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|image = Rassilon Star Death.jpg | |image = Rassilon Star Death.jpg | ||
|series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | ||
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|setting = [[Flagship]] ''[[Aeon (spaceship)|Aeon]]'', [[Qqaba]] orbit | |setting = [[Flagship]] ''[[Aeon (spaceship)|Aeon]]'', [[Qqaba]] orbit | ||
|editor = [[Dez Skinn]] | |editor = [[Dez Skinn]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Alan Moore | ||
|artist = [[John Stokes]] | |artist = [[John Stokes]] | ||
|colourist = | |colourist = | ||
|letterer = | |letterer = | ||
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 47|Issue 47]] | |publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 47|Issue 47]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 13 November 1980 | ||
|publisher = Marvel Comics | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|format = B&W 1 part / 4 pages | |format = B&W 1 part / 4 pages | ||
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* [[Fenris]] | * [[Fenris]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* Lord Griffen belongs to the [[Elders of Gallifrey]]. | * Lord Griffen belongs to the [[Elders of Gallifrey]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This back-up strip was introduced by the [[Fourth Doctor]]. | * This back-up strip was introduced by the [[Fourth Doctor]]. | ||
[[File:Merlin Star Death.jpg|thumb|200px|right| | [[File:Merlin Star Death.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Merlyn]], first introduced in ''[[A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair... (comic story)|A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair...]]'', as he appears in the altered ''Star Death'']] | ||
* In the altered version reprinted in ''[[TDD 5|The Daredevils #5]]'' the introduction is narrated instead by | * In the altered version reprinted in ''[[TDD 5|The Daredevils #5]]'' the introduction is narrated instead by [[Merlyn]], first seen in ''[[A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair... (comic story)|A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair...]]''. | ||
* Details about the genesis of Gallifreyan time travel and the disappearance of Omega ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]] '' et al.) are expanded. | * Details about the genesis of Gallifreyan time travel and the disappearance of Omega ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]] '' et al.) are expanded. | ||
* This story, along with the comics ''[[4-D War]]'' and ''[[Black Sun Rising]]'', takes place during the [[Black Sun War]]. | * This story, along with the comics ''[[4-D War]]'' and ''[[Black Sun Rising]]'', takes place during the [[Black Sun War]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== External links == | |||
{{iwx|Star Death|wiki=superfriends|wiki name=''Superfriends'' Wiki|t=y}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 8 April 2024
Star Death was a backup comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine in 1981. It featured the early days of the Time Lord civilisation and was set during the time of Rassilon and Omega.
It was notable as the first appearance of Rassilon in any medium, as it was released after he was first mentioned in TV: The Deadly Assassin, and before his first television appearance in TV: The Five Doctors. Furthermore, it was notable for depicting the circumstances leading to Omega's imprisonment in the Anti-matter universe as seen in TV: The Three Doctors.
Summary
On the order of Grand Master of the Prydonian Chapter, Rassilon, Lord Griffen and Lady Jodelex await the collapse of the dying star, Qqaba. Fenris, also known as the Hell-Bringer, a mercenary from the future, travels back in time to sabotage the experiment and change Time Lord history. He causes the ships' stasis haloes to fail, leaving Lord Omega doomed to fall into the black hole. However, Rassilon's intervention sees Fenris dispatched and the experiment a success. Fenris's discarded belt provides the much needed technology to use the new energy and will provide a form of directional control.
Characters
Worldbuilding
Individuals
- Lord Griffen belongs to the Elders of Gallifrey.
- Rassilon can spring bolts of power arc from his fingertips, a power called electro-direction.
Technology
- Gallifreyans were provided with starbreaker ships. The flagship of the fleet was Aeon.
- Fenris uses a wave scrambler to sabotage the stasis haloes.
- Fenris is provided with a time-jumper. Rassilon gets inspiration from it to invent directional control of time travel.
Notes
- This back-up strip was introduced by the Fourth Doctor.
Merlyn, first introduced in A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair..., as he appears in the altered Star Death
- In the altered version reprinted in The Daredevils #5 the introduction is narrated instead by Merlyn, first seen in A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair....
- Details about the genesis of Gallifreyan time travel and the disappearance of Omega (TV: The Three Doctors, Remembrance of the Daleks et al.) are expanded.
- This story, along with the comics 4-D War and Black Sun Rising, takes place during the Black Sun War.
- In 2012, Lawrence Miles said, "Alan Moore's back-up strips were an obvious influence on both Marc Platt's view of ye olde Gallifrey and my view of its future."[1]
- Rassilon claiming Fenris' directional controls roots Time Lord society in a bootstrap paradox. Interference - Book One would later assert the Order of the Black Sun was actually a creation of Faction Paradox.
Original print details
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWM 47 (4) The End
Reprints
- Reprinted by Marvel in The Daredevils #5
Continuity
to be added
External links
- Star Death at the Superfriends Wiki
Footnotes
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