The Life Bringer! (comic story)

Summary
While travelling through time and space the TARDIS runs into a vortex, causing it to materialise on an uncharted planet. The Doctor and K9 leave the TARDIS only to find a very tall and muscular being chained to a rock. Claiming to be the legendary Prometheus, the prisoner says that rather than bringing humanity the spark of fire, it was actually the spark of life and it was that transgression that caused Zeus to punish him.

After being released by K9's laser beam, Prometheus takes The Doctor and K9 to Olympus, where they find that Zeus plans to rid the universe of life because he thinks that the hate, stealing, murder, and war of lifeforms outweigh their poetry, art, and philosophy. Outraged that Zeus would destroy all life, Prometheus once again steals the spark of life and escapes with The Doctor. Just as they enter the TARDIS, Zeus throws bolts of lightning from his fingertips, scrambling the TARDIS's controls.

The TARDIS rematerialises in the darkness of space. Prometheus opens the door and jumps out, leaving The Doctor alone with K9 and confused as to where or when he is or even where he found Prometheus in the first place.

Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * K9 Mark II
 * Prometheus
 * Aphrodite
 * Zeus
 * Hermes
 * Apollo
 * Ares
 * Asclepius
 * Helius
 * Selene

Continuity

 * This is the first Fourth Doctor comic to feature the "JNT costume", as seen in Season 18.
 * In a previous incarnation the Doctor had already encountered the Immortals who were known as the Greek gods. (PDA: Deadly Reunion)

Timeline

 * This story takes place after DWY: Star Beast II
 * This story takes place before DWM: War of the Words