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|name= The Weapon
|image= The wapon.jpg  
|image= The wapon.jpg  
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
|companions= [[Romana I]], [[K9]]
|companions= [[K9 Mark II]], [[Romana I]]
|enemy= [[The White Knight]]  [[The Black Knight]]
|enemy= [[White Knight (The Weapon)|White Knight]]  [[Black Knight]]
|setting= [[Earth]], [[1974]]
|setting= [[England]], [[Middle Ages]]
|writer=  
|writer=  
|artist= [[Paul Crompton]]
|artist= [[Paul Crompton]]
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|letterer=
|letterer=
|publication= [[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]
|anthology = Doctor Who Annual 1980
|release date= [[September]] [[1979]]
|release date = September 1979
|publisher= World Distributors (Manchester), Ltd|World Distributors
|publisher= World Distributors (Manchester), Ltd
|format= Comic  
|format= Comic  
|prev= Reluctant Warriors (short story)
|prev= Reluctant Warriors (short story)
|next= Return of the Electrids (short story)
|next= Return of the Electrids (short story)
}}
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'''''The Weapon''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]''. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana I]] and [[K9 Mark II]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The White and Black Knights war has been wreaking havoc across the galaxy for centuries.
The [[White Knight (The Weapon)|White]] and [[Black Knight]]s [[war]] has been wreaking havoc across the galaxy for centuries.
 
The Black Knight arrives on [[Earth]] but the White Knight is waiting to attack. The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[K9 Mark II]] find themselves caught between the feuding knights when [[Romana I]] is kidnapped and held for ransom. Can the Doctor survive on the [[battlefield]]? Can Romana manage to escape before the Knights are brought together in a battle that only one can win?


In 1980, The Black Knight arrives on Earth but the White Knight is waiting to attack. The Doctor and K9 find themselves caught between the feuding knights when Romana is kidnapped and held for ransom. Can The Doctor survive on the battlefield. Can Romana manage to escape before The Knights are brought together in a battle that only one can win?
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor calls [[England]] the "land of [[tea]] and [[toast]]".
* The Doctor aims to materialise the TARDIS in the [[20th century]], but arrives several centuries before then.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
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[[Category:1979 comic stories]]
[[Category:DWAN comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in England]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set on Earth]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1974]]
[[Category:K9 comic stories]]
[[Category:K9 comic stories]]
[[Category:Romana comic stories]]
[[Category:Romana I comic stories]]
[[Category:1979 comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]
[[Category:DWAN comic stories]]

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The Weapon was a comic story published in Doctor Who Annual 1980. It featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana I and K9 Mark II.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The White and Black Knights war has been wreaking havoc across the galaxy for centuries.

The Black Knight arrives on Earth but the White Knight is waiting to attack. The Fourth Doctor and K9 Mark II find themselves caught between the feuding knights when Romana I is kidnapped and held for ransom. Can the Doctor survive on the battlefield? Can Romana manage to escape before the Knights are brought together in a battle that only one can win?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor calls England the "land of tea and toast".
  • The Doctor aims to materialise the TARDIS in the 20th century, but arrives several centuries before then.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added