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{{Infobox Comic|
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comic name= The Galaxy Games|
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
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|image= Galaxy games.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= |
|doctor     = First Doctor
year= |
|companions = [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
writer= [[Neville Main]]|
|enemy     = [[Klondite]]s
artist= [[Neville Main]]|
|setting= [[Planet (The Galaxy Games)|A planet]]  
publication_title= [[TV Comic]] 776-779|
|writer= Roger Noel Cook
publication_dates= 29 October - 19 November [[1966]]|
|artist= [[John Canning]]
publisher= |
|editor=
format= Comic - 4 parts (? pages)|
|colourist=
previous story= [[Return of the Trods]]|
|letterer=
next story= [[The Experimenters]]|
|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 776-779
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|release date= 29 October - 19 November 1966
|publisher=  
|format= Comic
|epcount = 4
|prev= Return of the Trods (comic story)
|next= The Experimenters (comic story)
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'''''The Galaxy Games''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[First Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The TARDIS lands at the Galaxy Games. The games have been dominated by a competitor from the planet Klondite. However, the Doctor realises that even the Klondite is a poor athlete by Earth standards. The Doctor enters John in a game as Earth's representative. However, the Klondites attempt to stop john from competing by kidnapping him.
Finding themselves guests of the [[Galaxy Games]], the [[First Doctor]] enters [[John Who|John]] as a competing athlete representing the planet [[Earth]]. But a rival team, the Klondites, are ready to take any measures to prevent John winning the title for Earth.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[John Who]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* [[Guide (The Galaxy Games)|Guide]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor times a [[Klondite]] athlete as running "one minute fifty seconds for four forty [[yard (unit)|yards]]".
 
== 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 776 (2 pages) Don't miss John as Earth's one-man team, next week!
''to be added''
* TVC 777 (2 pages) John runs towards his doom! What will be the outcome next week?
* TVC 778 (2 pages) Will John fall into the clutches of the Klondites? See next week!
* TVC 779 (2 pages) Dr. Who dices with death in a new adventure starting next week!


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor uses his [[monocle]] to examine where John disappeared. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'', ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'', ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'', ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')


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Latest revision as of 20:11, 26 January 2024

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The Galaxy Games was a TV Comic story featuring the First Doctor, John and Gillian.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Finding themselves guests of the Galaxy Games, the First Doctor enters John as a competing athlete representing the planet Earth. But a rival team, the Klondites, are ready to take any measures to prevent John winning the title for Earth.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor times a Klondite athlete as running "one minute fifty seconds for four forty yards".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 776 (2 pages) Don't miss John as Earth's one-man team, next week!
  • TVC 777 (2 pages) John runs towards his doom! What will be the outcome next week?
  • TVC 778 (2 pages) Will John fall into the clutches of the Klondites? See next week!
  • TVC 779 (2 pages) Dr. Who dices with death in a new adventure starting next week!

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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