The Deadly Mutant (comic story)

The Deadly Mutant (comic story)

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The Deadly Mutant
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond and Rory Williams
Main setting:	3327 (date approximate)
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Magazines]]
Editor:	Natalie Barnes
Writer:	Trevor Baxendale
Artist:	John Ross
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Format:	Comic - 1 parts (4 pages)

The Deadly Mutant (comic story) was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2011.

Summary

The TARDIS has materialised on an asteroid – the last known location of the Koth-Kulaar, where a team from Space Service led by Commander Dalton are searching the whereabouts of Agent 99. They are alerted to the presence of two alien Xragoni (a usually peaceful race of artists and poets) when they become entangled in the tentacles of a giant mutant creature that they are hunting in revenge for terrorising their planet. The Xragoni are rescued with the Doctor insisting the weapons are set to stun not kill. When the creature comes round the Doctor tracks the tentacles back to a cave where they find a giant mutated mutagenic protobioform. Having managed to survive without the usual travel machine the creature is near death. Appealing for compassion as they witness the final moments of a unique life form they watch the mutant creature die and respectfully bury it on the asteroid. Unbeknown to the frustrated Commander – his mission to find Agent 99 a failure, the Xragon (as a sign of their appreciation for the Doctors help), pass on the last known location of Agent 99 to him.

Named characters

• The Doctor
• Amy Pond
• Rory Williams
• Commander Dalton
• Jjun

References

• This story is set some 50 years after the Koth-Kulaar was condemned to a dimension warp.
• Space Service's 'police' the galaxy.

Notes

• This story follows a story arc (unusual in the DWA comic stories), about Agent 99.

Original print details

• Publication with page count and closing captions

1. DWA 234 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – THE DOCTOR BATTLES A DEADLY TURNIP!

• No reprints to date.

Continuity

• The Doctor uses his Sonic screwdriver to scan the Mutagenic protobioform.

Timeline

to be added

External links

• The official BBC Magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue.