Funhouse (comic story)

Summary
A force cries out that it is alone but was not always. It is in a haunted house and wants to reach out and feed. Frobisher relaxes as a penguin again, on a beach chair in the TARDIS, which is being pulled off course. Frobisher says, "Y'now, Doc, for the universe's best travelled man, your sense of direction in is the pits."

They emerge in the house. Looking out the window they see a strange place, the Doctor thinks is an illusion. Tree like tentacles rise from the floor and grab TARDIS. Unaware of this, the Doctor picks up a candelabra. Hearing strange sounds, Frobisher wants to stick with the Doctor. In a room they find a violin and a still warm drinking glass. They hear screams and find a girl in a vest and two piece with bare stomach and Arabian type pants. Peri! It changes into a giant winged demon like alien monster which lunges at them.

They go through a door to find the room sideways and a man sitting sideways to them as they enter. To him, they are sideways and entering on the door up the wall! The man runs out. The Doc and Frobisher find themselves in a small locked room. Frobisher tries to tell the Doctor about this being a funhouse in a carnival. The Doctor feels the TARDIS being attacked. The Doctor gets a door open finally but sees a pit with hellish beasts flying into it and he just about grabs onto the door to prevent himself from falling down the deep dank fire cavern. "Good Gallifrey!" Frobisher pulls him in as a bat like demon flies at them.

The TARDIS is under another's control. It starts to VWORP VWORP away but they run down steps. But then the Doc realises the truth, "This house is somehow joined with the TARDIS. It's not the TARDIS that's taken off..it's the whole house. And us along with it!"

The House hurtles through the time vortex. Frobisher gets the TARDIS log. The Doctor thinks that means they are going back through the TARDIS log. To reach teh console Frobisher uses a box. The Doctor looks for an axe in the closet, a hatchet really. On the floor are scattered jelly baby jar, a piggy bank, a ball of yarn, a cricket bat, a laser gun. Frobisher thinks for a smart guy, the Doctor can be really dumb sometimes as the Doctor tries to cut the tentacles off -- when the direct approach fails, he will work on being devious. Frobisher has to pull him free.

The Doctor felt like a giant hand was stopping him. The thing feeds on fear, emotion, and raw energy, the more they feed it the stronger it becomes. The Doc tells Frobisher the TARDIS is a boundary between dimensions, not a physical object. Rocking stops. They turn the scanner on and see it. Outside is a giant eye with tentacles. Frobisher asks, "Uh, Doctor, ever had that feeling that you're under observation?" The doors seem to bulge in.

The Doctor has a plan now, wishing he paid attention in basic seamanship. He uses a ball of string Frobisher fetches to go to the Zero Room. Something laughs. When the Doctor pulls on the string, he will shut off the circuit that protects the TARDIS's passengers from the changing time fields outside. Being in the Zero Room should protect them from the worst of it. Everything outside will regress in time at the same speed as the TARDIS, including the House. He pulls. The Doctor goes out, "If I'm not back in a few minutes, you're on your own."

Frobisher, at the door, becomes his Conan barbarian type. The Doctor becomes his Fifth self. Frobisher becomes the business suited detective. The Doc becomes in his fourth incarnatiuon. Frobisher is a baby on the floor. As he runs, the Doctor is now the Third Doctor. Frobisher is just a small embryo of fluid as the Second Doctor reaches the Console Room. The First Doctor bends down, "Unhh!" He puts the switch back on. He becomes the Sixth Doctor. Something screams.

The House is trapped in the time vortex and cannot get out. It talks to itself, "I'll rest now. And in time, others will come. In time, I'll feed again and be lonely no longer. In time... in time..."

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Frobisher
 * Peri Brown (illusion)
 * Funhouse

Continuity
to be added