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The Goats of Christmas Past

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Norway, December 1965

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10 December 2009

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Comic - 1 parts (4 pages)

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The Goats of Christmas Past was a Doctor Who Adventures comic story featuring the Tenth Doctor and Heather McCrimmon.

Summary

The Doctor has taken Heather McCrimmon to buy a Christmas tree for her gran. However, according to a local Norwegian forester, the trees are vanishing without trace — they aren't being pulled up or chopped down! Investigating a nearby sound, the Doctor is surprised to find a Capranom (a kind of goat that consumes a massive amount of food by shrinking it down first and storing the energy). When Heather sees more of them, they worry about the whole forest and the Doctor returns to the TARDIS to set a trap.

Setting up a plastic Christmas tree, the Capranom are soon trying to shrink it, not realising it's artificial. As the other Capranoms gather round to help, the Doctor rounds them up. Yet. as soon as they are rounded up, the Doctor and Heather are rounded up by a goat herder from space who, after having travelled across half the galaxy, mistakes them for rustlers. The Doctor assures him they were only protecting the trees.

Once the animals are safely penned, the herder agrees to wait until after Christmas so that they can feast on all the dead, unwanted trees. The Norwegian forester they met when they arrived is grateful the trees have been saved and lets Heather pick any tree she wants for her gran.

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The DWA comic strip adventures were aimed at a younger audience and the artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine.
Self contained, one part stories were the norm.

Original print details (Publication with page count and closing captions)

DWA 145 (4 pages) NEXT WEEK! Christmas Crisis!

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DWA Tenth Doctor comic stories

Which Switch? • Mirror Image • Under the Volcano • Germ War • Warfreekz! • A Delicate Operation • Blood and Tears • Fried Death • Bizarre Zero • Save the Humans! • Bat Attack! / The Battle of Reading Gaol • Triskaidekaphobia • Smart Bombs • Pinball Wizard • Gangster's Paradise / Heads You Lose • A Date to Remember / Snow Fakes

Solo

The Hunters / Cliffhanger • 13 O'Clock • Green Fingers • The Snag Finders

The Skrawn Inheritance • The Green, the Bad and the Ugly • Minus Seven Wonders • The Last Soldiers • Signs of Life • Shipwreck! • Cold War • Waste Not • A Klytode Christmas

Solo

The Monster Upstairs • Hot Metals • The Halls of Sacrifice • The Old Kings of Skarab • Reign of the Stone Monkey • Every Dog Has Its Day • The Poison Planet • Sea-Rah • The Great Mordillo

Nightmare on the Boulevard • Windswept • The Continuity Cap • Wormhole • The Black Hole Gang • CitiZens Arrest • The Lavender Hill Blob • Shark Bait • Attack of the Mange Mites! • By Order of the Bonemenders • The Alice in Wonderland Circuit • Washed Away! • Titanoleum Tourists • The Man in the Moon • Time Flies • The Giant's Ring • Frosty the Snowdemon

Heather McCrimmon

The Chromosome Connection • The Aquarius Condition • Glam Culture • The Great Rain Robbery • The Parrian Proposal • Hitching Point • Store Wars • The Submariners • The Greed of the Gavulav • The Secret Army • The Silver Bullet • The Invisibles • Good Old Days • The Abomination Game • T.R.O.L • Cyclops • The Crystal Palace • The Spirit of Ashgar • Monster Idol • The Slakken Cat • Code Freeze • Hear no Evil • Terror in the TARDIS • The Ball and Chain Gang • The Memory Collective • The Blue Star Bomb

With Wolfgang Ryter	Flight of the Giurgeax • Starstruck • The Genius Trap • The Rising Tide • Sweet Dreams • Copycat • Shadow of the Vaipid • Snakes Alive! • The Sparkling Planet • The Curse of Vladula • Photo Finish • Brain Train • Foot Soldiers • Bad Wolfie

City of Light • The Guardian of Murcher • Night of the Burnt Toast • The Ghost Factory • Skydive! • Highway Robbery • Doomsilk • One Careful Owner • The Garden Rebellion • The Goats of Christmas • A Merry Little Christmas • We Will Rock You • The Highest Stake • Hook, Line and Sinker • The Unwelcome Visitors • Junk Food • Dead-line

Solo

Arctic Eclipse • Return of the Klytode • Creature Feature • Mudshock • Project UFO • Borrowed Time • Lucky Heather