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|image= Doctor Who Storybook 2008.jpg

|series= [[Doctor Who Storybook]]

|doctor= Tenth Doctor

|companions= [[Martha Jones|Martha]]

|enemy= [[Silhouette (species)|Silhouettes]]

|setting = [[Great Solar Shield]], [[21st century]]  

|writer= Jonathan Morris

|penciller = [[Martin Geraghty]]

|inker=[[David A Roach]]

|colourist = [[James Offredi]]

|letterer=[[Roger Langridge]]

|editor = [[Clayton Hickman]] & [[Scott Gray]]

|anthology = Doctor Who Storybook 2008

|release date = 1 August 2007

|traded= ''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]''

|publisher= Panini Comics

|format= Comic, 8 pages

|prev= Zombie Motel (short story)

|next= The Iron Circle (short story)

[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the late [[21st century]], on the [[Great Solar Shield]] — according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the single greatest achievement of the 21st century. It is designed to partially block the sun, to stall the effects of [[global warming]]. The Doctor and [[Martha Jones|Martha]] go into the control room, where the staff are shocked by their arrival. The commander of the ship explains the sun shield was never meant to be accessed from outside. Every member of the crew will die from [[radiation]] [[poison]]ing in five years. Suddenly, a large object appears on the scanner, heading toward the sun shield. The Doctor recognises it as more than an [[asteroid]]. It is a swarm of [[Silhouette (species)|Silhouettes]], energy parasites from the dark places of the [[universe]]. The Silhouettes swarm the shield. Crew member [[Tanaka (Sunscreen)|Tanaka]] is turned to dust by their touch. When a Silhouette tries to attack Martha, however, it screeches and flies away.

Back in the control room, the Doctor sees that the Silhouettes are leaving the sun shield and heading for [[Earth]] instead. He quickly realises that the Silhouettes are allergic to bright colour — like the colour of Martha's T-shirt — and alters the path of the sun shield to create a [[rainbow]], making the Silhouettes flee. The sun shield, under strain from the attack, begins to break up, so the Doctor takes everyone on board back to Earth in the TARDIS. The group watch as the sunlight breaks free from the sun shield for the first time in years.

* [[Tenth Doctor]]

* [[Martha Jones]]

== Worldbuilding ==

''to be added''

== Notes ==

* ''Sunscreen'' is the only comic strip to appear in the 2008 storybook.

== Continuity ==