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comic name=[[Head Start]] | | comic name=[[Head Start]] | | ||
image= [[Image: BIT10dr.jpg |250px]]| | image= [[Image: BIT10dr.jpg |250px]]| | ||
series= [[Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]| | series= [[Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]| | ||
doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]| | doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]| | ||
companions= [[Martha Jones]]| | companions= [[Martha Jones]]| | ||
enemy= Zaan | | enemy= [[Zaan]] | | ||
year= Brendock Seven| | year= Brendock Seven| | ||
writer= [[Steve Cole]] | | writer= [[Steve Cole]] | | ||
artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | | artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | | ||
colourist= [[Alan Craddock]] | | colourist= [[Alan Craddock]] | | ||
lettering= | lettering= not stated | | ||
editor= [[Ben Robinson]]| | editor= [[Ben Robinson]]| | ||
publication_title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]| | publication_title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]]| | ||
publication_dates= [[July]] [[ | publication_dates= 11th [[July]] [[2007]]| | ||
publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]| | publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]| | ||
format= Comic - | format= Comic - Part 1 of 4 (4 pages)| | ||
previous story= [[Warriors' Revenge]] | | previous story= [[Warriors' Revenge]] | | ||
next story= [[Jewel of the Vile]]| | next story= [[Jewel of the Vile]]| | ||
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Responding to a distress call from Professor Dinsdale of the Interplanetary Archaeological Institute on Brendock Seven with an emergency materialisation, the TARDIS lands at the site of a dig beneath a circle of huge stone heads buried in the ground. They soon find the Professor who explains that the rest of his team were killed trying to open a door to an ancient buriel ground they discovered at the base of one of the heads. The Doctor manages to bypass the doors sonic disruptor and inside find The Vortex Cannon, a weapon so powerful it could destroy the universe. A dangerous weapon from an ancient and long dead civilisation that the Doctor had only heard of. Fortunately the rare treed crystals used to power the cannon have decayed. Unfortunately the Professor is a shape changing Zaan Warrior, using the guise of the archaeologists to lure help in order to open the chamber. The Zaan are close to obtaining a new supply of treed and the Zaan Warrior makes his escape with the Canon back to his shipwhere his Commander has been watching events. By leaving the chamber and taking the canon with him he activates the guardians of the canon, giant stone like creatures whose heads had been visable when they landed. The guardians emerge from the ground and are quick enough to snatch the Zaan craft from the air as it takes off. Leaving his officers to die the Zaan Commander makes his escape in a pod. Knowing that treed crystals can only be found on the planet Garvrath the Doctor and Martha make their escape in the TARDIS in order to stop the Zaan powering up the Vortex Canon. | Responding to a distress call from Professor Dinsdale of the Interplanetary Archaeological Institute on Brendock Seven with an emergency materialisation, the TARDIS lands at the site of a dig beneath a circle of huge stone heads buried in the ground. They soon find the Professor who explains that the rest of his team were killed trying to open a door to an ancient buriel ground they discovered at the base of one of the heads. The Doctor manages to bypass the doors sonic disruptor and inside find The Vortex Cannon, a weapon so powerful it could destroy the universe. A dangerous weapon from an ancient and long dead civilisation that the Doctor had only heard of. Fortunately the rare treed crystals used to power the cannon have decayed. Unfortunately the Professor is a shape changing Zaan Warrior, using the guise of the archaeologists to lure help in order to open the chamber. The Zaan are close to obtaining a new supply of treed and the Zaan Warrior makes his escape with the Canon back to his shipwhere his Commander has been watching events. By leaving the chamber and taking the canon with him he activates the guardians of the canon, giant stone like creatures whose heads had been visable when they landed. The guardians emerge from the ground and are quick enough to snatch the Zaan craft from the air as it takes off. Leaving his officers to die the Zaan Commander makes his escape in a pod. Knowing that treed crystals can only be found on the planet Garvrath the Doctor and Martha make their escape in the TARDIS in order to stop the Zaan powering up the Vortex Canon. | ||
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[[Image:BITCS22.jpg|150px|Artist[[John Ross]]]] | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
* [[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Martha Jones]] | * [[Martha Jones]] | ||
* | * [[Zaan]] – Spiky-backed, green, bulky-but-agile, humanoid creatures with razor sharp teeth and capable of shape changing. | ||
==Original Print Details | ==Original Print Details == | ||
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption. | |||
* 1/4 [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Issue 22)]] (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!! | |||
* No reprints to date. | |||
== | ==Notes== | ||
* | * Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page, individually titled comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures. | ||
* Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with [[Doctor Who Adventures (Magazine)]], it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by [[Doctor Who Magazine]]. | |||
* The stone guardians of the vortex cannon are seemingly inspired by the statues on Easter Island. | * The stone guardians of the vortex cannon are seemingly inspired by the statues on Easter Island. | ||
* The skeletal remains of the Professors team at the entrance would suggest that a dig did indeed find the entrance while the Zaan watched and waited or, were lured to the site by the Zaan. Either way the Professor appears to have been a real person and the shape changing nature of the Zaan is unspecified. | * The skeletal remains of the Professors team at the entrance would suggest that a dig did indeed find the entrance while the Zaan watched and waited or, were lured to the site by the Zaan. Either way the Professor appears to have been a real person and the shape changing nature of the Zaan is unspecified. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, [[sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]] and his intelligent [[glasses]]. | |||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.battlesintime.com | * [http://www.battlesintime.com Doctor Who: Battles in Time official website, with magazine and trading cards details] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who stories]] | |||
[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories]] | [[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who: Battles in Time]] | |||
Revision as of 02:12, 23 July 2008
Opening Tag
When the Doctor and Martha pick up a distress signal they rush to help …
Summary
Responding to a distress call from Professor Dinsdale of the Interplanetary Archaeological Institute on Brendock Seven with an emergency materialisation, the TARDIS lands at the site of a dig beneath a circle of huge stone heads buried in the ground. They soon find the Professor who explains that the rest of his team were killed trying to open a door to an ancient buriel ground they discovered at the base of one of the heads. The Doctor manages to bypass the doors sonic disruptor and inside find The Vortex Cannon, a weapon so powerful it could destroy the universe. A dangerous weapon from an ancient and long dead civilisation that the Doctor had only heard of. Fortunately the rare treed crystals used to power the cannon have decayed. Unfortunately the Professor is a shape changing Zaan Warrior, using the guise of the archaeologists to lure help in order to open the chamber. The Zaan are close to obtaining a new supply of treed and the Zaan Warrior makes his escape with the Canon back to his shipwhere his Commander has been watching events. By leaving the chamber and taking the canon with him he activates the guardians of the canon, giant stone like creatures whose heads had been visable when they landed. The guardians emerge from the ground and are quick enough to snatch the Zaan craft from the air as it takes off. Leaving his officers to die the Zaan Commander makes his escape in a pod. Knowing that treed crystals can only be found on the planet Garvrath the Doctor and Martha make their escape in the TARDIS in order to stop the Zaan powering up the Vortex Canon.
Characters
- Tenth Doctor
- Martha Jones
- Zaan – Spiky-backed, green, bulky-but-agile, humanoid creatures with razor sharp teeth and capable of shape changing.
Original Print Details
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption.
- 1/4 Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Issue 22) (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
- No reprints to date.
Notes
- Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page, individually titled comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
- Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with Doctor Who Adventures (Magazine), it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by Doctor Who Magazine.
- The stone guardians of the vortex cannon are seemingly inspired by the statues on Easter Island.
- The skeletal remains of the Professors team at the entrance would suggest that a dig did indeed find the entrance while the Zaan watched and waited or, were lured to the site by the Zaan. Either way the Professor appears to have been a real person and the shape changing nature of the Zaan is unspecified.
References
- The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.
Continuity
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