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|enemy             = [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]
|companions   = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]
|year              = [[London]], [[November]], [[1963]]
|featuring   = Ian Chesterton
|writer           = [[George Mann]] and [[Cavan Scott]]
|featuring2  = Barbara Wright
|editor           = [[Andrew James]]
|enemy       = [[CyberMondan]]s
|artist           = [[Lee Sullivan]]
|setting      = [[76 Totter's Lane]], [[Earth]], [[November]] [[1963]], [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]]
|colourist         = [[Luis Guerrero]]
|writer       = George Mann, Cavan Scott
|designer         = [[Rob Farmer]]
|editor       = [[Andrew James]], [[Jessica Burton]], [[Amoona Saohin]]
|letterer         = [[Comicraft]]
|artist       = [[Dan Boultwood]]
|cover            =
|colourist   = [[Nicola Righi]], [[Enrica Eren Angiolini]]
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|designer     = [[Andrew Leung (designer)|Andrew Leung]]
|cover inker      =
|letterer     = [[Richard Starkings]], [[Jimmy Betancourt]]
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|publication = [[10DY2 12]]
|publication       = [[10DY2 12]]
|reprint     = 2016 Convention Special
|anthology        =
|traded       = ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (graphic novel)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]''
|reprint           =  
|release date = 13 July 2016
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|publisher   = Titan Comics
|release date      = [[13 July (releases)|6 July]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
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|cover date       = [[July (releases)|July]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|epcount      = 1
|publisher         = Titan Comics
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'''''Supremacy of the Cybermen Prologue: The First Doctor''''' was one of several prologues to the miniseries ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', published by [[Titan Comics]].
'''''Prologue: The First Doctor''''' was one of nine prologue comics to the mini-series ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', published by [[Titan Comics]].


== Summary ==
== Plot ==
Susan is running home, fearing that she is being followed by a car. When she arrives at [[76 Totter's Lane|the junkyard]], she finds the Doctor being held prisoner by the Cybermen. He tells her to run away.
[[Susan Foreman]] is running [[home]] to [[76 Totter's Lane]], [[fear]]ing that she is being followed by two [[people]] in a [[car]]. When she arrives home, she finds [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] on his [[knee]]s, surrounded by three [[CyberMondan]]s. He [[scream]]s at her to [[Running|run]] away.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Susan walks past an advertisement for [[Bovril]].
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] walks past an [[advert]]isement for [[Bovril]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was published in [[10DY2 12]].  
* This story was first published in [[10DY2 12]]. It was reprinted in the [[2016 Convention Special]] and the [[Supremacy of the Cybermen (graphic novel)|''Supremacy of the Cybermen'' graphic novel]].
* This story depicts an alternate version of the events of the first episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''.
* [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] briefly appear as silhouettes in the [[Ian Chesterton's car|car]] following [[Susan Foreman|Susan]].
* Unlike ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', or the rest of its prologues, this story has an entirely monochrome colouring.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
* Susan is being followed by two people in a car. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* This particular encounter between the [[First Doctor]] and the [[CyberMondan]]s is the result of the mass invasion of [[time]] and [[space]] by an [[Cyber-Army|army]] of [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] at the [[end of the universe]], who have allied with [[Rassilon (Hell Bent)|Rassilon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Doctor first encounters the Cybermen in [[1986]] at [[Snowcap]] Base. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] is being followed by [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] in [[Ian Chesterton's car|a car]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
 
* The Cybermen holding the First Doctor hostage resemble the CyberMondans that this [[incarnation]] will ultimately encounter at [[Snowcap]] at the [[Regeneration|end of his life]]. Anomalously, one Cyberman lacks the [[Cyber-gun]] on the underside of its [[chest unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
==External Links==
* This encounter between the First Doctor and the Cybermen is ultimately erased from [[history]] when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and a betrayed Rassilon use the [[Eye of Harmony]] on [[Gallifrey]] at the end of the universe, along with the [[Cyberiad]]'s dominance across history, to undo the Cybermen's conquests across time and space. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')
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Prologue: The First Doctor was one of nine prologue comics to the mini-series Supremacy of the Cybermen, published by Titan Comics.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Susan Foreman is running home to 76 Totter's Lane, fearing that she is being followed by two people in a car. When she arrives home, she finds the Doctor on his knees, surrounded by three CyberMondans. He screams at her to run away.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]