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'''''Four Hours of Doom's Day''''' was a comic anthology and the second release in the multimedia series ''[[Doom's Day (series)|Doom's Day]]'', covering the second, third, fourth and fifth overall story of the franchise.
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'''''Four Hours of Doom's Day''''' was a comic anthology in the multimedia series ''[[Doom's Day (series)|Doom's Day]]'' about the assassin known as [[Doom]].


It was published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]].
It was published as a supplementary magazine alongside ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 592|issue 592]]. It was released in celebration of the [[List of anniversaries|60th Anniversary]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''To be added''
[[Doom]] visits four very different locations as the quest kicks off with a 16-page comic strip adventure in [[DWM 592|issue 592]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
 
== Plot ==
=== ''Target Selected'' ===
[[Doom]] is sitting in a dark cell room in [[Stormcage Containment Facility]], chatting with [[River Song]] about how to best track down [[the Doctor]] and their shared life-styles as [[assassin]]s.
 
River suggests Doom take the mission at [[New Calamino]], in which there is a [[Waxworks Museum]], as the Doctor is one of the exhibits there.
 
Doom thanks River, and as [[Death (mythology)|Death]] slowly approaches, the [[Doom's vortex manipulator|vortex manipulator]] goes off, and she hops off to the next location.
 
=== ''The Plastic Population'' ===
At the [[New Calamino Waxworks Museum|Waxworks Museum]] in the [[Heroes Gallery (The Plastic Population)|Heroes Gallery]] on [[New Calamino]] a brand new invention has taken centre stage, the [[Tiny Twin]] plastic doll from [[Plastic Population]], with the spokesperson [[Miss]] [[Ness Stean]] trying to change [[Minister]] [[Scarling (The Plastic Population)|Scarling]]'s mind about his [[Anti-Plastics Bill]].
 
A [[Girl (The Plastic Population)|young girl]] is seen in her room, lamenting being bored and lonely. She opens a package with a Tiny Twin doll and as it transforms into a doll replica of her, she exclaims that she will never be bored and lonely again.
 
The Minister takes a doll and it transforms into a replica of him. As he prepares to leave, Stean objects, insisting that he’ll stay to take measurements for a [[wax figure]] replica.
 
Back in the gallery, [[Doom]] starts searching for [[the Doctor]], finding the [[Sixth Doctor]] hiding as an [[astronaut]] wax figure, and goes to the backroom with him.
 
As Scarling is taken out to the backroom, the [[Auton]]s reveal themselves as they make him watch in horror as more plastic figures are created from [[human]]s.
 
The Doctor and Doom barge into the room, with the Doctor boasting about his clever plan of disguising himself as himself as they start shooting all the Autons. Suddenly Scarling turns on the Doctor and Doom, having come to a realisation, and ends up being shot by Doom, and falls into a pool of liquid plastic, disrupting the machinery.
 
As Doom turns to the Sixth Doctor for help, asking him about what happened on [[New Venice]], he regrets that he cannot help her. Disappointed, Doom takes off to a new location as her [[vortex manipulator]] goes off.
 
=== ''High Noon in Hollywood'' ===
Landing in [[1930s]] [[Hollywood]], [[Doom]] finds a [[movie]] set empty of people, wondering where everyone is, pondering they could all be on [[tea]] break at the same time.
 
Entering a [[pub]], she finds the entire building full of [[Cybermen]], deciding to run off. Followed by Cybermen in all sorts of [[costume]]s, she runs into the [[costume department]], exclaiming that either [[Universal Pictures]] had become really good or something wasn’t right.
 
She exlaims that she needs to find her target fast and wait for [[Terri]] to send new missions, and sees a poster with her target, "[[Polly Church]] in [[Queen for a Day]]", wondering what she’s done. Entering her [[makeup room]], she finds a [[Cyber-converted]] Polly, and figures it must be mercy kill. Pulling a [[water pistol|water gun]] as more Cybermen approach, she sprays them with [[plastic]], realising it does nothing. Doom runs again.
 
She finds a big box of [[explosive]]s and decides to blow up the Cybermen with them, as the vortex manipulator goes off and Doom travels to the next location.
 
=== ''The Horn of a Dilemma'' ===
At a [[renaissance]] fair, [[Doom]] sets off to stop a trick scheme. She encounters a [[Seller (The Horn of a Dilemma)|seller]], tricking people into thinking [[unicorn]]s exist, tricking them to buy their "valuable" hair strands and horns.
 
As Doom requests to buy a unicorn claiming them to not exist, the seller hesitates before agreeing to sell her a creature for a [[100000 (number)|100.000]] [[gold]]. She introduces herself as Doom the Great Hunter, in search of hunting every kind of animal to kill them.
 
In that moment a young woman comes up to her, objecting to her that she won’t let Doom kill a unicorn, but Doom whispers to her that she is not going to do any harm, only to help.
 
As a unicorn is presented before Doom, she creates a bit of trickery, making a real [[horse]] with a fake horn appear, to all the fair visitors' shock, demanding to be compensated.
 
After the effects wear off, and the unicorn returns to its own form, Doom reveals her objective was to kill the idea of the unicorn to prevent them from being hunted to extinction.
 
The woman introduces herself as [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and says she’s got [[Third Doctor|a friend]] who will help with the real unicorn huntsman. Doom then sets off to a new location as [[Death (mythology)|Death]] once more closes in on her.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Doom]] (all 4)
* [[Death (mythology)|Death]] (1st and 4th)
 
=== ''Target Selected'' ===
* [[River Song]]
 
=== ''The Plastic Population'' ===
* [[Minister]] [[Scarling (The Plastic Population)|Scarling]]
* [[Reporter 1 (The Plastic Population)|Reporter 1]]
* [[Reporter 2 (The Plastic Population)|Reporter 2]]
* [[Auton]]s
** [[Miss]] [[Ness Stean]]
* [[Girl (The Plastic Population)|Girl]]
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
 
=== ''High Noon in Hollywood'' ===
* [[Cybermen]]
** [[Polly Church]]
 
=== ''The Horn of a Dilemma'' ===
* [[Seller (The Horn of a Dilemma)|Seller]]
* [[Jo Grant]]


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This anthology takes place across the hours 0200-0500.
* This anthology takes place across Hours 0200-0500.
* The weapon that [[Doom]] is brandishing in the cover of this ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' supplement magazine, appears to resemble a [[sonic blaster]] similar to the one owned by [[Jack Harkness]]. However, no such blaster appears in any of the four stories within. The same gun seemingly makes a reappearance on the comic-style cover of [[DD 1]], the first issue of ''[[A Doctor in the House? (comic story)|A Doctor in the House?]]''.
 
== Credits ==
* Editor: [[Marcus Hearn]]
* Deputy Editor: [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
* Art Editor: [[Mike Jones (designer)|Mike Jones]]
* Contributing Editor: [[Alan Barnes]]
 
:[[Panini UK Ltd]]
* Managing Director: [[Chris Clover]]
* Consultant: [[Mike Riddell]]
* Managing Editor: [[Alan O'Keefe]]
* Head of Production: [[Mark Irvine]]
* Circulation & Trade Marketing Controller: [[Rebecca Smith]]
* Head of Marketing: [[Jess Tadmor]]
* Marketing Executive: [[Samantha Hammond]]
 
:[[BBC Studios]], UK Publishing
* Chair, Editorial Review Boards: [[Nicholas Brett]]
* Managing Director, Consumer Products and Licensing: [[Stephen Davies]]
* Global Director, Magazines: [[Mandy Thwaites]]
* Compliance Manager: [[Cameron K McEwan|Cameron McEwan]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.doctorwho.tv/stories/target-selected ''Four Hours of Doom's Day'' on the ''Doctor Who'' website]
* [https://www.doctorwho.tv/stories/target-selected ''Four Hours of Doom's Day'' on the ''Doctor Who'' website]
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[[Category:2023 comic anthologies]]
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You may be looking for Four From Doom's Day or Four to Doomsday.

Four Hours of Doom's Day was a comic anthology and the second release in the multimedia series Doom's Day, covering the second, third, fourth and fifth overall story of the franchise.

It was published as a supplementary magazine alongside Doctor Who Magazine issue 592. It was released in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doom visits four very different locations as the quest kicks off with a 16-page comic strip adventure in issue 592 of Doctor Who Magazine.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Hours Featuring Released
1 Target Selected Jacqueline Rayner 0200 River Song 22 June 2023
2 The Plastic Population 0300 Sixth Doctor, Autons
3 High Noon in Hollywood 0400 Cybermen
4 The Horn of a Dilemma 0500 Jo Grant

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This anthology takes place across Hours 0200-0500.
  • The weapon that Doom is brandishing in the cover of this Doctor Who Magazine supplement magazine, appears to resemble a sonic blaster similar to the one owned by Jack Harkness. However, no such blaster appears in any of the four stories within. The same gun seemingly makes a reappearance on the comic-style cover of DD 1, the first issue of A Doctor in the House?.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Panini UK Ltd
BBC Studios, UK Publishing

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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