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comic name= War of the Words |
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips]]|
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enemy= [[Vromyx]] and [[Garynth]]s|
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setting= [[Biblios]]|
|series       = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
writer= [[Steve Moore]]|
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artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]|editor=[[Alan McKenzie]]
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publication_title= Doctor Who Monthly|end issue=51|
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publication_dates= [[April]] [[1981]]|
|setting     = [[Biblios]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics UK]]|
|writer       = Steve Moore
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|publication  = [[DWM 51]]
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|release date = 12 March 1981
==Summary==
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'''''War of the Words''''' was a [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
 
== Summary ==
For 47.63 years the [[Vromyx]] and the [[Garynth]] have been at war for possession of the super-weapon data thought to be contained on the library planet [[Biblios]]. Although the robot librarians of Biblios have repeatedly told the Vromyx and Garynth that the library has no data on weapons, the warring species refuse to end their war or move it elsewhere.
 
Because of the ferocity of the war, no one has visited Biblios for years until the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[K9]] arrive on the planet. Once he learns of the situation, the Doctor contacts the Vromyx and Garynth and tells them he is a powerful warlord who has passed easily through their blockade and gained access to Biblios' super-weapon data. The Doctor blows up the building alleged to house the data. He tells the Vromyx and Garynth that he will be the only one to ever have it.
 
Thinking the weapons data destroyed, the warring sides have nothing left to fight for and promptly leave the orbit of Biblios. However, the Doctor has deceived them by blowing up an empty storage building. When one of the robot librarians wonders why the Vromyx and Garynth believed the Doctor and not the robots who had told the truth, the Doctor replies, ''"Well, you know... 'actions speak louder than words'! Especially actions that make a very large 'boomf'!"''
 
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[K9 Mark II]]
* [[Vromyx]]
* [[Garynth]]s
* [[Argoz Footl]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
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==Characters==
== Notes ==
*[[Fourth Doctor]]
* The title of this comic story is a pun on ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'', a novel by [[H. G. Wells]].
*[[K-9 Mark II]]
* This was the last comic story to feature K9, as Marvel Comics planned to phase the character out of the comic strip around the time he left the television show.
*[[Vromyx]]
*[[Garynth]]s


==References==
=== Original print details ===
::(Publication with page count and closing captions)
# [[DWM 51]] (9 pages) The End.
 
=== Reprints ===
# [[DW84 10]] (''Doctor Who'' (1984) colourised reprint)
# ''[[Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)|Dragon's Claw]]''
# [[DWCS2 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Volume 3]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
 
== Continuity ==
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==Notes==
== External links ==
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==Continuity==
{{Fourth Doctor DWM comics}}
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==External Links==
[[Category:Fourth Doctor DWM comic stories]]
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[[Category:K9 comic stories]]
{{Template:Late Fourth doctor DWM comics}}
[[Category:1981 comic stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor Doctor Who Magazine comics stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

Latest revision as of 20:26, 26 January 2024

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You may be looking for the book "The War of the Worlds" or its DWM retelling.

War of the Words was a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

For 47.63 years the Vromyx and the Garynth have been at war for possession of the super-weapon data thought to be contained on the library planet Biblios. Although the robot librarians of Biblios have repeatedly told the Vromyx and Garynth that the library has no data on weapons, the warring species refuse to end their war or move it elsewhere.

Because of the ferocity of the war, no one has visited Biblios for years until the Fourth Doctor and K9 arrive on the planet. Once he learns of the situation, the Doctor contacts the Vromyx and Garynth and tells them he is a powerful warlord who has passed easily through their blockade and gained access to Biblios' super-weapon data. The Doctor blows up the building alleged to house the data. He tells the Vromyx and Garynth that he will be the only one to ever have it.

Thinking the weapons data destroyed, the warring sides have nothing left to fight for and promptly leave the orbit of Biblios. However, the Doctor has deceived them by blowing up an empty storage building. When one of the robot librarians wonders why the Vromyx and Garynth believed the Doctor and not the robots who had told the truth, the Doctor replies, "Well, you know... 'actions speak louder than words'! Especially actions that make a very large 'boomf'!"

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The title of this comic story is a pun on The War of the Worlds, a novel by H. G. Wells.
  • This was the last comic story to feature K9, as Marvel Comics planned to phase the character out of the comic strip around the time he left the television show.

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 51 (9 pages) The End.

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. DW84 10 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
  2. Dragon's Claw
  3. DWCS2 1 (IDW colourised reprint)
  4. Doctor Who Classics Volume 3 (IDW colourised reprint)
  5. Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

to be added

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DWM Fourth Doctor comic stories
Original run
Solo
K9
Sharon & K9
K9
Solo
Later stories
Romana II
Romana I & K9
Sarah & Harry
Sean
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