A Doctor in the House? (comic story)

A Doctor in the House? is a comic story across two issues released on 5 and planned for release 25 July 2023 by Titan Comics.

It is the third and fourth release and the sixth and seventh overall story of the Doom's Day multimedia series.

Summary
Using her vortex manipulator, she’ll do anything to find the tempestuous time traveller, including cavorting with the maleficent Missy. Every hour a new adventure, every hour closer to death…


 * 0600

Coincidence finds Doom at yet another ball. Only this time, she's looking for answers as well as her target. But a priceless and dangerous treasure poses her another complication in her final day.


 * 0700

Doom arrives back at Stormcage for a new mission which is interrupted by an uninvited guest.


 * 0800

In her next mission, Doom finds herself at a futuristic fan convention. Who is her next target, and what could Missy possibly want with her?


 * 0900

A dead planet. The last of their kind. A tea party for three. Can Doom shake Missy off her tail and find the Doctor?

DD 1
Doom lands in New York, 1883. Message from Terri, Lesser Order of Oberon. Her target: The Thief.

Doom finds herself attending a Masked Ball, just like in New Venice. She spends a bit of time chatting with guests, searching for her target. A guest take notice of Doom, claiming to have met her before and dancing with her at the Collins Gala, but Doom brushes him off, continuing her search for the Doctor.

Elsewhere, Missy has joined the same party, having picked up a time anomaly while pretending to be "Doctor Who", on her path to redemption. In a similar manner to Doom, Missy chats with guests to find her own target, trying to sound like the Doctor, a guest says she must be an "avid reader of the Penny Dreadfuls". Spotting some suspicious Catkind, she makes her way through the partying people towards them.

Confronting them with threats, the Cats introduce themselves as Lord and Lady Prettypaw. Scanning them, she finds that they’re not her time anomaly. Doom watches from afar, deciding to follow them.

Missy is stopped by Ava, the host of the party, asking if Missy came from The Times. Missy says she is from a lot of times and, very annoyed, says she’s not supposed to stab anyone.

Having followed her target upstairs, Doom finds the Prettypaws in a room, stealing jewellery from a cupboard. Doom deducts that they’re looking for the Perpetual Topaz, telling them that the people of Earth in this time has no knowledge of its capability of destroying planet. Lady Prettypaw claims that a lot of money will be paid for the diamond.

Claiming the Topaz to be theirs, the Prettypaws attempt to attack Doom, but she makes short of her attackers, throwing her special mask at the Lord and shoots the Lady.

Having made her way upstairs following the time anomaly signal, Missy, finds Doom inside the room with the dead bodies, Missy claims to have missed the fun, claiming yet again to be "Doctor Who". A doubtful Doom activates her vortex manipulator and dissapears, leaving Missy to stand and admire her work, vowing to find Doom again.

Stormcage Containment Facility, 52nd century. Message from Terri. Her target: The Prison Broker.

Doom begins her search. Elsewhere, Missy finds herself near her past self's cell, the latter swearing at a cartoon he’s watching.

Picking up signal from far too many time travellers, Missy asks herself what "Doctor Who" would do, besides making "puppy eyebrows" at River Song.

Having made her way to the Administrators room, Doom meets Cire and warns him that his job and the facility are in danger from a traitor who plans to make a profit by hiring out the prisoners.

Missy shows up, with Cire greeting her as the Doctor, to Doom's annoyance. Cire proceeds to tell Missy about what Doom just told him, but Doom makes him question Missy's lack of identification, giving her time to run off. As Cire calls for security, Missy walks off, telling him not to disturb her quest.

Making her way to a prisoner, he accidentally reveals the name of her target as she lowers the prison bars, and he proceeds to attack her. Doom quickly puts up the bars, cutting the prisoner in half, killing him.

Searching further, she finds Jaxxo, the target, wandering the halls and proceeds to kill him too.

Elsewhere, Missy is strolling along the halls, bumping into Doom on her way to time jump, telling Missy once again that she’s an imposter and that she’s too late.

Missy again is left behind, as Cire shows gratitude towards Missy for solving the issue. But upon learning that she has to fill out paperwork, she leaves, vowing again that she’s not done with her "murderous little poppet".

DD 2
To be added

Characters

 * Doom
 * Man
 * Missy
 * Woman
 * Lord Prettypaw
 * Lady Prettypaw
 * Ava
 * The UNIT Master
 * Cire
 * Prisoner
 * Jaxxo

Continuity

 * Missy once again goes by the name "Doctor Who". (TV: World Enough and Time, COMIC: The Master Plan)
 * The UNIT-era Master is still imprisoned at Stormcage Containment Facility. Cire mentions how "the Doctor" took him off-site without proper proceedure. (COMIC: The Master Plan)
 * The Master watches a cartoon involving a dog and a bird, continuing their trend of enjoying children's entertainment. (TV: The Sea Devils, The Sound of Drums)