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{{Retitle|''Gemini Plan'' (TV Action comic story)}} | |||
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{{Infobox | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
name= Gemini Plan| | |name = ''Gemini Plan'' | ||
image= Gemini | |image= Gemini Plan Rocket.jpg | ||
|doctor= Third Doctor | |||
doctor= Third Doctor| | |companions= | ||
companions= | | |enemy= [[Rudolph Steiner]] | ||
enemy= [[Rudolph Steiner]]| | |setting= [[Northern Territory]], [[1970s]] | ||
|writer= Dennis Hooper | |||
writer= | |artist= [[Harry Lindfield]] | ||
artist= [[Harry Lindfield]]| | |editor= | ||
editor=| | |colourist= | ||
colourist=| | |letterer= | ||
letterer=| | |publication= ''[[Countdown (magazine)|Countdown]]'' [[TVA 1|1]]-[[TVA 5|5]] | ||
publication= ''[[ | |release date= 20 February - 20 March 1971 | ||
release date= | |reprint = DWCC 1 | ||
publisher= | | |publisher= Polystyle | ||
format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
prev= | |epcount = 5 | ||
next= Timebenders (comic story)| | |series = Polystyle comic stories | ||
{{you may|Gemini Plan|n1=the titular scheme}} | |prev=The Kingdom Builders (comic story) | ||
'''''Gemini Plan''''' was | |next = Timebenders (comic story) | ||
|series2=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |||
|next2= Timebenders (comic story) | |||
}}{{you may|Gemini Plan|n1=the titular scheme|Gemini Plan (Whoah! comic story)|n2=a parodical adaptation of this comic}} | |||
'''''Gemini Plan''''' was the first comic story featuring the [[Third Doctor]] printed in ''[[Countdown (magazine)|Countdown]]'' magazine. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
When a failed attempt to fix [[the TARDIS]] sends him to [[Australia]], [[Third Doctor| | When a failed attempt to fix [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] sends him to [[Australia]], [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] investigates [[Rudolph Steiner|a scientist]]'s work to gain more resources for [[Earth]] from an [[Venus|unusual source]]. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Rudolph Steiner]] | * [[Rudolph Steiner]] | ||
* [[Murray Stevens]] | * [[Murray Stevens]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jenkins (Gemini Plan)|Jenkins]] | ||
* [[Security Chief (Gemini Plan)|Security Chief]] | |||
* [[Charlie (Gemini Plan)|Charlie]] | |||
* [[Technician (Gemini Plan)|Technician]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor carries out his repairs on | * The Doctor carries out his repairs on [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] in a [[barn]] adjoining a derelict [[farmhouse]] on a [[Welsh]] mountainside. A sign outside reads, ''"W.D. PROPERTY / KEEP OUT."'' | ||
* The Doctor quotes ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''. | |||
* The Aborigines use [[boomerang]]s. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * This was the very first ''Doctor Who'' comic strip published by ''[[Countdown]]''. It opened with the following narrative: ''"High on a Welsh mountainside, a single light twinkles from the window of a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse..."'' The very first words were spoken by the Doctor are, ''"That should do it."'' | ||
* Murray Stevens' surname changes to "Lever" in the fourth instalment. It is then changed back to "Stevens" for the rest of the story. | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 1 (2 pages) To be continued | |||
* TVA 2 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVA 3 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVA 4 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVA 5 (2 pages) NEW STORY NEXT WEEK! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor ponders if he can beat the restrictions put on his TARDIS by [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#1|Gemini Plan}} | |||
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | {{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | [[Category:Stories set in Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | ||
[[Category:1971 comic stories]] | [[Category:1971 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Wales]] | [[Category:Stories set in Wales]] | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Five part comics]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:30, 30 March 2024
- You may be looking for the titular scheme or a parodical adaptation of this comic.
Gemini Plan was the first comic story featuring the Third Doctor printed in Countdown magazine.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
When a failed attempt to fix the TARDIS sends him to Australia, the Doctor investigates a scientist's work to gain more resources for Earth from an unusual source.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor carries out his repairs on his TARDIS in a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse on a Welsh mountainside. A sign outside reads, "W.D. PROPERTY / KEEP OUT."
- The Doctor quotes Alice in Wonderland.
- The Aborigines use boomerangs.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This was the very first Doctor Who comic strip published by Countdown. It opened with the following narrative: "High on a Welsh mountainside, a single light twinkles from the window of a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse..." The very first words were spoken by the Doctor are, "That should do it."
- Murray Stevens' surname changes to "Lever" in the fourth instalment. It is then changed back to "Stevens" for the rest of the story.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 1 (2 pages) To be continued
- TVA 2 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 3 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 4 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 5 (2 pages) NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor ponders if he can beat the restrictions put on his TARDIS by Time Lords. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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