The Eternal Dogfight (comic story)

 was the first part of the sixth story of the Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor comic story series published in 2015. It featured the first time the late Ada Obiefune is seen in the flesh outside of flashbacks. The story finally introduced Amstrons, references to whom have been strewn throughout most of the preceding stories.

Publisher's summary
The day after tomorrow – and the Vrezian Confederacy and the J'arrodic Federation have brought their "honourable" air-war to Earth.

They're not here to invade, and they're being exceptionally considerate about collateral damage, all things considered.

But human air travel is at a standstill, our culture is collapsing, the skies are clogged with toxic smog... And UNIT can't do a thing, as the aliens vaporize the weapons stockpile of any country that dares interfere!

The deadlock needs a peaceful and clever solution – let's hope the Doctor is up to the job!

And in the middle of it all... Alice is given a shocking offer she dare not refuse!

Plot
The Eleventh Doctor finally brings Alice Obiefune back to her flat in Hackney. She asks him for a couple of days to sort out the storage for her mum's stuff and to find a new place to live. She is still grieving for her mother. The Doctor tells her she can live and store things in the TARDIS but Alice knows it cannot be forever. John Jones, who got into the habit of nervous eating and gained some weight is interested in records from 2015. ARC get out of the TARDIS too. Suddenly, they hear a very loud bang somewhere above. The Doctor sticks his sonic screwdriver out the window but he can see what it is without any instruments. The Eternal Dogfight has come to Earth.

This fight, this war has lasted longer than anyone can remember. The Doctor learned about it in the Time Lord Academy and even then the origins had already been lost in the mist of time. The Eternal Dogfight is fought between the Amstrons of the Great Wheel and the J'arrodic Federation. Both of their home planets are believed to have been lost early in the conflict. Losing one's home planet is something the Doctor can clearly relate to. Since then, the two opponents travel across the universe with their planet-sized motherships continuing the fight. The Amstrons and the J'arrodic are really only interested in fighting each other. However, sometimes their fight takes them to populated solar systems, and then collateral damage cannot be completely avoided. So the Doctor decides to go the the Great Wheel and stop this war once and for all.

Alice fails to persuade him to take her too. He just gives her a mobile phone to reach him just in case. So she gets to the business of sorting out her flat and catching up on the news. When first the Amstrons and the J'arrodic arrived with their war, people on Earth panicked. But the ambassadors of the two warring sides informed Earth's leaders that they mean no harm to Earth. So the people of Earth started treating the hostilities as free fireworks. Meanwhile, Alice finds a picture of her an her mum with a celebratory cake. That brings back memories, but suddenly Alice hears some sound from the kitchen. At first, she thinks the Doctor is back. When she enters the kitchen however, she sees a silhouette of Time Lord figure in front of a glowing golden circle.

Characters

 * Eleventh Doctor
 * Alice Obiefune
 * John Jones
 * ARC
 * Time Lord
 * Ada Obiefune
 * Amstron ambassador
 * J'arrodic Federation ambassador
 * Amstron guards

Original print details
to be added

Continuity

 * Like before to the Eleventh Doctor, the Talent Scout first appears to Alice in the form of a Time Lord. (COMIC: After Life)
 * After overcoming its possession, ARC tells the Doctor it will "serve him". (COMIC: The Friendly Place, What He Wants, Whodunnit?)
 * The Doctor says he likes a good library, (COMIC: After Life) apart from the ones that try to eat him. (TV: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead)
 * The Doctor yells "Geronimooooooooo!!" as he, Jones, and ARC jump off the Great Wheel. (TV: The End of Time et al)
 * The Doctor encountered the Amstrons before, when he twice saved Rokhandi from them. (COMIC: The Friendly Place)