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|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|image = [[file:AxonsComic.jpg|250px]]
|number in range = 153
|comic name = The Golden Ones
|image = AxonsComic.jpg
|series = [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who Magazine]] -<br>[[Eleventh Doctor comic strip stories|Eleventh Doctor comics]]
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|doctor = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|companions = [[Amy Pond]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]
|featuring = [[Chiyoko]]
|enemy = [[Axos]]
|enemy = [[Axos]]
|year = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|setting = {{il|[[Tokyo]], [[2011]]|[[UNIT HQ]], [[Shining Dawn]]}}
|writer = [[Jonathan Morris]]
|writer = Jonathan Morris
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Scott Gray]]
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Scott Gray]]
|artist = [[Martin Geraghty]], [[David A. Roach]]
|artist = [[Martin Geraghty]], [[David A. Roach]]
|colourist = [[James Offredi]]
|colourist = [[James Offredi]]
|lettering = [[Roger Langridge]]
|letterer = [[Roger Langridge]]
|publication title = [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM 425|425]]-[[DWM 428|428]]
|publication = [[DWM 425]] - [[DWM 428|428]]
|publication dates = [[18th August]] [[2010]]
|release date = 19 August - 18 November 2010
|publisher = [[Panini Comics]]
|publisher = Panini Comics
|format = Comic
|format = Comic
|previous story = [[Planet Bollywood]]
|prev = Planet Bollywood (comic story)
|next story = [[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]
|next = The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)
}}'''The Golden Ones''' saw the return of [[Axos]], its first appearance since ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''.
|epcount = 4|reprint = The Child of Time (graphic novel)
}}
'''''The Golden Ones''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', which saw the return of [[Axos]] for the first time since its debuted in ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''. It was also the beginning of the [[Chiyoko]] story-arc, which would not conclude until December 2011.
 
== Summary ==
In [[Japan]], children are addicted to the new drink and TV show [[Goruda]]. A drink that makes them telepathic... and golden!
 
== Plot ==
=== Part 1: The Golden Ones ===
[[Tokyo]], present day: Mr [[Okada]] walks into the office of Mr Kin, head of the [[Shining Dawn Corporation]], and asks Mr Kin whether he has accepted his company's proposal to launch a product called [[Goruda]] into Europe. Mr Kin says that he is fully aware that Mr Okada is a spy working for [[UNIT (Japan)|UNIT]], and that Okada's company is a fake. Suddenly, Mr [[Kin (The Golden Ones)|Kin]] transforms into a creature, and pushes Mr Okada out of the window, killing him.


==Summary==
Two days later, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] are at a UNIT briefing. The Doctor asks Major Hiraki what is the Shining Dawn Corporation, and what is Goruda. Major Hiraki suggests the Doctor should see for himself. Later, Amy and the Doctor turn up at a family's house, pretending to make a documentary about Japanese life. Kaito, a small child, is watching Goruda on the TV. Goruda says, "Drink the brain tonic, one, two, three, and let's learn together!" Kaito's mother says his exam results has shot up ever since he started drinking the tonic and watching Goruda. The Doctor asks Kaito if he knows the name of Mozart's pet cat. The Doctor and Amy visit more houses.
In [[Japan]] children are addicted to the new drink and TV show [[Goruda]]. A drink that makes them telepathic...and golden!.


==Plot==
Back at base, Major Hiraki says to the Doctor that, according to the publicity, the tonic increases the number of links between neurons. The Doctor says that when he asked first child he visited, Kaito, the name of Mozart's cat, he didn't know. The Doctor told him "Fluffy". From then on, when the Doctor asked other children, they all said "Fluffy", implying that the drink makes the children telepathic. Anyway, "Mozart hated cats", according to the Doctor. Hiraki says the lab results suggest the tonic is nothing but H20. The Doctor drinks it, and confirms it as water. He takes it back to the TARDIS for further testing.
===Part 1===
Tokyo, present day. Mr Okada walks into the office of Mr Kin, head of the [[Shining Dawn Corporation]], and asks Mr Kin whether he has accepted his company's proposal to launch a product called [[Goruda]] into Europe. However, Mr Kin says that he is fully aware that Mr Okada is a spy working for [[UNIT]], and that Okada's company is a fake. Suddenly, Mr Kin transforms into a creature, and pushes Mr Okada out of the window, killing him.


Two days later, the Doctor and Amy are at a UNIT briefing. The Doctor asks Major Hiraki what is the Shining Dawn Corporation, and what is Goruda. Major Hiraki suggests the Doctor should see for himself. Later, Amy and the Doctor turn up at a family's house, pretending to make a documentary about Japanese life. Kaito, a small child, is watching Goruda on the TV. Goruda says "Drink the brain tonic, one, two, three, and lets learn together!" Kaito's mother says his exam results has shot up ever since he started drinking the tonic and watching Goruda. The Doctor asks Kaito if he knows the name of Mozart's pet cat. The Doctor and Amy then go visit more houses.
Whilst walking to the station, the Doctor notices that Sergeant Machi, a UNIT man from the base, is following them. Suddenly, Machi starts firing lasers at them, and they run into the tube. They believe they are safe, but Machi is clinging onto the window. He breaks the window and tries to kill the Doctor. The tube comes out of the tunnel and the Doctor climbs onto the roof, with Machi following. One of the passengers pull the emergency stop switch, and the train skids to a halt. Amy rushes outside, believing the Doctor fell of the roof. However, he is clinging onto the back of the train, alive, whilst Machi is a pile of alien goo on the track, dead. Meanwhile, an alien voice says to Mr Kin, "We must bring our plans forward. Begin conversion."


Back at base, Major Hiraki says to the Doctor that, according to the publicity, the tonic increases the number of links between neurons. The Doctor replies buy saying that when he asked first child he visited, Kaito, the name of Mozart's cat, he didn't know. So the Doctor says to Kaito that his cat's name was Fluffy. From then on, when the Doctor asked the question to other children, they all replied with Fluffy, implying that the drink makes the children telepathic. Anyway, "Mozart hated cats", according to the Doctor. Hiraki says that the lab results suggest the tonic is nothing but H20. The Doctor drinks it, and confirms it as water. He decides to take it back to the TARDIS for further testing. He and Amy decide to take the tube.
The Doctor wants Amy safe, so he suggests she go to Major Hiraki's place whilst he tests the tonic in the TARDIS. Hiraki and Amy go to Hiraki's home, and they see that her daughter, Takara, is watching Goruda. Whilst Takara is being told off, Amy gets a call from the Doctor, who says that the tonic contains a chameleon molecule, meaning that it comes up with the result water for every test, and that the tonic becomes more powerful every time it's swallowed.


Whilst walking to the station, the Doctor notices that Sergeant Machi, a UNIT man from the base, is following them. Suddenly, Machi starts firing lasers at them, and they run into the tube. They believe they are safe, but Machi is clinging onto the window. He breaks open the window and tries to kill the Doctor. The tube comes out of the tunnel and the Doctor climbs onto the roof, with Machi following. One of the passengers pull the emergency stop switch, and the train skids to a halt. Amy rushes outside, believing that the Doctor fell of the roof. However, he is clinging onto the back of the train, alive, whilst Machi is a pile of alien goo on the track, dead. Meanwhile, an alien voice says to Mr Kin, "We must bring our plans forward. Begin conversion."
Suddenly, Goruda says, "Drink the brain tonic, one, two, three, and place your hands against the screen!" Every child who drank it goes into a trance and place their hands against the TV screen. The Doctor realises the chameleon molecule can absorb energy which has change living tissue. Kaito, Takara and all the others suddenly become wide eyed. with golden skin, chanting, "We are golden! We are golden!". The Doctor finally remembers that the tonic increases the number of links between neurons. The links between neurons are called [[Axon]]s. The Axons storm the street.


The Doctor wants Amy safe, so he suggest she go to Major Hiraki's place whilst he tests the tonic in the [[TARDIS]]. Hiraki and Amy go to Hiraki's home, and they see that her daughter, Takara, is watching Goruda. Whilst Takara is being told off, Amy gets a call from the Doctor, who says that the tonic contains a chameleon molecule, meaning that it comes up with the result water for every test, and that the tonic becomes more powerful every time its been swallowed. Suddenly, Goruda says,"Drink the brain tonic, one, two, three, and place your hands against the screen!" Every child who drank it goes into a trance, somehow, and place their hands against the TV screen. The Doctor realises that the chameleon molecule can absorb energy which han change living tissue. Kaito, Takara, and all the others suddenly become wide eyed with golden skin, chanting "We are golden! We are golden!". The Doctor finally remembers that the tonic increases the number of links between neurons. The links between neurons are called [[Axos|Axons]]. The Axons then storm the street.
=== Part 2: The Shining Dawn ===
The Axons start killing everyone in their path. The Doctor runs out of the TARDIS to a barricade made by UNIT, and he tells Captain Yoshida to stop firing for three reasons. One: the Axons are inhabiting the bodies of children. If the Axon within a child dies, then the child dies as well. Two: Axons are virtually indestructible. And three: humans aren't. Yoshida agrees, and goes with the Doctor's idea of keeping the public safe. Then Amy and Major Hiraki return, saying they were "lucky to get out of Hiraki's house alive". They drive to UNIT HQ, whilst the Doctor explains to Amy that the Axons are "space parasites" that consume planets by preying on the gullible and the greedy.


===Part 2===
At the UNIT base, there is an estimate of 50,000 - 70,000 children affected, and at least a thousand of them are heading towards UNIT HQ. The Doctor creates a hat that can tune in to the Axos pyshic wavelength, and jam it, thus saving the children. However, before he can plug it in (the hat needs electricity to work), the power goes out. The Axons have infiltrated the base, and have absorbed the electricity. The Doctor, Amy, Hiraki, and the surviving UNIT soldiers head to the roof, where a helicopter is waiting. However, the helicopter shoots the building and flies away. The Doctor asks Yoshida for a grappling hook, and the Doctor shoots it at the nearest skyscraper. Amy and the UNIT soldiers go down first. The Axons make it to the roof, just as the Doctor goes down the grappling wire yelling "Geronimo!". In the skyscraper, the Doctor prepares to plug in the hat, but suddenly Amy and Hiraki turn into Axons. The Doctor explains that Amy and Hiraki are Axon replicants, like Sergeant Machi. The Axons start tearing through the UNIT soldiers to get through to the Doctor and his hat, but the Doctor uses the hat to cut the link between Axos and the Axon replicants. Mr Kin appears on a TV screen in the room, stating that he is holding Amy and Hiraki hostage. The Doctor uses his hat to break the psychic link between the children, freeing them all. However. Mr Kin reveals that, without the psychic link, the children will soon die, and says that he will kill Amy and Hiraki unless the Doctor turns the psychic link for the children back on. The Doctor is torn between letting the children die or...
The Axons start killing everyone in their path. The Doctor runs out of the TARDIS to a barricade made by [[UNIT]], and he tells Captain Yoshida to stop firing for three reasons. One: the Axons are inhabiting the bodies of children. If the Axon within a child dies, then the child dies as well. Two: Axons are virtually indestructable. And three: humans aren't. Yoshida agrees, and goes with the Doctor's idea of keeping the public safe. Then Amy and Major Hiraki turn, saying they were "lucky to get out of Hiraki's house alive". They drive to UNIT HQ, whilst the Doctor explains to Amy that the Axons are 'space parasites' that consume planets by preying on the gullible and the greedy (presumably the reason why they came back to [[Earth]]).


At the UNIT base, there is an estimate of 50,000 - 70,000 children affected, and at least a thousand of them are heading towards UNIT HQ. The Doctor creates a hat that can tune in to the Axos pyshic wavelength, and jam it, thus saving the children. However, before he can plug it in (the hat needs electricity to work), the power goes out. The Axons have infilitrated the base, and have absorbed the electricity. The Doctor, Amy, Hiraki, and the surviving UNIT soldiers head to the roof, where a helicopter is waiting. However, the helicopter shoots the building and flies away. The Doctor asks Yoshida for a grappling hook, and the Doctor shoots it at the nearest skyscraper. Amy and the UNIT soldiers go down first. The Axons make it to the roof, just as the Doctor goes down the grappling wire yelling "Geronimo!". In the skyscraper, the Doctor prepares to plug in the hat, but suddenly Amy and Hiraki turn into Axons (the ''real ''Axon form, not the golden form). The Doctor explains that Amy and Hiraki are Axon replicants, like Sargeant Machi. The Axons start tearing through the UNIT soldiers to get through to the Doctor and his hat, but the Doctor uses the hat to cut the link between Axos and the Axon replicants. Mr Kin appears on a TV screen in the room, stating that he is holding Amy and Hiraki hostage. The Doctor uses his hat to break the psychic link between the children, freeing them all. However. Mr Kin reveals that, without the psychic link, the children will soon die, and says that he will kill Amy and Hiraki unless the Doctor turns the psychic link for the children back on. The Doctor is torn between letting the children die or...
''"And that is why we shall win!"'', says the head of the company.


"And that is why we shall win!" says the head of the company.
=== Part 3: Axos Victorious ===
===Part 3===
The Doctor is thinking, trying to come up with a good plan. When Yoshida mentions that the Axons\children have woken up, the Doctor hatches a plan. He calls Tokyo city hall, and tells them to barricade themselves in whilst the Doctor uses the hat to stun the Axons for one minute. Meanwhile, Amy and Hiraki are locked in a cell with the real Sergeant Machi, but are released by Chiyoko, a young girl who had previously been seen with Axos.
The Doctor is thinking, trying to come up with a good plan. When Yoshida mentions that the Axons\children have woken up, the Doctor hatches a plan. He calls Tokyo city hall, and tells them to barricade themselves in whilst the Doctor uses the hat to stun the Axons for one minute. Meanwhile, Amy and Hiraki are locked in a cell with the real Seargent Machi, but are released by Chiyoko, a young girl who had previously been seen with Axos.


Arriving at the mayor's office, the Doctor requests the blueprints for the Shining Dawn Corporation building, believing that Axos' spacecraft form is buried beneath it. While the Doctor is occupied, Axos contacts the mayor, claiming that they only require enough power to recharge their ship so they can leave. The mayor believes him, and has the power of a local nuclear plant channeled to the Shining Dawn building. At the same time, the Doctor discovers that the blueprints for the building are blank. When the energy is transferred, the entire tower starts shifting and changing, with Amy and the others still inside. The Doctor realises, to his horror, that the building was not built over the Axos craft, but ''is'' the Axos craft.
Arriving at the mayor's office, the Doctor requests the blueprints for the Shining Dawn Corporation building, believing that Axos' spacecraft form is buried beneath it. While the Doctor is occupied, Axos contacts the mayor, claiming that they only require enough power to recharge their ship so they can leave. The mayor believes him, and has the power of a local nuclear plant channelled to the Shining Dawn building. At the same time, the Doctor discovers that the blueprints for the building are blank. When the energy is transferred, the entire tower starts shifting and changing, with Amy and the others still inside. The Doctor realises, to his horror, that the building was not built over the Axos craft, but ''is'' the Axos craft.


===Part 4===
=== Part 4: The Power of Axos ===
[[file:Axos is drained.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Axos]] is drained of its energy.]]
[[File:Axos is drained.jpg|right|thumb|[[Axos]] is drained of its energy.]]
As Axos begins to rampage through Tokyo, Chiyoko leads Amy and Hiraki to safety, but is unable to prevent Machi from being killed. Amy and Hiraki are then rescued via helicopter by Yoshida and the Doctor, who has them land at the power plant. Once there, the Doctor uses his telepathic hat to convince the children to resist Axos. Their combined mental energies form a giant Goruda, who then attacks Axos. Using this diversion, the Doctor attempts to reverse the power plant's feed to Axos. Unable to do so, he contacts every home in Tokyo, telling them to turn on every electrical device they have. This causes the power plant's energies to be drawn away from Axos, weakening and killing it. As "Mr. Kin" dies, he tells Chiyoko that she promised him a world to feed. She tells him that it was all necessary for a "new life" to begin.
As Axos begins to rampage through Tokyo, Chiyoko leads Amy and Hiraki to safety, but is unable to prevent Machi from being killed. Amy and Hiraki are then rescued via helicopter by Yoshida and the Doctor, who has them land at the power plant. Once there, the Doctor uses his telepathic hat to convince the children to resist Axos. Their combined mental energies form a giant Goruda, who then attacks Axos. Using this diversion, the Doctor attempts to reverse the power plant's feed to Axos. Unable to do so, he contacts every home in Tokyo, telling them to turn on every electrical device they have. This causes the power plant's energies to be drawn away from Axos, weakening and killing it. As "Mr Kin" dies, he tells Chiyoko that she promised him a world to feed. She tells him that it was all necessary for a "new life" to begin.


With Axos' hold over the children gone, Tokyo returns to normal, and Hiraki decides to take some time off to be with her daughter.
With Axos' hold over the children gone, Tokyo returns to normal, and Hiraki decides to take some time off to be with her daughter.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
*[[Amy Pond]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
*Mr [[Okada]]
* [[Hiraki]]
*Mr [[Kin]]
* [[Yoshida|Goro Yoshida]]
*[[Chiyoko]]
* [[Axos]]
*Major [[Hiraki]]
* [[Kin (The Golden Ones)|Mr. Kin]]
*Captain [[Yoshida]]
* [[Chiyoko]]
 
* [[Machi]]
==References==
* [[Yamamato]]
*The Doctor says that 'hats are cool' when making the Axon frequency hat. This may or may not be a reference to the [[Fez|fez]].
* [[Takara Hiraki]]
*The Doctor, before going down the zipwire, tells the Axons that he once knew a Native American person by the name of (heading down the zipwire) "Geronimo!". In the early 1900s there were films about the Native American Geronimo. In a scene from one of the films, a character jumps from a roof with a parachute yelling "Geronimo!". A group of American paratroopers decided to try this after seeing the film, and the "Geronimo" phrase just stuck.
* [[Okada]]
*The fight between Gourda and Axos refrences the fights between Kaiju and Godzilla in the film series.
* [[Kaito]]
*The Doctor states "There's only one way to find out...Fight!" A line commonly used by comedian [[wikipedia:Harry Hill|Harry Hill]].
* [[JNN newsreader]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
*[[Martha Jones]] was the one who informed the Doctor and Amy of the situation in Japan. This was Martha's first interaction with the Eleventh Doctor. Amy then goes on to ask the Doctor who Martha is.
* The Doctor and Amy masquerade as documenters for the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]].
*Axos recognises the Doctor, despite his [[Third Doctor|change in appearance.]]
* The Doctor quizzes Amy on the capitol of [[Mongolia]] to see if she is an Axon replicant, and her identity if confirmed when she doesn't know it is [[Ulan Bator]].
*The Doctor briefly mentions [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]].
* The Doctor tells Hiraki that [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] would be proud of her performance as a Sergeant.
*The Doctor says he has to "reverse the polarity of the electron flow", which sounds similar to the phrase "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow" first used by his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]].
* The Doctor says he has to "reverse the polarity of the [[electron]] flow", which is a variation on his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]'s saying of "[[reverse the polarity of the neutron flow]]."


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
*[[Axos]] first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'', nearly 40 years prior to the publication of this strip.
* [[Martha Jones]] was the one who informed the Doctor and Amy of the situation in Japan, in Martha's first interaction with the Eleventh Doctor, in spite of her not actually appearing.


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor mentions having known [[Geronimo]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)|The Hopes and Fears of All the Years]]'')
* The Doctor wonders how [[Axos]] escaped the [[time loop]] that the [[Third Doctor]] trapped them in. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')
* UNIT has a file detailing their [[Axos Axis|last encounter]] with Axos. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')


==External links==
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The Golden Ones was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine, which saw the return of Axos for the first time since its debuted in The Claws of Axos. It was also the beginning of the Chiyoko story-arc, which would not conclude until December 2011.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Japan, children are addicted to the new drink and TV show Goruda. A drink that makes them telepathic... and golden!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part 1: The Golden Ones[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tokyo, present day: Mr Okada walks into the office of Mr Kin, head of the Shining Dawn Corporation, and asks Mr Kin whether he has accepted his company's proposal to launch a product called Goruda into Europe. Mr Kin says that he is fully aware that Mr Okada is a spy working for UNIT, and that Okada's company is a fake. Suddenly, Mr Kin transforms into a creature, and pushes Mr Okada out of the window, killing him.

Two days later, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond are at a UNIT briefing. The Doctor asks Major Hiraki what is the Shining Dawn Corporation, and what is Goruda. Major Hiraki suggests the Doctor should see for himself. Later, Amy and the Doctor turn up at a family's house, pretending to make a documentary about Japanese life. Kaito, a small child, is watching Goruda on the TV. Goruda says, "Drink the brain tonic, one, two, three, and let's learn together!" Kaito's mother says his exam results has shot up ever since he started drinking the tonic and watching Goruda. The Doctor asks Kaito if he knows the name of Mozart's pet cat. The Doctor and Amy visit more houses.

Back at base, Major Hiraki says to the Doctor that, according to the publicity, the tonic increases the number of links between neurons. The Doctor says that when he asked first child he visited, Kaito, the name of Mozart's cat, he didn't know. The Doctor told him "Fluffy". From then on, when the Doctor asked other children, they all said "Fluffy", implying that the drink makes the children telepathic. Anyway, "Mozart hated cats", according to the Doctor. Hiraki says the lab results suggest the tonic is nothing but H20. The Doctor drinks it, and confirms it as water. He takes it back to the TARDIS for further testing.

Whilst walking to the station, the Doctor notices that Sergeant Machi, a UNIT man from the base, is following them. Suddenly, Machi starts firing lasers at them, and they run into the tube. They believe they are safe, but Machi is clinging onto the window. He breaks the window and tries to kill the Doctor. The tube comes out of the tunnel and the Doctor climbs onto the roof, with Machi following. One of the passengers pull the emergency stop switch, and the train skids to a halt. Amy rushes outside, believing the Doctor fell of the roof. However, he is clinging onto the back of the train, alive, whilst Machi is a pile of alien goo on the track, dead. Meanwhile, an alien voice says to Mr Kin, "We must bring our plans forward. Begin conversion."

The Doctor wants Amy safe, so he suggests she go to Major Hiraki's place whilst he tests the tonic in the TARDIS. Hiraki and Amy go to Hiraki's home, and they see that her daughter, Takara, is watching Goruda. Whilst Takara is being told off, Amy gets a call from the Doctor, who says that the tonic contains a chameleon molecule, meaning that it comes up with the result water for every test, and that the tonic becomes more powerful every time it's swallowed.

Suddenly, Goruda says, "Drink the brain tonic, one, two, three, and place your hands against the screen!" Every child who drank it goes into a trance and place their hands against the TV screen. The Doctor realises the chameleon molecule can absorb energy which has change living tissue. Kaito, Takara and all the others suddenly become wide eyed. with golden skin, chanting, "We are golden! We are golden!". The Doctor finally remembers that the tonic increases the number of links between neurons. The links between neurons are called Axons. The Axons storm the street.

Part 2: The Shining Dawn[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Axons start killing everyone in their path. The Doctor runs out of the TARDIS to a barricade made by UNIT, and he tells Captain Yoshida to stop firing for three reasons. One: the Axons are inhabiting the bodies of children. If the Axon within a child dies, then the child dies as well. Two: Axons are virtually indestructible. And three: humans aren't. Yoshida agrees, and goes with the Doctor's idea of keeping the public safe. Then Amy and Major Hiraki return, saying they were "lucky to get out of Hiraki's house alive". They drive to UNIT HQ, whilst the Doctor explains to Amy that the Axons are "space parasites" that consume planets by preying on the gullible and the greedy.

At the UNIT base, there is an estimate of 50,000 - 70,000 children affected, and at least a thousand of them are heading towards UNIT HQ. The Doctor creates a hat that can tune in to the Axos pyshic wavelength, and jam it, thus saving the children. However, before he can plug it in (the hat needs electricity to work), the power goes out. The Axons have infiltrated the base, and have absorbed the electricity. The Doctor, Amy, Hiraki, and the surviving UNIT soldiers head to the roof, where a helicopter is waiting. However, the helicopter shoots the building and flies away. The Doctor asks Yoshida for a grappling hook, and the Doctor shoots it at the nearest skyscraper. Amy and the UNIT soldiers go down first. The Axons make it to the roof, just as the Doctor goes down the grappling wire yelling "Geronimo!". In the skyscraper, the Doctor prepares to plug in the hat, but suddenly Amy and Hiraki turn into Axons. The Doctor explains that Amy and Hiraki are Axon replicants, like Sergeant Machi. The Axons start tearing through the UNIT soldiers to get through to the Doctor and his hat, but the Doctor uses the hat to cut the link between Axos and the Axon replicants. Mr Kin appears on a TV screen in the room, stating that he is holding Amy and Hiraki hostage. The Doctor uses his hat to break the psychic link between the children, freeing them all. However. Mr Kin reveals that, without the psychic link, the children will soon die, and says that he will kill Amy and Hiraki unless the Doctor turns the psychic link for the children back on. The Doctor is torn between letting the children die or...

"And that is why we shall win!", says the head of the company.

Part 3: Axos Victorious[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor is thinking, trying to come up with a good plan. When Yoshida mentions that the Axons\children have woken up, the Doctor hatches a plan. He calls Tokyo city hall, and tells them to barricade themselves in whilst the Doctor uses the hat to stun the Axons for one minute. Meanwhile, Amy and Hiraki are locked in a cell with the real Sergeant Machi, but are released by Chiyoko, a young girl who had previously been seen with Axos.

Arriving at the mayor's office, the Doctor requests the blueprints for the Shining Dawn Corporation building, believing that Axos' spacecraft form is buried beneath it. While the Doctor is occupied, Axos contacts the mayor, claiming that they only require enough power to recharge their ship so they can leave. The mayor believes him, and has the power of a local nuclear plant channelled to the Shining Dawn building. At the same time, the Doctor discovers that the blueprints for the building are blank. When the energy is transferred, the entire tower starts shifting and changing, with Amy and the others still inside. The Doctor realises, to his horror, that the building was not built over the Axos craft, but is the Axos craft.

Part 4: The Power of Axos[[edit] | [edit source]]

Axos is drained of its energy.

As Axos begins to rampage through Tokyo, Chiyoko leads Amy and Hiraki to safety, but is unable to prevent Machi from being killed. Amy and Hiraki are then rescued via helicopter by Yoshida and the Doctor, who has them land at the power plant. Once there, the Doctor uses his telepathic hat to convince the children to resist Axos. Their combined mental energies form a giant Goruda, who then attacks Axos. Using this diversion, the Doctor attempts to reverse the power plant's feed to Axos. Unable to do so, he contacts every home in Tokyo, telling them to turn on every electrical device they have. This causes the power plant's energies to be drawn away from Axos, weakening and killing it. As "Mr Kin" dies, he tells Chiyoko that she promised him a world to feed. She tells him that it was all necessary for a "new life" to begin.

With Axos' hold over the children gone, Tokyo returns to normal, and Hiraki decides to take some time off to be with her daughter.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Martha Jones was the one who informed the Doctor and Amy of the situation in Japan, in Martha's first interaction with the Eleventh Doctor, in spite of her not actually appearing.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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DWM Eleventh Doctor comic stories
Amy
Amy & Rory
Ian & Barbara
Clara
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Axon stories
For the purposes of this list, an "Axon story" is one in which Axos, or at least one of his Axons, plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.
Television
Audio
Prose
Comics
Complete list of appearances
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