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|image= Steel fist.jpg | |image= Steel fist.jpg | ||
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | ||
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|doctor= Third Doctor | |doctor= Third Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|enemy= [[Arnie Babbs | |enemy= [[Arnie Babbs]] | ||
|setting= [[Point Farm]], [[1970s]] | |setting= [[Point Farm]], [[1970s]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Dennis Hooper | ||
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | |artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 89-93 | |publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 89-93 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 28 October - 25 November 1972 | ||
|publisher= Polystyle | |publisher= Polystyle | ||
|reprint = DWCC 15 | |reprint = DWCC 15 | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 5 | |||
|prev= The Ugrakks (comic story) | |prev= The Ugrakks (comic story) | ||
|next= Zeron Invasion (comic story) | |next= Zeron Invasion (comic story) | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Doctor witnesses the kidnapping of nuclear physicist Simon Trent and his young son. Giving chase, the Doctor is himself captured and taken to an island belonging to the apparently alien General Steelfist. Both Trent and later the Doctor are transported to a space station orbiting the Earth. There they are forced to construct a nuclear device with which Steelfist intends to blackmail the world. However the Doctor becomes suspicious of the mysterious Steelfist and discovers that the space station is in fact the top of a lighthouse close to the island. With the help of old beachcomber, Arnie Babbs, the Doctor and Trent escape. But is Babbs the friend that he appears to be? | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* Doctor [[Simon Trent]] | * Doctor [[Simon Trent]] | ||
* [[Arnie Babbs]] | * [[Arnie Babbs]] | ||
* [[Peter Trent]] | |||
* [[Dalton]] | * [[Dalton]] | ||
* [[O'Shea]] | * [[O'Shea]] | ||
* [[Thug (Steelfist)|Thug]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor fears catching [[pneumonia]] from the cold [[sea]] water. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story marks the first time that the Doctor's [[car]] is referred to by its proper name "[[Bessie]]," rather than "Betsy," as it had previously been called in the comics. | * This story marks the first time that the Doctor's [[car]] is referred to by its proper name "[[Bessie]]," rather than "Betsy," as it had previously been called in the comics. | ||
* Due to a publisher's error, both the third and fourth instalments were billed as being Part 3 — the latter reading "Part Three" (in word form, as here). | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 89 (3 pages) Surprise next week, when The Doctor wakes up! | |||
* TVA 90 (3 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVA 91 (3 pages) Steelfist's true identity revealed — next week! | |||
* TVA 92 (3 pages) More Earthbound drama next week! | |||
* TVA 93 (3 pages) Great New Doctor Who Story Next Week! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1972 comic stories]] | [[Category:1972 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]] | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:28, 5 February 2024
Steelfist was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.
Summary[[edit]]
The Doctor witnesses the kidnapping of nuclear physicist Simon Trent and his young son. Giving chase, the Doctor is himself captured and taken to an island belonging to the apparently alien General Steelfist. Both Trent and later the Doctor are transported to a space station orbiting the Earth. There they are forced to construct a nuclear device with which Steelfist intends to blackmail the world. However the Doctor becomes suspicious of the mysterious Steelfist and discovers that the space station is in fact the top of a lighthouse close to the island. With the help of old beachcomber, Arnie Babbs, the Doctor and Trent escape. But is Babbs the friend that he appears to be?
Characters[[edit]]
Worldbuilding[[edit]]
Notes[[edit]]
- This story marks the first time that the Doctor's car is referred to by its proper name "Bessie," rather than "Betsy," as it had previously been called in the comics.
- Due to a publisher's error, both the third and fourth instalments were billed as being Part 3 — the latter reading "Part Three" (in word form, as here).
Original print details[[edit]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 89 (3 pages) Surprise next week, when The Doctor wakes up!
- TVA 90 (3 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 91 (3 pages) Steelfist's true identity revealed — next week!
- TVA 92 (3 pages) More Earthbound drama next week!
- TVA 93 (3 pages) Great New Doctor Who Story Next Week!
Continuity[[edit]]
to be added
External links[[edit]]
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