The Monster Upstairs (comic story)

	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
	Violet Hopely
	The Extron
	Earth 2007, Olan-Toch
	[[publisher::BBC Magazines]]
	Moray Laing
	Trevor Baxendale
	John Ross
	Alan Craddock
	Comic - 2 parter (12 pages)

Summary

Earth, England, Christmas is ruined for the Hopely family when Violet Hopely is kidnapped by Extron, who is being hunted by the Doctor.

With an innocent family dragged into a battle that he started, the Doctor is determined to rescue Violet and stop Extron's evil schemes.

Extron is growing stronger. The Doctor must fight across a doomed planet to return a little girl home before Christmas.

Characters

• The Doctor
• Extron
• Violet Hopely
• John Hopely
• Melissa Hopely

References

• The Judoon are mentioned as having cost the Extron its body.

Notes

• The DWA comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
• Self contained, one part stories were the norm in the early issues, later being expanded to two-parters.

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

1. DWA 46 (6 pages)
2. DWA 47 (6 pages)

Continuity

to be added

Timeline

• This story takes place after: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years
• This story takes place before DWA: Hot Metal