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comic name= Abel's Story |
|range          = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
image= |
|number in range = 31
series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Sixth Doctor comic strip stories]]|
|image          = Abel's hand.jpg
doctor= [[Sixth Doctor]]|
|series         = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
companions= [[Frobisher]], [[Peri]] |
|main character  = [[Abel Gantz]]
enemy=[[Skeletoid]] |
|featuring      = [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]], [[Kane (Kane's Story)|Kane]]
year= |
|enemy           = [[Skeletoid]]s
writer= [[Alan McKenzie]]|
|setting        = [[Altair IV]], [[82nd century]]
artist= [[John Ridgway]]|
|writer          = Alan McKenzie
editor=[[Cefn Ridout]]|
|artist         = [[John Ridgway]]
colourist=|
|editor         = [[Cefn Ridout]]
lettering=[[Annie Parkhouse|Annie Halfacree]]|
|colourist       =  
publication title= [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM 105|105]]|
|letterer        = [[Annie Halfacree]]
publication dates= [[October]] [[1985]]|
|publication     = [[DWM 105]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|release date    = 12 September 1985
format= Comic - 1 part|
|publisher       = Marvel Comics
previous story= [[Kane's Story]]|
|reprint        = DWCC 20
next story= [[The Warrior's Story]]|
|reprint2        = The World Shapers (graphic novel)
}}
|format         = Comic
==Summary==
|prev            = Kane's Story (comic story)
''to be added''
|next           = The Warrior's Story (comic story)
|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was the second consecutive script to be themed around the [[Skeletoid]]s. It largely featured [[Abel Gantz]], with the Sixth Doctor, [[Frobisher]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] relegated to non-speaking roles. After being introduced here, Gantz would appear in ''[[The Warrior's Story (comic story)|The Warrior's Story]]'' and ''[[Frobisher's Story (comic story)|Frobisher's Story]]''.


==Characters==
== Summary ==
===Main===
The [[Skeletoid]]s are coming! As [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]] prepares itself, [[Abel Gantz]]'s life is changed forever.
*[[Abel Gantz]]
*[[GBC news anchor]]
*[[Daved Sachet]]
===Non-speaking===
*[[Sixth Doctor]]
*[[Frobisher]]
*[[Peri]]
*[[Kane (Kane's Story)|Kane]]
==References==
''to be added''


==Notes==
== Plot ==
* Reprinted in [[DWCC 20]] and [[Voyager (2007)|Voyager]].
The Doctor, Frobisher and Peri meet Abel Gantz, an alchemist who has developed the ability to transform his flesh into any element and shape imaginable following a laboratory accident indirectly caused by the TARDIS' escape from the Funhouse.


==Continuity==
== Characters ==
*[[Davros]] appears in a news broadcast.
* [[Abel Gantz]]
*This story directly implies that [[the TARDIS]] has a mind of its own, saying that "its circuitry can detect every disturbance in the temporal fabric of the galaxy . . . and if necessary, '''intervene'''."  The story then shows the TARDIS overriding the Doctor's destination settings without his knowledge.
* [[GBC news anchor]]
* [[Daved Sachet]]
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Peri Brown]]
* [[Kane (Kane's Story)|Kane]]


==[[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Worldbuilding ==
*This story takes place after [[DWM]]: ''[[Kane's Story]]''
* The Skeletoids attack [[Altair IV]].
*This story takes place before [[DWM]]: ''[[The Warrior's Story]]''
* Abel Gantz studied [[alchemy]].
* [[Davros]] appears in a [[GBC]] news broadcast explaining that he has been invited to a [[Galactic Alliance]] summit but, unlike the [[Draconian]] [[Draconian High Commission|High Commission]] and the [[Cyber-Emperor]], has yet to reply.


==External links==
== Notes ==
* {{dwrefguide|comic6.htm#kanestory|Abel's Story}}
[[File:Abel's Story colour.jpg|thumb|The colour reprint of the above panel.]]
* This story was reprinted in [[DWCC 20]] and ''[[Voyager (2007 graphic novel)|Voyager]]''.
* The title ''Abel's Story'', when paired with ''[[Kane's Story (comic story)|Kane's Story]]'', forms a reference to Cain and Abel, two siblings mentioned in the book of Genesis of the Bible.


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== Continuity ==
{{Early Sixth doctor DWM comics}}
* Abel Gantz's laboratory was destroyed by a rogue chunk of the Time Vortex created when the TARDIS breaks free of the Funhouse. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Funhouse (comic story)}})
 
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|comic6.htm#kanestory|Abel's Story}}
{{Sixth Doctor DWM comics}}
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[[Category:Davros comic stories]]
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Abel's Story was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was the second consecutive script to be themed around the Skeletoids. It largely featured Abel Gantz, with the Sixth Doctor, Frobisher and Peri relegated to non-speaking roles. After being introduced here, Gantz would appear in The Warrior's Story and Frobisher's Story.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Skeletoids are coming! As the galaxy prepares itself, Abel Gantz's life is changed forever.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor, Frobisher and Peri meet Abel Gantz, an alchemist who has developed the ability to transform his flesh into any element and shape imaginable following a laboratory accident indirectly caused by the TARDIS' escape from the Funhouse.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The colour reprint of the above panel.
  • This story was reprinted in DWCC 20 and Voyager.
  • The title Abel's Story, when paired with Kane's Story, forms a reference to Cain and Abel, two siblings mentioned in the book of Genesis of the Bible.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Abel Gantz's laboratory was destroyed by a rogue chunk of the Time Vortex created when the TARDIS breaks free of the Funhouse. (COMIC: Funhouse [+]Loading...["Funhouse (comic story)"])

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]