In a suspenseful narrative, DCI Emily Abbott uncovers a mysterious man with an unusual biological makeup who was found near a police box. She encounters the Doctor and navigates a malfunctioning spaceship, where a ship computer reveals a prime directive to kill the Doctor before his regeneration. The story concludes with the Doctor preparing to save others while hinting at the arrival of another incarnation of himself.

2. WHOA!
I’m
crashing!

4. REBIRTH
BY
MATTHEW GRANT

5. Later that day...

7. DCI Emily
Abbott. You
called?

8. Yes. It’s
about this
man.

9. What
about him?
Who is he?

10. That’s just it.
We have no
idea who he is.
And his
biological
makeup is
unusual. We
cannot explain
it.

11. Any I.D.
on him?

12. No. He was
found by a
police box of all
things. Haven’t
seen one of
those since I
was a boy.

13. I’ll look in
to it.

14. Miles above Earth...

15. Well, I
wasn’t
expecting
that!

18. Ah, the
repairs are
done. Thank
goodness, I
was getting
sick of
hospital food

19. What on
Earth?

20. Oh my god!

22. All of them
are here. All
of them must
be killed.

23. How is
that…
what?

24. Someone’s
coming

26. Well, what
have you got
for me this
time?

27. Not bad
old girl…
not bad at
all

28. A little
dark, but
that can be
fixed.

29. Hands
up

30. That won’t
work. The
TARDIS is in a
state of grace
Your
weapons
can’t work
in here

31. I don’t
believe
you

32. Oh well,
worth a
try

33. What
is this
place?

34. It’s called a
TARDIS. Time
And Relative
Dimension In
Space. It’s a
machine
designed for
travel in space
and time

35. That’s
not
possible

36. And bigger
on the
inside is?
C’mon, it’s
not too
much of a
leap

38. What’s
that?

39. The
atmospheric
penetration
detector

40. Which is?

41. A thing that
goes beep

42. It means
that a ship
is about to
collide with
Earth

43. So what are
we going to
do?

44. Go there of
course

47. On the ship...
Ah,
steering
must be a
bit rusty

48. So we’re
stuck?
Not quite

49. What’s
that?
Sonic
screwdriver.
Always a
hand in a
jam.

50. I’m the
Doctor by
the way,
and you?
Emily, who
names their
child
Doctor?

51. Well,
here we
are

52. I’m on a
spaceship, in
a corridor.
Bit of a
comedown

53. You know
what’s weird
about this
place?
What?

54. It’s silent.
The engines
are running,
but there
are no signs
of life

55. Should we
be worried?
It could be
the
autopilot.

56. This is a
Jagaroth ship.
They wouldn’t
leave it alone.

57. Ah, this
looks
like the
bridge.

58. Incarnation
14 is aboard

59. And you
are?
The ship
computer. I
run the ship

60. Where are
the crew?

61. I killed them.
I opened the
airlock and
ejected them
What?
Why?

62. My systems
were hacked
My new prime directive
is to kill the fourteenth
incarnation of the
doctor before he
regenerates

63. What?
Why?
Insufficient data. All
that is known is that
we need to stop the
final Doctor from
destroying the
universe

64. Why would
my last
incarnation
destroy the
universe?

65. Insufficient data.
All that is known
is that he started
a fire that burnt
the universe

66. I must complete
my mission
A self destruct
sequence has
started

67. I don’t think
so!

68. Run!

70. What
did you
do?

71. Slowed down
the self
destruct, gave
us enough time
to get out
Also
downloaded the
file on all the
things being
done to stop my
last incarnation

72. What
are you
going to
do?

73. Save them,
but with a
decent suit
of course

75. This may
take a while

76. Many hours later...

77. Your
verdict?

78. Awful

79. Perfect,
might pick
up a hat to
go with it

81. The TARDIS
has found
another
incarnation of
me, wanna
come?

82. Sure

83. Excellent

84. The Doctor is
in

85. NEXT TIME
GHOST IN THE MACHINE