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comic name= Spider-God |
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
image= [[file:Spider-God Butterfly person.jpg|250px]]|
|number in range = 12
series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips]]|
|image= Spider-God Butterfly person.jpg
doctor= [[Fourth Doctor]]|
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
companions= |
|doctor= Fourth Doctor
enemy=[[Human]]s |
|companions=  
year= unnamed planet|
|enemy =
writer= [[Steve Moore]]|
|setting= [[UX-4732]]
artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]|
|writer= Steve Moore
colourist=|
|artist= [[Dave Gibbons]]
lettering=|
|colourist=
editor=[[Alan McKenzie]]|
|letterer=
publication title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] [[DWM Issue 52|52]]|
|editor = [[Alan McKenzie]]
publication dates= May [[1981]]|
|publication= [[DWM 52]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics UK]]|
|release date= 9 April 1981
format=Comic 1 part|
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
previous story= [[War of the Words]]|
|format = Comic
next story= [[The Deal]]|
|prev= War of the Words (comic story)
|next= The Deal (comic story)
|epcount = 1|reprint=Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)
}}
}}
==Summary==
'''''Spider-God''''' was a [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. The story returned to the thematic idea previously explored in ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' of not judging by appearances.
The Terrain Survey Vessel ''Excelsior'', commanded by Louis B Frederick, lands on planet UX-4732. They find the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] nearby, and the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] steps out to greet them. He introduces them to a primitive but rather idyllic village populated by deaf, mute humanoids. They witness a procession in which the villagers carry animal carcasses onto an altar, standing on a structure that looks like a giant spiderweb. It turns out to be just that, as an enormous spider emerges from a nearby cave and begins encasing the villagers in cocoons. Frederick assumes the spider intends to eat the villagers, and the survey team destroy it. The villagers pelt them with rocks, driving them back to the ''Excelsior''. The next morning, the village is deserted. The survey team locates another village, with another spiderweb and numerous villagers spun into cocoons. They witness a humanoid infant hatching from an egg. As they destroy the giant spiders there, the Doctor realizes that the spiders and villagers are [[symbiosis|symbiotic]]; in exchange for the animal carcasses (which the spiders eat), the spiders encase the villagers (actually larvae) in the cocoons they require to hatch into giant butterfly creatures. That symbiotic relationship, and what the Doctor describes as "the most beautiful life form in the galaxy," is now doomed.Soon he tells the Captain "Now do you see what you've done!". The captain soon drops his gun ending the story whatever happened to the Doctor and/or anyone else is unknown.


==Characters==
== Summary ==
*[[Fourth Doctor]]
The [[Terran Survey Corps|Terran Survey]] Vessel ''[[Excelsior (Spider-God)|Excelsior]]'', commanded by [[Louis B. Frederic]], lands on [[planet]] [[UX-4732]]. They find [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] nearby. The [[Fourth Doctor]] steps out to greet them. He introduces them to a primitive but rather idyllic village populated by deaf, mute [[humanoid]]s.
*[[Louis B. Frederic]]
*[[Randall (Spider-God)|Randall]]
*[[Holmes]]


==References==
They witness a procession in which the villagers carry animal carcasses onto an altar, standing on a structure that looks like a giant spiderweb. It turns out to be just that. An enormous [[spider]] emerges from a nearby cave and begins encasing the villagers in [[cocoon]]s.
 
Frederick assumes the spider intends to eat the villagers and the survey team destroy it. The villagers pelt them with rocks, driving them back to the ''Excelsior''. The next morning, the village is deserted. The survey team locates another village, with another spiderweb and numerous villagers spun into cocoons. They witness a humanoid infant hatching from an egg. As they destroy the giant spiders there, the Doctor realises that the spiders and villagers are [[symbiosis|symbiotic]].
 
In exchange for the animal carcasses (which the spiders eat), the spiders encase the villagers (actually larvae) in the cocoons they require to hatch into giant butterfly creatures. That symbiotic relationship, and what the Doctor describes as "the most beautiful life form in the galaxy," is now doomed. He tells Frederick, "Now do you see what you've done?" Frederick drops his gun to the ground.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Louis B. Frederic]]
* [[Randall (Spider-God)|Randall]]
* [[Holmes]]
* [[Jones (Spider-God)|Jones]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
[[file:Spider-God IDW.jpg|thumb|[[IDW]] Coloured title.]]


==Notes==
== Notes ==
*This story was reprinted in:
[[File:Spider-God IDW.jpg|thumb|[[COMIC]] Coloured title.]]
:*[[Doctor Who (Marvel Comics)]] ''[[DWUS Issue 10|Issue 10]]''
* Uniquely, this story was colourised in 1982 as a backup story in [[Star-Lord: The Special Edition]]. Later reprints in [[Doctor Who (1984)|''Doctor Who'' (1984)]] and [[Doctor Who Classics]] were unique colourisations.
:*[[Doctor Who Magazine graphic novels|Doctor Who Magazine graphic novel]] ''[[Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)|Dragon's Claw]]''.


== Continuity==
=== Original print details ===
*The Doctor is still travelling alone due to his parting with Sharon in ''IDW: Dreamers Of Death.''
::(Publication with page count and closing captions)
*The Doctor is still wearing his JNT era clothes.
# [[DWM 52]] (8 pages) The End.


==[[Fourth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
=== Reprints ===
*This story takes place after [[DWM]]: ''[[War of the Words]]''
* [[Star-Lord: The Special Edition]] (Marvel colourised reprint)
*This story takes place before [[DWM]]: ''[[The Deal]]''
* [[DW84 10]] (''Doctor Who'' (1984) colourised reprint)
* [[DWM 182]]
* ''[[Dragon's Claw (graphic novel)|Dragon's Claw]]''
* [[DWCS2 2]] (IDW colourised reprint)
* [[Doctor Who Classics Volume 3]] (IDW colourised reprint)
* [[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
 
== Continuity ==
''to be added''


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{Dwrefguide|comic4.htm#spidergod|Spider-God}}
{{dwrefguide|comic4.htm#spidergod|Spider-God}}
{{Late Fourth doctor DWM comics}}
{{Fourth Doctor DWM comics}}
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[[Category:Fourth Doctor Doctor Who Magazine comic stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor DWM comic stories]]
[[Category:1981 comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

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Spider-God was a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine. The story returned to the thematic idea previously explored in Galaxy 4 of not judging by appearances.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Terran Survey Vessel Excelsior, commanded by Louis B. Frederic, lands on planet UX-4732. They find the TARDIS nearby. The Fourth Doctor steps out to greet them. He introduces them to a primitive but rather idyllic village populated by deaf, mute humanoids.

They witness a procession in which the villagers carry animal carcasses onto an altar, standing on a structure that looks like a giant spiderweb. It turns out to be just that. An enormous spider emerges from a nearby cave and begins encasing the villagers in cocoons.

Frederick assumes the spider intends to eat the villagers and the survey team destroy it. The villagers pelt them with rocks, driving them back to the Excelsior. The next morning, the village is deserted. The survey team locates another village, with another spiderweb and numerous villagers spun into cocoons. They witness a humanoid infant hatching from an egg. As they destroy the giant spiders there, the Doctor realises that the spiders and villagers are symbiotic.

In exchange for the animal carcasses (which the spiders eat), the spiders encase the villagers (actually larvae) in the cocoons they require to hatch into giant butterfly creatures. That symbiotic relationship, and what the Doctor describes as "the most beautiful life form in the galaxy," is now doomed. He tells Frederick, "Now do you see what you've done?" Frederick drops his gun to the ground.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

COMIC Coloured title.

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 52 (8 pages) The End.

Reprints [[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

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