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|number in range = 8
|image= The Collector - comic.jpg
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
|companions= [[K9 Mark II]], [[Sharon Davies|Sharon]]
|enemy=
|setting = [[Mother Ship]]
|writer= Steve Moore
|artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]
|editor = [[Paul Neary]]
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|publication= [[DWM 46]]
|release date= 9 October 1980
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
|format = Comic
|prev= Dragon's Claw (comic story)
|next= Dreamers of Death (comic story)
|epcount = 1|reprint=Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)
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{{dab page|Collector (disambiguation)}}
'''''The Collector''''' was a [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


{{Infobox Comic|
== Summary ==
comic name= The Collector |
The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sharon Davies|Sharon]] arrive in [[Blackcastle]] before being [[teleport]]ed to a ship in the [[asteroid belt]]. [[Varan Tak]] has been kidnapping humans from Earth as part of an anthropology unit, but cannot visit [[Earth]] himself. The Doctor helps him to teleport to the planet, but must undo his horrible mistake.
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Fourth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
number=1|
doctor= [[Fourth Doctor]]|
companions= [[K9|K9 Mark II]]<br>[[Sharon]]|
enemy= [[Varan Tak (the Collector)]]|
year= [[Blackcastle]]|
writer= [[Steve Moore]]|
artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]|
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 46|
publication_dates= November [[1980]]|
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
format= Comic - 1 part|
previous story= [[Dragon's Claw]]|
next story= [[Dreamers of Death]]|
}}


==Summary==
== Plot ==
The Doctor successfully returns Sharon to Blackcastle, although she isn’t sure she wants to return now that she’s grown up. The decision is taken out of their hands when they are accidentally kidnapped by alien anthropologist Varan Tak, who has been stranded in Sol’s asteroid belt for centuries. To alleviate the boredom he has been “removing” samples of human civilisations from the planet and keeping them in time stasis capsules while awaiting rescue. The Doctor offers to bypass the ship’s safety procedures and allow Tak to teleport to Earth so he will have company at last, but learns too late why the ship wouldn’t let him go; the artificial intelligence which runs the ship had fallen in love with him and was trying to protect him, as Earth’s industrialised atmosphere would instantly kill him. This has in fact happened, but the Doctor uses the distortion caused by the time stasis capsules to correct his mistake. He is able to take the TARDIS back in time only a few minutes, interrupting himself and destroying the teleport mechanism. The alternate future in which Tak died ceases to exist, and he must content himself with remaining to await rescue.
''to be added''


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[K9|K9 Mark II]]
* [[Sharon Davies]]
* [[Sharon]]
* [[K9 Mark II]]
* [[Varan Tak (the Collector)]]
* [[Varan Tak]]
* [[Mother Ship Robot]]
* [[Mother Ship]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Varan Tak]] is from an anthropology unit [[Oskerion]].
* When Sharan shows apprehension at returning to [[Blackcastle]], the Doctor tells her that he "sometimes" likes [[Gallifrey]] being his home.


==Notes==
==  Notes ==
''to be added''
=== Original print details ===
::(Publication with page count and closing captions)
# [[DWM 46]] (8 pages) The End.


==Continuity==
=== Reprints ===
''to be added''
# [[DW84 8]] (''Doctor Who'' (1984) colourised reprint)
# ''[[Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)|Dragon's Claw]]''
# [[DWC 10]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Volume 2]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor gets Sharon back to Blackcastle, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom]]'') in spite of the [[randomiser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'')
* Sharon isn't sure she wants to go back home since she "grew up". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time Witch (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Time Witch]]'')


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Latest revision as of 00:57, 22 October 2024

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You may wish to consult Collector (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

The Collector was a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor and Sharon arrive in Blackcastle before being teleported to a ship in the asteroid belt. Varan Tak has been kidnapping humans from Earth as part of an anthropology unit, but cannot visit Earth himself. The Doctor helps him to teleport to the planet, but must undo his horrible mistake.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

 Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 46 (8 pages) The End.

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. DW84 8 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
  2. Dragon's Claw
  3. DWC 10 (IDW colourised reprint)
  4. Doctor Who Classics Volume 2 (IDW colourised reprint)
  5. Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e
DWM Fourth Doctor comic stories
Original run
Solo
K9
Sharon & K9
K9
Solo
Later stories
Romana II
Romana I & K9
Sarah & Harry
Sean
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