Swarm Enemies

"Individually, they're pretty harmless but a whole bunch of 'em can eat anything."

Writer: Davey Moore

Format: Comic Strip

Released: September 2007

Printed in: Doctor Who Annual 2008

Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Martha

Synopsis 

The Doctor and Martha wake up in the middle of New Colorado groggy and not quite sure where they are nor what's going on. They are soon faced with a deadly swarm...

Verdict

Swarm Enemies wasn't a bad comic strip adventure at all. It didn't set the world alight and in all honesty is quite forgetful but it does have its highlights and the plot was pretty good. I liked the reactions of the Doctor and Martha when they awoke without knowledge of where they were or what was happening. It was bettered when the danger of the Swarm was approaching and the New Colorado natives soon hit for the hills. Sad was a good character and I really liked his interest and examinations into the Swarm discovering that they were nanobots. The Doctor's annoyance at the use of the nanobots was fantastic! The climax of the story was a bit poor though, I mean a tractor defeating the enemy? Really? I also would have liked to meet the controller behind the nanobots and decipher their method and reasoning but sadly that wasn't to be. Once the tractor got the Doctor and Martha to their desired destination of the TARDIS, the way the Doctor put an end to the Swarm was terrific though. The Jones one, two was the best part of the comic strip probably! Certainly hilarious! But overall, could have been better. 

Rating: 7/10