Minus Seven Wonders (comic story)

Part One
The Doctor is impressing Martha Jones with the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, 2375AD, when it suddenly disappears before their very eyes, spooking their camels at the same time. Racing back to the TARDIS the Doctor attempts to trace where it has gone. Following it, they are just in time to see the Temple of Diana at Ephesus disappear just as the pyramid had done. A scan with his sonic screwdriver reveals that the Temple’s disappearance appears to be following the same time track as the Great Pyramid. Their next stop, arriving just in time to witness the Colossus of Rhodes, confirms that all the Seven Wonders of the World appear to be being stolen. With another four Wonders already missing the TARDIS goes to the last remaining Wonder – the Hanging Garden of Babylon, where hiding in a bush the Doctor uncovers Pholonius Ginn, a Talithan Swindler who reveals he is ‘collecting’ the Seven Wonders to be sold to the highest bidder on G-Bay where there is a lucrative market for Earth antiquities. Pholonius Ginn tries to pass himself off as a legitimate trader but they are interrupted by the arrival of a giant robot who identifies itself as Sylven, a representative of the Fatkat Corporation whose arrival is to purchase the planet Earth and the entire Human population …

Part Two
Sylvan teleports The Doctor, Martha and Pholonius Ginn back to its place of origin – headquarters of the Fatkat Corporation, just as the auction for Lot 13 planet Earth - (complete with all fixtures, fittings and indigenous life-forms) is under way. The successful bid amounts to thirteen zillion galactons. The Doctor and Martha manage to break away and head to the office of the managing director of the Fatkat Corporation one Trongus Squum. But when they get there they find that Trongus had beenleft bankrupt and homeless and the company was now being run by Pholonius Ginn in all but name. The Doctor had guessed as much with Pholonius summoning Sylvan when he got caught and in trouble on Earth. Once again Sylvan arrives to protect Pholonius but as he waves the sale document the Doctor having read the small print realises that the contract is null and void. On a technicality, the agreement states that the sale includes every man, woman and child born in the Humanian era. But with Martha Jones not on the planet at the time, technically one missing person, then the sale contract is worthless. Trongus Squum arrives with his Fatkats and Pholonius is arrested for breach of contract and Squum again manages to secure control of his company. As a mark of gratitude to the Doctor, he agrees to tear up the sale contract for Earth and return the Seven Wonders to their rightful place.

Named characters

 * The Doctor
 * Martha Jones
 * Pholonius Ginn
 * Sylvan
 * Trongus Squum

Original print details
Publication with page count and closing captions
 * 1) DWA Issue 32 (6 pages) NEXT WEEK – CAN THE DOCTOR SAVE THE SEVEN WONDERS? FIND OUT NEXT ISSUE!
 * 2) DWA Issue 33 (6 pages) NEXT WEEK – MORE ADVENTURES NEXT ISSUE!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity

 * Martha Jones refers to her family – mum, dad, Tish and Leo.
 * Pholonius Ginn tries to pass himself off as a legitimate trader by using psychic paper.
 * The Doctor uses this sonic screwdriver on a Fatkat info station to find the quickest route to the Managing Director’s office on the central floor and to help track the disappearing Seven Wonders.

Timeline

 * This story takes place after DWAM: The Green, the Bad and the Ugly
 * This story takes place before DWAM: The Last Soldier