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|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|doctor= Fourth Doctor | |doctor= Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|enemy= [[Cyberman (Junk-Yard Demon)|CyberMondan]] | |enemy= [[Cyberman (Junk-Yard Demon)|CyberMondan]] | ||
|setting= | |setting= | ||
|writer= | |writer= Steve Parkhouse | ||
|artist= [[Mike McMahon]] / [[Adolfo Buylla]] | |artist= [[Mike McMahon]] / [[Adolfo Buylla]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
|colourist= | |colourist= | ||
|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= | |publication= [[DWM 58]]-[[DWM 59|59]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 8 October - 12 November 1981 | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher= Marvel Comics | ||
|format= Comic | |reprint=DW84 13 | ||
|prev= | |reprint2=Dragon's Claw (graphic novel) | ||
|reprint3=DWCS2 4 | |||
|reprint4=Doctor Who Classics Volume 4 | |||
|reprint5=Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2 | |||
|reprint6=Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | |||
|format= Comic | |||
|prev= Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors (comic story) | |||
|next= The Neutron Knights (comic story) | |next= The Neutron Knights (comic story) | ||
|series2=Junk-Yard Demon duology | |series2 = Junk-Yard Demon duology | ||
|next2=Junk-Yard Demon II (comic story) | |next2=Junk-Yard Demon II (comic story) | ||
|epcount = 2 | |||
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'''''Junk-Yard Demon''''' was a [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip released in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | '''''Junk-Yard Demon''''' was a [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip released in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Interstellar scrap dealers have a lucrative business reprogramming dormant Cybermen into domestic servants, until one prematurely awakens and steals the Doctor's TARDIS. | Interstellar scrap dealers have a lucrative business reprogramming dormant [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] into domestic servants, until one prematurely awakens and steals [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[File:Junkyarddemon01.jpg|thumb|Junk-Yard Demon]] | [[File:Junkyarddemon01.jpg|thumb|left|The Junk-Yard Demon]] | ||
While the [[Fourth Doctor]] meditates, the free-floating [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is scooped up by a junk-collecting spaceship, ''[[Drifter]]'', piloted by scrap merchants Flotsam and Jetsam and their windmill-powered robot, Dutch, who tries unsuccessfully to break down the TARDIS for scrap. The Doctor is woken by the noise of a drill and emerges peeved at the disturbance, and annoyed to find a dormant [[Cyberman]] amongst their collection of galactic scrap. | While the [[Fourth Doctor]] meditates, the free-floating [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is scooped up by a junk-collecting spaceship, ''[[Drifter]]'', piloted by scrap merchants Flotsam and Jetsam and their windmill-powered robot, Dutch, who tries unsuccessfully to break down the TARDIS for scrap. The Doctor is woken by the noise of a drill and emerges peeved at the disturbance, and annoyed to find a dormant [[Cyberman]] amongst their collection of galactic scrap. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] | * [[Fourth Doctor]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Arrold Flotsam]] | ||
* [[Halbert Jetsam]] | |||
* | * [[Dutch (Junk-Yard Demon)|Dutch]] | ||
* [[Cyberman (Junk-Yard Demon)|Cyberman]] | |||
* [[Zogron]] | * [[Zogron]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Cyberman has the ability to absorb blasts of [[energy weapon]]s and re-direct them back at the attacker. | * The Cyberman has the ability to absorb blasts of [[energy weapon]]s and re-direct them back at the attacker. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Cyberman is drawn with a combination of design elements from their first televised appearances, with the headpiece and flexible face from ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' and the chest unit and sleeve hosing from ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' and ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | * The Cyberman is drawn with a combination of design elements from their first televised appearances, with the headpiece and flexible face from ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' and the chest unit and sleeve hosing from ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' and ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
=== Original print details === | === Original print details === | ||
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# [[DWM 58]] (8 pages) To Be Continued! | # [[DWM 58]] (8 pages) To Be Continued! | ||
# [[DWM 59]] (8 pages) The End. | # [[DWM 59]] (8 pages) The End. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Latest revision as of 03:11, 13 March 2024
Junk-Yard Demon was a Fourth Doctor comic strip released in Doctor Who Magazine.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Interstellar scrap dealers have a lucrative business reprogramming dormant Cybermen into domestic servants, until one prematurely awakens and steals the Doctor's TARDIS.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
While the Fourth Doctor meditates, the free-floating TARDIS is scooped up by a junk-collecting spaceship, Drifter, piloted by scrap merchants Flotsam and Jetsam and their windmill-powered robot, Dutch, who tries unsuccessfully to break down the TARDIS for scrap. The Doctor is woken by the noise of a drill and emerges peeved at the disturbance, and annoyed to find a dormant Cyberman amongst their collection of galactic scrap.
Flotsam and Jetsam have a lucrative side business collecting inert Cybermen, reprogramming them and selling them as butlers to rich folk all over the galaxy. The Doctor accidentally re-activates the Cyberman, who steals the TARDIS with Jetsam inside. As the Doctor, Flotsam and Dutch track the TARDIS in the Drifter, the Cyberman pilots the TARDIS to remote planet AS4, at the site of the wrecked command ship of a long-lost Cyberfleet.
The Cyberman orders Jetsam to restore his long-inactive leader Zogron to function, with the ambition of rebuilding a Cyber-army that would rule time and space via the TARDIS. Jetsam does what he does best, reactivating Zogron, who then infuriates the Cyberman by offering him either a before-dinner sherry or a gin and tonic. The Drifter lands nearby, and Dutch destroys the Cyberman by coating it in quick-setting polymer paint. As Flotsam and Jetsam eagerly ponder the plunder available in the wrecked Cyberships, the Doctor leaves in the TARDIS, hoping they never find any Daleks...
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Cyberman has the ability to absorb blasts of energy weapons and re-direct them back at the attacker.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Cyberman is drawn with a combination of design elements from their first televised appearances, with the headpiece and flexible face from The Tenth Planet and the chest unit and sleeve hosing from The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- (Publication with page count and closing captions)
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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