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|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | ||
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|doctor= Third Doctor | |doctor= Third Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|enemy=[[Catiba]] | |enemy = [[Catiba]] | ||
|setting= [[Australia]] and [[Morrax]] | |setting= [[Australia]] and [[Morrax]] | ||
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 1160-1169 | |publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 1160-1169 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 9 March - 11 May 1974 | ||
|publisher= Polystyle | |publisher= Polystyle | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 10 | |||
|prev= The Disintegrator (comic story) | |prev= The Disintegrator (comic story) | ||
|next= Size Control (comic story) | |next= Size Control (comic story) | ||
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'''''Is Anyone There?''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Comic]]'' story released in [[1974]]. | '''''Is Anyone There?''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Comic]]'' story released in [[1974]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
In [[Australia]], [[Louis | In [[Australia]], Dr. [[Louis French]] refuses to heed the [[Third Doctor]]'s warnings his new [[radio wave accelerator]] could spell disaster for [[Earth]] as well as for the alien cultures he hopes to contact with it. With no option left, the Doctor resorts to sabotage, but is caught before he can render the accelerator inoperable. His fears are borne out when the accelerator is tested for the first time. The accelerated [[radio]] transmission causes disastrous disturbances in the weather on a global scale and leads to Doctor French's own death. However, the Doctor is more concerned about the fate of the planet that the transmission was directed at. Travelling to [[Morrax]], he finds the world devastated and is taken prisoner by the surviving [[Morraxian]] people. The Morraxian leaders vow revenge on the people of Earth and dispatch a lethal [[missile]] with the Doctor trapped on board. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Catiba]] | * [[Catiba]] | ||
* [[Major (Is Anyone There?)|Major]] | * [[Major (Is Anyone There?)|Major]] | ||
* [[Zenna]] | * [[Zenna (Is Anyone There?)|Zenna]] | ||
* [[Sikko]] | |||
* [[Oclas]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Dr French's | * Dr French's radio wave accelerator is located on [[Mount Woodroffe]], and he conpares it to the [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]]. | ||
* [[The Doctor's cottage (The Celluloid Midas)|The Doctor's cottage]] is flooded by the extreme [[weather]] conditions. | * [[The Doctor's cottage (The Celluloid Midas)|The Doctor's cottage]] is flooded by the extreme [[weather]] conditions. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:37, 5 February 2024
Is Anyone There? was a Third Doctor TV Comic story released in 1974.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In Australia, Dr. Louis French refuses to heed the Third Doctor's warnings his new radio wave accelerator could spell disaster for Earth as well as for the alien cultures he hopes to contact with it. With no option left, the Doctor resorts to sabotage, but is caught before he can render the accelerator inoperable. His fears are borne out when the accelerator is tested for the first time. The accelerated radio transmission causes disastrous disturbances in the weather on a global scale and leads to Doctor French's own death. However, the Doctor is more concerned about the fate of the planet that the transmission was directed at. Travelling to Morrax, he finds the world devastated and is taken prisoner by the surviving Morraxian people. The Morraxian leaders vow revenge on the people of Earth and dispatch a lethal missile with the Doctor trapped on board.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Dr French's radio wave accelerator is located on Mount Woodroffe, and he conpares it to the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
- The Doctor's cottage is flooded by the extreme weather conditions.
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- (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 1160 (2 pages) Continued next week
- TVC 1161 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week
- TVC 1162 (2 pages) Another thrilling episode next week
- TVC 1163 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week.
- TVC 1164 (2 pages) Don't miss next week's thrilling episode
- TVC 1165 (2 pages) Don't miss next week's episode.
- TVC 1166 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week.
- TVC 1167 (2 pages) Another thrilling episode next week
- TVC 1168 (2 pages) Don't miss the final episode next week
- TVC 1169 (2 pages) A terrific new Doctor Who story begins next week.
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