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|image= Assassin from Space.jpg
|image = Assassin from Space.jpg
|series=''[[TV Comic]]'' special comic stories
|series = ''[[TV Comic]] Holiday Special'' stories
|number=
|number =  
|doctor= Third Doctor
|doctor = Third Doctor
|companions=  
|companions =  
|enemy= [[Creature (Assassin from Space)|Creature]]s
|enemy= [[Creature (Assassin from Space)|Creatures]]
|setting= [[London]], [[1970s]]
|setting = [[London]], [[1970s]]
|writer=  
|writer =  
|artist=  
|artist =  
|editor=
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|colourist=
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|letterer=
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|publication= TV Comic Holiday Special 1970
|publication = ''[[TV Comic Holiday Special 1970]]''
|release date= [[1970 (releases)|1970]]
|release date= 1 July 1970
|publisher= Polystyle
|publisher = Polystyle
|format= Comic - 1 part (2 pages)
|format = Comic - 1 part (2 pages)
|next= Undercover (comic story)
|prev = The Entertainer (comic story)
|next = Undercover (comic story)
}}{{comic stub}}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the invented title of the first of two [[Third Doctor]] comic stories in the 1970 ''[[TV Comic]] Holiday Special''. Like many pre-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic strips, it had no title on first publication. The name gained traction after being used by [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]] in ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' and later by [[John Ainsworth]] in his then-comprehensive listing of third Doctor strips in [[DWCC 4|''DWCC'' 4]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the invented title of the first of two [[Third Doctor]] comic stories in the 1970 ''[[TV Comic]] Holiday Special''. Like many pre-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic strips, it had no title on first publication. The name gained traction after being used by [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]] in ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' and later by [[John Ainsworth]] in his then-comprehensive listing of third Doctor strips in [[DWCC 4|''DWCC'' 4]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[Creature (Assassin from Space)|Alien]]s decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of [[Earth]]. They try to carry out their plan in a foggy [[London]] [[Park (Assassin from Space)|park]].
[[Creature (Assassin from Space)|Aliens]] decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of [[Earth]]. They try to carry out their plan in a foggy [[London]] [[Park (Assassin from Space)|park]], but the Doctor defeats them with [[Third Doctor's cane|his cane]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor carries a [[cane]].
* The Doctor carries a [[cane]].


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor thinks it will be hard to convince [[UNIT]] he has been attacked by [[alien]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is (short story)|Where the Heart Is]]'')
* The Doctor had previously taken his cane with him to [[Zoo (The Arkwood Experiments)|the zoo]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments (comic story)|The Arkwood Experiments]]'')
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
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[[Category:1970 comic stories]]
[[Category:1970 comic stories]]
[[Category:Third Doctor TVC comic stories]]
[[Category:Third Doctor TVC Holiday Special comic stories]]
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

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Assassin from Space is the invented title of the first of two Third Doctor comic stories in the 1970 TV Comic Holiday Special. Like many pre-Marvel comic strips, it had no title on first publication. The name gained traction after being used by Jean-Marc Lofficier in The Terrestrial Index and later by John Ainsworth in his then-comprehensive listing of third Doctor strips in DWCC 4.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Aliens decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of Earth. They try to carry out their plan in a foggy London park, but the Doctor defeats them with his cane.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor carries a cane.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]