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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image= Enemy from nowhere.jpg | |image= Enemy from nowhere.jpg | ||
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | ||
|number= | |number= | ||
|doctor= Third Doctor | |doctor= Third Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Davie Jenkins]] | |companions= [[Davie Jenkins|Jenkins]] | ||
|enemy= [[Zeron (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Zerons]] | |enemy= [[Zeron (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Zerons]] | ||
|setting= [[Cornwall]], [[ | |setting= [[Cornwall]], [[1970s]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Dennis Hooper | ||
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | |artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 71-78 | |publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 71-78 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 24 June - 12 August 1972 | ||
|publisher= Polystyle | |publisher= Polystyle | ||
|reprint = DWCC 12 | |reprint = DWCC 12 | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The | The Doctor is invited to Dowmphilly tracking station to observe the launch of a new space platform. However, the platform is in fact a launch pad for a nuclear arsenal. When a mysterious object is detected approaching earth it is assumed to be a meteor and, despite the Doctor's warnings, the space platform use it as target practice for a nuclear missile. As the missile has no effect it soon becomes clear that the object is a spacecraft, In retaliation, the space platform is apparently destroyed. Fearful that the Earth has instigated a space war what it cannot hope to win, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS to the alien vessel to confront its unseen occupants. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Secretary (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Secretary]] | * [[Secretary (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Secretary]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The general asks whether the alien menace is [[anti-matter]], which the Doctor says is "quite another thing". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* These Zerons are not those from the later story ''[[Zeron Invasion]]''. | * These Zerons are not those from the later story ''[[Zeron Invasion (comic story)|Zeron Invasion]]'', nor are they the [[Xeron]]s from ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''. | ||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 71 (3 pages) A military mystery for the Doctor... / ...or a new enemy in time? See next week! | |||
* TVA 72 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor's plan's upset... / ...and the world's future is in peril! | |||
* TVA 73 (3 pages) Next week, a threat to Earth... / ...and the Doctor is powerless! | |||
* TVA 74 (3 pages) What are the Doctor's fears? / ...see next week! | |||
* TVA 75 (3 pages) Earth is threatened by an invisible attack... / ...follow the Doctor's mystery journey, next week! | |||
* TVA 76 (3 pages) Next week Earth's envoys are in trouble... / ...and the Doctor faces an unexpected foe! | |||
* TVA 77 (3 pages) Next week, Earth is inches from destruction... / ...and the Doctor takes a gamble with death! | |||
* TVA 78 (3 pages) The Doctor's time journey continues until... / ...he meets the UGRAKK—next week! | |||
:<u>Note:</u> The closing caption for each instalment was split over the second and third pages of the strip. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Latest revision as of 20:49, 3 November 2024
The Enemy from Nowhere was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor is invited to Dowmphilly tracking station to observe the launch of a new space platform. However, the platform is in fact a launch pad for a nuclear arsenal. When a mysterious object is detected approaching earth it is assumed to be a meteor and, despite the Doctor's warnings, the space platform use it as target practice for a nuclear missile. As the missile has no effect it soon becomes clear that the object is a spacecraft, In retaliation, the space platform is apparently destroyed. Fearful that the Earth has instigated a space war what it cannot hope to win, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS to the alien vessel to confront its unseen occupants.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Third Doctor
- Davie Jenkins
- Weatherall
- Sir Ian MacGregor
- General
- Sir Malcolm Ruttsby
- Carl
- Joe
- Fred
- Secretary
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The general asks whether the alien menace is anti-matter, which the Doctor says is "quite another thing".
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- These Zerons are not those from the later story Zeron Invasion, nor are they the Xerons from The Space Museum.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 71 (3 pages) A military mystery for the Doctor... / ...or a new enemy in time? See next week!
- TVA 72 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor's plan's upset... / ...and the world's future is in peril!
- TVA 73 (3 pages) Next week, a threat to Earth... / ...and the Doctor is powerless!
- TVA 74 (3 pages) What are the Doctor's fears? / ...see next week!
- TVA 75 (3 pages) Earth is threatened by an invisible attack... / ...follow the Doctor's mystery journey, next week!
- TVA 76 (3 pages) Next week Earth's envoys are in trouble... / ...and the Doctor faces an unexpected foe!
- TVA 77 (3 pages) Next week, Earth is inches from destruction... / ...and the Doctor takes a gamble with death!
- TVA 78 (3 pages) The Doctor's time journey continues until... / ...he meets the UGRAKK—next week!
- Note: The closing caption for each instalment was split over the second and third pages of the strip.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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