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|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
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|enemy= [[Zeron (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Zerons]]
|enemy= [[Zeron (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Zerons]]
|setting= [[Cornwall]], [[1970s]]
|setting= [[Cornwall]], [[1970s]]
|writer= [[Dennis Hooper]]
|writer= Dennis Hooper
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]
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|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 71-78
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 71-78
|release date= [[24 June (releases)|24 June]] - [[12 August (releases)|12 August]] [[1972 (releases)|1972]]
|release date= 24 June - 12 August 1972
|publisher= Polystyle
|publisher= Polystyle
|reprint = DWCC 12
|reprint = DWCC 12
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Third Doctor combats the twin menaces of the reverse-matter [[Zeron (The Enemy from Nowhere)|Zerons]] and [[Earth]] bureaucracy!
The Doctor is invited to Dowmphilly tracking station to observe the launch of a new space platform. However, the platform is in fact a launch pad for a nuclear arsenal. When a mysterious object is detected approaching earth it is assumed to be a meteor and, despite the Doctor's warnings, the space platform use it as target practice for a nuclear missile. As the missile has no effect it soon becomes clear that the object is a spacecraft, In retaliation, the space platform is apparently destroyed. Fearful that the Earth has instigated a space war what it cannot hope to win, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS to the alien vessel to confront its unseen occupants.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* These Zerons are not those from the later story ''[[Zeron Invasion (comic story)|Zeron Invasion]]'', nor are they the [[Xeron]]s from ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''.
* These Zerons are not those from the later story ''[[Zeron Invasion (comic story)|Zeron Invasion]]'', nor are they the [[Xeron]]s from ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]''.
=== Original print details ===
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
* TVA 71 (3 pages) A military mystery for the Doctor... / ...or a new enemy in time? See next week!
* TVA 72 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor's plan's upset... / ...and the world's future is in peril!
* TVA 73 (3 pages) Next week, a threat to Earth... / ...and the Doctor is powerless!
* TVA 74 (3 pages) What are the Doctor's fears? / ...see next week!
* TVA 75 (3 pages) Earth is threatened by an invisible attack... / ...follow the Doctor's mystery journey, next week!
* TVA 76 (3 pages) Next week Earth's envoys are in trouble... / ...and the Doctor faces an unexpected foe!
* TVA 77 (3 pages) Next week, Earth is inches from destruction... / ...and the Doctor takes a gamble with death!
* TVA 78 (3 pages) The Doctor's time journey continues until... / ...he meets the UGRAKK—next week!
:<u>Note:</u> The closing caption for each instalment was split over the second and third pages of the strip.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==

Latest revision as of 20:49, 3 November 2024

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The Enemy from Nowhere was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor is invited to Dowmphilly tracking station to observe the launch of a new space platform. However, the platform is in fact a launch pad for a nuclear arsenal. When a mysterious object is detected approaching earth it is assumed to be a meteor and, despite the Doctor's warnings, the space platform use it as target practice for a nuclear missile. As the missile has no effect it soon becomes clear that the object is a spacecraft, In retaliation, the space platform is apparently destroyed. Fearful that the Earth has instigated a space war what it cannot hope to win, the Doctor travels in the TARDIS to the alien vessel to confront its unseen occupants.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The general asks whether the alien menace is anti-matter, which the Doctor says is "quite another thing".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVA 71 (3 pages) A military mystery for the Doctor... / ...or a new enemy in time? See next week!
  • TVA 72 (3 pages) Next week the Doctor's plan's upset... / ...and the world's future is in peril!
  • TVA 73 (3 pages) Next week, a threat to Earth... / ...and the Doctor is powerless!
  • TVA 74 (3 pages) What are the Doctor's fears? / ...see next week!
  • TVA 75 (3 pages) Earth is threatened by an invisible attack... / ...follow the Doctor's mystery journey, next week!
  • TVA 76 (3 pages) Next week Earth's envoys are in trouble... / ...and the Doctor faces an unexpected foe!
  • TVA 77 (3 pages) Next week, Earth is inches from destruction... / ...and the Doctor takes a gamble with death!
  • TVA 78 (3 pages) The Doctor's time journey continues until... / ...he meets the UGRAKK—next week!
Note: The closing caption for each instalment was split over the second and third pages of the strip.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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