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|image= | |range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | ||
|number in range = 84 | |||
|image= Sixth Doctor Davros in TARDIS Up Above the Gods.jpg | |||
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|doctor= Sixth Doctor | |doctor= Sixth Doctor | ||
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|featuring= [[Davros]] | |featuring= [[Davros]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= | ||
|setting= [[ | |setting= [[Cloister Room]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Richard Alan | ||
|editor=[[Gary Gillatt]] | |editor = [[Gary Gillatt]] | ||
|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | |artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | ||
|colourist= | |colourist= | ||
|letterer=[[Richard Starkings]] / [[Comicraft]] | |letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] / [[Comicraft]] | ||
|publication= | |publication= [[DWM 227]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 8 June 1995 | ||
|cover date= 5 July 1995 | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK | |publisher= Marvel Comics UK | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|prev= Land of the Blind (comic story) | |prev= Land of the Blind (comic story) | ||
|next= The Curse of the Scarab (comic story) | |next= The Curse of the Scarab (comic story) | ||
}} | |reprint= Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection - Volume 2 | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in 1995, | }}{{Comic stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in 1995, during a period in which the DWM comics featured past Doctors. However, the story tied-in to the [[Seventh Doctor]] comic story ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'' released two years previously. It was set between the first and fourth parts of ''Emperor of the Daleks!'' | |||
The title was derived from a conversation between the [[Fourth Doctor]] and Davros in [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', and this strip acted as a continuation of the debate. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Having rescued [[Davros]] from his creations on [[Skaro]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], [[Sixth | Having rescued [[Davros]] from his creations on [[Skaro]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] offers him an army of [[Dalek]]s, with the possibility that they be lifted from their obsession with mindless [[universal]] domination. | ||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Davros]] | * [[Davros]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Davros states that the [[Kaled]]s were at war with the [[Thal]]s for centuries. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | [[File:Doctor in Up Above the Gods.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor in ''Up Above the Gods''.]] | ||
* The title comes from a line in one of Davros' monologues in the television story ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]''. | [[File:Doctor in Real Time2.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor in ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''.]] | ||
* Illustrations of the Sixth Doctor from this comic were adapted for use in the webcast ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''. | |||
* This story and ''Emperor of the Daleks'' set up the television story ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. | * The title comes from a line in one of Davros' monologues in the television story ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''. There, it references a hypothetical omnicidal virus. In its full context: ''"That power would set me '''up above the gods'''. And through the Daleks I shall have that power!"' | ||
* This story and ''Emperor of the Daleks'' set up the events of the television story ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. Interestingly, the depiction of Davros's accident matches the account first given in the latter story's [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|1990 novelisation]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor reminds Davros of the time they first met, when he was only interested in securing the survival of his people. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Spiridon|a planet]] where an army of thousands of [[Dalek]]s lies frozen, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') which he intends to take Davros too. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'') | |||
* The Doctor mentions [[Spiridon|a planet]] where an army of thousands of [[Dalek]]s lies frozen | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Davros comic stories]] | [[Category:Davros comic stories]] | ||
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