The King of Earth (comic story)
Opening narration box
The Doctor is about to be blown into smithereens!
Summary
The Doctor asks the Nin to freeze the Hoolox's missiles before they hit the Earth while he sorts things out. He uses his sonic screwdriver to teleport to Earth and arrives in a garden shed where he finds a young boy called Robbie. Robbie is playing with a mobile handheld device that he had found. The Doctor returns to the Nin ship with Robbie, where the boy explains he thought it was a game device, not real. But it doesn't help. The Hoolox and the Ssraar join forces but their weapons are useless against the advanced technology of the Nin. The Doctor takes the device from Robbie and calls the owner of the mobile device. The mobile belongs to Fliant Wormbleeder, an intergalactic estate agent who appears as a hologram and on the Doctor's request, looks through his catalogue to find suitable homes for all three alien races. War is averted and the Doctor returns Robbie home.
ArtistLee Sullivan
Characters
References
- The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to associate the Doctor in DWBIT with the one seen on screen by using 'props' from the TV series. These included his blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.
- The sonic screwdriver seems to have the power to transport the Doctor between Earth and the Nin ship.
Notes
- Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine carried a regular, four page comic strip of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
- The limitation of only four pages meant that stories often lacked depth compared to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
- 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 readers younger than those catered to by Doctor Who Magazine.
Original print details
(Instalment, publication with page count and closing captions)
- 2/2 DWBIT 66 (4 pages) THE END!
- No reprints to date.
Continuity
to be added
