The Flood (comic story)


 * You may be looking for the Flood on Mars from "The Waters of Mars".

Summary
The Doctor and Destrii arrive on Earth to find a market place is receiving rain that radically alters emotions, a test being conducted by the Future Cybermen...

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Destrii
 * The Cybermen
 * North
 * MI6 agent
 * Leighton Woodrow

The Doctor's items

 * The Doctor uses his Sonic Screwdriver to confuse a group of Cybermen. It is subsequently destroyed by the Cyberleader.

Continuity

 * The story features the return of MI6 and its director, Leighton Woodrow. They were previously used in DWM: The Fallen.
 * The Cyber-Controller returns, having last been seen in DW: Attack of the Cybermen.
 * The Cybermen again travel through time (DW: Earthshock, DW: Attack of the Cybermen).
 * The Doctor mentions that radiation exposure is a good way to trigger a regeneration, he knows this because that was how the Third Doctor regenerated in DW: Planet of the Spiders. Exposure to radiation was also the cause of the Tenth Doctor's regeneration. (DW: The End of Time)
 * Cybus Cybermen invade Earth a few years after this attempt in the episodes (DW: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday)
 * The Doctor absorbs energy from the Time Vortex again in DW: The Parting of the Ways.
 * The Doctor's blue jacket is destroyed, which he gained in DWM: Ophidius, only to be replaced with a green one before the events of EDA: Vampire Science.
 * Izzy Sinclair, Maxwell Edison and Grace Holloway have cameo appearances. (DW: Doctor Who, DWM: Endgame)

Timeline

 * The Flood occurs after DWM: Sins of the Fathers
 * The Flood occurs before TN: Rip Tide