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{{Retitle|''Gemini Plan'' (TV Action comic story)}}
comic name= Gemini Plan|
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series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Action]]|
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|name = ''Gemini Plan''
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|image= Gemini Plan Rocket.jpg
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year= [[UNIT Era]]|
|enemy= [[Rudolph Steiner]]
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|setting= [[Northern Territory]], [[1970s]]
artist= |
|writer= Dennis Hooper
publication_title= [[TV Action]] 1-5|
|artist= [[Harry Lindfield]]
publication_dates= 20 February - 20 March [[1971]]|
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previous story= None|
|publication= ''[[Countdown (magazine)|Countdown]]'' [[TVA 1|1]]-[[TVA 5|5]]
next story= [[Timebenders]]|
|release date= 20 February - 20 March 1971
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|next = Timebenders (comic story)
|series2=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
|next2= Timebenders (comic story)
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'''''Gemini Plan''''' was the first comic story featuring the [[Third Doctor]] printed in ''[[Countdown (magazine)|Countdown]]'' magazine.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Third Doctor discovers some strange goings-on in Australia.
When a failed attempt to fix [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] sends him to [[Australia]], [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] investigates [[Rudolph Steiner|a scientist]]'s work to gain more resources for [[Earth]] from an [[Venus|unusual source]].


==Characters==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Rudolph Steiner]]
* [[Murray Stevens]]
* [[Jenkins (Gemini Plan)|Jenkins]]
* [[Security Chief (Gemini Plan)|Security Chief]]
* [[Charlie (Gemini Plan)|Charlie]]
* [[Technician (Gemini Plan)|Technician]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor carries out his repairs on [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] in a [[barn]] adjoining a derelict [[farmhouse]] on a [[Welsh]] mountainside. A sign outside reads, ''"W.D. PROPERTY / KEEP OUT."''
* The Doctor quotes ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* The Aborigines use [[boomerang]]s.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
Published in "Countdown", issues 1 to 5.
* This was the very first ''Doctor Who'' comic strip published by ''[[Countdown]]''. It opened with the following narrative: ''"High on a Welsh mountainside, a single light twinkles from the window of a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse..."'' The very first words were spoken by the Doctor are, ''"That should do it."''
* Murray Stevens' surname changes to "Lever" in the fourth instalment. It is then changed back to "Stevens" for the rest of the story.


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


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


{{stub}}
* TVA 1 (2 pages) To be continued
* TVA 2 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVA 3 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVA 4 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVA 5 (2 pages) NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!


== Continuity ==
* The Doctor ponders if he can beat the restrictions put on his TARDIS by [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}})
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#1|Gemini Plan}}
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
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[[Category:Stories set in Australia]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1970s]]
[[Category:1971 comic stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in Wales]]
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[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]]
[[Category:Five part comics]]

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Gemini Plan was the first comic story featuring the Third Doctor printed in Countdown magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a failed attempt to fix the TARDIS sends him to Australia, the Doctor investigates a scientist's work to gain more resources for Earth from an unusual source.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This was the very first Doctor Who comic strip published by Countdown. It opened with the following narrative: "High on a Welsh mountainside, a single light twinkles from the window of a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse..." The very first words were spoken by the Doctor are, "That should do it."
  • Murray Stevens' surname changes to "Lever" in the fourth instalment. It is then changed back to "Stevens" for the rest of the story.

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVA 1 (2 pages) To be continued
  • TVA 2 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVA 3 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVA 4 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVA 5 (2 pages) NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor ponders if he can beat the restrictions put on his TARDIS by Time Lords. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])

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

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