Jewel of the Vile (comic story)

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The Doctor and Martha are trying to stop the Zaan from getting the Treed Crystals they need to power the Vortex Cannon!

Summary
The Doctor and Martha attend the film premiere of ‘Starquake’, knowing that the leading star, Miss Honey Vox (staring in the role of Galaxy O’Rourke) will be in attendence. Miss Vox wears around her neck on a chain one of the best examples of a Treed Crystal, and a likely target of theft by the Zaan. Taking a space bike, the Dctor and Martha avoid the paparazzi and follow Miss Vox to her cruise ship. Using the Doctor’s psychic paper they identify as being from the Serious Crimes Squad and are taken to Miss Vox. Miss Vox explains that the Treed Crystal is locked away in a safe. Opening the safe they find Jebelex the Pulthasian stealing the Crystal through a hole made from the outside of the ship using a matter transmuter that can turn solids into liquids in a matter of seconds. Jebelex drops into his boat to make his escape followed by Martha. As a patrol ship approaches Jebelex throws something to Martha and shouts to the patrol officers that he doesn’t have the crystal anymore. As the patrol officers shape shift back to their Zaan warrior form Martha realises she is holding not the crystal but the matter transmuter. As Jebelex escapes with the crystal in his spaceship, the Zaan prepare to ram the cruiser. Using the matter transmuter on the water (turning it from a liquid to a solid) the Zaan vessel is effectively grounded and the Doctor and Martha drop down from the ship in pursuit of the Treen Crystal following a DNA trail left behind…



Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Martha Jones
 * Zaan - Spiky-backed, green, bulky-but-agile, humanoid creatures with razor sharp teeth and capable of shape changing who stole the ultimate weapon the Vortex Cannon from Brendock Seven
 * Jebelex the Pulthasian – small blue, ball-like creature (like a space hopper with a big face) and with long thin arms and legs. Burglar in the service of the Zaan warriors employed to steal the Treed Crystal from Miss Honey Vox.
 * Miss Honey Vox (aka Galaxy O’Rourke) star of the silver screen famous for her space heroine series of films

Original print details
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption.
 * 2/4 Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 23 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * This story takes place after DWBIT: Head Start
 * This story takes place before DWBIT: Lock, Stocks and Barrel