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|name= The Touchdown on Deneb-7
|image         = Comic919.jpg
|image= Comic919.jpg
|series         = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|main character = [[K9 Mark II]]
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
|featuring      = [[Fourth Doctor]]
|companions= [[K9 Mark II|K9]]
|enemy         =  
|enemy=  
|setting       = The [[Moon]] of [[Deneb-7]]
|setting= [[Moon]] of [[Deneb-7]]
|editor         = [[Dez Skinn]]
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]]
|writer         = Paul Neary
|writer= [[Paul Neary]]
|artist         = [[Dave Lloyd]]  
|artist= [[Dave Lloyd]]  
|colourist     =  
|colourist=  
|letterer       =  
|letterer=  
|publication   = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 48|Issue 48]]
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 48|Issue 48]]
|release date   = January 1981
|release date= [[January (releases)|January]] [[1981 (releases)|1981]]
|publisher     = Marvel Comics
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|format         = B&W 1 part / 4 pages  
|format= B&W 1 part / 4 pages  
|prev           = Star Death (comic story)
|prev= Star Death (comic story)
|next           = Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)
|next= Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)
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'''''The Touchdown on Deneb-7''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was written by [[Paul Neary]].
'''''The Touchdown on Deneb-7''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was written by [[Paul Neary]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor and K9 arrive on a small barnacled moon long after the planet [[Deneb-7]] has ceased to exist. The Doctor goes to rest while the TARDIS and K9 recalibrate themselves following a magnetic storm, but a slightly erratic K9 goes off exploring. The TARDIS' arrival has awoken robot minions beneath the surface, who await the Pendant Bearer's return, so that the "formalities" of colonisation of Deneb-7 can be completed. However, having destroyed the planet, it will take some four thousand million years for a new planet to reform. The robot minions return belowground to wait. K9 returns to the TARDIS before the Doctor awakes.
The Doctor and K9 arrive on a small barnacled moon long after the planet [[Deneb-7]] has ceased to exist. The Doctor goes to rest while the TARDIS and K9 recalibrate themselves following a magnetic storm, but a slightly erratic K9 goes off exploring. The TARDIS' arrival has awoken robot minions beneath the surface, who await the Pendant Bearer's return, so that the "formalities" of colonisation of Deneb-7 can be completed. However, having destroyed the planet, it will take some four thousand million years for a new planet to reform. The robot minions return below ground to wait. K9 returns to the TARDIS before the Doctor awakes.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Accounts-rob]]
* [[Accounts-rob]]
* [[Enforce-rob]]
* [[Enforce-rob]]
* Three other robots


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Affected by the [[magnetic storm]], K9 calls the Doctor a varlet.
* Affected by the [[magnetic storm]], K9 calls the Doctor a [[varlet]].
* The moon of Deneb-7 is actually a spaceship.
* It takes four thousand million years for a dust-cloud to co-alesce into a planet.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''  
* Much like ''[[K-9's Finest Hour (comic story)|K-9's Finest Hour]]'', the Doctor's face is never shown during the story, with his back repeatedly turned from the audience.


=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
:Publication with page count and closing captions
:Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWM 48]] (4) The End  
# [[DWM 48]] (4) The End


=== Reprints ===
=== Reprints ===
* Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in [[DW84 19]], and noted as being originally presented in [[DWM 42|DOCTOR WHO WEEKLY #42]].
* This story was coloured and reprinted by Marvel in [[DW84 19]], and noted as being originally presented in [[DWM 42|DOCTOR WHO WEEKLY #42]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Deneb-7 was accidentally destroyed by a [[Z-Bomb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
* Deneb-7 was accidentally destroyed by a [[Z-Bomb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')


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The Touchdown on Deneb-7 was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was written by Paul Neary.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and K9 arrive on a small barnacled moon long after the planet Deneb-7 has ceased to exist. The Doctor goes to rest while the TARDIS and K9 recalibrate themselves following a magnetic storm, but a slightly erratic K9 goes off exploring. The TARDIS' arrival has awoken robot minions beneath the surface, who await the Pendant Bearer's return, so that the "formalities" of colonisation of Deneb-7 can be completed. However, having destroyed the planet, it will take some four thousand million years for a new planet to reform. The robot minions return below ground to wait. K9 returns to the TARDIS before the Doctor awakes.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Much like K-9's Finest Hour, the Doctor's face is never shown during the story, with his back repeatedly turned from the audience.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWM 48 (4) The End

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]