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The Flood was the last regular Eighth Doctor comic strip to be published in Doctor Who Magazine. It saw the reappearance of the Cybermen in the strip, as well as several other people from the strip's history.
It would have shown the Eighth Doctor's regeneration. Russell T Davies personally asked DWM's staff if they would like to produce the scene and they agreed initially. However, they found no way to remove Destrii without killing her off, which they were unwilling to do. Neither would the BBC allow the strip to feature her travelling with the Ninth Doctor. These factors meant the scene was cancelled and it ended with the Eighth and Destrii still together.
Summary
The Doctor and Destrii arrive on Earth to find rain falling on a market place, rain that radically alters emotions. It is a test being conducted by the Future Cybermen...
Plot
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Characters
- The Doctor
- Destrii
- The Cybermen
- North
- Leighton Woodrow
- Carter
- Morris
- Julie
- Emily Rice
References
Bars and pubs
- The Doctor and Destrii visit The World's End.
The Doctor's items
- The Doctor uses his Sonic Screwdriver to confuse a group of Cybermen. It is subsequently destroyed by the Cyberleader.
Individuals
Notes
- This comic story was re-released in The Flood graphic novel.
- The graphic novel The Flood reveals that this story was originally going to feature the Eighth Doctor's regeneration into the Ninth Doctor. The magazine passed on this opportunity as they would not have been able to show Destrii's reaction to the regeneration; DWM originally intended for Destrii to travel with the Ninth Doctor in a series of adventures set before Rose, but this idea was vetoed by the BBC, who wanted only Rose Tyler to travel with the Ninth Doctor. Destrii's ultimate fate has yet to be chronicled. This decision was also advantageous for writer Steven Moffat, who was able to introduce the War Doctor as an incarnation that came between the Eighth and Ninth Doctor because of the missing regeneration, which retcons this potential ending from the canonical continuity of Doctor Who.
- It would not be until DWM Issue 400 in October 2008 that the comic strip would introduce another non-TV, comic strip-only companion in Majenta Pryce.
Continuity
- The story features the return of MI6 and its director, Leighton Woodrow. They were previously used in COMIC: The Fallen.
- Technology from this incident would be used by MI6 to launch themselves into space and create Annabel Lake's suit. (COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone)
- The Cyber-Controller returns, having last been seen in TV: Attack of the Cybermen.
- The Cybermen again travel through time (TV: Earthshock, Attack of the Cybermen).
- The Doctor mentions that radiation exposure is a good way to trigger a regeneration. He knows this because that was how the Third Doctor regenerated in TV: Planet of the Spiders. Exposure to radiation would also be the cause of the Tenth Doctor's regeneration. (TV: The End of Time)
- Cybermen from another universe invade Earth a few years after this attempt in the episodes TV: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday.
- The Doctor absorbs energy from the Time Vortex again in TV: The Parting of the Ways.
- The Doctor's blue jacket, which he gained in COMIC: Ophidius, is destroyed, only to be replaced with a green one before the events of PROSE: Vampire Science.
- Izzy Sinclair, Maxwell Edison and Grace Holloway have cameo appearances. (TV: Doctor Who, COMIC: Endgame)
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