The Gaze of the Gorgon (comic story)

The Gaze of the Gorgon
Doctor:	First Doctor
Companion(s):	John, Gillian
Main enemy:	Gorgon
Main setting:	Zeno
Release details
Printed in:	TV Comic Holiday Special 1966
Release date:	1966
Format:	Comic - 1 part (2 pages)
TV Comic Holiday Special stories
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You may be looking for the 2016 comic, Gaze of the Medusa.

The Gaze of the Gorgon was the second of two Doctor Who comic stories in the pages of the TV Comic Holiday Special 1966. As happened elsewhere in the TV Comic Doctor Who comic stories, it established that an Earth mythological being, in this case the Gorgon, was a "real" part of the Doctor Who universe.

Summary

The First Doctor, John and Gillian visit the planet Zeno. They find that its inhabitants have been turned to stone by the Gorgon. Using Gillian's mirror, the Doctor tricks the Gorgon into looking upon herself, transforming her into stone. The few remaining inhabitants of Zeno emerge from their hiding places to thank the Doctor for freeing them from the Gorgon and the time travellers depart to a new adventure.

Characters

• First Doctor
• John Who
• Gillian Who
• Gorgon

Worldbuilding

to be added

Notes

• Contradicting The Gaze of the Gorgon, The Sarah Jane Adventures TV story Eye of the Gorgon refutes the existence of the mythological snake-haired humanoids in Greek mythology called Gorgons, instead calling them an embellishment of the "melodramatic" Greeks who witnessed a parasitic Gorgon race originating millions of light-years from Earth. The story also establishes only three Gorgons on Earth, all three of which died on Earth during or before Eye of the Gorgon.

Continuity

• The Doctor uses his monocle to examination Zeno while looking for the locals. (TV: The Sensorites, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Web Planet, The Space Museum, Galaxy 4, The Daleks' Master Plan)