Under the Volcano
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| Under the Volcano | |
| Series: | Doctor Who Comics - Tenth Doctor Comics |
| Doctor: | Tenth Doctor |
| Companions: | Rose Tyler |
| Enemy: | Chalderans |
| Setting: | Indonesia, Krakatoa, Earth, 1883 |
| Author: | Si Spencer |
| Editor: | Moray Laing |
| Artist: | John Ross |
| Colourist: | Adrian Salmon |
| Lettering: | |
| Published In: | Doctor Who Adventures 3 |
| Publication: | 3 May 2006 |
| Publisher: | BBC Magazines |
| Format: | Comic - 1 parter (6 pages) |
| Previous Story: | Mirror Image |
| Following Story: | The Germ War |
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[edit] Summary
It's Indonesia in 1883 and the Doctor and Rose manage to escape from being tied to a post by the local islanders, who talked about Men of Flames who are destroying their land. Racing away through the jungle they hide behind a waterfall that leads underground where the Chalderans (a silicon-based, flame-red, horned lifeform, with an incredibly high body temperaure) are attempting to drill down into the planet and empty its core, leaving behind another totally dead planet. But the Chalderans have three weaknesses; extreme heat, water and stupidity. Convincing them that they have been drilling in the wrong direction, they start to argue amongst themselves, while the Doctor and Rose make another escape. Running back to the TARDIS, the pursing Chalderans are killed when they run into the waterfall. In the TARDIS the Doctor and Rose watch from a safe distance as the island explodes killing the remaining Chalderans. The island's name, the Doctor tells Rose, is Krakatoa, which when it exploded destroyed two-thirds of the island. For more stunning displays the Doctor suggests the displays of the mating Fire Dragons of Ket-el or the lovely twin supernova out near Deneb-3.
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[edit] Original Print Details (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- DWA Issue 3 (6 pages split 4/2) * NEXT ISSUE: THE DOCTOR LOSES THE TARDIS!
[edit] Reprints
- None to date
[edit] Notes
- The DWAM comic strip adventures were very much aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours was bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine.
- Self contained one part stories were the norm in the early issues later being expanded to two-parters.
[edit] References
- Deneb-7 was visited by the Fourth Doctor and K-9 in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip adventure Touchdown on Deneb-7.
[edit] Continuity
to be added
[edit] Timeline
- This story occurs after DW: Tooth and Claw
- This story occurs before DWM: F.A.Q.
