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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Seventh Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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|range          = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
companions= none|
|number in range = 50
enemy= [[Gwanzulum]]|
|image          = Planet of the Dead comic.jpg
year=[[Adeki]] |
|series         = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
writer= [[John Freeman]]|
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
editor= [[Richard Starkings]]|
|companions     =  
artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]|
|enemy           = [[Gwanzulum]]
colourist=None - Black and White|
|setting        = [[Adeki]]  
lettering= Zed|
|writer         = John Freeman
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM Issue 141|141]]-[[DWM Issue 142|142]]|
|editor         = [[Richard Starkings]]
publication_dates= [[October]] - [[November]] [[1988]]|
|artist         = [[Lee Sullivan]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|colourist       =  
format= Comic - 2 parts|
|letterer        = [[Zed (letterer)|Zed]]
previous story= [[Keepsake]]|
|publication    = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 141|141]]-[[DWM 142|142]]
next story= [[Echoes of the Mogor]]|
|release date    = 8 September - 13 October 1988
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|publisher       = Marvel Comics
|format         = Comic - 2 parts (16 pages)
|prev            = Keepsake (comic story)
|next           = Echoes of the Mogor! (comic story)
|reprint        = A Cold Day in Hell! (graphic novel)
|reprint2        = DWCC 14
|reprint3        = DWCSD 4
|reprint4        = Doctor Who Classics Volume 7
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'''''Planet of the Dead''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Doctor is on the planet Adeki, trying to fish when he comes upon an old city of the Adekians, it is populated with metamorphic aliens, who take the form initially of his former companions (most of whom are dead). But then take the form of his previous selves.  
The Doctor is on the planet Adeki, trying to fish, when he comes upon an old city of the Adekians. It is populated with metamorphic aliens. On meeting him, they take the shapes of his former companions (most of whom are dead), but then take the form of his previous selves.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Seventh Doctor]]
''to be added''
:*Considers visiting the [[Halls of Speculative Interest]] on [[Vesivius]].
:*The Dooctor says to himself that he has an appointment on [[Skaro]].
:*The Doctor mentions having lost his [[500 Year Diary]].


*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Adric]]
== Characters ==
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Peri]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Jamie]]
* [[Gwanzulum]]
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Katarina]]
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Sara Kingdom]]
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Frobisher]]


*Shapeshifter in the form of [[First Doctor]]
== Worldbuilding ==
:*Talks about the [[Laws of Time|First Law of Time]].
* [[Frobisher]] told the Doctor about the [[Shaper Wars]].
:*Also mentions [[Temporal Disruption]].
* The Doctor considers visiting the [[Halls of Speculative Interest]] on [[Vesivius]].
* The Doctor mentions having lost his [[500 Year Diary]].
* The [[Gwanzulum]] predate the [[Whifferdill]]s and the [[Kymbra Chimera]], and have metamorphic [[DNA]].


*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Second Doctor]]
== Notes ==
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Third Doctor]]
* The Gwanzulum shapeshifters were an idea by [[John Freeman]] that [[Richard Starkings]] decided to depict a "secret invasion" across multiple invasions. It was an attempt to see if anyone would notice.
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Fourth Doctor]]
* This was artist [[Lee Sullivan]]'s first ''Doctor Who'' comic. He got the job due to his likeness of Richard Branson in a ''Transformers'' comic.
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Fifth Doctor]]
* The Doctor wonders if he has an appointment on [[Skaro]], foreshadowing the events of the then-upcoming television serial, ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.
*Shapeshifter in the form of [[Sixth Doctor]]
* The story was later reprinted in [[DWCC 14]] with additional colours.


==References==
== Continuity ==
*Frobisher told the Doctor about shapechnager wars where the Whifferdills were practically wiped out.
* The Doctor is confronted by his failure to save his companions from death in the forms of [[Adric]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') [[Jamie McCrimmon]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'') [[Katarina]], and [[Sara Kingdom]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') [[Peri Brown]] is also present, ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'') despite the Doctor knowing she survived to marry [[Yrcanos]] on [[Thoros-Beta]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'')
*The Doctor remarks to the (shapeshifter in the form of Peri) that he left her on [[Thoros Beta]] with [[Ycarnos]].
* Upon seeing Katarina, the Doctor remembers "[[Trojan Horse|a wooden horse]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') and "the Feast of Stephen". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')


===[[:Category:Races and Species|Races and Species]]===
== External links ==
*The [[Gwanzulum]] predate the [[Whifferdill]]s, [[Kymbra]] and [[Chimera]].
{{dwrefguide|comic7.htm#planetdead|Planet of the Dead}}
*The Gwanzulum have [[metamorphic]] [[DNA]].
{{Seventh Doctor DWM comics}}
*The Gwanzulum feed off life energy in order to shape change.
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==Notes==
*The implication through the inclusion of Peri seems to be that the Doctor still thinks she is dead. (As was suggested in [[DW]]: ''[[Mindwarp]], though this was shown to be false in ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'')
 
==Continuity==
*Adric died in [[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]''.
*Katrina and Sara Kingdom died in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''
*Jamie last appeared on screen in [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'' and died in [[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]''.
*Peri last appeared on screen in [[DW]]: ''[[Mindwarp]]''.
*Frobisher last appeared in [[DWM]]: ''[[A Cold Day in Hell]]''.
 
==External Links==
''to be added''


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Planet of the Dead was a Seventh Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor is on the planet Adeki, trying to fish, when he comes upon an old city of the Adekians. It is populated with metamorphic aliens. On meeting him, they take the shapes of his former companions (most of whom are dead), but then take the form of his previous selves.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Gwanzulum shapeshifters were an idea by John Freeman that Richard Starkings decided to depict a "secret invasion" across multiple invasions. It was an attempt to see if anyone would notice.
  • This was artist Lee Sullivan's first Doctor Who comic. He got the job due to his likeness of Richard Branson in a Transformers comic.
  • The Doctor wonders if he has an appointment on Skaro, foreshadowing the events of the then-upcoming television serial, Remembrance of the Daleks.
  • The story was later reprinted in DWCC 14 with additional colours.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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