Foul Play (comic story): Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 18: Line 18:
|release date= [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|release date= [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|publisher= BBC Magazines
|publisher= BBC Magazines
|format= Comic - 1 part (4 pages)
|format= Comic
|prev= Mistaken Identity (comic story)
|prev= Mistaken Identity (comic story)
|next= Attack of the GateBots! (comic story)  
|next= Attack of the GateBots! (comic story)  
}}
|epcount=1}}
'''''Foul Play''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]].
'''''Foul Play''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]].


Revision as of 10:02, 23 March 2021

RealWorld.png

Foul Play was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond.

Summary

It's 2050 and the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond arrive at the New Wembly Space Stadium, where guest billing goes to The England 2010 World Cup Squad! The Doctor sees from the match programme that the England team was borrowed from the past by the Chronos Corporation. With a team of computerised robots playing in opposition, the Doctor investigates as the eleven players from the England squad walk onto the pitch.

Behind the scenes, the Doctor uses his psychic paper to pass himself and Amy off as laundry service to gain access to the England changing room. The Doctor soon recognises a perception field generator with a big on/off lever. Without hesitation, the Doctor turns it off and the players on the pitch are revealed to be multi-tentacled purple alien players.

With an angry crowd outside in the stadium, the Doctor and Amy make a sharp exit, with the Doctor explaining he knew the England team were imposters when he spotted one of them had a tentacle. What actually happened at the 2010 World Cup was interesting because...

Characters

References

to be added

Notes

  • Written before the England team's performance at the 2010 World Cup, the outcome was never revealed but left open. (Spain won)
  • The DWA comic strip adventures were very much 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.

Original print details

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 173 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – THE DOCTOR AND AMY GO TO THE WORLD CUP

Continuity

to be added

v • e
DWA Eleventh Doctor comic stories
Amy
Amy & Rory
First Foot First • Random History • The Salt Solution • Rory's Story • Sub-species • Quite Interesting • Earworm • If You Go Down to the Woods Today • Ghost World • Power of the Mykuootni • Mine, All Mine! • Golden Slumbers • Sound Bytes • Chasing Rainbows • Pier Head From Space • The Evergreen Death • The Rage • The Peace Strike • Extinction Event • Hot Stuff! • The Very Cool Bow Tie! • Reality Cheque • Road Rage • The King and the Tripeberry • Danger Flight • Dinosaurs in New York! • Screamers! • Grow Your Own • The Golesterkol Collection • Missing in Action • Peril on the Sea • Rock Quasar and the Mudslugs of Gurrn • Dino World • The Upper Deck • The Moon of Lost Hope • Vacuum Packed • Funny Phone Call! • The Deadly Mutant • The Mutant Turnip • The Secret Star Trail • Agent 99 • Dimension Warp • The Kchrusivour Gambit • Trapped in the Pages of History • Dawn of the Living Bread • Air Force Gone • The Frankenstein Particle • Dog of War! • Harvest of Doom • The Atomon Invasion • Wait Until Morning • Humans Aren't Just for Christmas • Vengeance of the Atomon • Picture Imperfect • The Star Serpent • The Home Store • Cold Comfort • Faster Than Light • The Fairest of Them All • New and Improved • Malthill Way • The Demons of Repton Abbey • The Punch & Judy Trap • Buy, Buy, Baby! • Ghosts of the Never-were • The Parasites • Doomland • Buying Time • Island of the Cyclopes • Trouble on the Orion Express • Dummy Run • Finders Keepers • The Mirror War • Ghost Train • I Scream • Le Tour de Death • The Sky is Falling! • The Time Gallery • The Cliff Face • Bumble of Destruction • The Light Catcher • Dungeon of the Lost • The Intergalactic Trials • 24-Hour News Invasion • The Panic Room • Terror from the Swamp • The Planet That Slept • Planet of the Rorys • Dawn of Time! • TV Hell! • Pondnium!
Solo
Decky
Solo
Clara
Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(comic_story)&oldid=3102126"