Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)

 was a 2003 eighth Doctor comic strip in Doctor Who Magazine which occurred when the Doctor was travelling alone between Izzy Sinclair's departure and Destrii's return to the strip.

It was notable for pairing the Doctor, temporarily, with an adolescent human companion — something that hadn't been done since Arnold's departure from the third Doctor's TARDIS in TVC: The Amateur. From a behind-the-scenes perspective, it was further signficant for being both writer Gareth Roberts and penciller Mike Collins only published attempt at the eighth Doctor.

Summary
When Delchester United's penalty is blocked by the TARDIS, the Doctor ponders who is operating a Para-static Vortex beam, and just what is hidden under Delchester's stadium?

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Billy Wilkins
 * Ray Stobbs
 * Morg

Reprints

 * This comic story was reprinted in The Flood graphic novel.

Continuity

 * The Doctor drives a damaged red London bus, just as he would later do in another Gareth Roberts-penned story, Planet of the Dead.
 * The Doctor is very briefly seen wearing a fez, as he had previously done in Silver Nemesis, and as he would do again in The Big Bang.

Timeline

 * This story takes place after DWM: Where Nobody Knows Your Name
 * This story takes place before DWM: The Power of Thoueris!