Invasion of the Scorpion Men (comic story)

Invasion of the Scorpion Men
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Sarah
Main enemy:	Dahensa
Main setting:	London, 20th century
Key crew
Publisher:	Titan Publishing Group
Editor:	Jessica Burton
Writer:	Richard Dinnick
Artist:	Brian Williamson
Colourist:	Dijjo Lima
Letterer:	Comicraft's Sarah Jacobs and John Roshell
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Release date:	26 September 2018
Format:	Comic - 1 part
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Invasion of the Scorpion Men was the third story of The Many Lives of Doctor Who, published in 2018.

Plot

Still, an exile to Earth was not the worst thing in the universe. Perhaps the Time Lords were right to exile the Third Doctor there. There were a unusually large amount of alien invasions. 

As the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith drive through an abandoned London in Bessie, seeking to thwart the Dahensa invasion, Sarah points out the Post Office Tower as the tallest building in the city. Though having some bad experiences with the building, the Doctor concedes the point and drives off. 

Briefly, the Doctor remembers his Sarah Jane and the great woman she became. 

When the two arrive at the Post Office Tower, the Doctor sets up a sonic manifold feedback loop across London as Sarah fends off a Dahensa. The sound disorients the aliens and they quickly withdraw from Earth. 

Finishing the memory, the Doctor remarks that protecting the Earth is essentially his job. And not just the UK, but the whole planet. A planet whose every city he's been to. Especially the one that was named twice. 

Characters

• Third Doctor
• Sarah Jane Smith

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor and Sarah drive Bessie through the streets of evacuated London. They drive past the statue of Winston Churchill opposite the Houses of Parliament.
• The Post Office Tower is the tallest building in London.

Notes

• The Doctor drives past the Fitzroy Tavern, a significant real world meeting place of Doctor Who fans.

Continuity

• The Doctor mentions that he was warned of the Dahensa invasion by Grigori Rasputin. (AUDIO: The Wanderer)
• The Twelfth Doctor calls his third incarnation "Fancy Pants". (TV: The Five Doctors)
• The Doctor is apprehensive about going to the Post Office Tower, citing a bad experience "with a mad computer". (TV: The War Machines)
• New York City is mentioned as having been named twice. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan)
• The Doctor asserts that the Earth is protected, by him. (TV: Before the Flood)