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comic name= Changes |
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Sixth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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|range          = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
doctor= [[Sixth Doctor]]|
|number in range = 40
companions= [[Frobisher]], [[Peri]] |
|image           = Changes comic.jpg
enemy= |
|series         = [[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= |
|doctor         = Sixth Doctor
writer= [[Grant Morrison]]|
|companions     = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Frobisher]]
artist= [[John Ridgway]]|
|enemy           = [[Kymbra Chimera]]
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] 118-119|
|setting        = [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]]
publication_dates= November - December [[1986]]|
|writer         = Grant Morrison
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|artist         = [[John Ridgway]]
format= Comic - 2 parts|
|editor          = [[Sheila Cranna]]
previous story= [[Salad Daze]]|
|colourist      =
next story= [[Profits of Doom]]|
|letterer        = [[Annie Halfacree]]
|publication    = [[DWM 118]]-[[DWM 119|119]]
|release date    = 9 October - 13 November 1986
|publisher       = Marvel Comics
|format         = Comic
|epcount = 2
|prev            = Salad Daze (comic story)
|next           = Profits of Doom! (comic story)
|reprint = The World Shapers (graphic novel)
}}
}}
'''''Changes''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was significant for showing many parts of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] other than the [[TARDIS console room|control room]] and corridors usually seen on [[television]].


==Summary==
== Plot ==
As Peri and Frobisher are rummaging around the Doctor's objects, including a crystal, the Doctor walks in, and warns them that the TARDIS has been invaded, and suggests they stay where they are. The Doctor leaves with the crystal before Frobisher can tell him that Frobisher has his powers back.  
[[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Frobisher]] are rummaging through a storage room in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. Peri is so taken aback by the cultural treasures she discovers that she doesn't pay attention when the [[Sixth Doctor]] reports that there is an intruder aboard the TARDIS. Peri and Frobisher decide to explore the TARDIS some more, while the Doctor investigates the intruder. The Doctor discovers a [[Swuffle]] he brought aboard was in fact a [[shapeshifter]], a [[Kymbra Chimera]]. The shifter changes to the form of Peri, but Frobisher quickly spots the difference: Peri's clothes and [[necklace]] are fused into "her" flesh, as the Chimera is unable to duplicate clothing. The Chimera and Frobisher fight as the Doctor discovers a way to [[Vacuum|suck]] the intruder out the TARDIS. He does so in the nick of time.
Peri and Frobisher soon after leave the room, and go to search for the invader.  


The Doctor is searching around the TARDIS' jungle, while a creature behind him watches and slowly morphs into the Doctor's form.
== Characters ==
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Peri Brown]]
* [[Kymbra Chimera]]


Peri and Frobisher head towards the memory vaults, where the memories of all the pictures the TARDIS have been are kept. Peri heads inside, and is instantly transported into an alien environment. She runs around before colliding into the Doctor, actually the invader.  
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor possesses portraits of himself by [[Michelangelo]] and [[Vincent van Gogh]].
* The Doctor and Frobisher walk past some body mannequins wearing the outfits once worn by the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Fifth Doctor]].


Frobisher finds the Doctor and explains what happened to Peri. They both head through a shortcut of hovering discs, to find Peri.  
=== Literature ===
* Peri finds a folio of a [[play]] which she surmises may be a lost play by [[William Shakespeare]].


Behind Peri the Doctor morphs into the invader, and reaches to grab her. Frobisher and the Doctor find the TARDIS zoo, where the Doctor has kept endangered animals in synthetic habitats until he finds hospitable planets for them to live. The Doctor shows Frobisher one of the canisters, which contained a Swuffle, which is now broken from the inside. The Doctor explained that the invader disguised itself as a Swuffle to get on board, when it was really a Kymbra Chimera, a primitive form of a Whifferdil, which drains energies from machines, in this case the TARDIS.  
=== TARDIS ===
* Other items visible in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] storage room include a ''[[National Geographic Magazine]]'', assorted [[toy]]s, a [[globe]], a map of [[Barsoom]], a [[Dalek]] construction kit and a 78 rpm record by [[Bill Haley]].
* The TARDIS memory vaults are described by Frobisher as a "four-dimensional simulation gallery" where the TARDIS collects imagery of all the places it has been. Among them includes a bizarre toroidal rock formation in the sky, a crystalline beach with tentacled clouds, and an [[Earth]]-like jungle.
* When the Doctor and Frobisher walk through the TARDIS interior, [[Bessie]] is seen stored in a darkened room.
* There is also a populated [[TARDIS zoo]], which the Doctor describes as a "way station" where he keeps endangered animals, often saving them from [[extinct]]ion.
* The TARDIS's state of [[temporal grace]], which renders weapons useless, does not function when the ship is in "normal space".


As they walk on, the Doctor notices things he hasn't before, thinking that the TARDIS is getting bigger. Walking into the Secondary control room, they see two Peris. Frobisher picks the one on the left as the fake, as the jewellery is fused into the flesh. Agitated, the fake Peri shoots an energy blast at the Doctor. As Frobisher changes and attacks the fake, while the Doctor moves to Peri and activates the disposal wheel. Just as Frobisher is being beaten, the fake is pulled out of the TARDIS by a vortex, which shuts down after the creature is gone.  
== Notes ==
* This story was reprinted in ''[[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|The World Shapers]]'', and ''[[Grant Morrison's Doctor Who]] 1'', where it was colourised by [[Charlie Kirchoff]], which was later featured in ''[[Doctor Who Classics Volume 3]]''. It was also reprinted in ''[[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]]''.


The problem over, the Doctor offers tea.
== Continuity ==
* Frobisher has started recovering from his [[mono-morphia]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis! (comic story)}})
* The Doctor returns to the [[TARDIS control room (The Masque of Mandragora)|secondary control room]], and mentions how the [[Mandragora Helix]] got into it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)}})


==Characters==
== External links ==
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==References==
[[Category:Sixth Doctor DWM comic stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set entirely in the TARDIS]]
 
[[Category:1986 comic stories]]
==Notes==
[[Category:Two part comics]]
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==Continuity==
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==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 3 November 2024

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Changes was a Sixth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was significant for showing many parts of the Doctor's TARDIS other than the control room and corridors usually seen on television.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Peri and Frobisher are rummaging through a storage room in the TARDIS. Peri is so taken aback by the cultural treasures she discovers that she doesn't pay attention when the Sixth Doctor reports that there is an intruder aboard the TARDIS. Peri and Frobisher decide to explore the TARDIS some more, while the Doctor investigates the intruder. The Doctor discovers a Swuffle he brought aboard was in fact a shapeshifter, a Kymbra Chimera. The shifter changes to the form of Peri, but Frobisher quickly spots the difference: Peri's clothes and necklace are fused into "her" flesh, as the Chimera is unable to duplicate clothing. The Chimera and Frobisher fight as the Doctor discovers a way to suck the intruder out the TARDIS. He does so in the nick of time.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Literature[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Other items visible in the TARDIS storage room include a National Geographic Magazine, assorted toys, a globe, a map of Barsoom, a Dalek construction kit and a 78 rpm record by Bill Haley.
  • The TARDIS memory vaults are described by Frobisher as a "four-dimensional simulation gallery" where the TARDIS collects imagery of all the places it has been. Among them includes a bizarre toroidal rock formation in the sky, a crystalline beach with tentacled clouds, and an Earth-like jungle.
  • When the Doctor and Frobisher walk through the TARDIS interior, Bessie is seen stored in a darkened room.
  • There is also a populated TARDIS zoo, which the Doctor describes as a "way station" where he keeps endangered animals, often saving them from extinction.
  • The TARDIS's state of temporal grace, which renders weapons useless, does not function when the ship is in "normal space".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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DWM Sixth Doctor comic stories
Original run
Frobisher
Frobisher & Peri
Later stories
Peri & Davros
Frobisher
Doom
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