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name= Universal Monsters |
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doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]] |
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companions= [[Martha Jones]]|
|doctor= Tenth Doctor  
enemy= [[The Generator Monster]]|
|companions= [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
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|enemy=
writer= [[Ian Edginton]]|
|setting= A [[Planet (Universal Monsters)|planet]]
artist= [[Adrian Salmon]]|
|writer= Ian Edginton
editor= [[Tom Spilsbury]]|
|artist= [[Adrian Salmon]]
colourist=|
|editor= [[Tom Spilsbury]] & [[Scott Gray]]
letterer= [[Roger Langridge]]|
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publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 391|391]] - [[DWM 393|393]]|
|letterer= [[Roger Langridge]]
release date= [[6 February|6]] [[February]] - [[6 March|6]] [[March]] [[2008]]|
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 391|391]] - [[DWM 393|393]]
publisher= [[Panini Comics]]|
|release date= 10 January - 6 March 2008
format= Comic - 3 parts |
|cover date= 6 February - 2 April 2008
prev= Death to the Doctor! (comic story)|
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next= Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia (comic story)|
|publisher= Panini Comics
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|epcount = 3|reprint=The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)
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'''''Universal Monsters''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in [[2008 (releases)|2008]].
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The Doctor and Martha visit a village, where there are stories of an evil man living in a castle. But is he actually the real villain?
The Doctor and Martha visit a village, where there are stories of an evil man living in a castle. But is he actually the real villain?
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* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Cora]]
* The [[Thane]]
* [[Gideon]]
* [[Viktor (Universal Monsters)|Viktor]]
* [[Viktor]]
* [[Gideon (Universal Monsters)|Gideon]]
* [[Thane]]
* [[Cora (Universal Monsters)|Cora]]
* [[Margaret (Universal Monsters)|Widow Margaret]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor jokes that his "[[spider sense]] just started tingling".
* Martha compares the Thane to [[Charles III|Prince Charles]] when she hears of his occasional visits to the village.
* The Doctor compares Viktor to [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], and the keep to a [[Disneyland]] in [[Transylvania]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* This was the final DWM comic strip to date to feature Martha, although she continued to appear in the [[IDW Publishing]] comic book in America.
''to be added''
* This was the only Martha Jones comic strip not to be reprinted in the ''Tenth Doctor Comics'' special edition by Panini.
 
=== Original print details ===
: (Publication with page count and closing captions)
# [[DWM 391]] (9 pages) Next: The Man in the High Castle!
# [[DWM 392]] (9 pages) Next: Village of the Damned!
# [[DWM 393]] (9 pages) The End


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Martha mentions being threatened by [[Judoon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') [[pig slave]] and the [[Cult of Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
 
* The Doctor once again says he's got a "fightin' hand". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|comic10.htm#dwm391|Universal Monsters}}
{{dwrefguide|comic10.htm#dwm391|Universal Monsters}}


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Universal Monsters was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine in 2008.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Martha visit a village, where there are stories of an evil man living in a castle. But is he actually the real villain?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 391 (9 pages) Next: The Man in the High Castle!
  2. DWM 392 (9 pages) Next: Village of the Damned!
  3. DWM 393 (9 pages) The End

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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