Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)

 was a 2003 Eighth Doctor comic story in Doctor Who Magazine. It was set when the Eighth Doctor was travelling alone between Izzy Sinclair's departure and Destrii's return.

It paired the Doctor temporarily with an adolescent human companion — something that hadn't been done since Arnold's departure from the Third Doctor's TARDIS in the comic story The Amateur. From a behind-the-scenes perspective, it was the only published attempt at the Eighth Doctor for writer Gareth Roberts and penciller Mike Collins.

Summary
When Delchester United's penalty is blocked by the TARDIS, the Doctor ponders who is operating a Para-static Vortex beam and just what is hidden under Delchester's stadium?

Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Billy Wilkins
 * Ray Stobbs
 * The Morg
 * Blackstone
 * Milo Shakespeare
 * Frank Shakespeare

Continuity

 * In the final panel, the Doctor has a noisemaking football rattle — just as he did when his fourth incarnation scared horses in San Martino (TV: The Masque of Mandragora) and as his tenth incarnation would when trying to attract the attention of Luke, Rani and Clyde. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)