Shipwrecked (comic story)
- You may be looking for Shipwreck!, an earlier DWA comic story.
Shipwrecked is a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2013.
Summary
The contents of a treasure chest on a sunken pirate ship is not what the Doctor and Clara were expecting – nor were the Pirates
Plot
The Doctor and Clara arrive in the TARDIS underwater close to a sunken pirate ship. Suiting up into diving suits, the pair go and explore in search of pirate treasure. But the treasure is still being guarded by the pirates, who talk of a curse. Clara is captured and tied to the mast destined to stay aboard the blighted ship like the rest of them! Using an empty spacesuit filled with air, the pirates are distracted by what they think is the Doctor's rescue, but the Doctor seizes the opportunity to sneak round the back and even before freeing Clara - grabs the pirates' treasure chest. As he suspected, the chest contains not jewels and trinkets but a memory egg - a device that stores the minds of a spaceship's crew over centuries-long journeys. The Pirates return to find the Doctor with the memory egg, explaining that they found it in the wreck of a strange metal ship they found on an island. The Doctor explains the egg must have developed a fault and finds the off switch. With the memory egg no longer working, the Pirates are grateful the curse has been ended and to finally be allowed to rest in peace after the centuries of being kept alive beneath the sea. With their oxygen running low, the Doctor and Clara return to the TARDIS.
Characters
References
- On landing Clara appears to be reading a print-out of information from the TARDIS console.
Notes
- It's not explained how the TARDIS doors open underwater in order to let the occupants out
- For a ship that's been at the bottom of the sea for centuries, the pirates have kept it surprisingly clean and tidy.
Original print details
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWA 329 (4 pages) More adventures next time
- No reprints to date.
Continuity
- The Doctor thinks that "Pirate ships are cool!"
- The Fourth Doctor once attempted to open the TARDIS doors underwater (Logopolis) in an attempt to flood the ship.
