The Hunt of Doom (comic story)
Opening Tag
The Doctor and Rose head to another planet to try and find some more guests from Platform One …
Summary
Having found a useful book on power-boosted transmats in the Reading Dome the Doctor and Rose arrive at Gameworld Gama, a hunting location owned by Mr and Mrs Pakoo, hoping to pick up the trail of Lectra-energy leaks, which seems to have occurred around all their recent landings. When the Doctor discovers humans have been brought from a pet shop, and are being used in the Royal Hunt, the Doctor insists the games stop. But before he can flash his psychic paper ID, the Pakoo guards attack. Rescued by the surviving humans the Doctor and Rose make their escape, dropping his psychic-paper as they head to the swamps with the Pakoo guards in pursuit. The Pakoos aeriel attack is thwarted by the Doctor using his sonic screwdriver to ignite the swamp gases. The Huntmasters however manage to catch them up and having found the Doctor’s ID, which reads as personal assistant to President Kaakaa herself, apologies and offers them assistance. The Doctor orders them to send the humans home and returns with the Huntmasters to deliver a warning to Mr and Mrs Pakoo, only to find they too have disappeared – but this time leaving a trail for the Doctor to follow.
Characters
- Tenth Doctor
- Rose Tyler
- Pakoo – an alien race descended from Birds of Prey. Helped arrange planetary game hunts, which included using Humans as prey, for paying customers and royalty.
Original Print Details (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- Doctor Who Battles in Time Issue 5 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
Reprints
- None to date
Notes
- Supporting the series of collectible Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
- Many of the individually titled comic strip adventures were themed over several issues, but were relatively self contained ‘episodes’.
- 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 (Magazine)), it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by Doctor Who Magazine.
- A Moxx of Balhoon figure is also seen attending the Hunt, even though the Moxx was NOT a survivor of Platform One! (Big clue to the mystery)
References
- The Doctor has previously used his sonic screwdriver to ignite marsh gases in the TV story Carnival of Monsters, while trying to escape the Drashigs in the Scope.
Continuity
to be added
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