The Cornucopia Caper ( comic story ) The Cornucopia Caper was a " Doctor Who Magazine " comic story featuring the Eleventh Doctor , Amy Pond and Rory Williams . Notably , it introduced Miss Ghost , a mysterious woman who has history with the Doctor , Horatio Lynk , a jewel thief , and the former crime - state city of Cornucopia , which would all appear several more times throughout the Eleventh Doctor ' s run . Summary . In yet another attempt to reach Rio de Janeiro , the Eleventh Doctor , Amy and Rory end up in the strangest of places . The planet they ' re on appears to be very civilised ; however , they soon find out that it ' s a place where there is no justice keeping the peace , but crime lords ruling over all . Plot . Part 1 : The Cornucopia Caper . Cornucopia , 2012 . A monkey - like humanoid breaks into a mansion stuffed to the ceiling with precious artefacts . He steals a red jewel called the Star of Solitude and replaces it with a fake . As he makes his escape , the TARDIS materialises , and the Doctor emerges , wearing a ridiculous hat , thinking himself to be in Rio . Amy and Rory soon follow , unimpressed . The Doctor looks at the collection in wonder , saying that there is stuff from all over the galaxy . He can ' t think of how they ' re all connected . Rory points out that if they ' re valuable they ' ll be well guarded , and the alarm sounds . Alien security guards storm the room and chase the three , who are split up in the chaos . Amy is cornered by two guards , and is rescued by the monkey man , who escapes with her using a hover - board . The Doctor and Rory are captured , and a green lizard - like humanoid enters , introducing herself as Granny Solasta and informing them that it is her collection . The Doctor tells her that they are police , showing her the TARDIS , and she orders her men to kill them . The monkey man introduces himself as Horatio Lynk and the planet as Cornucopia . He complains at Amy for ruining his reputation as the best thief on Cornucopia , and she thanks him for saving her life . Granny tells the Doctor and Rory that police are illegal in Cornucopia , and orders one of her men to phone the Assassins Alliance for formal murder . A blue insect - like humanoid , Miss Ghost , enters and tells Granny to cancel the call , showing her footage of the TARDIS materialising . Granny agrees that maybe she has been a little hasty . Amy and Horatio are stopped by the Hijackers Guild , who prepare to board them . They fly away and the hijackers give chase , firing null - charges at them and eventually hitting Lynk , knocking him unconscious . They then destroy the board , and Amy and Horatio fall towards the ground hundreds of feet below . Part 2 : The Bank of Heaven . Amy uses one of Horatio ' s wrist - gadgets to deploy a grappling hook , and swings them both to safety . The hijackers arrive , but realise that since they are no longer on a vehicle hijacking is impossible . As they fly away , Amy wakes Lynk up with a bucket of water . The Doctor shows Solasta inside the TARDIS , and he remembers what all the artefacts in the collection have in common : They were all stolen . Granny tells him she is the head of ThiefCorp , behind all the biggest jobs of the last century . The Doctor works out that Lynk stole the Star of Solitude and replaced it with a fake . He wonders why the thief took the only thing in the room that he didn ' t recognise . Lynk takes Amy to a street with many different species making their way around . He explains that they are all natives , and Cornucopia used to be a space port . However , traffic dried up and the poorest had no way off the planet . A rad - storm had been blowing in the ionosphere for about a century , blocking every radio wave , resulting in the spacecraft having to land by sight . A woman , Mrs Mintus , stops them and thanks Lynk for helping her child get food and vaccinations . They move on , and Amy asks for his help in finding her friends . They are stopped by members of the Kidnappers Federation . Lynk tries to fight them off , but is hit around the head and knocked down . Amy picks up a gun that one of the kidnappers dropped and accidentally shoots , catching them all in an electrified net . Horatio tells her it is a somna - net , and that they ' ll be out cold for hours . He shows her the Ziggurat of Cornucopia , one of the eight wonders of the universe , which appeared above the city a century ago . Nobody has been able to breach it or unlock its doors . Granny tells the Doctor to make himself at home , and Miss Ghost introduces her guests , the Crime Lords : Professor K ' rokk of the Assassins Alliance , Deacon Kell of the Blackmailers Collusion , Lady Panibri of the Hijackers Guild , and Brother Traybe of the Kidnappers Federation . As the Doctor mingles with the guests , Rory spots a tiny creature named Godo tied to a stick on a platter . It begs him to help , but K ' rokk picks it up and eats it by consuming it in flames . Rory asks the Doctor why they ' re dining with the crime lords instead of searching for his missing wife , and the Doctor tells him that these are spectacularly ruthless individuals who will kill them in a heartbeat if he demonstrates the slightest resistance to their authority , and tells him to keep smiling . Granny finally announces her intention : The Doctor is going to take them on board the Bank of Heaven ( the Ziggurat ) with the TARDIS , and save Rory ' s life . At Lynk ' s house , Horatio produces a cosmic radiation battery , and uses it to test the Star of Solitude ; ever since he was one of Granny ' s students , he ' s known that the Star is special . As he activates the device , Amy is knocked back by a sudden blast of energy . The Doctor takes the Crime Lords on board the Ziggurat , which is full of treasures . While they ' re distracted , Rory suggests that they get away , but the Doctor is distracted himself by the Sphere of Antallos , which he had thought to be lost forever . Rory tells him to forget it , but the Doctor punches him , declaring that the sphere is his . Part 3 : Last Woman Standing . In retaliation , Rory slaps the Doctor , breaking the Ziggurat ' s hold on his mind . The Doctor throws the sphere away and explains that the place is filled with emotional energy , as if the air is saturated in greed . Horatio ' s test has worked ; as he thought , the Star is a teleport key . Amy agrees to go to the Ziggurat with him , but only if he helps her find her friends first . They teleport on board , and Granny ' s men immediately attack Lynk , who escapes with the star . The Doctor tells Granny she has to leave as the Bank of Heaven is clearly a trap , but she refuses , instead leaving them with the guards . The Doctor reverses the guard ' s friction - ampers and gives chase . Horatio enters the neural network command cockpit , and is about to insert the Star , realising it is the ignition key , but is stopped by the Doctor , who tackles him to the ground . They are interrupted by the crime lords , but the Doctor tells them that only one of them can claim the Bank of Heaven , causing them to turn on each other . Traybe kills Panibri , only to be killed by K ' rokk . Miss Ghost protests , trying to persuade them to stop , but gives up . Granny kills Kell , leaving only her and K ' rokk . Before he can consume her with his flames she blocks her mouth with industrial sealant . With no way to release the energy , K ' rokk ' s internal furnace builds up charge until he explodes . She holds Amy at gunpoint and demands that Horatio gives her the star . He hands it over , but the Star doesn ' t work . The Doctor reveals that he switched it for the fake one , and destroys the real Star with his sonic screwdriver . In doing so he accidentally starts a self - destruct program , but Granny refuses to leave . Forced to leave her behind , the Doctor , Amy , Rory , Horatio , and Miss Ghost all escape in the TARDIS . The Doctor drags the Ziggurat away from the city , and the citizens marvel at the sight , with Mrs Mintus calling it " hope " . Later , Amy , Rory , and Horatio talk about the radiation storm clearing up . Horatio remarks that Cornucopia could become a real spaceport again . He asks Amy to stay behind , but she tells him she ' s married . He kisses her anyway , to Rory ' s distress . The Doctor explains to Miss Ghost that the ship ' s pilot died and it came to Cornucopia and ejected its key , knowing an exceptional individual would eventually decipher it . However , Lynk didn ' t have the greed the ship needed . Miss Ghost scoffs at the idea of a ship being powered by greed , but the Doctor tells her greed powers whole empires . Emotions can be a power source , a very dangerous one . She thanks him for the explanation and shakes his hand , and he asks her to explain something to him : " Who are you ? " She looks like a Toliakk , but she was drinking wine with the Crime Lords , which would have fried a real Toliakk ' s liver in seconds , and everyone was calling his ship a policing box , but somehow she knew it was a TARDIS . Miss Ghost draws a gun and turns off her disguise , revealing herself to be a woman in full armour . She congratulates him for still being the smartest man in the room . The Doctor asks her if they ' ve met before , and she tells him that they have history . The Doctor asks her who she is , but instead of answering she poses a familiar question : What is buried in man ? She opens up a portal and leaves , telling him that she ' ll see him again .