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|number in range = 31
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|image          = Abel's hand.jpg
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|series          = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series          = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
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|main character  = [[Abel Gantz]]
|featuring      = [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]]
|featuring      = [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]], [[Kane (Kane's Story)|Kane]]
|enemy          = [[Skeletoid]]s
|enemy          = [[Skeletoid]]s
|setting        = [[Altair IV]], [[82nd century]]
|setting        = [[Altair IV]], [[82nd century]]
|writer          = [[Alan McKenzie]]
|writer          = Alan McKenzie
|artist          = [[John Ridgway]]
|artist          = [[John Ridgway]]
|editor          = [[Cefn Ridout]]
|editor          = [[Cefn Ridout]]
|colourist      =
|colourist      =  
|letterer        = [[Annie Halfacree]]
|letterer        = [[Annie Halfacree]]
|publication    = [[DWM 105]]
|publication    = [[DWM 105]]
|release date    = [[12 September (releases)|12 September]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]]
|release date    = 12 September 1985
|publisher      = Marvel Comics
|publisher      = Marvel Comics
|reprint        = DWCC 20
|reprint        = DWCC 20
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|next            = The Warrior's Story (comic story)
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|team = [[Abel Gantz]]|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was the second consecutive script to be themed around the [[Skeletoid]]s. It largely featured [[Abel Gantz]], with the Sixth Doctor, [[Frobisher]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] relegated to non-speaking roles. After being introduced here, Gantz would appear in ''[[The Warrior's Story (comic story)|The Warrior's Story]]'' and ''[[Frobisher's Story (comic story)|Frobisher's Story]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was the second consecutive script to be themed around the [[Skeletoid]]s. It largely featured [[Abel Gantz]], with the Sixth Doctor, [[Frobisher]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] relegated to non-speaking roles. After being introduced here, Gantz would appear in ''[[The Warrior's Story (comic story)|The Warrior's Story]]'' and ''[[Frobisher's Story (comic story)|Frobisher's Story]]''.
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
The Doctor, Frobisher and Peri meet Abel Gantz, an alchemist who has developed the ability to transform his flesh into any element and shape imaginable following a laboratory accident indirectly caused by the TARDIS' escape from the Funhouse.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Kane (Kane's Story)|Kane]]
* [[Kane (Kane's Story)|Kane]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Skeletoids attack [[Altair IV]].
* The Skeletoids attack [[Altair IV]].
* Abel Gantz studied [[alchemy]].
* Abel Gantz studied [[alchemy]].
* [[Davros]] appears in a [[GBC]] news broadcast.
* [[Davros]] appears in a [[GBC]] news broadcast explaining that he has been invited to a [[Galactic Alliance]] summit but, unlike the [[Draconian]] [[Draconian High Commission|High Commission]] and the [[Cyber-Emperor]], has yet to reply.
* Abel Gantz's name may be a reference to the french movie director Abel Gance.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The TARDIS is noted to have circuitry that "can detect every disturbance in the temporal fabric of the galaxy... and, if necessary, intervene." Here, it overrides his decision to travel to [[Ankara]] without his direct knowledge. The TARDIS would similarly act to save the lives of [[First Doctor|the First Doctor]] and his companions in [[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]].''
* Abel Gantz's laboratory was destroyed by a rogue chunk of the Time Vortex created when the TARDIS breaks free of the Funhouse. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Funhouse (comic story)}})
* Abel Gantz's laboratory is destroyed by a rogue chunk of the time vortex created when the TARDIS breaks free of the titular [[COMIC]]: ''[[Funhouse (comic story)|Funhouse]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 20:09, 3 November 2024

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Abel's Story was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was the second consecutive script to be themed around the Skeletoids. It largely featured Abel Gantz, with the Sixth Doctor, Frobisher and Peri relegated to non-speaking roles. After being introduced here, Gantz would appear in The Warrior's Story and Frobisher's Story.

Summary[[edit]]

The Skeletoids are coming! As the galaxy prepares itself, Abel Gantz's life is changed forever.

Plot[[edit]]

The Doctor, Frobisher and Peri meet Abel Gantz, an alchemist who has developed the ability to transform his flesh into any element and shape imaginable following a laboratory accident indirectly caused by the TARDIS' escape from the Funhouse.

Characters[[edit]]

Worldbuilding[[edit]]

Notes[[edit]]

The colour reprint of the above panel.
  • This story was reprinted in DWCC 20 and Voyager.
  • The title Abel's Story, when paired with Kane's Story, forms a reference to Cain and Abel, two siblings mentioned in the book of Genesis of the Bible.

Continuity[[edit]]

  • Abel Gantz's laboratory was destroyed by a rogue chunk of the Time Vortex created when the TARDIS breaks free of the Funhouse. (COMIC: Funhouse [+]Loading...["Funhouse (comic story)"])

External links[[edit]]