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|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 = [[DWM 84]], [[DWM 86|86]]-[[DWM 87|87]]
|publication = [[DWM 84]], [[DWM 86|86]]-[[DWM 87|87]]
|release date = [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[1983 (releases)|1983]], [[9 February (releases)|9 February]] - [[8 March (releases)|8 March]] [[1984 (releases)|1984]]
|release date = 8 December 1983 - 8 March 1984
|publisher = Marvel Comics
|publisher = Marvel Comics
|format = Comic
|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)}}{{comic stub}}
|epcount = 3|reprint=The Tides of Time (graphic novel)
'''''The Moderator''''' is a [[Fifth Doctor comic stories|Fifth Doctor comic story]] originally published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
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'''''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 [[The Moderator|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 Comics]] in [[May (releases)|May]] [[2005 (releases)|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]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==

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