Sub-species (comic story)

Summary
Deep in the North Sea in March 1942, a submarine is in trouble. It has been hijacked by one of the crew who has managed to lock all the other crew out of the bridge control room. While the crew attempt to gain entrance, the Doctor Amy Pond and Rory Williams arrive in the TARDIS inside the bridge. Flashing his psychic paper and identifying himself as Commander Bond from naval intelligence they find a single armed crew member steering the sub towards an alien craft on the sea bed. The alien craft is a Class lll Bandragian freighter – an organic craft left on the sea bed to repair itself. The Doctor watches as the crew member changes his form, and identifies himself as Gein. His craft had crashed and, while waiting for it to repair itself Gein had disguised himself as human and had now returned for it that he could make his way home before the humans found it and possibly change the course of history. The Doctor offers to help and gives Gein a lift in the TARDIS over to his ship, but when they arrive they find the ship hasn’t finished its repairs. The Doctor offers to take Gein home but not wanting to leave the craft behind where it might be discovered by the Nazis, uses the functioning controls to adjust the ships biocomposition turning the organic ship into a delicious and nutritious snack for the fish. The TARDIS leaves around the same time that the submarine crew manage to re-enter the now empty bridge where they manage to turn the sub around and away from the already decomposing alien wreck on the sea bed.

Named characters

 * The Doctor
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Gein

Original print details

 * Publication with page count and closing captions
 * 1) DWA Issue 202 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – FEROCIOUS FRIGHTS AND FANTASTIC FACTS!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity

 * The Doctor uses his psychic paper to identify himself as Commander Bond, from naval intelligence.