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comic name= The Metal Eaters|
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|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
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|doctor= Third Doctor
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|companions= [[The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
companions= [[Liz Shaw]]|
|enemy= [[Sentient iron]]
enemy= [[Sentient iron]]|
|setting= [[England]], the [[1970s]]
year= [[England]], [[1970s]]|
|writer=  
writer= [[Roger Noel Cook]]|
|artist = [[John Canning]]
artist=[[John Canning]]|
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 960-964
publication title= [[TV Comic]] 960-964|
|release date= 9 May - 6 June 1970
publication dates= [[9th May]] - [[6th June]] [[1970]]|
|publisher = Polystyle
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|format= Comic - 5 parts (10 pages)
format= Comic - 5 parts (? pages)|
|prev= Insect (comic story)
previous story= [[Insect]]|
|next= The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)
next story= [[The Fishmen of Carpantha]]|
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:''Not to be confused with ''[[The Metal-Eaters]]'' a completely different ''[[TV Comic]]'' story, featuring the Third (or Fourth) Doctor.
'''''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]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
*[[Liz Shaw]]
* [[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]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* 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 ==
''to be added''
* 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''.


==Continuity==
=== Original print details ===
''to be added''
:(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.


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
*This story occurs after: [[CC]]: ''[[Old Soldiers]]''
* UNIT once again investigates a fallen [[meteorite]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}})
*This story occurs before: [[TVC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{dwrefguide|tvcomic3.htm#4|The Metal Eaters}}
{{dwrefguide|tvcomic3.htm#4|The Metal Eaters}}
*[http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/third_doctor.html#MetalEatersI Altered Vistas - In the Comics - Third Doctor: '''The Metal Eaters''']
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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]]

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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