The Atomon Invasion (comic story)

 was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2011.

Summary
The Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams answer a distress call from Elpha (who along with her cubs he had earlier saved and returned home). Taken to the tribe’s Queen, she explains that the mechanical men are destroying the forests Hoojib trees and their fruit, which the tribe need in order to survive. The Doctor discovers the mechanical men are Dronebots (previously encountered on Figaro Xll). Using his experience as a Roman Centurion, Rory is sent to organise an attack on the Dronebots base, a spaceship on the planet's surface while the Doctor and Amy sneak around the back. Inside they discover attempts to fuse living matter of the Hoojib tree with the metal and plastic Dronebots. In the control room, Atomon (himself fused with the plant form) prepared to wipe out the entire tribe, but Elpha smashes the controls and puts the Dronebots offline and inactive. Facing up to Atomon, the Doctor declares his own people fought and defeated him in the Dark Times. Astonished at a Time Lord’s survival, Atomon uses a teleport to escape, but not before promising to meet the Doctor again …

Named characters

 * The Doctor
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Atomon

Original print details

 * Publication with page count and closing captions
 * 1) DWA 247 (4 pages) DON’T MISS ANOTHER NEW ADVENTURE NEXT TIME!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity

 * The Doctor refers to “his people” (the Time Lords) and the Atomon who fought in the Dark Times (early Time Lord history). The Time Lords won.
 * Rory’s previous life as a Roman Centurion (during the two thousand years he waited for Amy Pond), gave him the experience to lead an army of Elpha’s tribe against the Dronebots.

Timeline
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