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comic name= The Life Bringer |
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Fourth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= [[Olympus]]|
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
writer= [[Steve Moore]]|
|companions= [[K9 Mark II]]
artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]|
|enemy= [[Zeus (The Life Bringer!)|Zeus]]
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 49-50|
|setting= [[Olympus]]
publication_dates= February - March [[1981]]|
|writer= Steve Moore
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]
format= Comic - 2 parts|
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previous story= [[Dreamers of Death]]|
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next story= [[War of the Words]]|
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|publication= [[DWM 49]]-[[DWM 50|50]]
|release date= 8 January - 12 February 1981
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
|format = Comic
|prev= Dreamers of Death (comic story)
|next= War of the Words (comic story)
|epcount = 2|reprint=Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)
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'''''The Life Bringer!''''' was a [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
A dimensional warp brings the Doctor and K9 to a beach and a rock to which the Titan Prometheus has been chained as punishment for bringing the spark of Life to the galaxy. The Doctor and K9 free him and use the TARDIS to take him to the planet Olympus, where the gods are still angry at him for scattering Life across the galaxy before it had been perfected. Zeus has Prometheus locked up and sends the Doctor to Asclepius for dissection, but the Doctor manages to escape and frees Prometheus. Before departing, Prometheus once again steals Zeus’ precious life spores. The Doctor, K9 and Prometheus reach the TARDIS and flee just as the enraged Zeus attempts to smite them with a thunderbolt. The thunderbolt scrambles the TARDIS’ navigational systems, so that when Prometheus departs to spread the spark of random Life throughout Zeus’ sterile galaxy once again, the Doctor can’t be sure whether he’s just left Earth -- or is just approaching it.
While travelling through time and space, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] runs into a vortex, causing it to materialise on an uncharted planet. The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] leave the TARDIS. They find a very tall and muscular being chained to a rock. Claiming to be the legendary Prometheus, the prisoner says that rather than bringing humanity the spark of fire, it was actually the spark of life. That transgression caused Zeus to punish him.


After being released by K9's laser beam, Prometheus takes the Doctor and K9 to Olympus, where Zeus refused to allow men to be recreated because he thinks that their hate, stealing, murder and war outweighed their poetry, art and philosophy. Outraged, Prometheus again steals the spark of life and escapes with the Doctor. Just as they enter the TARDIS, Zeus throws bolts of lightning from his fingertips, scrambling the TARDIS' controls.


The TARDIS rematerialises in the darkness of space. Prometheus opens the door and jumps out, leaving the Doctor alone with K9 and confused as to where or when he is or even where he found Prometheus in the first place.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
*[[K9|K9 Mark II]]
* [[K9 Mark II]]
* [[Prometheus (The Life Bringer!)|Prometheus]]
* [[Zeus (The Life Bringer!)|Zeus]]
* [[Hermes (The Life Bringer!)|Hermes]]
* [[Asclepius]]
* [[Aphrodite]]
* [[Ares (The Life Bringer!)|Ares]]
* [[Apollo]]
* [[Helius]]
* [[Selene]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
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==Notes==
== Notes ==
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* This is the first [[Fourth Doctor]] comic to feature the burgundy designed costume from [[Season 18 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 18]].


==Continuity==
===  Original print details ===
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::(Publication with page count and closing captions)
# [[DWM 49]] (8 pages) ''No closing caption''
# [[DWM 50]] (8 pages) The End
=== Reprints ===
# [[DW84 9]] (''Doctor Who'' (1984) colourised reprint)
# ''[[Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)|Dragon's Claw]]''
# [[DWCS2 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Volume 3]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
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* The [[Second Doctor]] had previosly encountered [[Masters of Space and Time|powerful beings]] who also desired to bring back life to a lifeless galaxy like Prometheus. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mastermind of Space (short story)|Mastermind of Space]]'')


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Latest revision as of 19:54, 22 April 2024

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The Life Bringer! was a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

While travelling through time and space, the Doctor's TARDIS runs into a vortex, causing it to materialise on an uncharted planet. The Fourth Doctor and K9 leave the TARDIS. They find a very tall and muscular being chained to a rock. Claiming to be the legendary Prometheus, the prisoner says that rather than bringing humanity the spark of fire, it was actually the spark of life. That transgression caused Zeus to punish him.

After being released by K9's laser beam, Prometheus takes the Doctor and K9 to Olympus, where Zeus refused to allow men to be recreated because he thinks that their hate, stealing, murder and war outweighed their poetry, art and philosophy. Outraged, Prometheus again steals the spark of life and escapes with the Doctor. Just as they enter the TARDIS, Zeus throws bolts of lightning from his fingertips, scrambling the TARDIS' controls.

The TARDIS rematerialises in the darkness of space. Prometheus opens the door and jumps out, leaving the Doctor alone with K9 and confused as to where or when he is or even where he found Prometheus in the first place.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 49 (8 pages) No closing caption
  2. DWM 50 (8 pages) The End

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. DW84 9 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
  2. Dragon's Claw
  3. DWCS2 1 (IDW colourised reprint)
  4. Doctor Who Classics Volume 3 (IDW colourised reprint)
  5. Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e
DWM Fourth Doctor comic stories
Original run
Solo
K9
Sharon & K9
K9
Solo
Later stories
Romana II
Romana I & K9
Sarah & Harry
Sean
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