Beneath the Skin (comic story)

Opening narration box
When the TARDIS is pulled down to a strange planet the Doctor steps out to investigate …

Summary
The TARDIS is drawn to a planet, settling in a graveyard of other craft also brought to land.Within minutes the Doctor is shot with a paralysis ray while Major Arn and Cothax and with their sample gathering robot plant the flag of the Mighty Tragellan Empire, in the ground. As some form of oil spews from the ground, rock men rise from the ground and attack, picking up and throwing the Doctor against one of the rocket ships. The knock shocks his system and the Doctor is able to move again. Using a sample gather to analyse the 'oil', he realises the planet is a living organism, the oil is actually blood and the rock men are part of the planet's defence system against attacking organisms (like the Tragellan). While the Doctor repairs the wound using the paralysis gun to seal the wound and melt the rock and soil samples to make a patch (like a skin graft), the Tragellan make their escape. The Doctor is pleased with his patient's recovery but alarmed to find the TARDIS has been taken down into the planet.



Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Tragellan – green warrior type humanoid lizards.
 * Rock Men

Original print details
Instalment, publication title with page count and closing caption.
 * 1/4 DWBIT 12 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * This story takes place after DWBIT: Time of the Cybermen
 * This story takes place before DWBIT: The Sky Below