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Prime Soup is being advertised on Television across the country. Kids love it. Just as [[Katy and her Dad]] are about to open a tin fresh back from the shopping [[Eleventh Doctor|the Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] burst in through a window | Prime Soup is being advertised on Television across the country. Kids love it. Just as [[Katy and her Dad]] are about to open a tin fresh back from the shopping, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] burst in through a window. They are too late to stop the can being opened and a huge soup creature erupts. The Doctor manages to stop it in its tracks by thickening it with [[flour]]. A batch of the cans have been recalled by the company, which the Doctor has been investigating because of its use of subliminal messages in the adverts. The Doctor and Amy leave - taking the soup can with him. Shortly afterwards, back at the factory, all 57 cans from the missing batch have been returned, to the relief of the two aliens, ([[Hebex and Eizcam]]), who are planning an invasion. When they open the cans to find out how their creatures have responded to high compression, they discover that one of the cans has been booby-trapped by the Doctor. The aliens are knocked out long enough to be tied up and the incubation tank for their creatures (which should have been released at a later stage of their plan) is disabled. The aliens will be taken to the galactic authorities while Amy waits for the Doctor to make some “awful soup-related pun” – but he’s not sure he CAN! | ||
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* The 57 cans released early in the plan to invade Earth with soup creatures is a reference to Heinz's 57 varieties which for the company became an advertising slogan. | * The 57 cans released early in the plan to invade Earth with soup creatures is a reference to Heinz's 57 varieties, which for the company became an advertising slogan. | ||
* The soup brand 'Prime Soup' is probably a reference to 'primeval soup' the biological mix from which life on Earth sprang. | * The soup brand 'Prime Soup' is probably a reference to 'primeval soup' the biological mix from which life on Earth sprang. | ||
Revision as of 03:10, 22 May 2011
Summary
Prime Soup is being advertised on Television across the country. Kids love it. Just as Katy and her Dad are about to open a tin fresh back from the shopping, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond burst in through a window. They are too late to stop the can being opened and a huge soup creature erupts. The Doctor manages to stop it in its tracks by thickening it with flour. A batch of the cans have been recalled by the company, which the Doctor has been investigating because of its use of subliminal messages in the adverts. The Doctor and Amy leave - taking the soup can with him. Shortly afterwards, back at the factory, all 57 cans from the missing batch have been returned, to the relief of the two aliens, (Hebex and Eizcam), who are planning an invasion. When they open the cans to find out how their creatures have responded to high compression, they discover that one of the cans has been booby-trapped by the Doctor. The aliens are knocked out long enough to be tied up and the incubation tank for their creatures (which should have been released at a later stage of their plan) is disabled. The aliens will be taken to the galactic authorities while Amy waits for the Doctor to make some “awful soup-related pun” – but he’s not sure he CAN!
Characters
References
- The 57 cans released early in the plan to invade Earth with soup creatures is a reference to Heinz's 57 varieties, which for the company became an advertising slogan.
- The soup brand 'Prime Soup' is probably a reference to 'primeval soup' the biological mix from which life on Earth sprang.
Notes
- The DWAM 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
- DWA 186 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – The Doctor and Amy face danger in the snow!
- No reprints to date.
Continuity
to be added
TIMELINE
- This Story occurs after DWA: The Steel Web
- This story occurs before DWA: Snow Globe
