Tunnel Terrors! (comic story)

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Tunnel Terrors! was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2013.

Summary

Mole monsters from beneath the ground start to dig to the surface in a frenzy when astronauts begin drilling for valuable rocks and minerals.

Plot

Arriving sometime in the 25th century but not at a holographic safari park as expected, the Eleventh Doctor and Clara find themselves in the path of a rampaging giant rodent. As the excited rodent passes they are called out of the tunnel by an astronaut — part of a team digging the asteroid for valuable rocks and minerals. The rodents are referred to as "Mole monsters" and only recently have they turned crazy and the tunnels declared unsafe for civilians.

The Doctor suspects that the noise from the drilling may be disturbing them and when the opportunity presents itself, both Clara and the Doctor hitch a ride on one of the moles back and is taken down through the tunnels to an idyllic underground cavern. Realising the moles are peaceful creatures simply agitated by the drilling which has driven them to tunnel up to the surface.

The Doctor returns to the surface with an idea, something to calm the moles down. He instructs the astronauts in the construction of two giant exercise wheels! The moles love to run and can play in the wheels while the astronauts continue to finish off their drilling. No more tunnel terrors just happy neighbours! A nice quiet cup of tea at the Whispering Waterfalls of Shhh are apparently lovely this year!

Characters

Worldbuilding

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Notes

  • Clara is drawn once again with a red satchel.
  • These aren't a party of mineralogists or explorers but ... astronauts and civilians!

Original print details

  • Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWA 319 (4 pages) More adventures next time
  • The final frame contains the caption "more adventures next week" - which for a now fortnightly title is incorrect and also reoccurs in several later issues.

Continuity

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First Foot First • Random History • The Salt Solution • Rory's Story • Sub-species • Quite Interesting • Earworm • If You Go Down to the Woods Today • Ghost World • Power of the Mykuootni • Mine, All Mine! • Golden Slumbers • Sound Bytes • Chasing Rainbows • Pier Head From Space • The Evergreen Death • The Rage • The Peace Strike • Extinction Event • Hot Stuff! • The Very Cool Bow Tie! • Reality Cheque • Road Rage • The King and the Tripeberry • Danger Flight • Dinosaurs in New York! • Screamers! • Grow Your Own • The Golesterkol Collection • Missing in Action • Peril on the Sea • Rock Quasar and the Mudslugs of Gurrn • Dino World • The Upper Deck • The Moon of Lost Hope • Vacuum Packed • Funny Phone Call! • The Deadly Mutant • The Mutant Turnip • The Secret Star Trail • Agent 99 • Dimension Warp • The Kchrusivour Gambit • Trapped in the Pages of History • Dawn of the Living Bread • Air Force Gone • The Frankenstein Particle • Dog of War! • Harvest of Doom • The Atomon Invasion • Wait Until Morning • Humans Aren't Just for Christmas • Vengeance of the Atomon • Picture Imperfect • The Star Serpent • The Home Store • Cold Comfort • Faster Than Light • The Fairest of Them All • New and Improved • Malthill Way • The Demons of Repton Abbey • The Punch & Judy Trap • Buy, Buy, Baby! • Ghosts of the Never-were • The Parasites • Doomland • Buying Time • Island of the Cyclopes • Trouble on the Orion Express • Dummy Run • Finders Keepers • The Mirror War • Ghost Train • I Scream • Le Tour de Death • The Sky is Falling! • The Time Gallery • The Cliff Face • Bumble of Destruction • The Light Catcher • Dungeon of the Lost • The Intergalactic Trials • 24-Hour News Invasion • The Panic Room • Terror from the Swamp • The Planet That Slept • Planet of the Rorys • Dawn of Time! • TV Hell! • Pondnium!
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