Faster Than Light (comic story)

The Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams arrive onboard the star ship Solaros 10 as the crew — Professor Parsek and pilot Sorben — prepare to travel faster than the speed of light for the first time. The Doctor's warning comes to late. As the solar stack redlines, the Professor is caught in a blast of a condensed solar energy flare with the unfortunate side effect of transforming him into some kind of neoform reptilioplas. A second blast leaves Sorben out cold.

As the ship's energy drives go into meltdown, the Doctor (working with his sonic screwdriver), reverses the polarity of the energy dischargers. The mutation field is drained and Professor Parsek is returned to normal. As the TARDIS leaves the ship. Parsek and Sorben are revealed to be Silurians, grateful to the unknown strangers for their lives.

Characters

Worldbuilding

The sonic screwdriver is used to "reverse the polarity" of the energy dischargers.
The Silurians travel faster than the speed of light for the first time.

Notes

The space-travelling Silurian crew of the Solaros 10 are not named as Silurians in the story.
This is the first DWA comic to feature a televised enemy, unlike Doctor Who Magazine, which had featured a variety of TV created enemies from early in its publication history.

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

DWA 256 (4 pages) DON'T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!

No reprints to date.

Continuity

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Homo Reptilia stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Homo Reptilian story" is one in which one living, authentic Silurian or Sea Devil plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. Stories like Frontier in Space, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song are also not included due to Homo Reptilians' cameos being of little consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Madam Vastra of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Silurians

Television	Doctor Who and the Silurians • Warriors of the Deep • The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Prose	Blood Heat • The Scales of Injustice • Cold War • The Little Planet • The Silurian Gift • Dr. Eighth • The Red-Eyed League • The Master and Margarita

Comics	Final Genesis • Twilight of the Silurians • City of Devils • As Time Goes By • Faster Than Light • Surfshock • Supremacy of the Cybermen • Untitled • The Lost Dimension

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Evacuation Earth • The Mazes of Time • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • Lost in Time

Audio	Bloodtide • The Coup • Call to Arms • Retrieval • United • The Silurian Candidate

Complete list of appearances

Sea Devils

Television	The Sea Devils • Warriors of the Deep • Legend of the Sea Devils

Webcasts	Defenders of Earth

Comics	Devil of the Deep • The Bit After the Last Bit • Under Pressure • City of Devils • Clara Oswald and the School of Death • Surfshock • Alternating Current

Prose	Blood Heat • Dr. Eighth • The Heist • A brief lowdown on the Sea Devils

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Lost in Time

Audio	The Poison Seas • Tidal Wave • The Seas of Titan • Storm of the Sea Devils

Complete list of appearances

Mondasian Silurians
and Sea Devils

Comics

The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

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	Solo	The Egg Hunt

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