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|companions= [[The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] | |||
|enemy= [[Sentient iron]] | |||
|setting= [[England]], the [[1970s]] | |||
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|artist = [[John Canning]] | |||
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 960-964 | |||
|release date= 9 May - 6 June 1970 | |||
|publisher = Polystyle | |||
|format= Comic - 5 parts (10 pages) | |||
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'''''The Metal Eaters''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] in her comic debut. It was historic as it featured the first comic strip appearance of a televised female [[companion]] contemporaneous — if only barely — with her appearance on television. It also featured the first comic appearance of the Doctor's car, [[Bessie]], although the car wasn't actually named in the strip. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
After a [[meteorite]] crashes and is taken to a [[University Museum|museum]], unusual corrosion occurs nearby. The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] investigate and discover an [[Sentient iron|extraterrestrial culprit]]. | |||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | |||
* [[Liz Shaw]] | |||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* Professor [[Sinclair (The Metal Eaters)|Sinclair]] | |||
* [[UNIT sergeant (The Metal Eaters)|UNIT Sergeant]] | |||
* [[Charlie (The Metal Eaters)|Charlie]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor drives [[Bessie]]. | |||
* [[Siderite]] is a [[mineral]] composed of [[iron]]. | |||
* [[BM Chemicals]] has storage tanks at [[Whitford]]. | |||
* An [[aeroplane]] at [[West Barnton Airfield]] was due to take children to [[Holland]] for a [[school]] holiday. | |||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This was [[Liz Shaw]]'s first appearance in any comic strip. | ||
* The "Third Doctor Comics" section of [https://classicdoctorwhocomics.wordpress.com/third-doctor-comics/ classicdoctorwhocomics ] titles this story ''The Mysterious Meteorite''. | |||
== | === Original print details === | ||
:(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVC 960 (2 pages) Are these iron particles alive ? Follow Dr. Who next week. | |||
* TVC 961 (2 pages) What has happened to the sergeant ? See next week. | |||
* TVC 961 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 962 (2 pages) But Dr. Who is unaware of one group of filings... For they left the meteorite before it was moved to the museum... | |||
* TVC 963 (2 pages) A next exciting serial begins next week. | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* UNIT once again investigates a fallen [[meteorite]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}) | |||
{{ | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|tvcomic3.htm#4|The Metal Eaters}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:28, 18 November 2024
- You may be looking for The Metal-Eaters, a completely different Third Doctor TVC story.
The Metal Eaters was a TV Comic story featuring the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw in her comic debut. It was historic as it featured the first comic strip appearance of a televised female companion contemporaneous — if only barely — with her appearance on television. It also featured the first comic appearance of the Doctor's car, Bessie, although the car wasn't actually named in the strip.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
After a meteorite crashes and is taken to a museum, unusual corrosion occurs nearby. The Third Doctor and Liz Shaw investigate and discover an extraterrestrial culprit.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor drives Bessie.
- Siderite is a mineral composed of iron.
- BM Chemicals has storage tanks at Whitford.
- An aeroplane at West Barnton Airfield was due to take children to Holland for a school holiday.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This was Liz Shaw's first appearance in any comic strip.
- The "Third Doctor Comics" section of classicdoctorwhocomics titles this story The Mysterious Meteorite.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 960 (2 pages) Are these iron particles alive ? Follow Dr. Who next week.
- TVC 961 (2 pages) What has happened to the sergeant ? See next week.
- TVC 961 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVC 962 (2 pages) But Dr. Who is unaware of one group of filings... For they left the meteorite before it was moved to the museum...
- TVC 963 (2 pages) A next exciting serial begins next week.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- UNIT once again investigates a fallen meteorite. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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