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series= | |image= The killer wasps.jpg | ||
number=| | |series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | ||
doctor= | |number= | ||
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]| | |doctor= Second Doctor | ||
enemy= [[Quark]]s | |companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] | ||
|enemy= [[Quark]]s | |||
writer= | | |setting= [[Gano]], [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]] | ||
artist= | | |writer= Roger Noel Cook | ||
editor=| | |artist= [[John Canning]] | ||
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 877-880 | |||
publisher= | | |release date= 5 - 26 October 1968 | ||
format= Comic | |publisher= | ||
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'''''The Killer Wasps''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
The | The [[Quark]]s create [[Giant Wasp]]s to attack the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] on the devastated [[planet]] of [[Gano]]. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them! | ||
Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to the TARDIS. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes... | Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes... | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Second Doctor]] | * [[Second Doctor]] | ||
*[[Jamie McCrimmon]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
*[[Quark]]s | * [[Quark]]s | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "[[whirling (TARDIS flight)|whirling]]". | |||
* The [[Quark home planet]] has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory". | |||
* [[Gano]] appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated. | |||
== Notes == | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== | === Original print details === | ||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVC 877 (2 pages) Doom is in the air! Next week see the wasps swoop down to attack! | |||
*The Quarks | * TVC 878 (2 pages) The Quarks' death chant has begun! Don't miss next week's dramatic action! | ||
* | * TVC 879 (2 pages) Don't miss the end of this duel in next week's TV Comic! | ||
* TVC 880 (2 pages) A new thrill-packed Dr. Who story begins next week! | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The Doctor and Jamie recently foiled a [[Quark invasion of Earth (Invasion of the Quarks)|Quark invasion of Earth]], which the Quarks want revenge for. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'') | ||
* | * The [[Quark home planet]] is in a [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 31 January 2024
The Killer Wasps was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Quarks create Giant Wasps to attack the Second Doctor and Jamie on the devastated planet of Gano. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them!
Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to the TARDIS. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "whirling".
- The Quark home planet has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory".
- Gano appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 877 (2 pages) Doom is in the air! Next week see the wasps swoop down to attack!
- TVC 878 (2 pages) The Quarks' death chant has begun! Don't miss next week's dramatic action!
- TVC 879 (2 pages) Don't miss the end of this duel in next week's TV Comic!
- TVC 880 (2 pages) A new thrill-packed Dr. Who story begins next week!
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor and Jamie recently foiled a Quark invasion of Earth, which the Quarks want revenge for. (COMIC: Invasion of the Quarks)
- The Quark home planet is in a "far off galaxy". (COMIC: Invasion of the Quarks)
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