Ghosts from the Past (comic story)

Ghosts From the Past
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Donna Noble
Main enemy:	Koltroxa
Main setting:	England, Earth, 2109
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::GE Fabbri Ltd]]
Editor:	Claire Lister
Writer:	Jason Loborik
Artist:	Lee Sullivan
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Printed in:	Issue 55
Release date:	15 October 2008
Format:	Comic - Part 3 of 4 (4 pages)
DWBIT comic stories
← Previous	School of the Dead
Next →	The Battle for Time

Opening narration box

The Doctor is chasing the Koltroxa through time ...

Summary

The Doctor takes the TARDIS to the future energy source that is feeding the Koltroxa and enabled her to escape. The Doctor and Donna find themselves back at the same house in the year 2109 where a Professor Rubenstein has built a time-flux analyser at a weak point in time and space, with a history of ghostly sightings. The machine is unstable and has been leaking time which the Koltroxa has been feeding on. Suddenly there are two Professor Rubensteins. One of them turns into the Koltroxa, who leaps forward and throws the switch to the machine. The Time Vortex is exposed and time begins to merge. People from different times appear and in panic a Roman soldier strikes the crystal at the heart of the machine, causing it to shatter. The Doctor snatches the necklace back from the Koltroxa, which protects the Doctor, Donna and the Professor when the time fracture seals itself, with the house being consumed by the vortex. Leaving the Professor to explain the house's disappearance, the Doctor and Donna leave in the TARDIS, only to find that Koltroxa has become part of the TARDIS

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Donna Noble
• Koltroxa
• Professor Rubenstein

References

Myths and legends

• The Koltroxa was thought to have been a Time Lord myth. The Koltroxa was said to drift endlessly back and forth in time, until the time of her death, when she'll be trapped.The self-proclaimed oldest creature in the Universe, it is unclear whether the Koltroxa's name is an individual or denotes a species.

Notes

• Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards the magazine carried a regular, four page comic strip of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
• The limitation of only four pages meant that stories often lacked depth compared to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
• The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as did Doctor Who Adventures, reflected the appeal to readers younger than those catered to by Doctor Who Magazine.
• The Battles in Time comic strip sought to reinforce the association of its Doctor with the one seen on screen with ‘props’ from the TV series: his blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.

Original print details

(Installment, publication with page count and closing captions)

• 3/4 DWBIT 55 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED…!
• No reprints to date.

Continuity

to be added

Timeline

• This story takes place after DWBIT: School of the Dead
• This story takes place before DWBIT: The Battle for Time