The Highest Stake (comic story): Difference between revisions

After being captured by the [[Lords of Jelsen]] [[Tenth Doctor|the Tenth Doctor]] and [[Heather McCrimmon]] are forced into a spaceship race-or-die ‘game’ through the ruined cities of the abandoned planet of [[Jelsen]]. Their opponents in matching spacecraft are two young friends [[Jossi and Karter]] who were captured when they went too close to the planet. As the two ships, race it out, the Lords of Jelsen watch their progress. Pleased they summon the [[N-fish]] (large green stingrays of the sky). The N-fish attempt to trap the ships but realising there tails are there weakest point and about “as tough as hair”, the Doctor and Heather breakthrough, their path being followed by the other ship at the Fork of Fate, a corner offering several possible routes. Trapped ships surround them, hanging like ghost ships, each having been forced to race… and lose! Avoiding the routes with the ghostships the Doctor and Heather take the clear and safe route to the finish line. Fearing the ship behind will become trapped the Doctor engineers it so that both ships cross the line in the same split second. With a dead heat, the Lords of Jelsen are unsure what to do next. While they ponder their decision, the Doctor uses the distraction to bail-out of his ship (along with Heather), sending the ship on a collision course with the tower in the city that houses the Lords’ capture system. With the system destroyed, all the ships trapped are released and are able to make their escape before the Lords can get there act together. Jossi and Karter pick up the Doctor and Heather offering them a lift.