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comic name=[[Operation Lock-up]] | | comic name=[[Operation Lock-up]] | | ||
image= [[Image:BIT10dr.jpg|250px]]| | image= [[Image:BIT10dr.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series= [[Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]| | series= [[Doctor Who Comic Strip Stories|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Tenth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]| | ||
number=28| | number=28| | ||
doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]| | doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]| | ||
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artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]| | artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]| | ||
colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]| | colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]| | ||
lettering= | lettering= not stated | | ||
editor= [[Claire Lister]]| | editor= [[Claire Lister]]| | ||
publication_title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]| | publication_title= [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]]| | ||
publication_dates= [[July]] [[2006]]| | publication_dates= [[July]] [[2006]]| | ||
publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]| | publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]| | ||
format= Comic - | format= Comic - Part 3 of 4 (4 pages)| | ||
previous story= [[Second Wave]] | | previous story= [[Second Wave]] | | ||
next story= [[Crime After Crime]]| | next story= [[Crime After Crime]]| | ||
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A robbery on the Mega Bank of Tokyo in the year 3000 is the latest part of the ‘contest’. The Doctor and Martha find the two alien gangs are using giants (a remote controlled robot and a mind-controlled Zombie) to break through the banks defences. But this time it is not a robbery but a trap to stop the Doctor and Martha interfering in a Yedari’s dispute. Escaping the giants, they seal themselves into a vault of jewels that has been rigged by the aliens to release a poisonous green gas. Trapped and overcome by the gas the Doctor empties the crystal gems onto the floor and using his sonic screwdriver to make the jems resonate at such a frequency so as to weaken the structure of the floor enough to create a hole in the floor and enable their escape. As the aliens teleport away the Doctor grabs Martha and they follow in the teleport… | A robbery on the Mega Bank of Tokyo in the year 3000 is the latest part of the ‘contest’. The Doctor and Martha find the two alien gangs are using giants (a remote controlled robot and a mind-controlled Zombie) to break through the banks defences. But this time it is not a robbery but a trap to stop the Doctor and Martha interfering in a Yedari’s dispute. Escaping the giants, they seal themselves into a vault of jewels that has been rigged by the aliens to release a poisonous green gas. Trapped and overcome by the gas the Doctor empties the crystal gems onto the floor and using his sonic screwdriver to make the jems resonate at such a frequency so as to weaken the structure of the floor enough to create a hole in the floor and enable their escape. As the aliens teleport away the Doctor grabs Martha and they follow in the teleport… | ||
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[[Image:BITCS28.jpg|150px|Artist[[Lee Sullivan]]]] | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
* [[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Martha Jones]] | * [[Martha Jones]] | ||
==Original Print Details | ==Original Print Details == | ||
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption. | |||
* 3/4 [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Issue 28)]] (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED... | |||
* No reprints to date. | |||
== | ==Notes== | ||
* | * Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page, individually titled comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures. | ||
* Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with [[Doctor Who Adventures (Magazine)]], it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by [[Doctor Who Magazine]]. | |||
* The Doctor mentions to Martha, the King Pigo of Pergoss, was the size of a small chicken! | |||
* The Doctor mentions to Martha, King Pigo of Pergoss, the size of a small chicken! | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, [[sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]] and his intelligent [[glasses]]. | |||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.battlesintime.com | * [http://www.battlesintime.com Doctor Who: Battles in Time official website, with magazine and trading cards details] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who stories]] | |||
[[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories]] | [[Category:Tenth Doctor comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who: Battles in Time]] | |||
Revision as of 00:08, 25 July 2008
Opening Tag
On the trail of the alien robbers, the Doctor and Martha travel to Tokyo in the future …
Summary
A robbery on the Mega Bank of Tokyo in the year 3000 is the latest part of the ‘contest’. The Doctor and Martha find the two alien gangs are using giants (a remote controlled robot and a mind-controlled Zombie) to break through the banks defences. But this time it is not a robbery but a trap to stop the Doctor and Martha interfering in a Yedari’s dispute. Escaping the giants, they seal themselves into a vault of jewels that has been rigged by the aliens to release a poisonous green gas. Trapped and overcome by the gas the Doctor empties the crystal gems onto the floor and using his sonic screwdriver to make the jems resonate at such a frequency so as to weaken the structure of the floor enough to create a hole in the floor and enable their escape. As the aliens teleport away the Doctor grabs Martha and they follow in the teleport…
Characters
Original Print Details
Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption.
- 3/4 Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Issue 28) (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED...
- No reprints to date.
Notes
- Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page, individually titled comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
- Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with Doctor Who Adventures (Magazine), it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by Doctor Who Magazine.
- The Doctor mentions to Martha, the King Pigo of Pergoss, was the size of a small chicken!
References
- The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.
Continuity
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