Ghosts from the Past (comic story)
Opening narration box
The Doctor is chasing the Koltroxa through time ...
Summary
The Doctor takes the TARDIS to the future energy source that is feeding the Koltroxa and enabled her to escape. The Doctor and Donna find themselves back at the same house in the year 2109 where a Professor Rubenstein has built a time-flux analyser at a weak point in time and space, with a history of ghostly sightings. The machine is unstable and has been leaking time which the Koltroxa has been feeding on. Suddenly there are two Professor Rubensteins, one of them turns into the Koltroxa who leaps forward and throws the switch to the machine. The Time Vortex is exposed and time begins to merge. People from different times appear and in panic a Roman soldier strikes the crystal at the heart of the machine causing it to shatter. The Doctor snatches the necklace back from the Koltroxa which protects the Doctor, Donna and the Professor when the time fracture seals itself with the house being consumed by the vortex. Leaving the Professor to explain the house's disappearance the Doctor and Donna leave in the TARDIS only to find that Koltroxa has become part of the TARDIS
ArtistLee Sullivan
Characters
- Tenth Doctor
- Donna Noble
- Koltroxa - Thought to have been a Time Lord myth, the Koltroxa was said to drift endlessly back and forth in time, until the time of her death where she'll be trapped.The self-proclaimed oldest creature in the Universe it is unclear whether the Koltroxa's name is an individual or denotes a species.
- Professor Rubenstein
Original print details
(Instalment, publication with page count and closing captions)
- 3/4 DWBIT 55 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED…!
- No reprints to date.
Notes
- Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
- The limitation of only 4 pages meant that stories often lacked some depth in comparison to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
- Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with Doctor Who Adventures, it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by Doctor Who Magazine.
References
- The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.
Continuity
to be added
Timeline
- This story takes place after DWBIT: School of the Dead
- This story takes place before DWBIT: The Battle for Time
