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|image = Quick Change.jpg | |||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor (Earth-33⅓){{!}}Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions = [[Peri Brown (Earth-33⅓)|Peri]] | ||
|setting = [[Earth-33⅓]] | |||
|writer = Tim Quinn], Dicky Howett | |||
|setting = | |artist = [[Tim Quinn]], [[Dicky Howett]] | ||
|writer = | |anthology = The Doctor Who Fun Book | ||
|artist = [[Tim Quinn]] | |release date = 21 May 1987 | ||
| | |reprint = It's Even Bigger on the Inside | ||
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|publisher = Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|series = ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' stories | |series = ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' stories | ||
|prev = | |prev = Gallifrey Academy Report (feature) | ||
|next = Secrets of the Daleks 2 (comic story) | |next = Secrets of the Daleks 2 (comic story) | ||
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'''''Quick Change''''' was a light, two-page comic story in [[Tim Quinn]] and [[Dicky Howett]]'s ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]''. Although not a parody as such, it returned to Quinn and Howett's comedy roots, with a fun look at the matter of [[the Doctor's TARDIS (Earth-33⅓)|the Doctor's TARDIS]]'s broken [[chameleon circuit]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Much to [[Peri Brown]]'s distress, the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s hubristic attempts to repair the broken [[chameleon circuit]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] result in the TARDIS rapidly shifting between an improbable array of forms before settling back into a [[police box]]. She demands that the Doctor stop the experiments | Much to [[Peri Brown (Earth-33⅓)|Peri Brown]]'s distress, the [[Sixth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Sixth Doctor]]'s hubristic attempts to repair the broken [[chameleon circuit]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS (Earth-33⅓)|his TARDIS]] result in the TARDIS rapidly shifting between an improbable array of forms before settling back into a [[police box]]. She demands that the Doctor stop the experiments. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor]] | * [[Sixth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Sixth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Peri Brown]] | * [[Peri Brown (Earth-33⅓)|Peri Brown]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The improbable objects that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]'s [[outer plasmic shell]] briefly turns into include a [[house]], [[Nelson's Column]], a giant [[strawberry]]-like fruit, a [[clock]], a [[train]] engine, an oversized copy of the ''[[Radio Times]]'', a [[car]] and a [[Christmas tree]]. | * The improbable objects that [[the Doctor's TARDIS (Earth-33⅓)|the Doctor's TARDIS]]'s [[outer plasmic shell]] briefly turns into include a [[house]], [[Nelson's Column (Earth-33⅓)|Nelson's Column]], a giant [[strawberry]]-like fruit, a [[clock]], a [[train]] engine, an oversized copy of the ''[[Radio Times (Earth-33⅓)|Radio Times]]'', a [[car]] and a [[Christmas tree]]. | ||
== Notes == | |||
* The ''Radio Times'' issue does not correspond to any real issue of the magazine, instead featuring [[Tripod (vehicle)|tripods]] on the cover in an allusion to [[H. G. Wells]]'s ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] is | * The [[Sixth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Sixth Doctor]] is still attempting to repair the [[chameleon circuit]] only for the TARDIS to keep turning into equally-inappropriate shapes, something shown with the [[Sixth Doctor|main Sixth Doctor]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}}. | ||
{{Quinn and Howett stories}} | |||
[[Category:The Doctor Who Fun Book comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Comic stories set in Earth-33⅓]] | |||
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[[Category:Sixth Doctor comic stories]] | [[Category:Sixth Doctor comic stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:47, 26 October 2024
Quick Change was a light, two-page comic story in Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett's The Doctor Who Fun Book. Although not a parody as such, it returned to Quinn and Howett's comedy roots, with a fun look at the matter of the Doctor's TARDIS's broken chameleon circuit.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Much to Peri Brown's distress, the Sixth Doctor's hubristic attempts to repair the broken chameleon circuit of his TARDIS result in the TARDIS rapidly shifting between an improbable array of forms before settling back into a police box. She demands that the Doctor stop the experiments.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The improbable objects that the Doctor's TARDIS's outer plasmic shell briefly turns into include a house, Nelson's Column, a giant strawberry-like fruit, a clock, a train engine, an oversized copy of the Radio Times, a car and a Christmas tree.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Radio Times issue does not correspond to any real issue of the magazine, instead featuring tripods on the cover in an allusion to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Sixth Doctor is still attempting to repair the chameleon circuit only for the TARDIS to keep turning into equally-inappropriate shapes, something shown with the main Sixth Doctor in TV: Attack of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)"].
