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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image=Perceptions Pt1.jpg | |image = Perceptions Pt1.jpg | ||
|series= [[RT comic stories|''Radio Times'' comic stories]] | |series= [[RT comic stories|''Radio Times'' comic stories]] | ||
|doctor= Eighth Doctor | |doctor= Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Stacy Townsend|Stacy]], [[Ssard]] | |companions= [[Stacy Townsend|Stacy]], [[Ssard]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= [[Shapeshifter (Perceptions)|Shapeshifters]] | ||
|setting= [[London]] | |setting= [[London]], [[Victorian era]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Gary Russell | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | |artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | ||
|colourist=[[Alan Craddock]] | |colourist = [[Alan Craddock]] | ||
|letterer=[[Elitta Fell]] | |letterer=[[Elitta Fell]] | ||
|publication= | |publication= [[RT 3805]] - [[RT 3814]] | ||
| | |cover date= 4 January 1996 - 8 March 1997 | ||
|publisher= Radio Times | |publisher= Radio Times | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 10 | |||
|prev= Ascendance (comic story) | |prev= Ascendance (comic story) | ||
|next= Coda (comic story) | |next= Coda (comic story) | ||
}} | |||
'''''Perceptions''''' was a [[RT comic stories|''Radio Times'' comic story]] featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Stacy Townsend]] and [[Ssard]]. | '''''Perceptions''''' was a [[RT comic stories|''Radio Times'' comic story]] featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Stacy Townsend]] and [[Ssard]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Eighth | The [[Eighth Doctor]] and his friends, [[Ssard]] and [[Stacy Townsend]], arrive in [[Victorian]] [[London]], where they discover a [[spaceship]] which is [[Invisibility|invisible]] to the people of the time. They meet the ship's occupant, [[P'fer'd]], an [[Equinoid]]. P'fer'd tells the Doctor his wife [[M'rek'd]] is missing. Stacy and some street urchins rescue M'rek'd from a freak show. However, the owner of the freak show is not himself human, but a shape-shifting alien; Stacy and the urchins are attacked. P'fer'd is re-united with M'rek'd and the Doctor and Ssard with Stacy... apparently. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[M'rek'd]] | * [[M'rek'd]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Ssard joined the TARDIS so he could "see the universe." | * Ssard joined the TARDIS so he could "see the universe." | ||
* P'fer'd disguises his ship and himself with a [[Mark III Image Inducer]], which takes up too much power. | * P'fer'd disguises his ship and himself with a [[Mark III Image Inducer]], which takes up too much power. | ||
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* Equinoids have knowledge of [[Galactic Law]]. | * Equinoids have knowledge of [[Galactic Law]]. | ||
* The Doctor calls P'fer'd's tactic of employing street urchins "very [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmesian]].” | * The Doctor calls P'fer'd's tactic of employing street urchins "very [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmesian]].” | ||
* P'fer'd's ship is disguised as "Binns, Beech & Evans Solicitors | * P'fer'd's ship is disguised as "Binns, Beech & Evans Solicitors", with P'fer'd as "Mister Binns". | ||
* Stacy says the urchins smell bad, talk badly, and have walked straight out of ''[[Oliver Twist]]''. | * Stacy says the urchins smell bad, talk badly, and have walked straight out of ''[[Oliver Twist]]''. | ||
* The Doctor offered Stacy to see the universe, "one trip round the [[outer rims]]." | * The Doctor offered Stacy to see the universe, "one trip round the [[outer rims]]." | ||
* The shapeshifter electrocutes and kills a young boy. | * The shapeshifter electrocutes and kills a young boy. | ||
* The Doctor gives P'fer'd space energy cells. | * The Doctor gives P'fer'd space energy cells. | ||
* | * The surviving street urchin fears being sent to [[Carfax]] or [[Bedlam]] if he speaks of the aliens he's seen. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The [[Equinoid | * The [[Equinoid]]s match the description that the [[Third Doctor]] gave in the television story ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' of a race attending the [[Third Intergalactic Peace Conference|third intergalactic peace conference]]. | ||
* | * ''Perceptions'' was intended to be continued in ''[[Deceptions (comic story)|Deceptions]]'', where the shapeshifters would be revealed as [[Zygon]]s. Instead, the final story made was ''[[Coda (comic story)|Coda]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor mentions the [[body bepple]] fad of the late [[29th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Original Sin (novel)| | * The Doctor mentions the [[body bepple]] fad of the late [[29th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | ||
* Ssard calls a policeman a "blue guard." ([[TV]]: [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)| | * Ssard calls a policeman a "blue guard." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|rtimes.htm|Perceptions}} | {{dwrefguide|rtimes.htm|Perceptions}} | ||
{{Eighth Doctor Radio Times comics}} | |||
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[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:1997 comic stories]] | [[Category:1997 comic stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 5 July 2024
Perceptions was a Radio Times comic story featuring the Eighth Doctor, Stacy Townsend and Ssard.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eighth Doctor and his friends, Ssard and Stacy Townsend, arrive in Victorian London, where they discover a spaceship which is invisible to the people of the time. They meet the ship's occupant, P'fer'd, an Equinoid. P'fer'd tells the Doctor his wife M'rek'd is missing. Stacy and some street urchins rescue M'rek'd from a freak show. However, the owner of the freak show is not himself human, but a shape-shifting alien; Stacy and the urchins are attacked. P'fer'd is re-united with M'rek'd and the Doctor and Ssard with Stacy... apparently.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ssard joined the TARDIS so he could "see the universe."
- P'fer'd disguises his ship and himself with a Mark III Image Inducer, which takes up too much power.
- The Doctor says without the arrogance of the British Empire, humanity would have never progressed and ventured out into the stars, and Stacy would never have been born.
- Stacy complains about Victorian London's smells, fleas, cold, and germs.
- P'fer'd's ship got lost and ran out of fuel because his wife had the stellar map upside-down.
- M'rek'd is captured and put in a freak show in Kennington Park.
- Equinoids have knowledge of Galactic Law.
- The Doctor calls P'fer'd's tactic of employing street urchins "very Holmesian.”
- P'fer'd's ship is disguised as "Binns, Beech & Evans Solicitors", with P'fer'd as "Mister Binns".
- Stacy says the urchins smell bad, talk badly, and have walked straight out of Oliver Twist.
- The Doctor offered Stacy to see the universe, "one trip round the outer rims."
- The shapeshifter electrocutes and kills a young boy.
- The Doctor gives P'fer'd space energy cells.
- The surviving street urchin fears being sent to Carfax or Bedlam if he speaks of the aliens he's seen.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Equinoids match the description that the Third Doctor gave in the television story Frontier in Space of a race attending the third intergalactic peace conference.
- Perceptions was intended to be continued in Deceptions, where the shapeshifters would be revealed as Zygons. Instead, the final story made was Coda.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions the body bepple fad of the late 29th century. (PROSE: Original Sin)
- Ssard calls a policeman a "blue guard." (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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