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comic name= The Stockbridge Horror |
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Fifth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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doctor= [[Fifth Doctor]]|
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enemy= Elemental Being|
|series         = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= [[Stockbridge]]|
|doctor          = Fifth Doctor
writer= [[Steve Parkhouse]]|
|featuring      = [[Shayde]]
artist= [[Steve Parkhouse]] / [[Mick Austin]]|
|enemy           = [[The Elemental]]
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 70-75|
|setting        = [[Stockbridge]], [[1982]]; [[Gallifrey]]
publication_dates= November [[1982]] - April [[1983]]|
|editor          = [[Alan McKenzie]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|writer         = Steve Parkhouse
format= Comic - 6 parts|
|penciller      = [[Steve Parkhouse]], [[Mick Austin]]
previous story= [[Stars Fell on Stockbridge]]|
|inker          = [[Paul Neary]], [[Steve Parkhouse]], [[Mick Austin]]
next story= [[Lunar Lagoon]]|
|letterer        = [[Steve Parkhouse]], [[Mick Austin]], [[Steve Craddock]]
}}
|publication    = [[DWM 70]]-[[DWM 75|75]]
|release date    = 14 October 1982 - 10 March 1983
|publisher       = Marvel Comics
|reprint        = DWCC 21
|format         = Comic
|prev            = Stars Fell on Stockbridge (comic story)
|next           = Lunar Lagoon (comic story)
|reprint2        = DWCC 22|
reprint3        = DWCC 23
|reprint4        = The Tides of Time (graphic novel)
|epcount        = 6
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'''''The Stockbridge Horror''''' was a [[Fifth Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Monthly]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
An impression of the [[TARDIS]] is found embedded in the limestone of the Stockbridge quarry.  [[The Doctor]] goes to see if his TARDIS is still where he left it but finds it covered in mud and muck.  While investigating the impression in the stone, the Doctor encounters a forest fire.  At the center of the fire is an Elemental Being who seems to be controlling the fire.  Surrounded in flames, The Doctor dives into the TARDIS and dematerializes. 
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Unfortunately, the Elemental has attached itself to the outside of the TARDIS and manages to possess the main computer of the TARDIS and removing it from The Doctor's control.  When even the emergency shutdown fails to work The Doctor tries to make his way to the central computer core.  Luckily, attempting to use the emergency shutdown alerted [[Gallifrey]] who sends [[Shayde]] to aid The Doctor.  Shayde enters the master computer and is able to apprehend the Elemental Being.
== Plot ==
 
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The Doctor then heads to Gallifrey in order to repair his TARDIS and heal the wounds he received during the events leading to the forest fire. Once that has been accomplished, however, The Doctor finds himself under trial for allowing the Elemental to run on Earth and to kill and harass the people of Earth for millions of years.  The records of the TARDIS state that the Elemental Being had possessed the TARDIS on a previous occasion and while The Doctor was enjoying the quiet life of rural England it had taken the TARDIS millions of years back in time to witness the beginnings of life on Earth.  Once there, the Elemental abandoned the TARDIS to sink into the mud and eventually return itself to The Doctor's time period.  Left stranded in the past the Elemental existed on Earth for all those years until the present day where it once again possessed the TARDIS. 
 
Shocked by all of this, and looking to clear himself, The Doctor notes that all the evidence against him comes from the TARDIS and that its memory banks have been incorrect before.  The prosecutor of the trial states that the one other bit of evidence is the impression of the TARDIS in the limestone back in the Stockbridge quarry.  However, before it can be used in the trial, Shayde destroys the imprint.  Left without credible evidence, The Doctor is set free but wondering why Shayde helped him and if he can ever truly be free.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
: [[Shayde]]
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
: Tubal Cain
* [[Shayde]]
* [[Tubal Cain]]
* [[The Elemental]]
* [[Jim Marshall]]
* [[John Harvey (The Stockbridge Horror)|John Harvey]]
* [[Alice Withers]]
* [[Dave Thomas (The Stockbridge Horror)|Dave Thomas]]
* [[Matrix Rassilon|Rassilon]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The Doctor stays at the [[Green Dragon]] while in [[Stockbridge]].
* The Doctor's accuser cites "[[cricket|wicket]]" as one of the time-wasting activities the Doctor has been doing.
* [[Spider-Man]]'s face is seen on the TARDIS scanner before it explodes.
* Tubal Cain pilots a massive [[Battle TARDIS]] armed with [[time torpedo]]es.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story contains a minor appearance by [[SAG 3]] and [[Rassilon]].
* The reprint in [[DWCS2 8]] has a distinct error in colourization. An impression of the TARDIS found in a limestone quarry is mistakenly coloured blue as if the actual TARDIS was embedded in the rock.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
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* The Elemental Being stowed aboard the TARDIS as a result of the Doctor's recent visit to the derelict spacecraft with [[Maxwell Edison]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Stars Fell on Stockbridge (comic story)|Stars Fell on Stockbridge]]'')


==External Links==
== External links ==
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{{dwrefguide|comic5.htm#stockbridgehorror|The Stockbridge Horror}}


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[[Category:Fifth Doctor comic stories|Stockbridge Horror]]
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[[Category:Stories set in Stockbridge]]
[[Category:Rassilon comic stories]]
[[Category:Comic stories set on Gallifrey]]
[[Category:Time Lord comic stories]]
[[Category:1982 comic stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in 1982]]
[[Category:Six part comics]]

Latest revision as of 17:15, 9 December 2023

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The Stockbridge Horror was a Fifth Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Monthly.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story contains a minor appearance by SAG 3 and Rassilon.
  • The reprint in DWCS2 8 has a distinct error in colourization. An impression of the TARDIS found in a limestone quarry is mistakenly coloured blue as if the actual TARDIS was embedded in the rock.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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