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comic name= The Killer Wasps|
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|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
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|doctor= Second Doctor
doctor= [[Second Doctor]]|
|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]|
|enemy= [[Quark]]s
enemy= [[Quark]]s <br> [[Giant Wasp]]s|
|setting= [[Gano]], [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]
year= [[Gano]]|
|writer= Roger Noel Cook
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|artist= [[John Canning]]
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 877-880
publication title= [[TV Comic]] 877-880|
|release date= 5 - 26 October 1968
publication dates= 5 October - 26 October [[1968]]|
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|format= Comic
format= Comic - 4 parts (? pages)|
|epcount = 4
previous story= [[Invasion of the Quarks]]|
|prev= Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)
next story= [[Ice Cap Terror]]|
|next= Ice Cap Terror (comic story)
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'''''The Killer Wasps''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Quarks create [[Giant Wasp]]s to attack [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jamie]] on the devastated [[planet]] of [[Gano]]. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks are waiting for them!
The [[Quark]]s create [[Giant Wasp]]s to attack the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] on the devastated [[planet]] of [[Gano]]. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them!


Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to the TARDIS. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...
Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Second Doctor]]
* [[Second Doctor]]
*[[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
*[[Quark]]s
* [[Quark]]s


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "[[whirling (TARDIS flight)|whirling]]".
* The [[Quark home planet]] has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory".
* [[Gano]] appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.
 
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Notes==
=== Original print details ===
* [[Gano]] appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.


==Continuity==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
*The Quarks return in this story, following directly on from their vendetta against the Doctor in ''[[Invasion of the Quarks]]''. This presumably means this is set in 1968 as well.
*In [[Captain Jack's Monster Files]] it is suggested the Giant Wasps may be [[Vespiform]]s. This story takes place after the Vespiforms already exist, but it's possible the Quarks have used Giant Wasps before - they ''do'' use them again in [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'', after all.


==Timeline==
* TVC 877 (2 pages) Doom is in the air! Next week see the wasps swoop down to attack!
*This story occurs after [[TVC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks]]''
* TVC 878 (2 pages) The Quarks' death chant has begun! Don't miss next week's dramatic action!
*This story occurs before [[TVC]]: ''[[Ice Cap Terror]]''
* TVC 879 (2 pages) Don't miss the end of this duel in next week's TV Comic!
* TVC 880 (2 pages) A new thrill-packed Dr. Who story begins next week!


==External links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor and Jamie recently foiled a [[Quark invasion of Earth (Invasion of the Quarks)|Quark invasion of Earth]], which the Quarks want revenge for. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'')
* The [[Quark home planet]] is in a [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'')


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The Killer Wasps was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Quarks create Giant Wasps to attack the Second Doctor and Jamie on the devastated planet of Gano. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them!

Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to the TARDIS. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "whirling".
  • The Quark home planet has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory".
  • Gano appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 877 (2 pages) Doom is in the air! Next week see the wasps swoop down to attack!
  • TVC 878 (2 pages) The Quarks' death chant has begun! Don't miss next week's dramatic action!
  • TVC 879 (2 pages) Don't miss the end of this duel in next week's TV Comic!
  • TVC 880 (2 pages) A new thrill-packed Dr. Who story begins next week!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e
Second Doctor TVC comic stories
1966
Weekly strip
1967
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
All stories feature John and Gillian.
1968
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
John and Gillian feature until Invasion of the Quarks, when they are replaced by Jamie.
1969
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
Jamie disappears after Martha the Mechanical Housemaid, leaving the Doctor alone. The Doctor's exile begins in Action in Exile.
All weekly stories drawn by John Canning, continuing his creative run from the First Doctor in 1966 to the Third Doctor in 1971.
v • e
Quark stories
For the purposes of this list, a "Quark story" is one in which one living, authentic Quark plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.
Television
Audio
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