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comic name= The Hijackers of Thrax |
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
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|image= The Hijackers of Thrax.jpg
doctor= [[First Doctor]]|
|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
companions= [[John and Gillian]]|
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enemy= Captain [[Anastas Thrax]]|
|doctor= First Doctor
year= [[2075]]|
|companions= [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
writer= [[Neville Main]]|
|enemy= [[Anastas Thrax]]
artist= [[Neville Main]]|
|setting= A space station, [[2075]]
editor=|
|writer=  
colourist=|
|artist= [[Neville Main]]
lettering=|
|editor=
publication title= [[TV Comic]] 690-692|
|colourist=
publication dates= 6 March - 20 March [[1965]]|
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publisher= |
|publication= [[TVC 690]]-[[TVC 692|692]]
format= Comic - 3 parts (6 pages)|
|release date= 1 - 15 March 1965
previous story= [[The Therovian Quest]]|
|publisher=  
next story= [[On the Web Planet]]|
|reprint = DWCC 13
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|format= Comic - 3 parts (6 pages)
|prev= The Therovian Quest (comic story)
|next= On the Web Planet (comic story)
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'''''The Hijackers of Thrax''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[First Doctor]], and [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
In the year [[2075]], vital supply ships to [[Earth]]'s colony on [[Venus]] are being seized by a band of [[space pirate|pirates]] under command of Captain [[Anastas Thrax]]. The Doctor leads a revolt by Thrax's prisoners aboard his invisible space station.
 
== Characters ==
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[John Who]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* [[Anastas Thrax]]
* [[Commander (The Hijackers of Thrax)|The Commander]]
* [[Pete (The Hijackers of Thrax)|Pete]]
* [[Captain (The Hijackers of Thrax)|Captain]] of the [[Space Police]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
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==Characters==
== Notes ==
*[[First Doctor]]
* This is the first story to clarify that John and Gillian are brother and sister, the previous stories only establishing their shared relation by being the Doctor's grandchildren.
*[[John and Gillian]]
* The following story, ''[[On the Web Planet (comic story)|On the Web Planet]]'', was announced by means of a closing frame depicting a black-and-white photographic cut-out of a Zarbi, with the accompanying caption "next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!" ''(original published text)''
*[[Anastas Thrax]]
* This story was reprinted in [[DWCC 13]] in colour.
 
=== Original print details ===


==References==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
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==Notes==
* TVC 690 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
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* TVC 691 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 692 (2 pages) next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
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''to be added''


==External Links==
{{First Doctor TVC comics}}
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[[Category:Stories set in 2075]]
[[Category:First Doctor comic stories|Hijackers of Thrax]]
[[Category:First Doctor TVC comic stories]]
[[Category:1965 comic stories]]
[[Category:Three part comics]]

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The Hijackers of Thrax was a TV Comic story featuring the First Doctor, and John and Gillian Who.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the year 2075, vital supply ships to Earth's colony on Venus are being seized by a band of pirates under command of Captain Anastas Thrax. The Doctor leads a revolt by Thrax's prisoners aboard his invisible space station.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first story to clarify that John and Gillian are brother and sister, the previous stories only establishing their shared relation by being the Doctor's grandchildren.
  • The following story, On the Web Planet, was announced by means of a closing frame depicting a black-and-white photographic cut-out of a Zarbi, with the accompanying caption "next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!" (original published text)
  • This story was reprinted in DWCC 13 in colour.

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 690 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 691 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 692 (2 pages) next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added