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enemy= [[Ashe]]| | |series = [[DWM comic stories]] | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |||
writer= | |companions = [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
artist= [[Adrian Salmon]]| | |featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]] | ||
|enemy= [[Colonel]] [[Ashe]] | |||
|setting= [[UNIT Base 43]], the [[1970s]] | |||
publisher= | | |writer= Gareth Roberts | ||
format= Comic | |artist= [[Adrian Salmon]] | ||
|editor = [[Gary Gillatt]] | |||
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}} | |letterer = [[Elitta Fell]] | ||
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 234|234]] | |||
|release date= 21 December 1995 | |||
|cover date= 17 January 1996 | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK | |||
|format= Comic | |||
|prev= Operation Proteus (comic story) | |||
|next= Black Destiny (comic story) | |||
|reprint=Ground Zero (graphic novel)|epcount = 1 | |||
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'''''Target Practice''''' was a [[Third Doctor comic stories|Third Doctor comic story]] published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] operative poses as a [[UNIT]] officer and attempts to persuade the [[Third Doctor]] to join the Soviets, rather than work for [[UNIT]]. | |||
== | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | |||
* [[Jo Grant]] | |||
* [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* [[Colonel]] [[Ashe]] | |||
* [[Sergeant]] [[John Benton]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Base 43 has "mock ups" of an [[Axon]], a [[Dalek]], an [[Auton]], {{Delgado}}, a [[Sea Devil]], an early [[CyberFaction]] [[Cyberman]], a [[Robot Yeti]], a [[Silurian]], and an [[Ogron]]. | |||
* Benton relaxes by reading a [[comic book]]. | |||
* As part of his cover story, Ashe claims that he and the Brigadier were at [[Sandhurst Military School]] together "nearly thirty years" ago. | |||
* To catch Ashe out on his lies, the Doctor refers to the Auton display as an Ogron. | |||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Jo recalls her frightful encounter with the [[Axon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') with the Doctor adding how the [[Ogron]]s gave them "no end of bother". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor puts [[sugar]] in the [[helicopter]]'s tank in order to stop it, similar to what he did to the [[Multi-Mobile]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Multi-Mobile (comic story)|The Multi-Mobile]]'') | |||
==External | == External links == | ||
'' | * ''[http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/third_doctor.html Altered Vistas - In the Comics - Third Doctor]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 5 July 2024
Target Practice was a Third Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
A Soviet operative poses as a UNIT officer and attempts to persuade the Third Doctor to join the Soviets, rather than work for UNIT.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Third Doctor
- Jo Grant
- Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Colonel Ashe
- Sergeant John Benton
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Base 43 has "mock ups" of an Axon, a Dalek, an Auton, the Master, a Sea Devil, an early CyberFaction Cyberman, a Robot Yeti, a Silurian, and an Ogron.
- Benton relaxes by reading a comic book.
- As part of his cover story, Ashe claims that he and the Brigadier were at Sandhurst Military School together "nearly thirty years" ago.
- To catch Ashe out on his lies, the Doctor refers to the Auton display as an Ogron.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jo recalls her frightful encounter with the Axons, (TV: The Claws of Axos) with the Doctor adding how the Ogrons gave them "no end of bother". (TV: Day of the Daleks)
- The Doctor puts sugar in the helicopter's tank in order to stop it, similar to what he did to the Multi-Mobile. (COMIC: The Multi-Mobile)
