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{{Infobox Story | {{WhichDoctor}} | ||
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{{ImageLinkComics}} | |||
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|image= Spoilers2.jpg | |image= Spoilers2.jpg | ||
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | ||
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|doctor= Third Doctor | |doctor= Third Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= [[Soton]] | ||
|setting= [[Farraf]] | |setting= [[Farraf]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Dick O'Neill | ||
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | |artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 123 | |publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 123 | ||
|reprint = | |reprint = DWCC 27 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 23 June 1973 | ||
|4print=''[[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977]]'' | |4print = ''[[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977]]'' | ||
|4date=[[1977]] | |4date=[[1977]] | ||
|publisher=Polystyle | |publisher = Polystyle | ||
|format= Comic - 1 part (7 pages) | |format= Comic - 1 part (7 pages) | ||
|prev= The Labyrinth (comic story) | |prev= The Labyrinth (comic story) | ||
|next= The Vortex (comic story) | |next= The Vortex (comic story) | ||
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic stories|comic strip story]]. Consistent with themes seen in the [[Doctor Who|television series]] at the time, it had an ecological theme. | }}{{comic stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic stories|comic strip story]]. Consistent with themes seen in the [[Doctor Who|television series]] at the time, it had an [[Ecology|ecological]] theme. The titular "spoilers" were those people who had ruined a planetary environment — not, as commonly understood in the 21st century, advanced knowledge of a future story. | |||
In its original version ''{{StoryTitle}}'' was the "Big Story" of TVA 123, meaning it got pride of place on the issue's cover and was the longest story in that issue. | |||
It was reprinted as a [[Fourth Doctor comic stories|Fourth Doctor comic strip story]] in the [[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977|1977 ''Doctor Who Winter Special'']]. | It was reprinted as a [[Fourth Doctor comic stories|Fourth Doctor comic strip story]] in the [[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977|1977 ''Doctor Who Winter Special'']]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
At the bidding of the Time Lords, the Doctor travels to the polluted planet of Farraf. There he discovers that the evil warmonger, Lord Soton, intends to use the TARDIS to invade the idyllic neighbouring planet Raffar. Escaping from his prison cell, the Doctor attempts to warn the pacifistic Rafs of Soton's threat. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] / [[Fourth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Soton]] | * [[Soton]] | ||
* [[Venin]] | * [[Venin]] | ||
* [[Domon]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The peaceful [[Raf]]s live a lifestyle akin to that of ancient [[Greece]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*This was the last story in a run of ''Doctor Who''. | * This was the last story in a run of ''Doctor Who''. In the next issue, #124, the ''Doctor Who'' strip took a rest. However, that next issue is of vital interest to ''Doctor Who'' fans, because its letters column is the first public appearance of the name "[[Gallifrey]]". [[Barry Letts]] fielded a question there about the home planet of [[the Master]] which led him to let slip a spoiler — some six months before television viewers would first hear the name in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]''. Therefore, this story ironically preceded a [[spoiler]] given away for free by the show's producer. | ||
* The strip's title read simply ''The Spoilers'' and was accompanied by an illustration of the Doctor's head, without the words ''Dr. Who''. | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 123 (7 pages) The Doctor returns to Earth in two weeks! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#20|The Spoilers}} | |||
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | {{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]] | [[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1973 comic stories]] | [[Category:1973 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1977 comic stories]] | [[Category:1977 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Comic stories in which the Doctor is on a mission for the Time Lords]] | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Time Lord comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Comic stories set on Gallifrey]] | |||
[[Category:One part comics]] | |||