Mistress of Chaos (comic story)
Mistress of Chaos was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine in 2019, starring the Thirteenth Doctor.
Summary
Part one
On Segonus IV, a power plant is going into meltdown. As the crew all run for their lives, the TARDIS arrives, with the Doctor telling her companions to help everyone. While Graham, Ryan and Yaz help the crew, the Doctor manages to avert the meltdown. As she celebrates, she hears a voice calling for help.
The Doctor scales the wreckage of the power plant, following the voice which belongs to someone named Harold. The Doctor engages Harold in conversation, telling him a knock knock joke she once told King Harold. She tells Harold to jump, but as the smoke clears, Harold sees the Doctor's face and suddenly refuses her help, claiming she set the station to explode. The Doctor, confused, asks Harold what he means, informing him the walkway is about to collapse. She begs him to jump, but he refuses, calling her a monster as the walkway collapses and he falls to his doom. The Doctor watches, horrified.
In the TARDIS, Yaz, Ryan and Graham are celebrating their success when the Doctor walks in. She informs them something is very wrong. She sets them down in the biggest city on the planet, Saint Bastione. The Doctor tells her friends she wants to know why Harold was terrified of her, and hopes here they can get some answers. They head over to a large screen, a crowd having gathered around it. The news tells everyone that the terrorist known as 'The Doctor' tried to destroy the power plant, showing security footage, and which resulted in Harold's death. The TARDIS crew look on, horrified.
The news goes on to say how it was the Doctor who teleported Tumat and Kraytos into the city of radiant stone on Gatan, and shows her angry message to the subscribers who had been watching the event, the news calling it 'Cyber Assault'. It then tells how the Doctor destroyed another power plant on Acantha, owned by Icarus Inc. The screen then turns to reveal Sandola Dell, who informs the public that they have a guest in the studio, who has been persecuted by the Doctor. It is revealed to be Berakka Dogbolter, who informs everyone that they're not safe. The public watches in awe, discussing the punishment the Doctor should receive. One of them turns around to see the Doctor and screams, a huge angry mob turning on her and the TARDIS crew, which results in them fleeing back to the TARDIS. Graham is outraged, with Ryan saying how they should have seen this coming after they beat her before. Graham asks the Doctor what she's gonna do, and the Doctor informs them that dragging her name through the mud is one thing, but as a man died because of it, Berakka's gonna see what an angry Doctor really looks like.
Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Part five
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Part six
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Characters
References
Locations
- The Doctor and Team TARDIS arrive on Segonus IV.
- Saint Bastion is the planets biggest city.
- The Mahuika Power Station feeds energy to a quarter of the planet, and was constructed in a remote location because a meltdown would devastate everything in a fifty-mile radius.
- The meltdown happened due to a combination of "executive ineptitude, budget cuts, and staff shortages".
People
- The Doctor once met a "King Harold", who she describes as a "big fella, handy with a sword, liked a good knock-knock joke".
Miscellaneous
- The Doctor loves a good countdown.
- Yaz calls themselves the international rescue. Ryan corrects her, saying they are the intergalactic rescue.
- The Doctor tells Harold Wyntonia a joke as she tries to save him: "what do you call a knight who always cheats on his tests? Sir Glancelot!"
- Berakka is interviewed on the Freedom Thoughtcast Network.
- A city inhabitant compares the "evil" Doctor to a demon.
Notes
Original print details
- (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- DWM 543 (8 pages): Invasion!
Continuity
- Berakka Dogbolter skews the events on Gatan (COMIC: The Warmonger) and Acantha (COMIC: The Power of the Mobox) to present the Doctor as a villain.
- Harold Wyntonia refuses the Doctor's help out of fear of her, resulting in his death. The same thing happened to Cass Fermazzi when the Eighth Doctor tried to save her. (TV: The Night of the Doctor)
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