Distractions (comic story)

Distractions was a Seventh Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine. It served as the second prequel to The Mark of Mandragora.

Summary
The Seventh Doctor is brooding when Ace asks him about his "old study", which they head for. He wonders why he hasn't been able to take his TARDIS away from Earth recently, and why they've encountered creatures that should never have been there. When they arrive at the "study", it's actually the secondary control room, and he remembers when he previously used it. After all this time, a part of the Mandragora Helix is still aboard the TARDIS, and the Doctor fears it is now powerful enough to direct the path of the TARDIS as well as draw other forces to Earth. As, he and Ace leave the control room, helix energy crackles into life.

Plot
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Characters

 * Seventh Doctor
 * Ace

Worldbuilding

 * Ace thinks that the TARDIS's wood-panelled secondary control room is the Doctor's old study.
 * Ace is wearing Star Trek earrings.
 * The Doctor mentions that wasps are often drawn towards jam jars.

Continuity

 * The Doctor mentions his recent encounters with the Kalik, (COMIC: Train-Flight) Morgaine, (TV: Battlefield) and the Hitchers. (COMIC: Fellow Travellers)
 * The Doctor previously encountered the Mandragora Helix during his fourth incarnation in 15th century Italy, shortly after he started using the secondary control room. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)