Hungry Thirsty Roots (comic story)

Hungry Thirsty Roots
Doctor:	Eleventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Alice, the Sapling
Main enemy:	The Scream
Main setting:	The TARDIS, The Doctor's World
Key crew
Editor:	Andrew James, Jessica Burton
Writers:	Alex Paknadel, Rob Williams
Cover by:	Simon Myers, Rachael Smith
Artist:	Ivan Rodriguez, JB Bastos, Luiz Campello
Colourist:	Thiago Ribeiro, Stefani Rennee
Letterer:	Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt
Release details
Printed in:	11DY3 12 - 13
Release date:	29 November 2017 - 10 January 2018
Cover date:	December 2017 - February 2018
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor
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Hungry Thirsty Roots was the eighth (ninth counting COMIC: The Lost Dimension: The Eleventh Doctor) mainstream story published in Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor year three.

Summary

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Characters

• Eleventh Doctor
• Alice Obiefune
• The Sapling
• The Scream

Worldbuilding

• Alice was bullied in school by a guy named Andy. Years later he asked her out on a date.
• The Sapling's mature form in mnemomimetic, and is turn the memories of Alice and the Doctor, such as Axons, into fruit.
• A planet is created from the Doctor's memories, and he dubs it "The Doctor's World." It has buildings shaped like sonic screwdrivers and large statue of a Cybus Industries Cyberman.

Notes

TARDIS render by Andrew Orton

• A panel was traced from a render of the TARDIS control room made by Andrew Orton without permission.

Continuity

• The TARDIS stores past console rooms deep within her. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)
• The Doctor finds the original console room. (TV: An Unearthly Child et al)
• The Doctor remembers his early adventures involving Monoids, Aridians, Voord, and Krotons (TV: The Ark, The Chase, The Keys of Marinus, The Krotons)
• The Doctor remembers using the Hostile Action Displacement System, which can have the TARDIS dematerialise and rematerialise a short distance away (TV: The Krotons) or displace the TARDIS atoms over a wide area (TV: The Witch's Familiar) when the TARDIS is attacked.
• The Doctor almost borrowed a "crummy old" Type 53 TARDIS before a timely intervention convinced him to pick a Type 40. (TV: The Name of the Doctor, PROSE: Lungbarrow)
• The Doctor is aware The Scream is part of some religious order. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War, The Time of the Doctor)