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comic name= The Enemy from Nowhere|
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Action]]|
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|doctor= Third Doctor
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|companions= [[Davie Jenkins|Jenkins]]
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|enemy= [[Zeron (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Zerons]]
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|setting= [[Cornwall]], [[1970s]]
publication_title= [[TV Action]] 71-78|
|writer= Dennis Hooper
publication_dates= 24 June - 12 August [[1972]]|
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]
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format= Comic - 8 parts (? pages) |
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previous story= [[A Stitch in Time (comic strip)|A Stitch in Time]]|
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next story= [[The Ugrakks]]|
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 71-78
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|release date= 24 June - 12 August 1972
|publisher= Polystyle
|reprint = DWCC 12
|format= Comic  
|epcount = 8
|prev= A Stitch in Time (TVA comic story){{!}}A Stitch in Time
|next= The Ugrakks (comic story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
The Doctor is invited to Dowmphilly tracking station to observe the launch of a new space platform. However, the platform is in fact a launch pad for a nuclear arsenal. When a mysterious object is detected approaching earth it is assumed to be a meteor and, despite the Doctor's warnings, the space platform use it as target practice for a nuclear missile. As the missile has no effect it soon becomes clear that the object is a spacecraft, In retaliation, the space platform is apparently destroyed. Fearful that the Earth has instigated a space war what it cannot hope to win, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS to the alien vessel to confront its unseen occupants.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Davie Jenkins]]
* [[Weatherall]]
* [[Knight|Sir]] [[Ian MacGregor]]
* [[General (The Enemy from Nowhere)|General]]
* Sir [[Malcolm Ruttsby]]
* [[Carl (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Carl]]
* [[Joe (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Joe]]
* [[Fred (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Fred]]
* [[Secretary (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Secretary]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The general asks whether the alien menace is [[anti-matter]], which the Doctor says is "quite another thing".
 
== Notes ==
* These Zerons are not those from the later story ''[[Zeron Invasion (comic story)|Zeron Invasion]]'', nor are they the [[Xeron]]s from ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''.
 
=== Original print details ===


==Characters==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
*[[Third Doctor]]


==References==
* TVA 71 (3 pages) A military mystery for the Doctor... / ...or a new enemy in time? See next week!
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* TVA 72 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor's plan's upset... / ...and the world's future is in peril!
* TVA 73 (3 pages) Next week, a threat to Earth... / ...and the Doctor is powerless!
* TVA 74 (3 pages) What are the Doctor's fears? / ...see next week!
* TVA 75 (3 pages) Earth is threatened by an invisible attack... / ...follow the Doctor's mystery journey, next week!
* TVA 76 (3 pages) Next week Earth's envoys are in trouble... / ...and the Doctor faces an unexpected foe!
* TVA 77 (3 pages) Next week, Earth is inches from destruction... / ...and the Doctor takes a gamble with death!
* TVA 78 (3 pages) The Doctor's time journey continues until... / ...he meets the UGRAKK—next week!


==Notes==
:<u>Note:</u> The closing caption for each instalment was split over the second and third pages of the strip.
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
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==External Links==
== External links ==
''to be added''
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#10|The Enemy from Nowhere}}


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[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories|Enemy from Nowhere]]
[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]]
[[Category:1972 comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Cornwall]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Eight part comics]]

Latest revision as of 20:49, 3 November 2024

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The Enemy from Nowhere was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor is invited to Dowmphilly tracking station to observe the launch of a new space platform. However, the platform is in fact a launch pad for a nuclear arsenal. When a mysterious object is detected approaching earth it is assumed to be a meteor and, despite the Doctor's warnings, the space platform use it as target practice for a nuclear missile. As the missile has no effect it soon becomes clear that the object is a spacecraft, In retaliation, the space platform is apparently destroyed. Fearful that the Earth has instigated a space war what it cannot hope to win, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS to the alien vessel to confront its unseen occupants.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The general asks whether the alien menace is anti-matter, which the Doctor says is "quite another thing".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVA 71 (3 pages) A military mystery for the Doctor... / ...or a new enemy in time? See next week!
  • TVA 72 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor's plan's upset... / ...and the world's future is in peril!
  • TVA 73 (3 pages) Next week, a threat to Earth... / ...and the Doctor is powerless!
  • TVA 74 (3 pages) What are the Doctor's fears? / ...see next week!
  • TVA 75 (3 pages) Earth is threatened by an invisible attack... / ...follow the Doctor's mystery journey, next week!
  • TVA 76 (3 pages) Next week Earth's envoys are in trouble... / ...and the Doctor faces an unexpected foe!
  • TVA 77 (3 pages) Next week, Earth is inches from destruction... / ...and the Doctor takes a gamble with death!
  • TVA 78 (3 pages) The Doctor's time journey continues until... / ...he meets the UGRAKK—next week!
Note: The closing caption for each instalment was split over the second and third pages of the strip.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

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