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comic name= Levitation|
|image= Levitation.jpg  
image= [[file:Levitation.jpg|250px]] |
|series = ''[[TV Comic]]'' special comic stories
series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
|number=
number=|
|doctor= Third Doctor
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|companions = [[The Brigadier]]
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|enemy= [[Spy (Levitation)|Spy]]
enemy= |
|setting= [[England]], [[1970s]]
year= [[Earth]] |
|writer= Roger Noel Cook
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|artist= [[John Canning]]
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic Annual 1971]]''
publication title= TV Comic Annual 1971|
|release date= 1 September 1970
publication dates= [[1971]]|
|publisher= Polystyle
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|format= Comic - 1 part (4 pages)
format= Comic |
|prev= Castaway (comic story)
previous story= [[Castaway]]|
|next= Petrified (TVC comic story)
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|series2 = Stories in Polystyle specials, generally
}}''"'''{{PAGENAME}}'''"'' is the invented title of the second of two [[third Doctor]] comic stories in the [[1971]] ''[[TV Comic]] Annual''. Like many pre-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic strips, it had no title on initial publication. The name gained traction after being used by [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]] in ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'', and later by [[John Ainsworth]] in his then-comprehensive listing of third Doctor strips in [[DWCC 4|''DWCC'' #4]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the ''ex post facto'' title of the second of two [[Third Doctor]] comic stories in the ''[[TV Comic Annual 1971]]''. Like many pre-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic strips, it had no title on initial publication. The name gained traction after being used by [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]] in ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' and later by [[John Ainsworth]] in his then-comprehensive listing of Third Doctor strips in [[DWCC 4|''DWCC'' 4]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
The Doctor helps the Brigadier capture a spy by using his newly found levitation skills that he picked up from reading a book.
The Doctor helps [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] capture a [[Spy (Levitation)|spy]] by using his newly found [[flying|levitation]] skills that he picked up from reading a [[Levitation Universal Edition|book]].


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
*The Spy
* [[Spy (Levitation)|Spy]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The book the Doctor uses to learn how to levitate is called ''[[Levitation Universal Edition]]''. The Doctor claims to have been lent the book by some "weird fellow" on [[Mars]] when he visited "a few hundred years ago".


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Timeline==
== External links ==
*This story occurs after [[TVC]]: ''[[Castaway]]''
{{dwrefguide|tvcomic3.htm#A2|Levitation}}
*This story occurs before [[TVC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Robot]]''
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==External links==
[[Category:Third Doctor TVC Annual comic stories]]
*{{dwrefguide|tvcomic3.htm#A2|Levitation}}
[[Category:1970 comic stories]]
*[http://alteredvistas.co.uk/html/third_doctor.html/ In the Comics: The Third Doctor]<br />
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[[Category:Stories released in 1971]]
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[[Category:UNIT comic stories]]
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Levitation was the ex post facto title of the second of two Third Doctor comic stories in the TV Comic Annual 1971. Like many pre-Marvel comic strips, it had no title on initial publication. The name gained traction after being used by Jean-Marc Lofficier in The Terrestrial Index and later by John Ainsworth in his then-comprehensive listing of Third Doctor strips in DWCC 4.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor helps the Brigadier capture a spy by using his newly found levitation skills that he picked up from reading a book.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The book the Doctor uses to learn how to levitate is called Levitation Universal Edition. The Doctor claims to have been lent the book by some "weird fellow" on Mars when he visited "a few hundred years ago".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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