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|image= Ship o fools.jpg | |image= Ship o fools.jpg | ||
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | ||
|main character= [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] | |main character= [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring= | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= | ||
|setting= [[Flying Dutchman II]] | |setting= ''[[Flying Dutchman II]]'' | ||
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | |editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Steve Moore | ||
|artist= [[Steve Dillon]] | |artist= [[Steve Dillon]] | ||
|colourist= [[Andy Yanchus]] ([[DW84 16|reprint]]) | |colourist= [[Andy Yanchus]] ([[DW84 16|reprint]]) | ||
|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= | |epcount = 2 | ||
|release date= | |publication= [[DWM 23]]-[[DWM 24|24]] | ||
|release date= 13 - 20 March 1980 | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher= Marvel Comics | ||
|format= | |reprint=DW84 16 | ||
|reprint2=The Glorious Dead (graphic novel) | |||
|reprint3=Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | |||
|format= Comic | |||
|prev= Twilight of the Silurians (comic story) | |prev= Twilight of the Silurians (comic story) | ||
|next= The Outsider (comic story)}} | |next= The Outsider (comic story) | ||
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'''''Ship of Fools''''' was a comic story printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]''. It was written by [[Steve Moore]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Drifting lifelessly through space [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] the [[ | Drifting lifelessly through space, [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] the [[Cyberman]] passes through a [[time warp]] (which looked like a miasmic cloud) that hides a cruiser ship the ''[[Flying Dutchman II]]''. Taken aboard he is recharged by [[Willoughby (Ship of Fools)|Willoughby]], [[Rolf]], [[Krylic]], [[Leonart]] and [[Cassandra (Ship of Fools)|Cassandra]]. All of them are caught in a timeless existence, bored and seeking a release. Kroton offers to help them and reactivates the robot pilot to take them to a nearby planet and breaking the time warp. Unfortunately they had been trapped 628 years and rapidly age to death. Kroton is once again drifting alone in space, with only the robot pilot for company. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] | * [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] | ||
* [[Leonart]] | |||
* [[Rolf]] | |||
* [[Cassandra (Ship of Fools)|Cassandra]] | |||
* [[Willoughby (Ship of Fools)|Willoughby]] | * [[Willoughby (Ship of Fools)|Willoughby]] | ||
* [[Krylic]] | * [[Krylic]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * ''Ship of Fools'' was the first of the back up strip stories not to be introduced and tailed by the [[Fourth Doctor]] as if recounting a story. | ||
* The second and third editions of ''[[aHistory]]'' arbitrarily date | * The second and third editions of ''[[aHistory]]'' arbitrarily date ''Ship of Fools'' to 3500, the same general time period as [[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' (both stories have ships with automatic pilots that span the galaxy). | ||
=== Original print details === | === Original print details === | ||
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# [[DWM 24]] (4) End | # [[DWM 24]] (4) End | ||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* Kroton's last memory is of piloting a ship with limited fuel away from [[Mondaran]]. He also recalls his friends [[Pendar]] and [[Marilka]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story)|Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 5 February 2024
Ship of Fools was a comic story printed in Doctor Who Weekly. It was written by Steve Moore.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Drifting lifelessly through space, Kroton the Cyberman passes through a time warp (which looked like a miasmic cloud) that hides a cruiser ship the Flying Dutchman II. Taken aboard he is recharged by Willoughby, Rolf, Krylic, Leonart and Cassandra. All of them are caught in a timeless existence, bored and seeking a release. Kroton offers to help them and reactivates the robot pilot to take them to a nearby planet and breaking the time warp. Unfortunately they had been trapped 628 years and rapidly age to death. Kroton is once again drifting alone in space, with only the robot pilot for company.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ship of Fools was the first of the back up strip stories not to be introduced and tailed by the Fourth Doctor as if recounting a story.
- The second and third editions of aHistory arbitrarily date Ship of Fools to 3500, the same general time period as TV: Terminus (both stories have ships with automatic pilots that span the galaxy).
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Publication with page count and closing captions
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Kroton's last memory is of piloting a ship with limited fuel away from Mondaran. He also recalls his friends Pendar and Marilka. (COMIC: Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)
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