Beneath the Skin (comic story)

Opening narration box
When the TARDIS is pulled down to a strange planet the Doctor steps out to investigate …

Summary
The TARDIS is drawn to the planet and settles in a graveyard of other craft also brought to land.Within minutes the Doctor is shot with a paralysis ray while Major Arn and Cothax along with their sample gathering robot, plant the flag of the Mighty Tragellan Empire, into the ground. As some form of oil spews from the ground rock men appear from out of the ground and attack, picking up and throwing the Doctor against one of the rocket ships. The knock shocks his system and the Doctor is able to move again. Using the sample gather to analyise the 'oil' sample the Doctor realises the planet is a living organism, the oil is actually blood and the rock men are part of the planet's defence system sent to defend against attacking organisms (like the Tragellan). While the Doctor repairs the wound using the paralysis gun to seal the wound and melt the rock and soil samples to make a patch (like a skin graft), the Tragellan make their escape. The Doctor is pleased with his patients recovery but alarmed to find the TARDIS has been taken down into the planet.



Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Tragellan – green warrior type humanoid lizards.
 * Rock Men

Original print details
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption.
 * 1/4 Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 12 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity
to be added