The Lunar Tyk (comic story)

The Lunar Tyk
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eleventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Amy Pond
Main enemy:	Tyk
Main setting:	Shackleton Crater The Moon 2039
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Magazines]]
Editor:	Moray Laing
Writer:	Eddie Robson
Artist:	John Ross
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Release number:	191
Format:	Comic - 1 parts (4 pages)

Summary

Arriving at the Shackleton Crater on The Moon in 2039, two Earth astronauts arrive in search of water to find the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond already by the crater. The crater, always on the dark side of the moon has been probed to reveal a good source of ice. When a torch is shone into the crater there is no reflection of light from any ice but the torches pick out something else in the dark, something that races out towards them. The Doctor manages to hold the creature off long enough with his sonic screwdriver for the group to return to the spacecraft. Back at the ship the Doctor explains the creature is a Tyk capable of absorbing all light in order to grow. Using a solar panel from the ship the Tyk is into a trap by Amy who tracks its attention and gets it to knock itself out by charging at a wall reflecting her image. Stunned, the Tyk is loaded into a rocket and fired into a permanent orbit around the sun where it can feast and be happy. Amy makes the closing comment “Light meals. Very healthy”.

Characters

• The Doctor
• Amy Pond

References

• The Doctor wears an orange spacesuit as the Tenth did in The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit

Notes

• The DWAM comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours was 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

1. DWA Issue 191 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – More adventures for the Doctor and Amy

• No reprints to date.

Continuity

• The Doctor wears an orange spacesuit as the Tenth did in The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit

External Links

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