Cold Assassin (comic story)

Opening narration box
The Doctor has just left a strangely empty prison cell on a desert planet...

Summary
While trying to choose his next destination, the Doctor is suddenly aware of how dusty the TARDIS is, especially the console. The TARDIS, still in flight, is invaded by Koto. Koto is a bounty hunter, intent on absorbing every particle of light, heat and air from the TARDIS with his crystalline blue body. The Doctor demands to know why and is told Koto received a justice force auto-alert. The Doctor is wanted for his part in helping a war criminal escape from imprisonment. The Doctor explains the cell was empty, but Koto will hear no excuses. He begins absorption of the TARDIS to eliminate the Doctor before recapturing the prisoner.

As the sudden cold begins to bite, the Doctor changes into a yellow survival suit from the TARDIS wardrobe, where his old outfits are housed. Koto has absorbed all the heat from the TARDIS and the survival suit, so the Doctor rapidly cools down the bounty hunter with a fire extinguisher, a bucket of ice and a sudden snowstorm. Koto’s sudden cooling down causes a short in the creature's thermal balance. This sends him back to where he came from. As the Doctor still puzzles over the “war criminal” reference, a face can be seen in the dust.

Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Koto – Giant blue crystalline bounty hunter with the special ability to absorb air, heat and light by his body.

Original print details
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption.
 * 2/4 DWBIT 39 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED…
 * No reprints to date.

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * This story takes place after DWBIT: Dusty Death
 * This story takes place before DWBIT: Designs of the Dust