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|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]] | |||
writer= | |doctor= Seventh Doctor | ||
artist= [[Mike Collins]]| | |companions= [[Ace]] | ||
colourist= | |enemy= [[Leader (The Good Soldier)|Leader]] | ||
|setting= {{il|[[United States of America|United States]], [[1954]]|[[Earth]] orbit, [[1954]]}} | |||
editor= [[John Freeman]]| | |writer= Andrew Cartmel | ||
|artist= [[Mike Collins]] (pencils), [[Steve Pini]] (inks) | |||
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publisher= | |letterer = Glib | ||
format= Comic | |editor= [[John Freeman]] | ||
|publication= [[DWM 175]]-[[DWM 178|178]] | |||
|release date= 13 June - 5 September 1991 | |||
}} | |cover date= 10 July - 2 October 1991 | ||
|reprint = The Good Soldier (graphic novel) | |||
|reprint2 = Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |||
|format= Comic | |||
|epcount = 4 | |||
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|next= A Glitch in Time (comic story) | |||
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'''''The Good Soldier''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] pulls into a service station in [[1950s]] [[Nevada]], in the shape of a vintage Cadillac. A squad of soldiers, led by Colonel [[Rhodes (The Good Soldier)|Rhodes]], are nervously anticipating an attack by flying saucers, but instead their unknown enemy lifts an entire section of the desert out of the landscape and transports it to a waiting shuttle, which in turn takes it to a much larger warship. [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] dig up through the ground and attack the service station, killing most of the soldiers; only the Doctor and Ace escape. The other survivors are taken prisoner, and Rhodes is electronically brainwashed to believe that he is fighting the Red Chinese; thus conditioned, he shoots and kills the rest of his squad. The Cybermen decide that he is a suitable acquisition, and wire him into their warship's control pod. The Doctor explains to Ace that the Cybermen intend to use this ship to attack Earth, but first they need an aggressive, warlike pilot. He steals one of the interface mechanisms the Cybermen used to connect Rhodes to the ship, and Ace uses it to interface through the TARDIS to the shuttle which brought them here. The Cybermen pursue the escaping shuttle, and when an escape pod is launched, the Cybermen use a tractor beam to bring it back aboard the warship - but the Doctor and Ace are still on the shuttle, and the escape pod contains an overloading reactor. The reactor explodes, destroying the warship, and delaying [[1986 Cyberman invasion of Earth|the Cyberman invasion]] until the historically accurate [[1986]]. | |||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor]] | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
*[[Ace]] | * [[Ace]] | ||
* [[Colonel]] [[Rhodes (The Good Soldier)|Rhodes]] | |||
* [[Sergeant]] [[Condon]] | |||
* [[Jerome Wyler]] | |||
* [[Leader (The Good Soldier)|Leader]] | |||
* [[Surgeon (The Good Soldier)|Surgeon]] | |||
* [[Russell (The Good Soldier)|Russell]] | |||
* "[[Red (The Good Soldier)|Red]]" | |||
* [[Cyber-cannon (The Good Soldier)|Cannon]] | |||
* [[Reserve reactor]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
*The | * The [[TARDIS]]' [[chameleon circuit]] is working, and has changed its form into a [[Cadillac]] car. | ||
* [[Ace]] says she is wearing [[Doc Martens]]. | |||
* Ace asks the Doctor if he has ever been to [[Southend]]. | |||
* Rhodes remembers fighting in [[Korea]] during [[December]] [[1950]]. | |||
* A poster in the diner advertises an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard the Third]]'', retitled as ''[[Tricky Dicky!]]'', starring [[Howard Keel]], [[Sonia Hieny]] and [[Mickey Rooney]]. | |||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
'' | [[File:Cybermen The Good Solider1.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
[[ | * Similar to [[Cyberman (Junk-Yard Demon)|the Cyberman]] in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Junk-Yard Demon (comic story)|Junk-Yard]]'', the standard Cyberman are depicted with [[Cyber-body|Cyber-bodies]] mostly resembling those from ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', with the sleeve hosing from ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' and ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
* Though the term is not used in this story, the [[drone]]s used by the Cybermen are evidently [[Cybermat]]s. Indeed, they are described as "[[caterpillar]]s" by [[Ace]], just [[Jamie McCrimmon]] mistook a Cybermat for a caterpillar in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | |||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Ace asks the Doctor if she can get a [[curry]], but he says they had not been imported into the US at that point in time. She asked a similar question at [[Gabriel Chase]] in [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') | ||
* The Cybermen's ship is adorned with the same embossed logos that also adorn their tombs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | |||
* Ace remembers battling the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') and diving into icy [[water]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:23, 22 January 2024
The Good Soldier was a Seventh Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor's TARDIS pulls into a service station in 1950s Nevada, in the shape of a vintage Cadillac. A squad of soldiers, led by Colonel Rhodes, are nervously anticipating an attack by flying saucers, but instead their unknown enemy lifts an entire section of the desert out of the landscape and transports it to a waiting shuttle, which in turn takes it to a much larger warship. Cybermen dig up through the ground and attack the service station, killing most of the soldiers; only the Doctor and Ace escape. The other survivors are taken prisoner, and Rhodes is electronically brainwashed to believe that he is fighting the Red Chinese; thus conditioned, he shoots and kills the rest of his squad. The Cybermen decide that he is a suitable acquisition, and wire him into their warship's control pod. The Doctor explains to Ace that the Cybermen intend to use this ship to attack Earth, but first they need an aggressive, warlike pilot. He steals one of the interface mechanisms the Cybermen used to connect Rhodes to the ship, and Ace uses it to interface through the TARDIS to the shuttle which brought them here. The Cybermen pursue the escaping shuttle, and when an escape pod is launched, the Cybermen use a tractor beam to bring it back aboard the warship - but the Doctor and Ace are still on the shuttle, and the escape pod contains an overloading reactor. The reactor explodes, destroying the warship, and delaying the Cyberman invasion until the historically accurate 1986.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- Colonel Rhodes
- Sergeant Condon
- Jerome Wyler
- Leader
- Surgeon
- Russell
- "Red"
- Cannon
- Reserve reactor
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The TARDIS' chameleon circuit is working, and has changed its form into a Cadillac car.
- Ace says she is wearing Doc Martens.
- Ace asks the Doctor if he has ever been to Southend.
- Rhodes remembers fighting in Korea during December 1950.
- A poster in the diner advertises an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Richard the Third, retitled as Tricky Dicky!, starring Howard Keel, Sonia Hieny and Mickey Rooney.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Similar to the Cyberman in COMIC: Junk-Yard, the standard Cyberman are depicted with Cyber-bodies mostly resembling those from The Tenth Planet, with the sleeve hosing from The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen.
- Though the term is not used in this story, the drones used by the Cybermen are evidently Cybermats. Indeed, they are described as "caterpillars" by Ace, just Jamie McCrimmon mistook a Cybermat for a caterpillar in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace asks the Doctor if she can get a curry, but he says they had not been imported into the US at that point in time. She asked a similar question at Gabriel Chase in 1883. (TV: Ghost Light)
- The Cybermen's ship is adorned with the same embossed logos that also adorn their tombs. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
- Ace remembers battling the Cybermen (TV: Silver Nemesis) and diving into icy water. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)
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