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|name = ''A Stitch in Time''
|name = ''A Stitch in Time''
|image= Stitch in time.jpg
|image = Stitch in time.jpg
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
|doctor= Third Doctor
|doctor = Third Doctor
|companions= [[Brod (A Stitch in Time)|Brod]]
|companions= [[Brod (A Stitch in Time)|Brod]]
|enemy= [[Mute (A Stitch in Time)|Mutes]]
|enemy = [[Mute (A Stitch in Time)|Mutes]]
|setting=[[London]], [[5000]]; [[New York City|New York]], [[1872]]
|setting=[[London]], [[5000]]<br>[[New York City|New York]], [[1872]]
|writer= [[Dennis Hooper]]
|writer = Dennis Hooper
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]
|artist = [[Gerry Haylock]]
|editor=
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|colourist=
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|letterer=
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|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 63-70
|publication = ''[[TV Action]]'' 63-70
|release date= [[29 April (releases)|29 April]] - [[17 June (releases)|17 June]] [[1972 (releases)|1972]]
|release date= 29 April - 17 June 1972
|publisher= Polystyle
|publisher = Polystyle
|reprint = DWCC 7
|reprint = DWCC 7
|format= Comic - 8 parts (24 pages)
|format = Comic
|prev= The Planet of the Daleks (comic story)
|epcount = 8
|next= The Enemy from Nowhere (comic story)
|prev = The Planet of the Daleks (comic story)
|next = The Enemy from Nowhere (comic story)
}}{{comic stub}}
}}{{comic stub}}
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
After arriving in a desolate future [[London]], terrorised by [[Mute (A Stitch in Time)|Mute]] warriors atop six-legged [[camel]]s, the Doctor must determine the [[Theodore Cassells|origin]] of this strange new world.
After colliding with an exploding galaxy, the TARDIS takes the Doctor to England in the year 5000. There, in the ruins of the British Library, the Doctor meets the last remaining men, or 'norms', on Earth. The TARDIS is carried off by a giant airship piloted by a race of mute supermen known as the 'mutants'. Defeating the leader of the mutants the Doctor saves the TARDIS from destruction. With the norm, Brod, the Doctor travels to New York in 1872. There they seek out Professor Cassells whose biological experiments were the original cause of the Earth's devastation in the future. However, unable to believe the Doctor's incredible story, the Professor refuses to halt his research.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Gleet]]
* [[Gleet]]
* [[Professor]] [[Theodore Cassells]]
* [[Professor]] [[Theodore Cassells]]
* [[Barney (A Stitch in Time)|Barney]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Six-legged camel]]s have evolved from [[camel]]s.
* [[Six-legged camel]]s have evolved from [[camel]]s.
* Cassells calls the TARDIS a "[[Jules Verne]] fantasy".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story largely takes place in an [[alternate timeline]] in which the [[Earth]] was devastated by a [[nuclear war]] started by the experiments of [[Theodore Cassells]].
 
=== Original print details ===
 
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
 
* TVA 63 (3 pages) Next week, Doctor Who battles for his life... / ...in a desperate struggle with the beings of a lost time!
* TVA 64 (3 pages) More dangers for the Doctor next week... / ...when he loses his only means of escape!
* TVA 65 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor is in serious trouble... / ...lost in time on our own planet Earth!
* TVA 66 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor is posed with a problem... / ...and a struggle for the survival of Earth!
* TVA 67 (3 pages) Trapped in the sky of a lost world... / ...can the Doctor ever set Earth on the right course?
* TVA 68 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor takes a trip... / ...on a mission to alter time itself!
* TVA 69 (3 pages) Next week the time travellers are in trouble... / ...on a ship set for disaster!
* TVA 70 (3 pages) New Doctor Who story next week!
 
<u>Note:</u> The closing caption for each instalment bar TVA 70 was split over the second and third pages of the strip.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* This story offers one of many explanations of how the ''[[Marie Celeste]]'' sank, and [[the Doctor]]'s involvement in the events. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', etc.)
* The Doctor once again uses [[Jupiter]] as an intensive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eternal Present (comic story)|The Eternal Present]]'')
* The Doctor is once again involved in the abandoning of the ''[[Marie Celeste]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 51st century]]
[[Category:Stories set in 5000]]
[[Category:Stories set in New York City]]
[[Category:Stories set in New York City]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1872]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1872]]
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[[Category:1972 comic stories]]
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[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]]
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[[Category:Eight part comics]]

Latest revision as of 03:46, 22 October 2024

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You may be looking for the Comic Creator story of the same name.

A Stitch in Time was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

After colliding with an exploding galaxy, the TARDIS takes the Doctor to England in the year 5000. There, in the ruins of the British Library, the Doctor meets the last remaining men, or 'norms', on Earth. The TARDIS is carried off by a giant airship piloted by a race of mute supermen known as the 'mutants'. Defeating the leader of the mutants the Doctor saves the TARDIS from destruction. With the norm, Brod, the Doctor travels to New York in 1872. There they seek out Professor Cassells whose biological experiments were the original cause of the Earth's devastation in the future. However, unable to believe the Doctor's incredible story, the Professor refuses to halt his research.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVA 63 (3 pages) Next week, Doctor Who battles for his life... / ...in a desperate struggle with the beings of a lost time!
  • TVA 64 (3 pages) More dangers for the Doctor next week... / ...when he loses his only means of escape!
  • TVA 65 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor is in serious trouble... / ...lost in time on our own planet Earth!
  • TVA 66 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor is posed with a problem... / ...and a struggle for the survival of Earth!
  • TVA 67 (3 pages) Trapped in the sky of a lost world... / ...can the Doctor ever set Earth on the right course?
  • TVA 68 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor takes a trip... / ...on a mission to alter time itself!
  • TVA 69 (3 pages) Next week the time travellers are in trouble... / ...on a ship set for disaster!
  • TVA 70 (3 pages) New Doctor Who story next week!

Note: The closing caption for each instalment bar TVA 70 was split over the second and third pages of the strip.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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