Planet Bollywood! (comic story)

Planet Bollywood! was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was written by Jonathan Morris.

Summary
The Doctor and Amy arrive on a planet where everyone, including themselves, acts like they are in a musical...

Plot
A deep-space battle between members of an elephant-like race and the Shasarak leads to a ship crashing down into the planet below. When the Eleventh Doctor and Amy arrive on the planet they spontaneously burst into song. They are then attacked by the Shasarak. Amy escapes, but the Doctor is caught. Amy gets to a nearby village, where she is greeted by a huge dance routine. A man named Rajiv shows her the Muse, a blue-skinned woman who has the ability to make people burst into song and dance. Meanwhile, the Shasarak leader tells the Doctor that they are trying to capture the Muse. The Shasarak burst into a dance routine and the Doctor escapes. The Muse explains to Amy and Rajiv she is an android who was used as an amusement for the Maharani, but when the Shasarak figured out her powers could be used for evil, they hunted her down. She was damaged from the crash landing. Just as she finishes, the Doctor turns up and begins inspecting the Muse. He comes to the conclusion that she could recharge from a nearby power source, and devises a brilliant plan. When the Shasarak arrive in the village a dance routine starts. Their leader follows the Doctor into one of the houses, while Amy, Rajiv and the Muse sneak into the Shasarak ship, where she recalibrates herself. The Doctor is about to be shot by the angry leader when the Shasarak start dancing due to the Muse being at full power, and are left dancing for hours. While the authorities are on the way, Rajiv and the Muse embrace their love and the Doctor and Amy leave.

Characters

 * Eleventh Doctor
 * Amy Pond
 * The Muse
 * Shasarak
 * Rajiv
 * The Maharani

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor says his first model train set was a Hornby.
 * The Doctor says he could have made his distraction worthy of Farah Khan if he had more time.
 * Amy mentions Fiddler on the Roof.

Continuity

 * Amy tells Rajiv that she just agrees with the Doctor's technobabble when he pauses, just as Martha Jones advised Billy Shipton to nod when the Tenth Doctor stopped for breath. (TV: Blink)