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|featuring      = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]
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|writer        = [[Tim Quinn]] & [[Dicky Howett]]
|writer        = Tim Quinn, Dicky Howett
|artist        = [[Tim Quinn]] & [[Dicky Howett]]
|artist        = [[Tim Quinn]], [[Dicky Howett]]
|publication    = ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]''
|anthology      = The Doctor Who Fun Book
|release date  = [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]]
|release date  = 21 May 1987
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|reprint        = It's Even Bigger on the Inside
|publisher      = Target Books
|publisher      = Target Books
|epcount        = 1
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'''''Outta Space''''' was the last comic story in in [[Tim Quinn]] and [[Dicky Howett]]'s ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]''. A metafictional epilogue to the book, it featured Howett and Quinn themselves as characters, after they had already been mentioned as such earlier on in ''[[Who Was 'Ere! (comic story)|Who Was 'Ere!]]''.
'''''Outta Space''''' was the last comic story in in [[Tim Quinn]] and [[Dicky Howett]]'s ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]''. A metafictional epilogue to the book, it featured Howett and Quinn themselves as characters, after they had already been mentioned as such earlier on in {{cs|Who Was 'Ere! (comic story)}}.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[Dicky Howett (Who Was 'Ere!)|Mr Howett]] and [[Tim Quinn (Who Was 'Ere!)|Mr Quinn]] have finished writing and illustrating every single page of ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book (The Final Script)|The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' and they must now reluctantly return to their ''usual'' job — working the huge [[bellows]] which produces [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s "Vworp! Vworp!" sound every time it dematerialises!
[[Dicky Howett (Earth-33⅓)|Mr Howett]] and [[Tim Quinn (Earth-33⅓)|Mr Quinn]] have finished writing and illustrating every single page of ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book (in-universe)|The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' and they must now reluctantly return to their ''usual'' job — working the huge [[bellows]] which produces [[the Doctor's TARDIS (Earth-33⅓)|the TARDIS]]'s "Vworp! Vworp!" sound every time it dematerialises!


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Dicky Howett (Who Was 'Ere!)|Dicky Howett]]
* [[Dicky Howett (Earth-33⅓)|Dicky Howett]]
* [[Tim Quinn (Who Was 'Ere!)|Tim Quinn]]
* [[Tim Quinn (Earth-33⅓)|Tim Quinn]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[bellows]] is emblazoned "[[BBC|BBC Sound Effects]]".
* The [[bellows]] is emblazoned "[[BBC (Earth-33⅓)|BBC Sound Effects]]".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The actual TV series would eventually give its own comedic answer to the origin of the TARDIS's iconic "wheezing, groaning sound" in ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'', where it is claimed to be the result of the TARDIS [[brake]]s being left on.
* The actual TV series would eventually give its own comedic answer to the origin of the TARDIS's iconic "wheezing, groaning sound" in {{cs|The Time of Angels (TV story)}}, where it is claimed to be the result of the TARDIS [[brake]]s being left on.
 
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[[Category:Stories about Doctor Who]]
[[Category:One part comics]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

Latest revision as of 13:14, 26 October 2024

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Outta Space was the last comic story in in Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett's The Doctor Who Fun Book. A metafictional epilogue to the book, it featured Howett and Quinn themselves as characters, after they had already been mentioned as such earlier on in Who Was 'Ere! [+]Loading...["Who Was 'Ere! (comic story)"].

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mr Howett and Mr Quinn have finished writing and illustrating every single page of The Doctor Who Fun Book and they must now reluctantly return to their usual job — working the huge bellows which produces the TARDIS's "Vworp! Vworp!" sound every time it dematerialises!

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The actual TV series would eventually give its own comedic answer to the origin of the TARDIS's iconic "wheezing, groaning sound" in The Time of Angels [+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"], where it is claimed to be the result of the TARDIS brakes being left on.