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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image= The Extortioner.jpg | |image= The Extortioner.jpg | ||
|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | ||
|number= | |number= | ||
|doctor = Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|featuring = [[John Who|John]] | |featuring = [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] | ||
|enemy = [[The Extortioner]] | |enemy = [[The Extortioner]] | ||
|setting= An [[planet (The Extortioner)|unnamed planet]] | |setting= An [[planet (The Extortioner)|unnamed planet]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Roger Noel Cook | ||
|artist= [[John Canning]] | |artist= [[John Canning]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 784-787 | |publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 784-787 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 24 December 1966 - 14 January 1967 | ||
|publisher= | |publisher= | ||
|reprint=DWCC 3 | |reprint = DWCC 3 | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic - 4 parts (8 pages) | ||
|prev= The Experimenters (comic story) | |prev= The Experimenters (comic story) | ||
|next= The Trodos Ambush (comic story) | |next= The Trodos Ambush (comic story) | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's | [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] lands on an unnamed planet. The [[Second Doctor]] leaves [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] in the ship and explores a nearby [[volcano]]. He discovers it is the base of [[the Extortioner]], who plans to [[blackmail]] the inhabited universe with his fleet of [[rocket]]s unless they pay his [[ransom]] demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket [[laser]]. He throws the missiles' warheads into the volcano's core, causing an [[eruption]] which destroys the Extortioner's base. Enraged, the Extortioner pursues the Doctor in his giant mechanical mole. The Doctor lures him to a crack caused by the volcano's eruption and he falls to his doom. The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, telling John and Gillian that he missed their company. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[The Extortioner]] | * [[The Extortioner]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor's [[lighter]] has a laser beam. | * The Doctor's [[lighter]] has a laser beam. | ||
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* This was the first ''TV Comic'' story to feature the [[Second Doctor]]. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality. | * This was the first ''TV Comic'' story to feature the [[Second Doctor]]. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality. | ||
* The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; ''"What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!"'' | * The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; ''"What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!"'' | ||
* This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action. | * This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action, with Gillian not even getting a line of dialogue. | ||
* The Extortioner's drilling machine is referred to as "the Mole", the same name used for [[International Rescue]]'s drilling machine in ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]''. | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVC 784 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 785 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 786 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 787 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:58, 16 November 2024
The Extortioner was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor's TARDIS lands on an unnamed planet. The Second Doctor leaves John and Gillian in the ship and explores a nearby volcano. He discovers it is the base of the Extortioner, who plans to blackmail the inhabited universe with his fleet of rockets unless they pay his ransom demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket laser. He throws the missiles' warheads into the volcano's core, causing an eruption which destroys the Extortioner's base. Enraged, the Extortioner pursues the Doctor in his giant mechanical mole. The Doctor lures him to a crack caused by the volcano's eruption and he falls to his doom. The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, telling John and Gillian that he missed their company.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor's lighter has a laser beam.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This was the first TV Comic story to feature the Second Doctor. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality.
- The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; "What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!"
- This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action, with Gillian not even getting a line of dialogue.
- The Extortioner's drilling machine is referred to as "the Mole", the same name used for International Rescue's drilling machine in Thunderbirds.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 784 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVC 785 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVC 786 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVC 787 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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