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The Champion

Doctor:

Second Doctor

Main enemy:

Cyberman

Release details

Printed in:

TV Comic Holiday Special 1969

Release date:

1969

Format:

Comic

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The Champion was the first of two Doctor Who comic stories in the TV Comic Holiday Special 1969.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS is pulled to a sports arena by a "strange web". The Second Doctor is brought, along with other creatures, to this sports arena to wrestle for the amusement of a gorilla-like race. At first, the Doctor is paired with Grok, the species' champion. The Doctor easily defeats the giant by the proper application of leverage.

The time traveller's second opponent isn't so easy. A Cyberman steps into the ring and at first overwhelms the Doctor. Again, though, the Doctor's knowledge of physics allows him to get the upper hand. Soon, the Cyberman finds himself tied into the ring's bounding ropes and the Doctor slips away to the TARDIS. The inhabitants of the strange world allow him to leave, happy to have been so thoroughly entertained.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The public announcer for the wrestling match twice calls the Doctor an "Earth creature". Though his status as an alien was well-enough established by the 1968 publication date of this story — it's not exactly an error; The beings in control of the match never scan the Doctor's physiology in any way, so their assumption that he's from Earth is logical enough.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Second Doctor TVC comic stories

1966

Weekly strip

The Extortioner

1967

Weekly strip	The Extortioner • The Trodos Ambush • The Doctor Strikes Back • The Zombies • Master of Spiders • The Exterminator • The Monsters from the Past • The TARDIS Worshippers • Space War Two • Egyptian Escapade • The Coming of the Cybermen • The Faithful Rocket Pack • Flower Power • The Witches

Holiday Special	Barnabus • Jungle Adventure • TV Comic's Counter Game

Annual stories	Attack of the Daleks • Pursued by the Trods

All stories feature John and Gillian.

1968

Weekly strip	The Witches • Cyber-Mole • The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas • The Cyber Empire • The Dyrons • Dr. Who and the Space Pirates • Car of the Century • The Jokers • Invasion of the Quarks • The Killer Wasps • Ice Cap Terror • Jungle of Doom

Holiday Special	Return of the Witches • Masquerade • TV Comic's Counter Game

Annual stories	The Time Museum • The Electrodes • Test Flight

John and Gillian feature until Invasion of the Quarks, when they are replaced by Jamie.

1969

Weekly strip	Father Time • Martha the Mechanical Housemaid • The Duellists • Eskimo Joe • Peril at 60 Fathoms • Operation Wurlitzer • Action in Exile • The Mark of Terror • The Brotherhood • U.F.O. • The Night Walkers

Holiday Special	The Champion • The Entertainer • Basil Brush goes Rent Collecting

Annual stories	Death Race • Test Flight

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.

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

Complete list of appearances

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 == Summary ==
-[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is pulled to a sports arena by a "strange web". The [[Second Doctor]] is brought, along with other creatures, to this sports arena in order to [[wrestling|wrestle]] for the amusement of an unnamed, gorilla-like race. At first, the Doctor is paired with [[Grok]], the species' champion. The Doctor easily defeats the giant by the proper application of leverage.
+[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is pulled to a sports arena by a "strange web". The [[Second Doctor]] is brought, along with other creatures, to this sports arena to [[wrestling|wrestle]] for the amusement of a [[gorilla]]-like race. At first, the Doctor is paired with [[Grok (The Champion)|Grok]], the species' champion. The Doctor easily defeats the giant by the proper application of leverage.
-The time traveller's second opponent isn't so easy. A [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] steps into the ring and at first overwhelms the Doctor. Again, though, the Doctor's knowledge of [[physics]] allows him to get the upper hand. Soon, the Cyberman finds himself tied into the ring's bounding ropes and the Doctor slips away to the TARDIS. The inhabitants of the strange world allow him to leave, happy to have been so thoroughly entertained.
+The time traveller's second opponent isn't so easy. [[Cyberman (The Champion)|A Cyberman]] steps into the ring and at first overwhelms the Doctor. Again, though, the Doctor's knowledge of [[physics]] allows him to get the upper hand. Soon, the Cyberman finds himself tied into the ring's bounding ropes and the Doctor slips away to the TARDIS. The inhabitants of the strange world allow him to leave, happy to have been so thoroughly entertained.
 == Characters ==
 * [[Second Doctor]]
-* A [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]]
+* [[Cyberman (The Champion)|Cyberman]]
-* [[Grok]]
+* [[Grok (The Champion)|Grok]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
 ''to be added''
 == Notes ==
-''to be added''
+* The public [[announcer]] for the wrestling match twice calls the Doctor an "[[Earth]] creature". Though his status as an alien was well-enough established by the 1968 publication date of this story — it's not exactly an error; The beings in control of the match never scan the Doctor's physiology in any way, so their assumption that he's from Earth is logical enough.
 == Continuity ==
-* The public announcer for the wrestling match twice calls the Doctor an "[[Earth]] creature".  Though of course the Doctor isn't from Earth — and his status as an alien status was well-enough established by the 1968 publication date of this troy — it's not exactly an error. The unnamed beings in control of the match never scan the Doctor's physiology in any way, so their assumption that he's from Earth is logical enough.
+''to be added''
-== Timeline ==
-There's really nothing that gives the reader any firm sense of when this story takes place.  The Doctor's apparently travelling alone, which generally indicates a post-[[The War Games|''War Games'']] story.   But he's also wearing his [[stovepipe hat]], which usually is taken to indicate a story set in the early part of [[season 4]], when he was still travelling with [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]].
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