The Upper Deck (comic story)

 was a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip published in 2011.

Summary
Taking Amy Pond and Rory Williams to a recording of The Goon Show in London 1959, much to Rory’s delight, the Eleventh Doctor takes them aboard a double decker London bus. Taking a seat upstairs, they find frightened and alarmed passengers. As the Doctor leads them up to a ‘third’ deck they find themselves back on the upper deck. Whichever way they go they end up in the same place. Through a window the Doctor sees a giant eye and realises that the bus is actually a Shapeshifter. Shapeshifters are creatures known to hide on developed worlds, where they take on an unassuming shape, lures creatures inside, then, when its quiet consumes them. The Doctor doesn’t panic explaining that often the shapeshifter often takes on qualities it doesn’t want. Checking for traffic behind, the Doctor points his Sonic screwdriver at the stop button (which is directly connected to the creatures nervous system). Momentarily stunned the passengers are able to leave the bus while the Doctor considers taking the creature to the Elliptical Zoo on Vatrama lll, calling in an old favour.

Named characters

 * The Doctor
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams

Original print details

 * Publication with page count and closing captions
 * 1) DWA 207 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE FOR THE DOCTOR, AMY AND RORY!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity

 * Rory’s appreciation of classic media extends to the BBC radio programme of the fifties, ‘The Goon Show’.

Timeline
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