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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = Glen of sleeping.jpg | |image = Glen of sleeping.jpg | ||
|doctor = Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|enemy = {{Delgado|c}} | |enemy = {{Delgado|c}} | ||
|setting = [[Scotland]], [[1970s]] and [[1745]] | |setting = [[Scotland]], [[1970s]] and [[1745]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Dick O'Neill | ||
|artist = [[Gerry Haylock]] | |artist = [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
|publication = ''[[TV Action]]'' 107-111 | |publication = ''[[TV Action]]'' 107-111 | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 - 31 March 1973 | ||
|publisher = Polystyle | |publisher = Polystyle | ||
|reprint = DWCC 20 | |reprint = DWCC 20 | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
While on holiday in [[Scotland]], the | While on a fishing holiday in [[Scotland]], the Doctor encounters a group of archaeologists who are investigating the legend of the Glen of Sleeping. One of the scientists is in fact the Master in disguise who summons Red Angus his clansmen from their centuries-long sleep. With Angus and his men under his command, the Master intends to use them to capture a nuclear submarine in a near loch. The Doctor traces the cause of the clansme's long slumber to two chronons, an alien time-trap device. Using the chronons the Doctor is able to send himself, the Master, the submarine and the clansmen back to 1745. Pursued by redcoats, the Doctor may never be able to escape back to the twentieth century. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Sentry (The Glen of Sleeping)|Sentry]] | * [[Sentry (The Glen of Sleeping)|Sentry]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor finds a [[baked beans|baked bean]] [[tin]] while [[fishing]]. | * The Doctor finds a [[baked beans|baked bean]] [[tin]] while [[fishing]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the first appearance of [[the Master]] in the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip. | * This was the first appearance of [[the Master]] in the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip. | ||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 107 (2 pages) Next week, an intrusion from the present! | |||
* TVA 108 (2 pages) Next week, a modern menace awakens! | |||
* TVA 109 (2 pages) The world in peril — next week! | |||
* TVA 110 (2 pages) Next week, an ingenious battle with time itself! | |||
* TVA 111 (2 pages) Next week: the Doctor finds himself pitted against the Daleks!! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | {{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | ||
{{Master stories}} | {{The Master (TotA) stories}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1745]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1745]] | ||
[[Category:The Master comic stories]] | [[Category:The Master (Terror of the Autons) comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Five part comics]] | [[Category:Five part comics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:30, 5 February 2024
The Glen of Sleeping was a TV Action comic story featuring the Third Doctor.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
While on a fishing holiday in Scotland, the Doctor encounters a group of archaeologists who are investigating the legend of the Glen of Sleeping. One of the scientists is in fact the Master in disguise who summons Red Angus his clansmen from their centuries-long sleep. With Angus and his men under his command, the Master intends to use them to capture a nuclear submarine in a near loch. The Doctor traces the cause of the clansme's long slumber to two chronons, an alien time-trap device. Using the chronons the Doctor is able to send himself, the Master, the submarine and the clansmen back to 1745. Pursued by redcoats, the Doctor may never be able to escape back to the twentieth century.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor finds a baked bean tin while fishing.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This was the first appearance of the Master in the Doctor Who comic strip.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 107 (2 pages) Next week, an intrusion from the present!
- TVA 108 (2 pages) Next week, a modern menace awakens!
- TVA 109 (2 pages) The world in peril — next week!
- TVA 110 (2 pages) Next week, an ingenious battle with time itself!
- TVA 111 (2 pages) Next week: the Doctor finds himself pitted against the Daleks!!
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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