Tech, Bureaucrats, emailconfirmed, Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki), Curators (Semantic MediaWiki), Suppressors, Administrators, threadmoderator
115,146
edits
Stairway to Heaven (comic story): Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
→Summary
Tag: sourceedit |
Tag: sourceedit |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
'''''Stairway to Heaven''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | '''''Stairway to Heaven''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Hoping for the [[Chardaz Museum of Modern Art]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] finds himself within a domed [[park]]-like area, where giant [[eggs]] hatch polite, [[Species (Stairway to Heaven)|marsupial-like creatures]] capable of heat vision. Trying to get directions, the Doctor follows one such creature, which ages rapidly as it uses its heat vision to bake a lump of mud into a brick. It carries the brick to a staircase — its steps constructed of over such bricks — which spirals up to the roof of the dome. The staircase is also decorated with bones, which the Doctor finds out the creature gets from skeletons of its own kind, all of which appear to have died from a high fall. Crying "heavenwards", the creature scampers up the staircase, the Doctor realising not only where the creature's fellows fell from, but also guessing that [[the TARDIS]] ''did'' deliver him to the museum. | Hoping for the [[Chardaz Museum of Modern Art]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] finds himself within a domed [[park]]-like area, where giant [[eggs]] hatch polite, [[Species (Stairway to Heaven)|marsupial-like creatures]] capable of heat vision. Trying to get directions, the Doctor follows one such creature, which ages rapidly as it uses its [[heat vision]] to bake a lump of [[mud]] into a [[brick]]. It carries the brick to a staircase — its steps constructed of over such bricks — which spirals up to the roof of the dome. The staircase is also decorated with bones, which the Doctor finds out the creature gets from skeletons of its own kind, all of which appear to have died from a high fall. Crying "heavenwards", the creature scampers up the staircase, the Doctor realising not only where the creature's fellows fell from, but also guessing that [[the TARDIS]] ''did'' deliver him to the museum. | ||
Up above them, [[Garg Ardoniquist]], an obese humanoid and controversial "genetic sculptor", is being interviewed at a party for the unveiling of his latest masterpiece. Gathered around a small dome-like structure with a hinged top, Garg explains to the interviewer that this work represents the suffering an artist goes through to reach the top of their field. Beneath them, the creature has added its brick as the latest step on the staircase, and is narrowly prevented by the Doctor from stepping off the staircase to its death. Successfully guessing that the creatures are following a program, the Doctor reaches up and unlocks the hatch. Hauling himself and the creature into the museum, the Doctor is waylaid by the interviewer, asking what it's like to be part of a work of art, while the now-elderly creature adoringly beholds its creator, Garg Ardoniquist, who narcissistically invites it to embrace its creator, for having successfully built the Stairway to Heaven. | Up above them, [[Garg Ardoniquist]], an obese humanoid and controversial "genetic sculptor", is being interviewed at a party for the unveiling of his latest masterpiece. Gathered around a small dome-like structure with a hinged top, Garg explains to the interviewer that this work represents the suffering an artist goes through to reach the top of their field. Beneath them, the creature has added its brick as the latest step on the staircase, and is narrowly prevented by the Doctor from stepping off the staircase to its death. Successfully guessing that the creatures are following a program, the Doctor reaches up and unlocks the hatch. Hauling himself and the creature into the museum, the Doctor is waylaid by the interviewer, asking what it's like to be part of a work of art, while the now-elderly creature adoringly beholds its creator, Garg Ardoniquist, who narcissistically invites it to embrace its creator, for having successfully built the Stairway to Heaven. | ||
