The Metal Eaters (comic story)

The Metal Eaters
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Liz
Main enemy:	Sentient iron
Main setting:	England, the 1970s
Key crew
Publisher:	Polystyle
Artist:	John Canning
Release details
Printed in:	TV Comic 960-964
Release date:	9 May - 6 June 1970
Format:	Comic - 5 parts (10 pages)
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The Metal Eaters was a TV Comic story featuring the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw in her comic debut. It was historic as it featured the first comic appearance of a televised female companion contemporaneous — if only barely — with her appearance on television.

Summary

After a meteorite crashes and is taken to a museum, unusual corrosion occurs nearby. The Doctor and Liz Shaw investigate and discover an extraterrestrial culprit.

Plot

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Characters

• Third Doctor
• Liz Shaw

References

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Notes

• This was Liz Shaw's first appearance in any comic strip.

Original print details

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

• TVC 960 (2 pages) Are these iron particles alive ? Follow Dr. Who next week.
• TVC 961 (2 pages) What has happened to the sergeant ? See next week.
• TVC 961 (2 pages)
• TVC 962 (2 pages) But Dr. Who is unaware of one group of filings... For they left the meteorite before it was moved to the museum...
• TVC 963 (2 pages) A next exciting serial begins next week.

Continuity

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External links

• The Metal Eaters at the Doctor Who Reference Guide