The Halls of Sacrifice (comic story)

Part One
The TARDIS lands underground on an alien planet with super-heated water. The Doctor detects the heated water with his Sonic screwdriver. As soon as he turns it on a swarm of bat-like creatures swarm down and fly stright at the Doctor. A short hooded figure bekons the Doctor into a cave. The Doctor follows him in. The Doctor turns of the Sonic Screwdriver and the bat creatures stop their chase. The hooded figure reveals himself as Kaze, he tells the bat creatures are called Shrikes and they feast on electronic energy. Kaze take the Doctor to his village. He tells them that the people have been reduced to using windpower to escape the shrikes. Kaze then takes the Doctor to the Halls of Sacrifice. Kaze introduces the Doctro to the village leader, Genji, Genji tells the Doctor it is called the halls of sacrifice as every year a pair are chosan to train to defend against the Shrikes, Kaze tells the Doctor that seems there is little elecronic energy that the Shrikes turn to eating the people of the village, Kaze says his grandfarther was sucked dry by them. In revenge Kaze signs up to attempt to be choson to become a warrior. The chosing begins and two are picked. Neither is Kaze. The Doctor ponders why the ones not chosen are not heading back to the village, he follows them to find himself, Kaze and the rest who were not picked thrown over a cliff!

Part Two
The Doctor realises they are in an anti gravity chute. They all float down gently and land with no pain. Genji enters and reveals that this is were the tribes ship is. He tells the Doctor the ship crashed when Shrikes attacked and the ones not chosen as warriors were sent down the chute to be scientists and work on repairing the ship so the tribe can leave. The Shrikes are kept from attacking the ship using a wall of fire surrounding it. Meanwhile Shrikes surround the TARIS. Kaze and Genji use the Sonic Screwdriver to lure them away while the Doctor uses the TARDIS to boost the ships power. He then returns to pick up Kaze and Genji. The ship blasts of with all the villagers onboard. The Doctor ejects some TARDIS rooms full of electronic rubbish to feed the Shrikes for a long time.

Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Kaze
 * Genji

Original Print Details (Publication with page count and closing captions)

 * 1) DWA Issue 50-DWA Issue 51 (6 pages each) A NEW STORY STARTS NEXT WEEK!

Reprints

 * None to date

Continuity

 * In Castrovalva the the Doctor also has to eject part of the TARDIS.