The Experimenters (comic story)

The Experimenters
Doctor:	First Doctor
Companion(s):	John and Gillian
Main enemy:	The Master Race
Main setting:	An unnamed planet
Key crew
Writer:	Roger Noel Cook
Artist:	John Canning
Release details
Printed in:	TV Comic 780-783
Release date:	26 November - 17 December 1966
Format:	Comic - 4 parts (8 pages)
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The Experimenters was a TV Comic story featuring the First Doctor, John and Gillian.

Summary

A so-called Master Race is attempting to develop space flight using captive humans as live guinea pigs. Along with others, the Doctor, Gillian and John are forced to undergo a harrowing series of tests culminating in the piloting of an untested rocket.

Characters

• First Doctor
• John and Gillian

References

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Notes

The First Doctor appears on the cover of TV Comic 780.

• This was the final TV Comic story to feature the First Doctor. The last words spoken by the First Doctor in his comic book tenure are; "I have a theory that fate is always on the side of justice! Let us journey to another adventure!"
• The Experimenters was printed in TV Comic issues 780-783. TVC 780 featured an image of the First Doctor on the cover, advertising the comic's presence on pages 2 and 3.

Continuity

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