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|enemy = [[Alien (Revenge of the Phantoms)|Alien]]
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publication=[[Doctor Who Annual 1975]]|
|anthology = Doctor Who Annual 1975
prev=The House That Jack Built (short story)|The House That Jack Built (short story)|
|release date = September 1974
next=The Time Thief (comic story)|The Time Thief (comic story)|
|prev=The House That Jack Built (short story)
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'''''Revenge of the Phantoms''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1975]]''. It featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
The Doctor and Jo arrive on a rocky wasteland, there is a strange building 2 miles from where they have landed; a large dome.
[[File:RevengePhantoms-Jo sees creature.jpeg|left|thumb|Jo sees the creature.]]
The wasteland is quiet, silent, save for their footsteps.
 
Walking through the wasteland Jo becomes tormented by something; [[phantom]]s in the landscape, so much so she can barely hear herself. The Doctor slaps here ''hard'' to bring her to her senses.
 
Within the structure they find artworks, the detail seems to defy imagination, the textures so varied, as though someone had acquired the expertise of all the painters in the universe to create these. But in each painting there was a creature with haunting eyes.
 
They find themselves to the structure where they find a being, the size of a large baby. It has been waiting for the Doctor, and gets him to push a button on a console, which unfortunaley pins the Doctor to the wall.
It explains that it is dying and needs to transfer itself into the Doctor's body, but needs it to be dead first, so tries to compel Jo to kill the Doctor, the Doctor also using his mental abilities prevents Jo from taking any action.
 
The exertion to control Jo becomes too much and soon the creature expires.
 
As they get ready to leave the Doctor muses to Jo, that hopefully now that the creature is gone things might start to grow here.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
*The Doctor calls the creature a [[warlock]], it counters saying it's "life itself".
*The dome is 2 miles down from where the TARDIS materialises.
*When Jo is attacked by the phantoms she thinks it's like an [[anxiety]] filled dream.
*Within the tower there is strange carvings of symbols and tapestries.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
*The Doctor slaps Jo ''hard'' across the face as she's tormented by the phantoms.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Timeline ==
* ''Revenge of the Phantoms'' occurs after [[DWAN]]: ''[[The House That Jack Built (short story)|The House That Jack Built]].''
* ''Revenge of the Phantoms'' occurs before [[DWAN]]: ''[[Dead on Arrival]].''
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Revenge of the Phantoms was a short story published in Doctor Who Annual 1975. It featured the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Jo arrive on a rocky wasteland, there is a strange building 2 miles from where they have landed; a large dome.

Jo sees the creature.

The wasteland is quiet, silent, save for their footsteps.

Walking through the wasteland Jo becomes tormented by something; phantoms in the landscape, so much so she can barely hear herself. The Doctor slaps here hard to bring her to her senses.

Within the structure they find artworks, the detail seems to defy imagination, the textures so varied, as though someone had acquired the expertise of all the painters in the universe to create these. But in each painting there was a creature with haunting eyes.

They find themselves to the structure where they find a being, the size of a large baby. It has been waiting for the Doctor, and gets him to push a button on a console, which unfortunaley pins the Doctor to the wall.

It explains that it is dying and needs to transfer itself into the Doctor's body, but needs it to be dead first, so tries to compel Jo to kill the Doctor, the Doctor also using his mental abilities prevents Jo from taking any action.

The exertion to control Jo becomes too much and soon the creature expires.

As they get ready to leave the Doctor muses to Jo, that hopefully now that the creature is gone things might start to grow here.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor calls the creature a warlock, it counters saying it's "life itself".
  • The dome is 2 miles down from where the TARDIS materialises.
  • When Jo is attacked by the phantoms she thinks it's like an anxiety filled dream.
  • Within the tower there is strange carvings of symbols and tapestries.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor slaps Jo hard across the face as she's tormented by the phantoms.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added