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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = Franklin Hughes Dennis Hooper.jpg | |||
|image= | |series = [[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | ||
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|featuring = [[Oswald Holland|Oswald]] | |||
|doctor= Third Doctor | |enemy = Professor [[Midas]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Puddlesfield]], [[1970s]] | ||
|enemy= Professor [[Midas]] | |writer = Dennis Hooper | ||
|setting= [[Puddlesfield]], [[1970s]] | |artist = [[Harry Lindfield]] | ||
|writer= | |publication = ''[[TV Action]]'' 23-32 | ||
|artist= [[Harry Lindfield]] | |release date = 24 July - 25 September 1971 | ||
|publisher = Polystyle | |||
|reprint = DWCC 3 | |||
|format = Comic | |||
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 23-32 | |prev = The Vogan Slaves (comic story) | ||
|release date= | |next = Backtime (comic story) | ||
|publisher= Polystyle | |epcount = 10 | ||
|reprint = | }}{{comic stub}} | ||
|format= Comic | '''''The Celluloid Midas''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''. | ||
|prev= The Vogan Slaves (comic story) | |||
|next= Backtime (comic story) | |||
}} | |||
''''' | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
' | The [[British government|government]] requests the Doctor's help after the cast and crew of [[The Squire of Crampton|a TV series]] are found to have turned to [[plastic]]. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Denis Peters]] | * [[Denis Peters]] | ||
* [[Professor]] [[Midas]] | * [[Professor]] [[Midas]] | ||
* [[Rufus Elmsworth]] | |||
* [[Oswald Holland]] | |||
* [[Jamie Ferguson]] | |||
* [[Inspector (The Celluloid Midas)|Inspector]] | |||
* [[Joe (The Celluloid Midas)|Joe]] | |||
* Professor [[Nichols (The Celluloid Midas)|Nichols]] | |||
* [[Franklin Hughes]] | |||
* [[Cedric Chambers]] | |||
* Lord [[Summerford (The Celluloid Midas)|Summerford]] | |||
* [[Ned (The Celluloid Midas)|Ned]] | |||
* Sergeant [[Roberts (The Celluloid Midas)|Roberts]] | |||
* [[Mechanic (The Celluloid Midas)|Mechanic]] | |||
* [[Thatcher (The Celluloid Midas)|Thatcher]] | |||
* [[Field Commander (The Celluloid Midas)|Field Commander]] | |||
* [[O'Shea (The Celluloid Midas)|O'Shea]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[ | * The Doctor rents [[The Doctor's cottage (The Celluloid Midas)|a cottage]] in the country. | ||
* ''[[The Squire of Crampton]]'' | * The cast and crew of the [[BBC]] television show ''[[The Squire of Crampton]]'' is [[Petrification|petrified]] into [[plastic]]. | ||
* The Doctor is described as an "ex-[[Time Lord]]". | |||
* The Doctor stops Ned through the use of [[Venusian aikido|Venusian karate]]. | |||
* According to [[Thatcher (The Celluloid Midas)|Thatcher]], many citizens in the village attempted to fight to stop Midas, including [[Vicar (The Celluloid Midas)|the Vicar]], [[Squire Ferfuson]], Doctor [[Sims (The Celluloid Midas)|Sims]] and others, but they all became statues in Midas' processing room. | |||
* While searching for a way to reverse the process of [[Midas' gun ray]], the Doctor deduces that the answer must be found in the [[emerald filament]]. He finds the solution to be simple, as he increases the input of the [[crystal generator]] and bypasses the circuit. | |||
* [[Denis Peters]] works for [[Department Three]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Sir Oswald Holland is referred to as "Sir Oswald Rippon" in the first instalment. | * Sir Oswald Holland is referred to as "Sir Oswald Rippon" in the first instalment. | ||
* [[Bessie]] is called "Betsy" in this story. | * [[Bessie]] is called "Betsy" in this story. | ||
* | |||
* | === Original print details === | ||
:(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 23 (3 pages) To be continued! | |||
* TVA 24 (2 pages) TO BE CONTINUED! | |||
* TVA 25 (2 pages) To be continued! | |||
* TVA 26 (2 pages) To be continued! | |||
* TVA 27 (2 pages) MORE NEXT WEEK ! | |||
* TVA 28 (2 pages) TO BE CONTINUED! | |||
* TVA 29 (2 pages) TO BE CONTINUED! | |||
* TVA 30 (2 pages) ''To be continued !'' | |||
* TVA 31 (2 pages) More next week! | |||
* TVA 32 (2 pages) Great new story next week! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor has returned to Earth after "ridding [[the galaxy]] of the [[Vogan (The Vogan Slaves)|Vogans]]". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Vogan Slaves (comic story)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#4|The Celluloid Midas}} | |||
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | {{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
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