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|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|number in range = 23
|image = Josiah W Dogbolter.jpg
|image = Josiah W Dogbolter.jpg
|series =[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series =[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|companions = [[Angus Goodman]]
|companions = [[Angus Goodman|Gus]]
|enemy = [[The Moderator]], [[Soldiers Of Celeste]]
|enemy = [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]]
|setting = [[Celeste (planet)|Celeste]]
|setting = [[Celeste (planet)|Celeste]]
|editor = [[Alan McKenzie]]
|editor = [[Alan McKenzie]]
|writer = [[Steve Parkhouse]]
|writer = Steve Parkhouse
|artist = [[Steve Dillon]]
|artist = [[Steve Dillon]]
|colourist =  
|colourist =  
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Monthly]]'' [[DWM 84|84]], ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 86|86]]-[[DWM 87|87]]
|publication = [[DWM 84]], [[DWM 86|86]]-[[DWM 87|87]]
|release date = [[January (releases)|January]] - [[April (releases)|April]] [[1984 (releases)|1984]]
|release date = 8 December 1983 - 8 March 1984
|publisher = Marvel Comics
|publisher = Marvel Comics
|format = Comic - 3 parts
|format = Comic
|prev = 4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)
|prev = 4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)
|next = The Shape Shifter (comic story)
|next = The Shape Shifter (comic story)
|epcount = 3|reprint=The Tides of Time (graphic novel)
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'''''The Moderator''''' is a [[Fifth Doctor comic stories|Fifth Doctor comic story]] originally published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
'''''The Moderator''''' was the final regular [[Fifth Doctor comic stories|Fifth Doctor comic story]] published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
 
== Summary ==
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] and his new friend [[Angus Goodman|Gus]] arrive on [[Celeste (planet)|Celeste]], a world populated by intelligent soldiers. Yet all is not what it seems. The soldiers are under the control of the sinister Moderator, who is using the gift of Celeste to create a link to Earth. Can the Doctor stop him from invading another planet?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[The Moderator]]
* [[The Moderator]]
* [[Hob]]
* [[Hob]]
* [[Wrekka]]
* [[Malcolm (The Moderator)|Malcolm]]
* [[Nigel (The Moderator)|Nigel]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Intra-Venus owns [[Warworld Investments]], [[Cybernetics International]], and [[Martian Munitions]].  
* Intra-Venus owns [[Warworld Investments]], [[Cybernetics International]], and [[Martian Munitions]].
* Dogbolter owns [[Mars]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Venus]], as well as "a score" of worlds in other [[solar system]]s. His influence also stretches to [[Phobos]] and [[Warworld]].
* Dogbolter owns [[Mars]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Venus]], as well as "a score" of worlds in other [[solar system]]s. His influence also stretches to [[Phobos]] and [[Warworld]].
* The Moderator finds [[Zyglot]]s on [[Magellan (planet)|Magellan]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This comic strip was reprinted as part of [[The Tides of Time (graphic novel)|''The Tides of Time'' graphic novel]] published by [[Panini]] in May 2005.
* This comic strip was reprinted as part of [[The Tides of Time (graphic novel)|''The Tides of Time'' graphic novel]] published by [[Panini Comics]] in [[May (releases)|May]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]].
* This was the final ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic story to feature the Fifth Doctor. The last words spoken by the Fifth Doctor in his comic book tenure are, "Well, it's not Akron, Ohio, but it's Earth. The same time, the same place that we first met!"
* The last words spoken by the [[Fifth Doctor]] in his comic book tenure are; ''"Well, it's not Akron, Ohio, but it's Earth. The same time, the same place that we first met!"''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Moderator mentions the [[Freefall Warriors]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors]]'', ''[[A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)|A Ship Called Sudden Death]]'')
* The Moderator mentions the [[Freefall Warriors]], who the Doctor had met in his [[fourth incarnation]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors]]'')
* The Moderator finds [[Zyglot]]s on [[Magellan (planet)|Magellan]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Polly the Glot (comic story)|Polly the Glot]]'', ''[[The Time of My Life (comic story)|The Time of My Life]]'')


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The Moderator was the final regular Fifth Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.

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