Party Animals (comic story)

Party Animals
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor The Doctor Fourth Doctor Sixth Doctor (leg only)]]
Companion(s):	Ace Ria
Main setting:	Time Vortex, Maruthea
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Marvel Comics]]
Editor:	John Freeman
Writer:	Gary Russell
Artist:	Mike Collins (pencils) Steve Pini (inks)
Colourist:	None - Black & White
Letterer:	Glib
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who Magazine 173
Release date:	15 May 1991
Format:	Comic - 1 part
DWM comic stories
← Previous	The Mark of Mandragora
Next →	The Chameleon Factor

Summary

The Doctor and Ace travel to Maruthea for Bonjaxx's birthday party. Whilst there he sees several people he knows and something of his future.

Characters

• Seventh Doctor
  • Drinks water.
  • Mentions the Rani and her giant mouse at his graduation party.
• Ace
  • Has a new baseball bat.
• The Doctor (future incarnation)
• Ria
• Bonjaxx
• Death's Head
• Fourth Doctor
• Sixth Doctor (leg; cameo)

References

• There are several species, races and people present at the party including:

• A Draconian.
• A female Silurian.
• A Sontaran.
• Two Daleks (seemingly lovingly touching plungers).
• Shayde
• The android Bus Conductor from Segonax.
• Abslom Daak
• Sapphire and Steel, from the television show of the same name
• Axel Pressbutton
• Melkur
• Worf of Star Trek fame.
• A Meep.
• A Wrarth Warrior
• The Freefall Warriors
• An Ergon.
• The Kandy Man.
• An Ice Warrior.
• An Experimental Prototype Robot K1.
• A White Robot.
• Morbius (in the brain case and body created by Mehendri Solon).
• A Vervoid.
• An Alpha Centauran
• Bart Simpson of The Simpsons fame.
• Captain Britain (and at least one alternate-universe counterpart) from Marvel Comics

• The Doctor's fourth incarnation makes a brief appearance.
• One of Bonjaxx's gifts appears to have the general shape of K9.
• There is an implication that the First Law of Time might be related to meeting a previous/future incarnation of oneself.
• The trick of getting to Maruthea is not to be there at all, then you are.
• Bonjaxx may be from the Daemon like race seen in the DW annual strip Menace of the Molags

Notes

• The likeness of the 'future Doctor' is based on Nicholas Briggs who portrayed the Doctor in AudioVisuals series of audio dramas.

Continuity

• The likeness of the 'future' Doctor also appears in DWM: The Final Chapter and Wormwood.

Timeline

For the Fourth Doctor:

• This story occurs after ST: Into the Silent Land
• This story occurs before DW: The Leisure Hive

For the Seventh Doctor:

• This story occurs after DWM: The Mark of Mandragora
• This story occurs before DWM: The Chameleon Factor