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comic name= Steelfist|
|image= Steel fist.jpg  
image= [[file:Steel fist.jpg|250px]] |
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
series= ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - [[TV Action]]|
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number=|
|doctor= Third Doctor
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|companions=  
companions= |
|enemy= [[Arnie Babbs]]
enemy= |
|setting= [[Point Farm]], [[1970s]]
year= |
|writer= Dennis Hooper
writer= [[Dennis Hooper]]|
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]
artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]|
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|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 89-93
publication title= ''[[TV Action]]'' 89-93|
|release date= 28 October - 25 November 1972
publication dates= 28 October - 25 November [[1972]]|
|publisher= Polystyle
publisher= |
|reprint = DWCC 15
format= Comic - 5 parts (? pages) |
|format= Comic  
previous story= [[The Ugrakks]]|
|epcount = 5
next story= [[Zeron Invasion]]|
|prev= The Ugrakks (comic story)
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''.
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==Summary==
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''.
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== Summary ==
The Doctor witnesses the kidnapping of nuclear physicist Simon Trent and his young son. Giving chase, the Doctor is himself captured and taken to an island belonging to the apparently alien General Steelfist. Both Trent and later the Doctor are transported to a space station orbiting the Earth. There they are forced to construct a nuclear device with which Steelfist intends to blackmail the world. However the Doctor becomes suspicious of the mysterious Steelfist and discovers that the space station is in fact the top of a lighthouse close to the island. With the help of old beachcomber, Arnie Babbs, the Doctor and Trent escape. But is Babbs the friend that he appears to be?
 
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor]]
* Doctor [[Simon Trent]]
* [[Arnie Babbs]]
* [[Peter Trent]]
* [[Dalton]]
* [[O'Shea]]
* [[Thug (Steelfist)|Thug]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor fears catching [[pneumonia]] from the cold [[sea]] water.
 
== Notes ==
* This story marks the first time that the Doctor's [[car]] is referred to by its proper name "[[Bessie]]," rather than "Betsy," as it had previously been called in the comics.
* Due to a publisher's error, both the third and fourth instalments were billed as being Part 3 — the latter reading "Part Three" (in word form, as here).


==Characters==
=== Original print details ===
*[[Third Doctor]]


==References==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
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==Notes==
* TVA 89 (3 pages) Surprise next week, when The Doctor wakes up!
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* TVA 90 (3 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVA 91 (3 pages) Steelfist's true identity revealed — next week!
* TVA 92 (3 pages) More Earthbound drama next week!
* TVA 93 (3 pages) Great New Doctor Who Story Next Week!


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
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==Timeline==
== External links ==
*This story takes place after [[TVA]]: ''[[The Ugrakks]]''
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*this story takes place before [[TVA]]: ''[[Ride to Nowhere]]''


==External links==
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*''[http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/third_doctor.html| Altered Vistas - In the Comics - Third Doctor]''{{Third Doctor TVC/TVA comics}}&nbsp
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Steelfist was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor witnesses the kidnapping of nuclear physicist Simon Trent and his young son. Giving chase, the Doctor is himself captured and taken to an island belonging to the apparently alien General Steelfist. Both Trent and later the Doctor are transported to a space station orbiting the Earth. There they are forced to construct a nuclear device with which Steelfist intends to blackmail the world. However the Doctor becomes suspicious of the mysterious Steelfist and discovers that the space station is in fact the top of a lighthouse close to the island. With the help of old beachcomber, Arnie Babbs, the Doctor and Trent escape. But is Babbs the friend that he appears to be?

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor fears catching pneumonia from the cold sea water.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story marks the first time that the Doctor's car is referred to by its proper name "Bessie," rather than "Betsy," as it had previously been called in the comics.
  • Due to a publisher's error, both the third and fourth instalments were billed as being Part 3 — the latter reading "Part Three" (in word form, as here).

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

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVA 89 (3 pages) Surprise next week, when The Doctor wakes up!
  • TVA 90 (3 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVA 91 (3 pages) Steelfist's true identity revealed — next week!
  • TVA 92 (3 pages) More Earthbound drama next week!
  • TVA 93 (3 pages) Great New Doctor Who Story Next Week!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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