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comic name= The Eternal Present|
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Action]]|
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|image        = The Eternal Present.jpg
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|series       = [[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
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|doctor       = Third Doctor
enemy= [[Mar-Kom]] |
|companions   = [[Theophilus Tolliver|Theo]]
year= [[England]], [[1970s]] and [[New Britain]], [[3550]]|
|enemy       = [[Mar-Kom]]
writer= |
|setting      = {{il|[[England]], [[1971]]|[[New Britain]], [[3550]]}}
artist= [[Harry Lindfield]] and [[Gerry Haylock]]|
|writer       = Dennis Hooper
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|artist       = [[Harry Lindfield]] and [[Gerry Haylock]]
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|publication = ''[[TV Action]]'' 40-46
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|release date = 20 November 1971 - 1 January 1972
publication title= [[TV Action]] 40-46|
|publisher    = Polystyle
publication dates= 20 November [[1971]] - 1 January [[1972]]|
|reprint      = DWCC 4
publisher= |
|reprint2    = DWCC 5
format= Comic - 7 parts (? pages) |
|format       = Comic
previous story= [[Backtime]]|
|epcount      = 7
next story= [[*Sub Zero]]|
|prev        = Backtime (comic story)
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|next        = *Sub Zero (comic story){{!}}*Sub Zero
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'''''The Eternal Present''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Doctor and the TARDIS are abducted by Andron, a member of the time police from the far-flung future of England. Imprisoned in a stasis box with Victorian time-traveller Theophillus Tolliver, the Doctor learns that they are in New Britain which is governed by someone or something called Mar-Kom who has outlawed time travel. Subjected to trial-by-combat with a robot, the Doctor and Theo discovers that Mar-Kom is in fact a giant robot controlled by a vast computer installed in St Paul's Cathedral. With the population of Earth frozen in time, the Doctor and Theo fight to overpower the mad computer's rule before its robotic forces can stop them
The [[Third Doctor]] has been pursued through time and captured for the "crime" of [[time travel]]. Taken to [[New Britain]] in [[3550]], the Doctor is sentenced to trial by combat by [[Mar-Kom]], the ruler of New Britain. The [[Time Lord]] allies himself with [[Theophilus Tolliver]], the [[inventor]] of [[Earth]]'s first [[time machine]], to uncover the truth about Mar-Kom.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
*[[Andron]]
* [[Theophilus Tolliver]]
*[[Mar-Kom]]
* [[Andron (The Eternal Present)|Andron]]
*[[Theophilus Tolliver]]
* [[Mar-Kom]]
* [[Technician (The Eternal Present)|Technician]]
* PC [[Ernest Whitehouse]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The TARDIS travels the edges of [[Galaxy 884]].
* The [[time police]] can track the Doctor's TARDIS to the [[end of time]].
* The Doctor is referred to as an ex-Time Lord.
* The Doctor uses [[Jupiter]] as an intensive.
* Theo invented his time machine in [[1897]].
* Theo is a friend of [[H. G. Wells]].
* [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] still stands in New London.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* In a rather unusual bit of intertextuality, Theophilus Tolliver is implied to be the unnamed traveller from [[H.G. Wells]]'s ''[[The Time Machine]]''.
* The Doctor breaks the [[fourth wall]] in the closing frame of the last instalment, saying to the readers: ''"But, of course — he ''[Theo]'' will get home safely! And tell his story to his friend... H.G. Wells!"''


==Continuity==
=== Original print details ===
''to be added''


==Timeline==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
*This story occurs after [[TVA]]: ''[[The Plant Master]]''
*This story occurs before [[TVA]]: ''[[*Sub Zero]]''


==External links==
* TVA 40 (2 pages) CONTINUED NEXT WEEK!
''to be added''
* TVA 41 (2 pages) More Next Week!
* TVA 42 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVA 43 (2 pages) More next week!
* TVA 44 (2 pages) More next week!
* TVA 45 (2 pages) MORE NEXT WEEK!
* TVA 46 (2 pages) GREAT NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!


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== Continuity ==
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories|Eternal Present]]
* The Doctor has been placed on trial before for his actions involving time travel, with his [[second incarnation]]'s [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|trial on Gallifrey]] for violating the [[non-interference policy]] being the reason he was an [[exile on Earth]] in the first place. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
 
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#6|The Eternal Present}}
 
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
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[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in England]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]]
[[Category:Stories set in 3550]]
[[Category:1971 comic stories]]
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Seven part comics]]

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The Eternal Present was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor has been pursued through time and captured for the "crime" of time travel. Taken to New Britain in 3550, the Doctor is sentenced to trial by combat by Mar-Kom, the ruler of New Britain. The Time Lord allies himself with Theophilus Tolliver, the inventor of Earth's first time machine, to uncover the truth about Mar-Kom.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In a rather unusual bit of intertextuality, Theophilus Tolliver is implied to be the unnamed traveller from H.G. Wells's The Time Machine.
  • The Doctor breaks the fourth wall in the closing frame of the last instalment, saying to the readers: "But, of course — he [Theo] will get home safely! And tell his story to his friend... H.G. Wells!"

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVA 40 (2 pages) CONTINUED NEXT WEEK!
  • TVA 41 (2 pages) More Next Week!
  • TVA 42 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVA 43 (2 pages) More next week!
  • TVA 44 (2 pages) More next week!
  • TVA 45 (2 pages) MORE NEXT WEEK!
  • TVA 46 (2 pages) GREAT NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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