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|series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Frobisher]] | |companions = [[Frobisher]] | ||
|featuring = [[Voyager]] | |||
|enemy = [[Astrolabus]] | |enemy = [[Astrolabus]] | ||
|setting = [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]] | |setting = [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steve Parkhouse | ||
|artist = [[John Ridgway]] | |artist = [[John Ridgway]] | ||
|editor = [[Ian Rimmer]] | |editor = [[Ian Rimmer]] | ||
|colourist = | |colourist = | ||
|letterer = [[Annie Halfacree]] | |letterer = [[Annie Halfacree]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 98]]-[[DWM 99|99]] | |publication = [[DWM 98]]-[[DWM 99|99]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 7 February - 7 March 1985 | ||
|publisher = Marvel Comics | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|reprint = DWMAC 4 | |reprint = DWMAC 4 | ||
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|next = War-Game (comic story) | |next = War-Game (comic story) | ||
}}{{comic stub}} | }}{{comic stub}} | ||
{{you may|Once Upon a Time Lord (graphic novel)|n1=the graphic novel of the same name}} | |||
'''''Once Upon a Time-Lord''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It is notable for having several pages written out in story form with accompanying comic panels. With its end, it concluded both the [[Voyager]] and [[Astrolabus]] themes that had started in the Sixth Doctor's second strip, ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]''. | '''''Once Upon a Time-Lord''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It is notable for having several pages written out in story form with accompanying comic panels. With its end, it concluded both the [[Voyager]] and [[Astrolabus]] themes that had started in the Sixth Doctor's second strip, ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]''. | ||
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Meanwhile, Astrolabus watches them from inside a carnival, where children watch the Doctor and Frobisher. Astrolabus instructs them to put on their "thinking caps" so that they can control the story. | Meanwhile, Astrolabus watches them from inside a carnival, where children watch the Doctor and Frobisher. Astrolabus instructs them to put on their "thinking caps" so that they can control the story. | ||
In the [[forest]], with their lives now reading like a storybook, the Doctor and Frobisher meet [[Brock (Once Upon a Time Lord)|Brock]], who gives Frobisher a [[Earthworm|worm]]. They soon come under attack, and the [[native]]s try to cook and eat Frobisher. However, Frobisher is saved by Tarzan. | In the [[forest]], with their lives now reading like a storybook, the Doctor and Frobisher meet [[Brock (Once Upon a Time Lord)|Brock]], who gives Frobisher a [[Earthworm|worm]]. They soon come under attack, and the [[native]]s try to cook and eat Frobisher. However, Frobisher is saved by Tarzan. | ||
After escaping, Frobisher feels like he's not in control, and the Doctor urges him to try and find answers in the castle. Meanwhile, Astrolabus urges the children to think up "something really dangerous", and sure enough, a gigantic troll begins attacking the Doctor and Frobisher, and they make a run for the castle | After escaping, Frobisher feels like he's not in control, and the Doctor urges him to try and find answers in the castle. Meanwhile, Astrolabus urges the children to think up "something really dangerous", and sure enough, a gigantic troll begins attacking the Doctor and Frobisher, and they make a run for the castle | ||
=== Part 2 === | === Part 2 === | ||
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* [[Tarzan]] | * [[Tarzan]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor is forced to quote ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': ''"By Elbereth and Luthien the Fair, you shall have neither the Ring, nor me!"'' | * The Doctor is forced to quote ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': ''"By Elbereth and Luthien the Fair, you shall have neither the Ring, nor me!"'' | ||
* The Land of Make-Believe registers no signs of life whatsoever aboard the TARDIS. | * The Land of Make-Believe registers no signs of life whatsoever aboard the TARDIS. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Once Upon a Time Lord colour reprint.jpg|thumb|right|The colour reprint of this comic.]] | [[File:Once Upon a Time-Lord colour reprint.jpg|thumb|right|The colour reprint of this comic.]] | ||
* ''Once Upon a Time-Lord'' features a number of implicit pastiches and homages to other media. These include allusions to the Black Riders of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Little Red Riding Hood]] from the [[Brothers Grimm]], [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s [[Tarzan]], | * ''Once Upon a Time-Lord'' features a number of implicit pastiches and homages to other media. These include allusions to the Black Riders of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Little Red Riding Hood]] from the [[Brothers Grimm]], [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s [[Tarzan]], and, more loosely, ''[[Star Trek]]'' and [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]''. | ||
* Three pages are devoted to a wholesale homage of ''Rupert Bear''<nowiki/>'s presentation style. Six identically-sized square panels are captioned with rhyme. At the bottom of the page, a small instalment of prose retells the images in greater detail. These pages each have the subheading: "''Frobisher Eats a Worm''", "''Frobisher Wishes He Hadn't''" and "''He Who Hesitates is Lunch''". | * Three pages are devoted to a wholesale homage of ''Rupert Bear''<nowiki/>'s presentation style. Six identically-sized square panels are captioned with rhyme. At the bottom of the page, a small instalment of prose retells the images in greater detail. These pages each have the subheading: "''Frobisher Eats a Worm''", "''Frobisher Wishes He Hadn't''" and "''He Who Hesitates is Lunch''". | ||
* Upon their escape from the ''Rupert Bear'' pastiche, the Doctor and Frobisher leave a panel whose signature is partially obscured to read, "''HOGAR''". An homage to ''Tarzan''<nowiki/>'s comic artist Burne Hogarth. | * Upon their escape from the ''Rupert Bear'' pastiche, the Doctor and Frobisher leave a panel whose signature is partially obscured to read, "''HOGAR''". An homage to ''Tarzan''<nowiki/>'s comic artist Burne Hogarth. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor journeys into the [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]] to find Frobisher after he was kidnapped by Astrolabus. ([[COMIC]]: | * The Doctor journeys into the [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]] to find Frobisher after he was kidnapped by Astrolabus. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Polly the Glot (comic story)}}) | ||
* The Doctor has previously been to [[Land of Fiction|a land where fictional characters were real]]. ([[TV]]: | * The Doctor has previously been to [[Land of Fiction|a land where fictional characters were real]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | ||
* The Doctor is still haunted by thoughts of [[Voyager]]'s threat to end all of existence unless his [[ | * The Doctor is still haunted by thoughts of [[Voyager]]'s threat to end all of existence unless his [[star chart]]s are returned. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Voyager (comic story)}}) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Stories set outside time and space]] | [[Category:Stories set outside time and space]] | ||
[[Category:Two part comics]] | [[Category:Two part comics]] | ||
[[Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series]] |