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|image= | |range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | ||
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |number in range = 33 | ||
|doctor= Sixth Doctor | |image = | ||
|companions= [[ | |series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|featuring = | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|enemy= | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]] | ||
|setting= [[Vespin]] | |featuring = Abel Gantz | ||
|writer= | |featuring2 = Kaon | ||
|artist= [[John Ridgway]] | |featuring3 = Kane (Kane's Story) | ||
|editor=[[Cefn Ridout]] | |enemy = [[Skeletoid]]s | ||
|colourist= | |setting = [[Vespin]] | ||
|letterer=[[Annie Halfacree]] | |writer = Alan McKenzie | ||
|publication= [[DWM 107]] | |artist = [[John Ridgway]] | ||
|release date= | |editor = [[Cefn Ridout]] | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |colourist = | ||
|reprint= | |letterer = [[Annie Halfacree]] | ||
|format= Comic | |publication = [[DWM 107]] | ||
|prev= The Warrior's Story (comic story) | |release date = 14 November 1985 | ||
|next= Exodus (comic story) | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|reprint = DWCC 22 | |||
|reprint2 = Voyager (2007 graphic novel) | |||
|format = Comic | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|prev = The Warrior's Story (comic story) | |||
|next = Exodus (comic story) | |||
}}{{comic stub}} | }}{{comic stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was the fourth and last consecutive script about the [[Skeletoid]]s, whose tale began in ''[[Kane's Story]]''. Despite the title, [[Frobisher]] did not feature prominently. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was the fourth and last consecutive script about the [[Skeletoid]]s, whose tale began in ''[[Kane's Story]]''. Despite the title, [[Frobisher]] did not feature prominently, though he did serve as the narrator. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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The Doctor uses the TARDIS to transport himself, Frobisher, Peri, Kane, Abel and Kaon to Vespin, where they fight their way into the skeletoid control room. | |||
Abel sacrifices himself by transforming into a giant bomb which destroys the skeletoids' control and the giant brains which operate it. | |||
The Doctor and his companions travel to Ankara to report that the threat has passed. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Edd (The Warrior's Story)|Edd]] | * [[Edd (The Warrior's Story)|Edd]] | ||
* [[President of the Federation of Worlds]] | * [[President of the Federation of Worlds]] | ||
* [[Cyber-Leader ( | * [[Cyber-Leader (Frobisher's Story)|Cyber-Leader]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Frobisher takes the form of a [[Pantachian Rock Skipper]]. | * Frobisher takes the form of a [[Pantachian Rock Skipper]]. | ||
* The planet [[Ankara]] is the Federation of Worlds's political capital. | |||
* The President hosts the [[Galactic Alliance]] Summit. | |||
* Peri and Frobisher take part in repelling the Skeletoids in hand-to-hand combat. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Frobisher's Story colour reprints.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Frobisher's Story colour reprints.jpg|thumb|A colour reprint. (''[[Voyager (2007 graphic novel)|Voyager]]'')]] | ||
* This story was reprinted in [[DWCC 22]] and colour reprinted in ''[[Voyager (2007 graphic novel)|Voyager]]''. | * This story was reprinted in [[DWCC 22]] and colour reprinted in ''[[Voyager (2007 graphic novel)|Voyager]]''. | ||
* It is never clear who is responsible for uniting the six champions necessary to defeat the [[Skeletoid]]s. [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Warrior's Story (comic story)|The Warrior's Story]]'' implies it could have been the TARDIS and previous Fifth Doctor stories present the possibility of the [[Time Lord]]s, but nothing is made explicit. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Abel was endowed with metamorphic powers due to the collision of a Time Vortex fragment with his laboratory. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Abel's Story (comic story)}}) | |||
* Frobisher remembers that Kaon died when he and the Doctor first met him. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|War-Game (comic story)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Draconian comic stories]] | [[Category:Draconian comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1985 comic stories]] | [[Category:1985 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Comic stories set in Mutter's Spiral]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 82nd century]] | |||
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