Growing Terror (comic story)

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Summary
The TARDIS along with the Doctor and Rose is brought to a rough landing by Coffa and Lute who greet them with the warning that the survivors of “that dreadful day” on Platform One are disappearing one by one. While the biogroves protective shields are down to let the TARDIS through, a Cyborg called Montodon Sleem, along with his robotic gardener (SNIP-7), also arrive. As soon as their ship lands and starts scorching the forest they begin to harvest the land for intelligent trees for Sleems customers back home (where he owns the Cyborg Intergalactic Garden Centres). Taking Coffa and Lute to safety the Doctor and Rose are pursued by Sleem and SNIP-7. The Doctor and Rose lure them into a field of super-evolved space dandelions, which seed and grow in metal very quickly. The robotic parts quickly become clogged up, and, with his Garden Bot useless, Sleem, (himself affected by the seeds), leaves in a hurry. Returning to the TARDIS the Doctor and Rose find no sign of Coffa and Lute, and decide to head off wondering where the survivors of Platform One have gone, and when they will be next….



Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Rose Tyler
 * Coffa A representative of the Forest of Cheem, and a highly evolved plantform, he was one of the survivors of Platform One at the Earth death along with Lute.
 * Lute A representative of the Forest of Cheem, and a highly advanced plantform, he was one of the survivors of Platform One at the Earth death along with Coffa.
 * Montodon Sleem Cyborg gardener who used SNIP garden (ro)bots to made a living harvesting intelligent trees.

Publication Details

 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 1 (4 pages)

Continuity

 * References are made to the guests at Platform One, Roses reaction to seeing so many aliens and the Doctor being unable to save Jade, as well as featuring two familiar survivors Coffa and Lute which all occured in DW: The End of the World.