Earworm (comic story)

Summary
Leeds, 2011 and young Danny’s earache is hurting and alongside the weird music he keeps hearing, his dad is worried enough to take him to hospital – where the Doctor is waiting to see him. The receptionist (Amy Pond) takes Danny and his Dad to see the Eleventh Doctor who examines Danny’s ear with his sonic screwdriver. The sonic device causes a tiny alien worm (a Harmonelid) to burst from Danny’s ear in a rush of green slime. The worm falls to the floor where its growth is accelerated and it escapes by hurling itself through a glass window. Waiting outside the window with a small fishing net Rory Williams fails to catch the worm which zooms off and conceals itself in a busy hospital waiting room. Believing the worm to have found a new home in somebody else’s ear the Doctor finds Mr Richards - a deaf elderly patient in a wheelchair, smiling and tapping away to himself. Another quick examination with the sonic screwdriver reveals that the Harmonelid has shrunk itself down to size and re-settled itself. As the gentleman seems quite happy and the Harmonelid only presents a danger to young ears the Doctor and his friends having successfully lured the worm out of Danny’s ear take their leave.

Named characters

 * The Doctor
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Danny
 * Mr Richards

Original print details

 * Publication with page count and closing captions
 * 1) DWA Issue 204 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK – THE DOCTOR AND FRIENDS GO DOWN TO THE WOODS
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity

 * Rory Williams is once again in his hospital orderly’s outfit (albeit this time its green) and Amy Pond is seen wearing a nursing costume (with trousers!).