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|comic | |range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | ||
|image= | |number in range = 42 | ||
|series= [[ | |image = Frobisher equipped.jpg | ||
|doctor= | |series = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | ||
|companions= [[ | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|enemy= [[Self-replicating robot]]s | |companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]] | ||
| | |enemy = [[Self-replicating robot]]s | ||
|writer= | |setting = [[Zazz]]<br>[[Zazz's moon]] | ||
| | |writer = Jamie Delano | ||
|editor=[[Sheila Cranna]] | |penciller = [[John Ridgway]] | ||
| | |inker = [[Tim Perkins]] | ||
|editor = [[Sheila Cranna]] | |||
|publication | |letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] | ||
| | |publication = [[DWM 123]]-[[DWM 126|126]] | ||
|publisher= | |reprint = The World Shapers (graphic novel) | ||
|format= Comic | |release date = 12 March - 11 June 1987 | ||
| | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|next | |format = Comic | ||
}} | |epcount = 4 | ||
|prev = Profits of Doom! (comic story) | |||
'''''The Gift''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' | |next = The World Shapers (comic story) | ||
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'''''The Gift''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | |||
A review of the compilation in [[DWM 398]] held it to be "one of the finest strips yet written", and would have been the hit of the season if the [[BBC]] had been able to afford to produce it for [[television]]. | |||
== | == Summary == | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] attends the party of the [[Lorduke of Zazz]] at the behest of [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Frobisher]]. They deliver a package for [[Strut|Professor Strut]], only to find a [[self-replicating robot]] within. It begins to plague the [[planet]]. | |||
== | == Plot == | ||
===[[ | ''to be added'' | ||
*The Doctor and Frobisher | |||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Sixth Doctor]] | |||
* [[Frobisher]] | |||
* [[Peri Brown]] | |||
* [[Strut]] | |||
* [[Lorduke of Zazz]] | |||
* [[Servatron]] | |||
* [[Monektoni Shug]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Planets === | |||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Frobisher]] vacation on the [[planet]] [[Halcya]] which the Doctor comments is the "perfect place to retire" as there is "no danger, no hardships, no unpleasant surprises". | |||
=== Food and beverages === | |||
* [[Frobisher]] comments that [[Halcya]] is boring like a "[[curry]] without the [[spice]]". | |||
* The [[Lorduke of Zazz]] offers [[Peri Brown|Peri]] [[Jitter Juice]]. | |||
* [[Monektoni Shug]] drinks several bottles of [[Numbly Juice]]. | |||
=== | === Mythology === | ||
*Frobisher | * [[Frobisher]] comments that [[Halcya]] is boring like "[[Eden]] without the [[snake]]". | ||
== | === Individuals === | ||
* | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] has received many [[party]] invitations over the years including: an invitation to one of [[Heliogabalus]]' dos, who is known for having some of his guests smothered in [[rose petals]], the funeral feast for the [[Whale-King of Strum]], one for each of [[Henry VIII]]'s six weddings and a [[High Tide Party]] with the [[Slime Toads of Uloth]]. | ||
* [[Frobisher]] randomly selects an invitation to attend the twenty-first birthday bash of the [[Lorduke of Zazz]]. | |||
* Frobisher cries out "Jumping [[Jules Verne]]". | |||
==Continuity== | === Species === | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] mentions that [[Katz]] of [[Zazz]] are distant descendants of an [[Earth]] [[colony]]. | |||
* [[Frobisher]] corrects a [[Bouncer (The Gift)|bouncer]] that he is a [[Whifferdill]] rather than a [[bird]]. | |||
=== Locations === | |||
* [[Harlm Town]]. [[Kotn Klub]]. | |||
* [[Hi-De-Ho Klub]] | |||
horn dukebox, [[Gonfor Major]], [[Gonfor Minor]], [[Mondria]], [[Zofton Cargo-Lugger]], [[Servotron]], [[Radarscope]]s and [[distress beacon]]. [[spider]] of [[mars]], [[NASA]] pressure suit, | |||
* The Doctor and Frobisher travel on a [[steamboat]] called ''[[Sea Sharp]]''. | |||
* Frobisher sings the theme song from ''[[Fireball XL5]]'' and ''[[Space Oddity]]''. | |||
== Notes == | |||
* This story was reprinted in ''[[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|The World Shapers]]'' graphic novel. | |||
* The multi-chapter story features one of the more extensive collections of images of Peri in the comic strip's run, most notably the opening sequence of Part 1 which features her lounging in a bikini for the first couple of pages and the ending which features an in-joke involving Peri complaining about [[Hollywood]] actresses wearing outfits unsuitable for adventuring (similar to how critics in real life had been remarking on Peri's "unusual" wardrobe for the past few years). | |||
== Continuity == | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== | == External links == | ||
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