The Woman Who Sold the World (comic story)

Summary
The Doctor and Martha go to Loam and find the people are going to be killed as a Woman has sold the world.

Part 1
A woman named Sugarpea and her partner Sweetleaf are worried as Sugarpea has sold the world and it is getting demolished, with new buildings to be put in its place. Martha Jones and the Doctor are in space; Martha has a rope around her so she can answer a Calamity Lamp. On Loam, Sugarpea and Sweetleaf go on a flying chair and start to fly. The Doctor and Martha have landed in Loam and are in a dark passageway. They open a door and find a little boy playing. The boy says his mum and dad are busy and the Doctor assumes that there is a war going on so his mum and dad will be elsewhere. As some locals spot Sugarpea and Sweetleaf they start to boo her. The Doctor goes to have a look around and leaves Martha in charge of the boy. It turns out his name is Kipe. Sugarpea flies past the parliament building and waves. The Prime Minister tells his aide to turn away. The Doctor finds out he is on a giant robot destroying the planet and the boy is controlling it. The boy gets tired of this and tosses Martha out of the robot, far above the ground.

Part 2
Martha catches hold of the flying seat that Sugarpea and Sweetleaf are flying on and they let her on to safety. The Doctor, angry at Kipe, switches his game off and decides to tell his father what has happened. On the flying seat, Sugarpea and Sweetleaf tell Martha what happened on Loam and realise that she is the one who found the Calamity Lamp. The Doctor travels through a portal to the High Goliax, the biggest bank in the universe. He is cross with Kipe's father, Mr Kingfisher, who tells the doctor that the robots have to clear the planet for resale. Sugarpea tells Martha that she owed money to the bank and she was Prime Minister once. Mr Kingfisher takes the Doctor to a room with a huge queue in it; he is shackled with a detector to ensure there is no crime commited. Martha, Sugarpea and Sweetleaf are chased by a giant robot but lose it and land at the Museum of Politics. The Doctor tries to catch up with Kingfisher but a man named Mandrake tells him he is wasting his time; he wants the Doctor to stop the music. Sugarpea walks up to a statue and Martha asks if it is a statue of her but she is corrected by Sweetleaf; it is in fact a Coal-Fired Diplomat. Martha soon finds out that it is a weapon. The Doctor and Mandrake are in the control room where there are brain-like objects. Mandrake tells the Doctor that they are called the Processors. The Doctor is stunned when music plays loudly in his head.

Part 3
Mandrake saves the doctor from death, the doctor says that the organic Processors are singing to stop themselves going mad. Mandrake is puzzled he does not know what the doctor is on about. He says to Mandrake that the computer is full of slaves.

On Loam Sugarpea gains control of her machine Brassneck. Sugarpea says Brassneck will follow her path. Sugarpea says she will make Martha and Sweetleaf stay at the museam. As they leave the doors lock.

The Doctor tells Mandrake that his ship translated an alien langwage, he says the slaves in the computer are voice. The Doctor says he can sort out the problem and removes his tracker on his leg. He says he needs more Trackers as he wants to attach one to every tentacle on the computer.

Elsewhere Sugarpea is flying over the planet as the giant child controlled robots destroy the city. They begin to chase her round the city.

Sweetleaf and Martha find Sugarpeas autobiography and Martha has found a vehicle like an insect. They crash out the library and search for Sugarpea.

Mandrake and the Doctor have attacked the Trackers to every Tentacle. The Doctor zaps them with his sonic and everyone waiting in the line says they have all been put through. The Creatures from the machine escape and begin to chase the doctor and Mandrake. As they both head to Kingfish's office.

At Kingfish office he begins to recieve complaints from a riot of people who where waiting in line.Kingfish looks out his window and finds out that his compyuters have legs he demands to know who did it. The Doctor and Mandrake burst in saying it was them.

On Loam Martha and Sweetleaf head to the Prime Minsters offices. Sweetleaf says Sugarpea is going to overthrow the goverment.

Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * Martha Jones
 * Sugarpea
 * Sweetleaf

Continuity

 * This story would appear to take place very early in Martha's travels with the Doctor, based upon dialogue suggesting that items such as the sonic screwdriver are still new to her.

Timeline

 * This story occurs after DW: The Lazarus Experiment
 * This story occurs before DWM: Bus Stop