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comic name= The Vampire Plants|
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series=[[Doctor Who Annual]]|
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doctor= [[Second Doctor]]|
|image        = The vampire plants.jpg
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br>[[Zoe Heriot]]|
|series       = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]
enemy= |
|doctor       = Second Doctor
year= [[Venus]]|
|companions   = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
writer= |
|featuring    = [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
artist= |
|enemy       = [[Galea Tentipocus]]
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|setting      = [[Venus]]
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publication title= [[Doctor Who Annual 1970]]|
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format= Comic |
|anthology    = The Dr Who Annual 1970
previous story= [[The Singing Crystals]]|
|release date = September 1969
next story= [[The Mystery of the Marie Celeste]]|
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|format       = Comic  
==Summary==
|prev        = The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (short story)
The Doctor takes Jamie and Zoe to visit an old friend of his called Doctor Vane in the Experimental Botanical Gardens on Venus. However, when they arrive, he asks Zoe to stay at the TARDIS while he and Jamie go alone. Something strange has been happening, which is why they are really there. A few days earlier, Doctor Vane found his laboratory wrecked and his prized Galea Tentipocus plant missing. He tells this story to the Doctor and Jamie and reveals that he has sent his assistant Regan after the thieves, but Regan finds a strange sentient plant at the end of the trail that attacks him. Hearing his cry, the Doctor and Jamie rush to the scene then head off after the plant, which has grown to gigantic proportions and threatens to engulf everything. As the plant makes to attack them, the Doctor sets fire to it with his lighter. The menace is ended.
|next        = Grip of Ice (short story)
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'''''The Vampire Plants''''' was a [[Second Doctor comic stories|Second Doctor comic story]] first published in ''[[The Dr Who Annual 1970]]''.


==Characters==
== Summary ==
*[[The Doctor]]
The [[Second Doctor]] takes [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] to visit an old friend of his, [[Vane (The Vampire Plants)|Doctor Vane]], in the [[Experimental Botanical Gardens]] on [[Venus]]. However, when they arrive, he asks Zoe to stay in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] while he and Jamie go. Something strange has been happening, which is why they are really there. A few days earlier, Doctor Vane had found his laboratory wrecked and his prized [[Galea Tentipocus]] plant missing. He tells this story to the Doctor and Jamie. He has sent his assistant, [[Regan (The Vampire Plants)|Regan]], after the thieves, but he finds a strange sentient plant at the end of the trail that attacks him. Hearing his cry, the Doctor and Jamie rush to the scene, then head off after the plant, which has grown to gigantic proportions and threatens to engulf everything. As the plant prepares to attack them, the Doctor sets [[fire]] to it with his lighter. The menace is ended.


*[[Jamie McCrimmon]]
== Plot ==
''to be added''


*[[Zoe Heriot]]
== Characters ==
* [[Second Doctor]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
* [[Vane (The Vampire Plants)|Doctor Vane]]
* [[Regan (The Vampire Plants)|Regan]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The [[Galea Tentipocus]] grew from a seed taken from the [[Galea Galaxy]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
This strip was drawn by an uncredited artist who 'took' his inspiration&nbsp;from the 1950's Ron Embleton story 'Rockinghams Tree' in the Bill Merrill series that appeared in Spaceman Comic. The characters&nbsp; & poses have been copied directly & framing, especially on the last page, is a 90% direct copy but with The Doctor & Co replacing The Spacemen.
* This strip was drawn by an uncredited artist who took his inspiration from the 1950s Ron Embleton story ''Rockinghams Tree'' in the Bill Merrill series in Spaceman Comic. The characters and poses have been copied directly and framing, especially on the last page, is a 90% direct copy, but with the Doctor and company replacing the Spacemen.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Timeline==
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*This story occurs after [[DWA]]: ''[[Slave of Shran]]''
*This story occurs before [[DWA]]: ''[[Robot King]]''
 
==External links==
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[[Category:Second Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Second Doctor comic stories|Vampire Plants]]
[[Category:DWAN comic stories]]
[[Category:Doctor Who Annual comic stories|Vampire Plants]]
[[Category:Comic stories set on Venus]]
[[Category:1969 comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

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The Vampire Plants was a Second Doctor comic story first published in The Dr Who Annual 1970.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Second Doctor takes Jamie and Zoe to visit an old friend of his, Doctor Vane, in the Experimental Botanical Gardens on Venus. However, when they arrive, he asks Zoe to stay in the TARDIS while he and Jamie go. Something strange has been happening, which is why they are really there. A few days earlier, Doctor Vane had found his laboratory wrecked and his prized Galea Tentipocus plant missing. He tells this story to the Doctor and Jamie. He has sent his assistant, Regan, after the thieves, but he finds a strange sentient plant at the end of the trail that attacks him. Hearing his cry, the Doctor and Jamie rush to the scene, then head off after the plant, which has grown to gigantic proportions and threatens to engulf everything. As the plant prepares to attack them, the Doctor sets fire to it with his lighter. The menace is ended.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This strip was drawn by an uncredited artist who took his inspiration from the 1950s Ron Embleton story Rockinghams Tree in the Bill Merrill series in Spaceman Comic. The characters and poses have been copied directly and framing, especially on the last page, is a 90% direct copy, but with the Doctor and company replacing the Spacemen.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added