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comic name= Return of the Trods|
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
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|image= Return of trods.jpg
doctor= [[First Doctor]]|
|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
companions= [[John (Comic Strips)|John]] and [[Gillian (Comic Strips)|Gillian]]|
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enemy= [[Trod]]s|
|doctor= First Doctor
year= |
|companions= [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
writer= [[Neville Main]]|
|enemy= The [[Master of the Trods]]
artist= [[Neville Main]]|
|setting= An [[Planet (Return of the Trods)|unnamed planet]]
publication_title= [[TV Comic]] 772-775|
|writer= Roger Noel Cook
publication_dates= 1 October - 22 October [[1966]]|
|artist= [[John Canning]]
publisher= |
|editor=
format= Comic - 4 parts (? pages)|
|colourist=
previous story= [[The Underwater Robot]]|
|letterer=
next story= [[The Galaxy Games]]|
|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 772-775
}}
|release date= 1 - 22 October 1966
|publisher=  
|reprint = DWCC 8
|format= Comic - 4 parts (8 pages)
|prev= The Underwater Robot (comic story)
|next= The Galaxy Games (comic story)
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'''''Return of the Trods''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[First Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The TARDIS is drawn off course and materialises in a futuristic space city. The Doctor and his grandchildren are horrified to discover that they are up against their old enemies, the Trods. The Trods have been reactivated by another space traveller who is controlling their actions. The Doctor, John and Gillian are forced to enter the buildings of the city which are full of traps.
The TARDIS is dawn back to [[Trodos]], where a megalomaniac space traveller has reactivated the deadly [[robot]]s. Guided by the evil criminal the [[Trod]]s plan a special reception for the time travellers: an obstacle course with death the penalty for carelessness.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[John Who]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* [[Super Trod]]
* [[Master of the Trods]]
* [[Trod 7]]
* [[Trod 9]]
* [[Trod 57]]
* [[Trod 109]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* When an explosion makes a clear exit for them, John believes [[fate]] to be on the Doctor's side.
* Trod 109 orders the other Trods to [[exterminate]] the Doctor and his grandchildren.
 
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==References==
=== Original print details ===
''to be added''


==Notes==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
''to be added''


==Continuity==
* TVC 772 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
''to be added''
* TVC 773 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 774 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 775 (2 pages) [No closing caption]


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor mentions defeating the Trods before. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Trodos Tyranny (comic story)|The Trodos Tyranny]]'')
* The Doctor has previously noticed that fate was on his side. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Hunters of Zerox (comic story)|The Hunters of Zerox]]'')


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Latest revision as of 20:10, 26 January 2024

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Return of the Trods was a TV Comic story featuring the First Doctor, John and Gillian.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS is dawn back to Trodos, where a megalomaniac space traveller has reactivated the deadly robots. Guided by the evil criminal the Trods plan a special reception for the time travellers: an obstacle course with death the penalty for carelessness.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • When an explosion makes a clear exit for them, John believes fate to be on the Doctor's side.
  • Trod 109 orders the other Trods to exterminate the Doctor and his grandchildren.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 772 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 773 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 774 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 775 (2 pages) [No closing caption]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e
First Doctor TVC comic stories
Neville Main era
(November 1964 -
September 1965)
Weekly strip
Holiday stories
Annual stories
Pick of the Jokes
TV Terrors
Bill Mevin era
(September 1965 -
April 1966)
Weekly strip
Pick of the Jokes
John Canning era
(April 1966 -
December 1966)
Weekly strip
Holiday special
Annual
Canning's run on TVC continues until 1971,
with a second run 1975-1979.
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