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|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
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|publication= [[TVC 690]]-[[TVC 692|692]]
|publication= [[TVC 690]]-[[TVC 692|692]]
|release date= [[1 March (releases)|1]] - [[15 March (releases)|15 March]] [[1965 (releases)|1965]]
|release date= 1 - 15 March 1965
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|reprint = DWCC 13
|reprint = DWCC 13
|format= Comic
|format= Comic - 3 parts (6 pages)
|prev= The Therovian Quest (comic story)
|prev= The Therovian Quest (comic story)
|next= On the Web Planet (comic story)
|next= On the Web Planet (comic story)
|epcount = 3
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'''''The Hijackers of Thrax''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[First Doctor]], and [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who]].
'''''The Hijackers of Thrax''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[First Doctor]], and [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who]].
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is the first story to clarify that John and Gillian are brother and sister, the previous stories only establishing their shared relation by being the Doctor's grandchildren.
* This is the first story to clarify that John and Gillian are brother and sister, the previous stories only establishing their shared relation by being the Doctor's grandchildren.
* The following story, ''[[On the Web Planet (comic story)|On the Web Planet]]'', was announced by means of a closing frame depicting a black-and-white photographic cut-out of a Zarbi, with the accompanying caption "next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!" ''(original published text)''
* This story was reprinted in [[DWCC 13]] in colour.
* This story was reprinted in [[DWCC 13]] in colour.
=== Original print details ===
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
* TVC 690 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 691 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 692 (2 pages) next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==

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The Hijackers of Thrax was a TV Comic story featuring the First Doctor, and John and Gillian Who.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the year 2075, vital supply ships to Earth's colony on Venus are being seized by a band of pirates under command of Captain Anastas Thrax. The Doctor leads a revolt by Thrax's prisoners aboard his invisible space station.

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first story to clarify that John and Gillian are brother and sister, the previous stories only establishing their shared relation by being the Doctor's grandchildren.
  • The following story, On the Web Planet, was announced by means of a closing frame depicting a black-and-white photographic cut-out of a Zarbi, with the accompanying caption "next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!" (original published text)
  • This story was reprinted in DWCC 13 in colour.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 690 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 691 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 692 (2 pages) next week DR. WHO meets the ZARBI on the Web Planet!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added