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|name= Twilight of the Silurians
|image = Nagara.jpg
|image=Nagara.jpg
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]
|doctor= Fourth Doctor  
|doctor= Fourth Doctor  
|companions=  
|companions=  
|enemy= [[Silurian]]s
|enemy= [[Silurian]]s
|setting= a remote zoological research station and the Silurian capital city, [[Earth]]
|setting= [[Earth]]
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]]
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]]
|writer= [[Steve Moore]]
|writer= Steve Moore
|artist= [[David Lloyd]]
|artist= [[David Lloyd]]
|colourist=  
|colourist=  
|letterer= <!--no credit given-->
|letterer=  
|publication= [[Doctor Who Weekly]] [[DWM 21|Issues 21]]-[[DWM 22|22]]
|publication= [[DWM 21]]-[[DWM 22|22]]
|release date= [[5 March (releases)|5 March]]-[[12 March (releases)|12 March]] [[1980]]
|release date= 28 February - 6 March 1980
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|format= B&W 2 parts / 8 pages
|format= Comic
|prev= Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)
|prev= Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)
|next= Ship of Fools (comic story)
|next= Ship of Fools (comic story)
|epcount = 2|reprint=DW84 18
}}
}}
'''''Twilight of the Silurians''''' was a comic story printed in [[Doctor Who Magazine|''Doctor Who Weekly'']]. It was written by [[Steve Moore]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
At a [[Silurian]] zoological research station, [[Velk]] is unimpressed by [[Nagara]] and [[Guruz]]’s display of the captive [[ape]]s and of his attempts to force pre-[[human]] apes to learn and display intelligence. He is more concerned with a call to all Silurians to take to the shelters to avoid the predicted collision with of [[Earth]] and its planetary neighbour.  
At a [[Silurian]] zoological research station, [[Velk]] is unimpressed by [[Nagara]] and [[Guruz]]'s display of the captive [[ape]]s and of his attempts to force pre-[[human]] apes to learn and display intelligence. He is more concerned with a call to all Silurians to take to the shelters to avoid the predicted collision with of [[Earth]] and its planetary neighbour.


[[Kin (Twilight of the Silurians)|Kin]], leader of the apes, strangles Guruz in response to another beating. Nagura returns to set the Apes free. Believing the Apes to be thanking him for the discipline he offered them, he accepts a woven headband like Kin's. Only when the headband is in place does he realise his third eye is blocked by a stone at the front and he is powerless. The apes exact their revenge for their brutal captivity.
[[Kin (Twilight of the Silurians)|Kin]], leader of the apes, strangles Guruz in response to another beating. Nagura returns to set the Apes free. Believing the Apes to be thanking him for the discipline he offered them, he accepts a woven headband like Kin's. Only when the headband is in place does he realises his third eye is blocked by a stone at the front and he is powerless. The apes exact their revenge for their brutal captivity.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Kin (Twilight of the Silurians)|Kin]]
* [[Kin (Twilight of the Silurians)|Kin]]
* [[Velk]]
* [[Velk]]
* Dr. [[Wolik]]
* Dr [[Wolik]]
* [[Soron]]
* [[Soron]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Bipedal [[dinosaur]]s are used as mounts
* Bipedal [[dinosaur]]s are used as mounts.
* Wild [[ape]]s use clubs and missiles (stones) to attack. Social organisation is relatively new to wild apes.
* [[Luna|The Moon]] is classed as a large [[planetoid]].
* [[Luna|The Moon]] is classed as a large [[planetoid]]. Dissenting views are that will pass away from the Earth
* Telescreen
* the Scientific Council


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This back up strip was, as usual, introduced by the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* This back up strip was, as usual, introduced by the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* An editor's note dedicated the story to the late [[Malcolm Hulke]].
* An editor's note dedicated the story to the late [[Malcolm Hulke]], who passed away less than two years before the story's release.


=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 5 February 2024

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Twilight of the Silurians was a comic story printed in Doctor Who Weekly. It was written by Steve Moore.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

At a Silurian zoological research station, Velk is unimpressed by Nagara and Guruz's display of the captive apes and of his attempts to force pre-human apes to learn and display intelligence. He is more concerned with a call to all Silurians to take to the shelters to avoid the predicted collision with of Earth and its planetary neighbour.

Kin, leader of the apes, strangles Guruz in response to another beating. Nagura returns to set the Apes free. Believing the Apes to be thanking him for the discipline he offered them, he accepts a woven headband like Kin's. Only when the headband is in place does he realises his third eye is blocked by a stone at the front and he is powerless. The apes exact their revenge for their brutal captivity.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This back up strip was, as usual, introduced by the Fourth Doctor.
  • An editor's note dedicated the story to the late Malcolm Hulke, who passed away less than two years before the story's release.

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

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWM 21 (4)
  2. DWM 22 (4) End

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in DW84 18.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added