of a pub reading "[[Bad Wolf]]", a reference to the story arc that is resolved in [[The Parting of the Ways|''The Parting Of The Ways'']].
== Characters ==
*Igrix leaves his ship on top of the [[Post Office Tower]], which had, earlier in the same year, housed the computer, [[WOTAN]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''. The Doctor even makes the comment, "That, Rose, is one unlucky building."
* [[Ninth Doctor]]
*As the Doctor and Rose run through the Post Office Tower, they pass by previous companions [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]].
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Charlotte Cobb]]
* [[Shirley Gilbert]]
* [[Igrix]]
* [[Love (The Love Invasion)|Mr Love]]
* [[Peter Cobb]]
* [[Shopper (The Love Invasion)|Shopper]]
* [[Barman (The Love Invasion)|Barman]]
* [[Scooter owner]]
* [[Cart owner (The Love Invasion)|Cart owner]]
* [[Ben Jackson]]
* [[Polly Wright]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
This is the first story of the Ninth Doctor in comicbook form.
[[File:Ben & Polly the Love Invasion.jpg|thumb|[[Ben Jackson|Ben]] proposing to [[Polly Wright|Polly]].]]
* The Doctor lists the warriors of [[Sun Tzu]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Oligocene]] era as sights he can take Rose to see.
* A poster on the wall of a pub reads "[[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]]".
* The Doctor eats [[bread]], [[chocolate]] and a [[chicken]] leg to save himself after Charlotte sprays him with a poisonous concoction.
* The Doctor screams "[[Geronimo]]" as he jumps from a building.
* The Doctor tells Charlotte that some of his best friends have attempted to kill him at some point.
* Rose got a [[D (grade)|D]] in her [[GCSE]] [[science]], with the Doctor commenting he failed most of his [[exam]]s as well.
* After being told their not a couple, Charlotte asks if Rose's relationship with the Doctor is more akin to [[Batman]] and [[Robin (superhero)|Robin]].
* Ben presents Polly with an engagement [[ring]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The first words spoken by the [[Ninth Doctor]] in his comic book tenure are: ''"Best thing about sixties London, Rose... Only place in the universe where the TARDIS has any cop as a disguise!"''
* ''The Love Invasion'' was the only Ninth Doctor comic story to be published during his tenure as the incumbent Doctor.
* When the Doctor finds Shirley has followed him to the Lend-a-Hand building instead of going home as he told her, he appears to break the [[fourth wall]] to address the readers of ''DWM'' by saying: ''"Why does nobody ever do what I ask 'em to do? Is there a tattoo on my forehead, 'Ignore this bloke and any sensible thing he tells you'?"''


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
*This story occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]''
* Igrix remarks he could have prevented the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] if he had travelled back further than [[1966]], with the Doctor alluding to his own attempt to save [[John F. Kennedy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
*This story occurs before [[DWA]]: ''[[Mr. Nobody]]''
* Igrix leaves his ship on top of the [[Post Office Tower]], which the Doctor calls "one unlucky building", harkening back to his encounter with the computer [[WOTAN]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')


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The Love Invasion was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine, plotted by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman, and scripted by Roberts alone. It was the first comic strip to feature the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. It also featured the brief return of former companions Ben Jackson and Polly Wright in a cameo role.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor takes Rose Tyler to London in the year 1966, where they find beautiful girls wandering the streets, doing good on behalf of a group called Lend-a-Hand. The Doctor notes the girls don't smell human. He becomes concerned when he discovers that someone is preparing to build affordable family housing on the fields where Rose's council estate is supposed to be built.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler travel to the site of Rose's estate before it was built in 1966, London. They discover someone has been changing history, and a housing development called Brandon Mews has been built on the estate's future, even though there should have been nothing there except fields. The Doctor goes to a pub to check The Daily Mirror for any other alterations to history, and discovers the football score in the World Cup had England scoring an extra goal against West Germany.

Later, the Doctor learns from Charlotte Cobb that her husband, Peter Cobb, had mysteriously died after being followed by Lend-a-Hand girls, Rose went to Lend-a-Hand House and found that humans were also being converted into Lend-a-Hand girls. Travelling to Lend-a-Hand House, the Doctor discovered the Kustollon Igrix has travelled back in time, and plans to use Lend-a-Hand girls, initially made up of female humans, but later including biotechnology grown from Kustollon gene-stuff, to alter history so that humanity would be given whatever they desire and never venture out into space, and consequently never win a battle between Earth and Kustollia in 3046. Igrix' first major step is to destroy the Moon in 1966, removing any staging post for Earth to have to break out into space. With the help of Peter's work on DNA resequencing, the Doctor creats a virus containing genetic instructions from Rose in the form of perfume, which Rose throws at the Lend-a-Hand girls, making them humans with human instructions.

The Doctor and Rose climb to the top of the Post Office Tower to stop Igrix using his spaceship to fire at the Moon. The Doctor sprays the human virus at his biotech ship. Now, the ship refuses to take orders from Igrix, and flies into space to explore and spend some "quality time" with Igrix. Setting history back on course, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to destroy the housing development, and make them start over and build Rose's future home, the Powell Estate.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ben proposing to Polly.
  • The Doctor lists the warriors of Sun Tzu, the Ottoman Empire and Oligocene era as sights he can take Rose to see.
  • A poster on the wall of a pub reads "Bad Wolf".
  • The Doctor eats bread, chocolate and a chicken leg to save himself after Charlotte sprays him with a poisonous concoction.
  • The Doctor screams "Geronimo" as he jumps from a building.
  • The Doctor tells Charlotte that some of his best friends have attempted to kill him at some point.
  • Rose got a D in her GCSE science, with the Doctor commenting he failed most of his exams as well.
  • After being told their not a couple, Charlotte asks if Rose's relationship with the Doctor is more akin to Batman and Robin.
  • Ben presents Polly with an engagement ring.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The first words spoken by the Ninth Doctor in his comic book tenure are: "Best thing about sixties London, Rose... Only place in the universe where the TARDIS has any cop as a disguise!"
  • The Love Invasion was the only Ninth Doctor comic story to be published during his tenure as the incumbent Doctor.
  • When the Doctor finds Shirley has followed him to the Lend-a-Hand building instead of going home as he told her, he appears to break the fourth wall to address the readers of DWM by saying: "Why does nobody ever do what I ask 'em to do? Is there a tattoo on my forehead, 'Ignore this bloke and any sensible thing he tells you'?"

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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