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comic name= Funhouse |
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Sixth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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number=1|
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
doctor= [[Sixth Doctor]]|
|number in range = 29
companions= [[Frobisher]] |
|image= Funhouse.jpg
enemy= [[Funhouse]]|
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= |
|doctor= Sixth Doctor
writer= [[Alan McKenzie]]|
|companions= [[Frobisher]]
artist= [[John Ridgway]]|
|enemy= [[Funhouse]]
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 102-103|
|setting= [[Funhouse]]
publication_dates= July - August [[1985]]|
|writer= Alan McKenzie
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|editor = [[Cefn Ridout]]
format= Comic - 2 parts|
|artist= [[John Ridgway]]
previous story= [[War-Game]]|
|letterer = [[Annie Halfacree]]
next story= [[Kane's Story]]|
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}}
|publication= [[DWM 102]] - [[DWM 103|103]]
 
|release date= 13 June - 11 July 1985
==Summary==
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
A force cries out that it is alone but was not always. It is in a haunted house and wants to reach out and feed. Frobisher relaxes as a penguin again, on a beach chair in the TARDIS, which is being pulled off  course. Frobisher says, "Y'now, Doc, for the universe's best travelled man, your sense of direction in is the pits."
|reprint = DWMAC 2
 
|reprint3=Voyager (2007 graphic novel)|''Voyager'' (2007)
They emerge in the house. Looking out the window they see a strange place, the Doctor thinks is an illusion. Tree like tentacles rise from the floor and grab TARDIS. Unaware of this, the Doctor picks up a candelabra. Hearing strange sounds, Frobisher wants to stick with the Doctor. In a room they find a violin and a still warm drinking glass. They hear screams and find a girl in a vest and two piece with bare stomach and Arabian type pants. Peri! It changes into a giant winged demon like alien monster which lunges at them.
|reprint4 = DWCS3 5
 
|reprint5=Doctor Who Classics Volume 6
They go through a door to find the room sideways and a man sitting sideways to them as they enter. To him, they are sideways and entering on the door up the wall! The man runs out. The Doc and Frobisher find themselves in a small locked room. Frobisher tries to tell the Doctor about this being a funhouse in a carnival. The Doctor feels the TARDIS being attacked. The Doctor gets a door open finally but sees a pit with hellish beasts flying into it and he just about grabs onto the door to prevent himself from falling down the deep dank fire cavern. "Good Gallifrey!" Frobisher pulls him in as a bat like demon flies at them.
|reprint6 = Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2
 
|format= Comic
The TARDIS is under another's control. It starts to VWORP VWORP away but they run down steps. But then the Doc realises the truth, "This house is somehow joined with the TARDIS. It's not the TARDIS that's taken off..it's the whole house. And us along with it!"
|epcount = 2
 
|prev= War-Game (comic story)
The House hurtles through the time vortex. Frobisher gets the TARDIS log. The Doctor thinks that means they are going back through the TARDIS log. To reach teh console Frobisher uses a box. The Doctor looks for an axe in the closet, a hatchet really. On the floor are scattered jelly baby jar, a piggy bank, a ball of yarn, a cricket bat, a laser gun. Frobisher thinks for a smart guy, the Doctor can be really dumb sometimes as the Doctor tries to cut the tentacles off -- when the direct approach fails, he will work on being devious. Frobisher has to pull him free.
|next= Kane's Story (comic story)
 
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The Doctor felt like a giant hand was stopping him.  The thing feeds on fear, emotion, and raw energy, the more they feed it the stronger it becomes. The Doc tells Frobisher the TARDIS is a boundary between dimensions, not a physical object. Rocking stops. They turn the scanner on and see it. Outside is a giant eye with tentacles. Frobisher asks, "Uh, Doctor, ever had that feeling that you're under observation?" The doors seem to bulge in.
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'''''Funhouse''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It saw [[Peri Brown]] make an appearance in the form of an illusion prior to her rejoining [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in [[Kane's Story (comic story)|the following story]].
The Doctor has a plan now, wishing he paid attention in basic seamanship. He uses a ball of string Frobisher fetches to go to the Zero Room. Something laughs. When the Doctor pulls on the string, he will shut off the circuit that protects the TARDIS's passengers from the changing time fields outside. Being in the Zero Room should protect them from the worst of it. Everything outside will regress in time at the same speed as the TARDIS, including the House. He pulls. The Doctor goes out, "If I'm not back in a few minutes, you're on your own."
 
Frobisher, at the door, becomes his Conan barbarian type. The Doctor becomes his Fifth self. Frobisher becomes the business suited detective. The Doc becomes in his fourth incarnatiuon. Frobisher is a baby on the floor. As he runs, the Doctor is now the Third Doctor. Frobisher is just a small embryo of fluid as the Second Doctor reaches the Console Room. The First Doctor bends down, "Unhh!" He puts the switch back on. He becomes the Sixth Doctor. Something screams.
 
The House is trapped in the time vortex and cannot get out. It talks to itself, "I'll rest now. And in time, others will come. In time, I'll feed again and be lonely no longer. In time... in time..."


== Summary ==
Inside the [[Funhouse]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frobisher]] find themselves victims of the building's cruel games.


== Plot ==
''to be added''


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
*[[Frobisher]]
* [[Frobisher]]
*[[Peri Brown]] (illusion)
* [[Funhouse]]
*[[Funhouse]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Funhouse drifts through deep space in the form of an abandoned country house. Its many illusions include a tropical beach, a man reading in a dimensionally-warped drawing room, an imprisoned [[Peri Brown|Peri]], and a pit of airborne demonic creatures.
* The Doctor feels the attack upon the TARDIS in the form of a [[migraine]].
* In desperation, the Doctor attacks the Funhouse's tentacles with an [[axe]].
* The TARDIS circut boards responsible for maintaining the temporal stability of passengers in flight is deliberately sabotaged to fight against the Funhouse.
* The Doctor rebuffs Frobisher for calling him "Doc".


==Notes==
== Notes ==
This story was published in both ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and ''[[Doctor Who Marvel Adventure Comic]]''. In the latter, the Doctor is not shown to de-age, and thus his former selves do not appear.
[[File:Funhouse colour reprints.jpg|thumb|right|The colour reprint version of the image showcasing the first six Doctors.]]
* This story was published in both ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and ''[[Doctor Who Marvel Adventure Comic]]''. In the latter, the Doctor is not shown to regress and therefore his former selves do not appear.
* While technically the first appearance of [[Peri Brown]] in the comics, the Doctor's real companion wouldn't appear until [[COMIC]]: ''[[Kane's Story (comic story)|Kane's Story]].'' Peri greets the Doctor, after an extended absence from the TARDIS, having quit her job in [[New York City]], [[1985]].


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor's [[Symbiotic nucleus|symbiotic link]] to the TARDIS leaves him and his vessel weakened by the Funhouse's assault. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}})
 
* The Doctor and Frobisher use the [[Zero Room]] to shield themselves from the worst of the temporal regression aboard the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}})
==External Links==
* Frobisher reverts into a tall barbarian ([[COMIC]]: ''[[War-Game (comic story)|War-Game]]'') and a short, featureless humanoid with round glasses. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Shape Shifter (comic story)}})
''to be added''
* Cast adrift from the TARDIS, the Funhouse is trapped within the time vortex without the means to leave it, just like [[Ramón Salamander]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)}})


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You may be looking for the titular creature or part three of Rift War.

Funhouse was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine. It saw Peri Brown make an appearance in the form of an illusion prior to her rejoining the TARDIS in the following story.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Inside the Funhouse, the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher find themselves victims of the building's cruel games.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Funhouse drifts through deep space in the form of an abandoned country house. Its many illusions include a tropical beach, a man reading in a dimensionally-warped drawing room, an imprisoned Peri, and a pit of airborne demonic creatures.
  • The Doctor feels the attack upon the TARDIS in the form of a migraine.
  • In desperation, the Doctor attacks the Funhouse's tentacles with an axe.
  • The TARDIS circut boards responsible for maintaining the temporal stability of passengers in flight is deliberately sabotaged to fight against the Funhouse.
  • The Doctor rebuffs Frobisher for calling him "Doc".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The colour reprint version of the image showcasing the first six Doctors.
  • This story was published in both Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who Marvel Adventure Comic. In the latter, the Doctor is not shown to regress and therefore his former selves do not appear.
  • While technically the first appearance of Peri Brown in the comics, the Doctor's real companion wouldn't appear until COMIC: Kane's Story. Peri greets the Doctor, after an extended absence from the TARDIS, having quit her job in New York City, 1985.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor's symbiotic link to the TARDIS leaves him and his vessel weakened by the Funhouse's assault. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])
  • The Doctor and Frobisher use the Zero Room to shield themselves from the worst of the temporal regression aboard the TARDIS. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])
  • Frobisher reverts into a tall barbarian (COMIC: War-Game) and a short, featureless humanoid with round glasses. (COMIC: The Shape Shifter [+]Loading...["The Shape Shifter (comic story)"])
  • Cast adrift from the TARDIS, the Funhouse is trapped within the time vortex without the means to leave it, just like Ramón Salamander. (TV: The Enemy of the World [+]Loading...["The Enemy of the World (TV story)"])

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

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