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|enemy=  
|setting= A [[Planet (Universal Monsters)|planet]]
|setting= A [[Planet (Universal Monsters)|planet]]
|writer= [[Ian Edginton]]
|writer= Ian Edginton
|artist= [[Adrian Salmon]]
|artist= [[Adrian Salmon]]
|editor= [[Tom Spilsbury]] & [[Scott Gray]]
|editor= [[Tom Spilsbury]] & [[Scott Gray]]
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|letterer= [[Roger Langridge]]
|letterer= [[Roger Langridge]]
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 391|391]] - [[DWM 393|393]]
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 391|391]] - [[DWM 393|393]]
|release date= [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|release date= 10 January - 6 March 2008
|cover date= [[6 February (releases)|6 February]] - [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|cover date= 6 February - 2 April 2008
|traded= ''[[The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)|The Widow's Curse]]''
|traded=  
|publisher= Panini Comics
|publisher= Panini Comics
|format= Comic - 3 parts (27 pages)
|format= Comic
|prev= Death to the Doctor! (comic story)
|prev= Death to the Doctor! (comic story)
|next= Hotel Historia (comic story)
|next= Hotel Historia (comic story)
|epcount = 3|reprint=The Widow's Curse (graphic novel)
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'''''Universal Monsters''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in [[2008 (releases)|2008]].
'''''Universal Monsters''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in [[2008 (releases)|2008]].
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* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Cora]]
* The [[Thane]]
* [[Viktor (Universal Monsters)|Viktor]]
* [[Gideon (Universal Monsters)|Gideon]]
* [[Gideon (Universal Monsters)|Gideon]]
* [[Viktor (Universal Monsters)|Viktor]]
* [[Cora (Universal Monsters)|Cora]]
* [[Thane]]
* [[Margaret (Universal Monsters)|Widow Margaret]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor jokes that his "[[spider sense]] just started tingling".
* Martha compares the Thane to [[Charles III|Prince Charles]] when she hears of his occasional visits to the village.
* The Doctor compares Viktor to [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], and the keep to a [[Disneyland]] in [[Transylvania]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* This was the final DWM comic strip to date to feature Martha, although she continued to appear in the [[IDW Publishing]] comic book in America.
''to be added''
* This was the only Martha Jones comic strip not to be reprinted in the ''Tenth Doctor Comics'' special edition by Panini.
 
=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Martha mentions being threatened by [[Judoon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') [[pig slave]] and the [[Cult of Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
* The Doctor once again says he's got a "fightin' hand". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Universal Monsters was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine in 2008.

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The Doctor and Martha visit a village, where there are stories of an evil man living in a castle. But is he actually the real villain?

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 391 (9 pages) Next: The Man in the High Castle!
  2. DWM 392 (9 pages) Next: Village of the Damned!
  3. DWM 393 (9 pages) The End

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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