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}}'''''The Vortex''''' was the penultimate ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story in the pages of ''[[TV Action]]''. A full-colour, painted strip, it followed a kind of [[Polystyle]] convention of pairing the [[Third Doctor]] with a temporary, juvenile male [[companion]]. | }}'''''The Vortex''''' was the penultimate ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story in the pages of ''[[TV Action]]''. A full-colour, painted strip, it followed a kind of [[Polystyle]] convention of pairing the [[Third Doctor]] with a temporary, juvenile male [[companion]]. | ||
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Revision as of 00:36, 16 June 2013
The Vortex was the penultimate Doctor Who story in the pages of TV Action. A full-colour, painted strip, it followed a kind of Polystyle convention of pairing the Third Doctor with a temporary, juvenile male companion.
Summary
A tornado in space whisks the Third Doctor and his new friend Tom inside a vast biological computer.
Characters
References
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Notes
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Continuity
- The Third Doctor's penchant for solving problems by "reversing" something is alive and well in this story. Here, he doesn't quite "reverse the polarity", but he does "find the programming bank and reverse its order".
- The aliens who capture the Doctor and Tom have some commonality with the Atraxi, as they are both giant eyeballs.
- The story gives Bessie an explicit new power. At one point the Doctor is seen to turn on Bessie's "increased gravity stabliser", something the Doctor says will resist the force of a tornado.
Production errors
- Tom's father is called "Brian" in part one, but "John" in part two.
- Bessie is called "Betsy", a common Polystyle error.
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