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artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] and [[Mark Farmer]]| | |companions= [[Ace]] | ||
editor= [[John Freeman]]| | |featuring= Muriel Frost{{!}}Frost | ||
|featuring2= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}the Brigadier | |||
|enemy= The [[Mandragora Helix]] | |||
publisher= | |setting = [[London]], [[1999]] | ||
format= Comic | |writer= Dan Abnett | ||
|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] and [[Mark Farmer]] | |||
|editor= [[John Freeman]] | |||
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|publication= [[DWM 169]]-[[DWM 172|172]] | |||
|release date= 27 December 1990 - 21 March 1991 | |||
|cover date= 23 January - 17 April 1991 | |||
|reprint = The Mark of Mandragora (graphic novel)|The Mark of Mandragora | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |||
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'''''The Mark of Mandragora''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It served as a sequel to the television story ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', and featured the return of the [[Mandragora Helix]]. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
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== | == Plot == | ||
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== | == Characters == | ||
'' | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Ace]] | |||
* [[Captain]] [[Muriel Frost]] | |||
* [[Stranks (The Mark of Mandragora)|Stranks]] | |||
* [[Sergeant]] [[Jasper Bean]] | |||
* [[Lynodd (The Mark of Mandragora)|Lynodd]] | |||
* [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* [[Magog]] | |||
* [[Locksley]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is at a [[Geneva]] summit. | |||
* [[UNIT]] are trying to negotiate greater powers with the [[UN]]. | |||
* By the late [[1990s]], [[London]] had become known as "swinging London" again, having not held the name for thirty years. | |||
* The Doctor says that he has been redecorating [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. | |||
* When the lightning falls and the Doctor takes out his umbrella, he sings the lyrics to ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''. | |||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* | * Throughout the story, a number of epigraphs are contrasted against the events within the panels. These are from: [[Francis Bacon]], ''Essay on Death''; [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Othello]] ''and ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''; [[John Donne]], ''Song''; and [[Alfonso]], King of Castile. | ||
* Ace's earrings are the Starfleet insignia from ''[[Star Trek]]''. | |||
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] gave permission for the use of his likeness in this and the prelude story ''[[Darkness, Falling (comic story)|Darkness, Falling]]'', on the condition that the Brigadier only appeared for a few frames. | |||
* The story was presented colourised in the graphic novel ''[[The Mark of Mandragora (graphic novel)|The Mark of Mandragora]]''. | |||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Ace briefly encounters [[Magog]], last of the [[Malevilus|Malvelius]], still trapped in the Doctor's TARDIS and pleading for release. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'') | ||
* The Brigadier recognises the Seventh Doctor from the "last time [he] saw him" during the [[Carbury Incident]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | |||
* The Doctor states that the [[Mandragora Helix]] aligns with [[Earth]] every five centuries. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') | |||
* Frost states that UNIT have been operating under a greater degree of public transparency since aliens became a public fact after the [[Gantac|Gantic]] invasion ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'') and the [[Avallion|Availlon]] fiasco. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | |||
* Due to UNIT's new public and global position, Frost sows the seeds for the later organisation [[Foreign Hazard Duty]], to operate in a secret position. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Echoes of the Mogor! (comic story)|Echoes of the Mogor!]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 9 November 2023
- You may be looking for the graphic novel collection of the same name.
The Mark of Mandragora was a Seventh Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine. It served as a sequel to the television story The Masque of Mandragora, and featured the return of the Mandragora Helix.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- Captain Muriel Frost
- Stranks
- Sergeant Jasper Bean
- Lynodd
- Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Magog
- Locksley
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Brigadier is at a Geneva summit.
- UNIT are trying to negotiate greater powers with the UN.
- By the late 1990s, London had become known as "swinging London" again, having not held the name for thirty years.
- The Doctor says that he has been redecorating the TARDIS.
- When the lightning falls and the Doctor takes out his umbrella, he sings the lyrics to Singin' in the Rain.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Throughout the story, a number of epigraphs are contrasted against the events within the panels. These are from: Francis Bacon, Essay on Death; William Shakespeare, Othello and Antony and Cleopatra; John Donne, Song; and Alfonso, King of Castile.
- Ace's earrings are the Starfleet insignia from Star Trek.
- Nicholas Courtney gave permission for the use of his likeness in this and the prelude story Darkness, Falling, on the condition that the Brigadier only appeared for a few frames.
- The story was presented colourised in the graphic novel The Mark of Mandragora.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace briefly encounters Magog, last of the Malvelius, still trapped in the Doctor's TARDIS and pleading for release. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Iron Legion)
- The Brigadier recognises the Seventh Doctor from the "last time [he] saw him" during the Carbury Incident. (TV: Battlefield)
- The Doctor states that the Mandragora Helix aligns with Earth every five centuries. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)
- Frost states that UNIT have been operating under a greater degree of public transparency since aliens became a public fact after the Gantic invasion (COMIC: Invaders from Gantac!) and the Availlon fiasco. (TV: Battlefield)
- Due to UNIT's new public and global position, Frost sows the seeds for the later organisation Foreign Hazard Duty, to operate in a secret position. (COMIC: Echoes of the Mogor!)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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