Pirates of the Seven Seeds (comic story)
Summary
At the market planet of Feltzmodo 12 - which trades every kind of fruit and vegetable, the Doctor is surprised to find a banana. The banana is a fruit that should not be growing anywhere in the Universe at this time. The Doctor takes Amy to the Earth of the future that has been ravaged by solar storms that has lasted hundreds of years. Norway has become a desert after the solar flares atomised the oceans and boiled the glaciers to steam within minutes.
Protected from the heat, half buried, was the Terran Seed Vault a store for the seed bank of the plant world on Earth. But the Doctor and Army, dressed in heat resistant space suits, arrive they discover that the vault is being raided by Purzithroan Vagabonds, pirates from the Ambiant Expanse, who are selling the seeds to the highest bidder. Finding their way undetected to the climate control centre, the Doctor and Amy create a number of holographic projections that with the use of cameras and mic, frighten the Purzithroan Vagabonds, and warn them away, back to their ships.
Characters
References
- The Purzithroan Vagabonds are warned by “The Ghosts of Earth” that they have transgressed upon the sacred temple of the Cult of Celery. Celery being of particular note having been worn on the lapel and carried around by the Fifth Doctor.
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
- DWA Issue 195 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – The Doctor and Amy end up in rough waters!
- No reprints to date.
Continuity
to be added
