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|image = Gaze of the Medusa (comic story).jpg | |image = Gaze of the Medusa (comic story).jpg | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | |companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Medusa (Gaze of the Medusa)|Medusas]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[1887]] | |setting = [[London]], [[1887]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby | ||
|designer = [[Rob Farmer]] | |designer = [[Rob Farmer]] | ||
|editor = [[Andrew James]] | |editor = [[Andrew James]] | ||
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|reprint = | |reprint = | ||
|traded = | |traded = | ||
|release date = | |release date = 23 March - 21 September 2016 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = | ||
|publisher = Titan Comics | |publisher = Titan Comics | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sole story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor]]'' comic book mini-series, published in [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sole story of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor]]'' comic book mini-series, published in [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Victorian England. A mysterious woman commands a hidden army in a house of the blind. [[Scryclop]]s stalk the streets.... and something alien and terrible screams from prehistory – with a hunger that cannot be satisfied! The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] return for an all new adventure: GAZE OF THE MEDUSA! | [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[England]]. A mysterious woman commands a hidden army in a house of the blind. [[Scryclop]]s stalk the streets.... and something alien and terrible screams from prehistory – with a hunger that cannot be satisfied! The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] return for an all new adventure: ''GAZE OF THE MEDUSA''! | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
* Lady [[Emily Carstairs]] | * Lady [[Emily Carstairs]] | ||
* [[Jessop]] | * [[Jessop (Gaze of the Medusa)|Jessop]] | ||
* [[Odysseus James]] | * [[Odysseus James]] | ||
* [[Athena James]] | * [[Athena James]] | ||
* [[Scryclop]] | * [[Scryclop]] | ||
* [[Medusa (Gaze of the Medusa)|Medusa]] | * [[Medusa (Gaze of the Medusa)|Medusa]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Zeus]] | ||
* [[Albert Sullivan]] | * [[Albert Sullivan]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Fourth Doctor claims to be 750 years old. | * The Fourth Doctor claims to be 750 years old. | ||
* The Doctor believes the [[Weeping Angel]]s to be a myth. | * The Doctor believes the [[Weeping Angel]]s to be a myth. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Odysseus guesses that [[Gallifrey]] is in [[Ireland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' et al) | * Professor Odysseus James guesses that [[Gallifrey]] is in [[Ireland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' et al) | ||
* The [[Weeping Angel]]s and others species uses [[Quantum-locking]] for self- | * The [[Weeping Angel]]s and others species uses [[Quantum-locking]] for self-defence ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' et al) | ||
* Besides Sarah, the Doctor and some of his companions would go | * Besides Sarah, the Doctor and some of his companions would go through a period of [[Earth]]'s history without ageing. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') | ||
* When the Doctor uncovers a hidden entryway into Lady Emily Carstairs's estate, an astonished Odysseus inquires as to how he knew about it. The Doctor replies by saying that it is trick he picked up from a "[[Odysseus|certain namesake of [his]]]" before adding that they should be glad that they didn't need to build [[Trojan Horse|another giant wooden horse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') | |||
* The Doctor would later encounter the Weeping Angels in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fallen Angels (audio story)|Fallen Angels]]'') [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]];'' [[COMIC]]'': [[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]], [[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lost Angel (audio story)|The Lost Angel]]'') and [[Thirteenth Doctor|thirteenth incarnations]] ([[TV]]: [[Village of the Angels (TV story)|Village of the Angels]]). | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 7 December 2023
- You may be looking for the 1966 comic, The Gaze of the Gorgon.
Gaze of the Medusa was the sole story of the Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor comic book mini-series, published in 2016.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Victorian England. A mysterious woman commands a hidden army in a house of the blind. Scryclops stalk the streets.... and something alien and terrible screams from prehistory – with a hunger that cannot be satisfied! The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith return for an all new adventure: GAZE OF THE MEDUSA!
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fourth Doctor
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Lady Emily Carstairs
- Jessop
- Odysseus James
- Athena James
- Scryclop
- Medusa
- Zeus
- Albert Sullivan
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Fourth Doctor claims to be 750 years old.
- The Doctor believes the Weeping Angels to be a myth.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Professor Odysseus James guesses that Gallifrey is in Ireland. (TV: The Hand of Fear et al)
- The Weeping Angels and others species uses Quantum-locking for self-defence (TV: Blink et al)
- Besides Sarah, the Doctor and some of his companions would go through a period of Earth's history without ageing. (TV: Before the Flood, The Big Bang, Exit Wounds)
- When the Doctor uncovers a hidden entryway into Lady Emily Carstairs's estate, an astonished Odysseus inquires as to how he knew about it. The Doctor replies by saying that it is trick he picked up from a "certain namesake of [his]" before adding that they should be glad that they didn't need to build another giant wooden horse. (TV: The Myth Makers)
- The Doctor would later encounter the Weeping Angels in his fifth, (AUDIO: Fallen Angels) eighth, (AUDIO: The Side of the Angels) tenth, (TV: Blink; COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons) eleventh, (TV: Flesh and Stone, The Angels Take Manhattan) twelfth (AUDIO: The Lost Angel) and thirteenth incarnations (TV: Village of the Angels).
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