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|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
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|writer = John Canning
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|artist=[[John Canning]]
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 1259-1265
|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 1259-1265
|release date= [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - [[13 March (releases)|13 March]] [[1976 (releases)|1976]]
|release date= 31 January - 13 March 1976
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|format= Comic - 7 parts (? pages)
|format= Comic
|epcount = 7
|prev= The Dalek Revenge (comic story)
|prev= The Dalek Revenge (comic story)
|next= Treasure Trail (comic story)
|next= Treasure Trail (comic story)
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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The Doctor and Sarah are carriers of a deadly virus, but the language barrier prevents them from warning their [[Bendriggan]] captors.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Admiral]] [[Cosmicon]]
* [[Haddinon]]
* [[Straga]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Sarah Jane compares the abandoned space station to the ''[[Mary Celeste]]''.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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=== Original print details ===
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
* TVC 1259 (2 pages) More shocks aboard the space 'wheel' soon!
* TVC 1260 (2 pages) Next week: the robot ray!
* TVC 1261 (2 pages) Death of the Doctor? See next week!
* TVC 1262 (2 pages) Next week: first victim of the virus!
* TVC 1263 (2 pages) Next week: sentence of death!
* TVC 1264 (2 pages) Next week: the final struggle!
* TVC 1265 (2 pages) Join the time-travellers in a new story next week!


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The TARDIS is en route back to Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Revenge (comic story)|The Dalek Revenge]]'')


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[[Category:1976 comic stories]]
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[[Category:Comic stories in which the Doctor is on a mission for the Time Lords]]
[[Category:Comic stories in which the Doctor is on a mission for the Time Lords]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Seven part comics]]

Latest revision as of 22:26, 6 February 2024

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Virus was a TV Comic story featuring the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Sarah are carriers of a deadly virus, but the language barrier prevents them from warning their Bendriggan captors.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Sarah Jane compares the abandoned space station to the Mary Celeste.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 1259 (2 pages) More shocks aboard the space 'wheel' soon!
  • TVC 1260 (2 pages) Next week: the robot ray!
  • TVC 1261 (2 pages) Death of the Doctor? See next week!
  • TVC 1262 (2 pages) Next week: first victim of the virus!
  • TVC 1263 (2 pages) Next week: sentence of death!
  • TVC 1264 (2 pages) Next week: the final struggle!
  • TVC 1265 (2 pages) Join the time-travellers in a new story next week!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]