School of the Dead (comic story)

School of the Dead
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Donna Noble
Main enemy:	Koltroxa
Main setting:	England, Earth, 2008
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::GE Fabbri Ltd]]
Editor:	Claire Lister
Writer:	Jason Loborik
Artist:	Lee Sullivan
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Release number:	54
Format:	Comic - Part 2 of 4 (4 pages)

Opening narration box

The evil Koltroxa has escaped from her temporal prison ...

Summary

The Doctor managed to 'borrow' the Koltroxa's powerful necklace to help track her down. The TARDIS arrives a hundred years into the future where the house is now a school. All the pupils have been turned into green-skinned zombies, drained of their life force by the Koltroxa who is gaining in strength bleeding through from the future. The Doctor manages to hold her for a moment in a stasis beam emanating from his sonic screwdriver, but she fires energy bolts at them. The Doctor manages to trap one of the energy bolts in the necklace and takes it outside where through the Doctor's touch the crystal is able to reverses the effect on the children but at the last minute the Koltroxa snatches the necklace (a device that offers protection her from the ravages of time) and escapes! ...

ArtistLee Sullivan

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Donna Noble
• Koltroxa - 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 where she'll be trapped.The self-proclaimed oldest creature in the Universe.

Original print details

(Instalment, publication with page count and closing captions)

• 2/4 Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 54 (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 comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
• The limitation of only 4 pages meant that stories often lacked some depth in comparison to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
• Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with Doctor Who Adventures, it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by Doctor Who Magazine.

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

to be added

External links

• The official magazine website with magazine and trading card details, including news of the latest available issue.