The Warkeeper ' s Crown ( comic story ) The Warkeeper ' s Crown was a comic story published in " Doctor Who Magazine " issues 378 through 380 . It was written by Alan Barnes . It featured the Tenth Doctor and the Brigadier . Plot . Part 1 . At Sandhurst Military School , a new batch of soldiers are participating in a " Passing Out " ceremony . The Brigadier is in attendance , standing in front of two soldiers who are talking crassly . The Brigadier yanks them by the ear and tells them off . A vortex appears , catching the Brigadier . He has a vision of his past at his grandfather Alistair Lethbridge - Stewart ' s house . The Brigadier appears in front of the Hawk leader and expresses his dissatisfaction , saying he wants to go home . A few minutes later , the Doctor arrives and is announced as the new Warkeeper ' s fool . While they ' re catching up , dragon s attack , killing some of the Hawk troops . The Hawk leader flies the Doctor and the Brigadier over a battlefield , where they see troll s , ogres , orcs , centaur s and goblin s fighting . After the Hawks defeat the dragons , the Doctor and Brigadier are taken to the Warkeeper ' s castle . The Warkeeper is ancient and feeble . This reminds the Brigadier of his grandfather ' s death . The Warkeeper tells them he summoned the Brigadier to the Slough of the Disunited Planets to succeed him . The Brigadier says that he is not interested . They meet Michael Yates , but not Captain Mike Yates from UNIT . An army of beasts attack the castle . Part 2 . An all clear siren scares the trolls away as a weakened Warkeeper begins to wake up . The Brigadier , the Doctor and Michael Yates make a " tactical retreat " before the Hawks come around . They stumble into the remains of a battle ground where they find a dying goblin creature , who the Doctor comforts . Because of this , the Brigadier becomes aware the Doctor has recently been involved in a war . They are rescued by a young nursemaid named Tilly , who comments that the Brigadier is very handsome . This reminds him of a time with his wife by the pier of a beach . The arrive at the nurses field station , where two more nursemaids , Gilly and Milly , offer them a feast . Tilly begins to speak to a maid of the Warkeeper named Lilly . Lilly suggests that the deputy Michael Yates has the weakest and most suggestible mind , but then gets interrupted by the Hawk leader . Tilly takes Yates away , whilst the other nursemaids transform into harpies , who are alien carrion feeders . The Doctor comes to a conclusion that all matter on the planet is recycled , and as he makes this deduction , the hawks open fire on the harpies , who escape . However , because of there intervention , they left the Warkeeper unguarded so the other harpies can kill him . Using the warkeeper ' s crown , Yates becomes the new Warkeeper and takes the harpies , along with the Hawks , to his " war , " in Upper Wardleswick . Part 3 . A newsreader reports on the chaos in Upper Wardleswick . Meanwhile , Yates is addressing a crowd , saying he will declare war on France . The crowd seems rather uninterested as they cannot hear him . The harpies become impatient , picking out members of the crowd , wanting to eat . They tell Yates to order the Hawks to begin a slaughter , but Yates refuses . The harpies force him to , and he starts to say the words , but the crown gets shot off his head by a bullet . The Hawk leader orders the Hawks to locate the sniper . The Doctor picks up the crown and wears it , trying to take control of the Hawks . His attempt fails because the crown can only be controlled by a simple brain . The harpies go to attack him , but the Hawk leader returns with the sniper caught . The sniper turns out to be the Brigadier , and the harpies declare him as their new Warkeeper . The Brig declines , and is shot by a harpy . The Doctor says they will regret what they ' ve done , but the harpies are unfazed . The Doctor reveals that it was a distraction , as an army of Brigadiers charge forward and begin to fight the Hawks . The Doctor tells the harpies how he used the Warkeeper ' s clone factories to create a clone army of Brigadiers , and transported them to Upper Wardleswick via the TARDIS . Yates has the crown placed back on his head , as a harpy says that the crown can dissipate clone flesh . Yates commands the clones to dissipate , and the Brigadier clones dissolve while saluting each other . The Hawks also disappear , and the Doctor deduces that they were also clones . As tanks roll up , the harpies escape . The Doctor walks off with the crown , with Yates asking where he ' s going . The Doctor tells Yates that he ' s going to the pub - where else would he have left the real Brig ? The harpies enter the pub while the Brigadier is watching the cricket . He pulls out a gun , threatening them with it . They turn back into their human forms , telling him he ' s retired and doesn ' t have to do this anymore . He has a flashback to other soldiers saying he ' s not good enough . He puts the gun away , saying it ' s only for show , but that he still has some fight left in him . The Doctor enters and throws him the crown . He catches it and puts it on . The Brig tells the harpies to " go to blazes " and they disappear in a whirlwind . The Doctor is amazed that he guessed their species , saying they were " Harpies , from the Detritus Belt around the Infernal Moon of Bravo 11 Zebra " - or informally known as ' blazes ' . The Brig realises that he ' s just making it up . Outside , a crowd cheers them on , as Yates is taken away by the police . The Doctor says his farewells to the Brig and leaves in the TARDIS .