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comic name= Once Upon a Time Lord |
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companions= [[Frobisher]] |
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enemy= [[Astrolabus]]|
|companions   = [[Frobisher]]
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|featuring    = [[Voyager]]
writer= [[Steve Parkhouse]]|
|enemy       = [[Astrolabus]]
artist= [[John Ridgway]]|
|setting      = [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]]
editor= [[Cefn Ridout]]|
|writer      = Steve Parkhouse
colourist=|
|artist       = [[John Ridgway]]
lettering=[[Annie Parkhouse|Annie Halfacree]]|
|editor       = [[Ian Rimmer]]
publication title= [[Doctor Who Monthly]] [[DWM 98|98]]-[[DWM 99|99]]|
|colourist   =  
publication dates= [[March]] - [[April]] [[1985]]|
|letterer    = [[Annie Halfacree]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|publication = [[DWM 98]]-[[DWM 99|99]]
format= Comic - 2 parts (16 pages)|
|release date = 7 February - 7 March 1985
previous story= [[Polly the Glot]]|
|publisher   = Marvel Comics
next story= [[War-Game]]|
|reprint      = DWMAC 4
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|reprint2    = Voyager (1989 graphic novel)|''Voyager'' (1989)
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic released in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It is notable for having several pages written out in story form with accompanying comic panels. With its end, it finished both the [[Voyager]] and [[Astrolabus]] themes that had started in this incarnation's second strip, ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]''.
|reprint3    = Voyager (2007 graphic novel)|''Voyager'' (2007)
|reprint4    = DWC S3 4
|reprint5    = Doctor Who Classics Volume 4
|reprint6    = Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2
|format       = Comic
|epcount      = 2
|prev        = Polly the Glot (comic story)
|next         = War-Game (comic story)
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'''''Once Upon a Time-Lord''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It is notable for having several pages written out in story form with accompanying comic panels. With its end, it concluded both the [[Voyager]] and [[Astrolabus]] themes that had started in the Sixth Doctor's second strip, ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]''.
 
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
On the trail of [[Astrolabus]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frobisher]] find themselves in a land of make-believe where nothing is real.
On the trail of [[Astrolabus]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frobisher]] find themselves in a land of make-believe where nothing is real.
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
The [[Sixth Doctor]] heads into the [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]] to retrieve [[Frobisher]]. As the Doctor exits [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], he is attacked by a [[dark rider]] who attempts to kill him, but who rides away after the Doctor ducks. The Doctor finds Frobisher, who insists the Doctor come and meet his "friends", but the Doctor resists, saying that he doesn't trust [[Astrolabus]], and warns Frobisher that he believes that the reality they are in isn't real.
Meanwhile, Astrolabus watches them from inside a carnival, where children watch the Doctor and Frobisher. Astrolabus instructs them to put on their "thinking caps" so that they can control the story.
In the [[forest]], with their lives now reading like a storybook, the Doctor and Frobisher meet [[Brock (Once Upon a Time Lord)|Brock]], who gives Frobisher a [[Earthworm|worm]]. They soon come under attack, and the [[native]]s try to cook and eat Frobisher. However, Frobisher is saved by Tarzan.
After escaping, Frobisher feels like he's not in control, and the Doctor urges him to try and find answers in the castle. Meanwhile, Astrolabus urges the children to think up "something really dangerous", and sure enough, a gigantic troll begins attacking the Doctor and Frobisher, and they make a run for the castle
=== Part 2 ===
''To be added.''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Astrolabus]]
* [[Astrolabus]]
* [[Brock (Badger)|Brock]]
* [[Voyager]]
* [[Little Red Riding Hood (Once Upon a Time Lord)|Little Red Riding Hood]]
* [[Brock (Once Upon a Time Lord)|Brock]]
* [[Tarzan]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor is forced to quote ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': ''"By Elbereth and Luthien the Fair, you shall have neither the Ring, nor me!"''
* The Land of Make-Believe registers no signs of life whatsoever aboard the TARDIS.
* Frobisher is noted, by the Doctor, to have been raised as a guttersnipe in a [[Xenon]] slum.
* [[Knave]], [[varlet]], [[vagabond]], [[caitiff]], [[wretch]], [[rascal]], [[rapscallion]], [[blackguard]], [[shyster]], [[skunk]], [[cur]], [[tyrant]], [[fiend]], [[cad]] and [[tergiversator]] are [[word]]s which the Doctor applies to Astrolabus.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Three pages of part 1 use a picture book style with captions instead of speech bubbles. All the captions rhyme and text at the bottom of the page gives more detail. These pages have the titles: "Frobisher Eats a Worm", "Frobisher Wishes He Hadn't" and "He Who Hesitates is Lunch".
[[File:Once Upon a Time-Lord colour reprint.jpg|thumb|right|The colour reprint of this comic.]]
* When Astrolabus is running away from the Doctor through a [[dimension]] gate, he flees into a house. When he enters the house, you can see a lamp that is shaped like [[the Doctor's TARDIS]].
* ''Once Upon a Time-Lord'' features a number of implicit pastiches and homages to other media. These include allusions to the Black Riders of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Little Red Riding Hood]] from the [[Brothers Grimm]], [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s [[Tarzan]], and, more loosely, ''[[Star Trek]]'' and [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]''.
* Three pages are devoted to a wholesale homage of ''Rupert Bear''<nowiki/>'s presentation style. Six identically-sized square panels are captioned with rhyme. At the bottom of the page, a small instalment of prose retells the images in greater detail. These pages each have the subheading: "''Frobisher Eats a Worm''", "''Frobisher Wishes He Hadn't''" and "''He Who Hesitates is Lunch''".
* Upon their escape from the ''Rupert Bear'' pastiche, the Doctor and Frobisher leave a panel whose signature is partially obscured to read, "''HOGAR''". An homage to ''Tarzan''<nowiki/>'s comic artist Burne Hogarth.
* ''Once Upon a Time-Lord'' was also [[Once Upon a Timelord|the name of a documentary]] broadcast by PBS in 1983.
* Alongside Ridgway's [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|little penguins]], this story's final panel also has a cameo from Parkhouse and Ridgway's character [[C.Y.R.I.L.]], a fictional "editor droid" for [[Marvel UK]] who had a back-up strip in ''[[w:c:britishcomics:Star Wars Weekly|Star Wars Weekly]]'' beginning earlier in 1984.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor journeys into the [[Cabinet of Astrolabus]] to find Frobisher after he was kidnapped by Astrolabus. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Polly the Glot (comic story)}})
 
* The Doctor has previously been to [[Land of Fiction|a land where fictional characters were real]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}})
== [[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
* The Doctor is still haunted by thoughts of [[Voyager]]'s threat to end all of existence unless his [[star chart]]s are returned. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Voyager (comic story)}})
* This story takes place after [[DWM]]: ''[[Polly the Glot]]''
* This story takes place before [[DWM]]: ''[[War-Game]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Dwrefguide|comic6.htm#onceupon|Once Upon a Time Lord}}
{{dwrefguide|comic6.htm#onceupon|Once Upon a Time-Lord}}
* [http://alteredvistas.co.uk/html/sixth_doctor.html Altered Vistas The comics - The Sixth Doctor, '''The Shape Shifter''']
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You may be looking for the graphic novel of the same name.

Once Upon a Time-Lord was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine. It is notable for having several pages written out in story form with accompanying comic panels. With its end, it concluded both the Voyager and Astrolabus themes that had started in the Sixth Doctor's second strip, Voyager.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

On the trail of Astrolabus, the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher find themselves in a land of make-believe where nothing is real.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor heads into the Cabinet of Astrolabus to retrieve Frobisher. As the Doctor exits the TARDIS, he is attacked by a dark rider who attempts to kill him, but who rides away after the Doctor ducks. The Doctor finds Frobisher, who insists the Doctor come and meet his "friends", but the Doctor resists, saying that he doesn't trust Astrolabus, and warns Frobisher that he believes that the reality they are in isn't real.

Meanwhile, Astrolabus watches them from inside a carnival, where children watch the Doctor and Frobisher. Astrolabus instructs them to put on their "thinking caps" so that they can control the story.

In the forest, with their lives now reading like a storybook, the Doctor and Frobisher meet Brock, who gives Frobisher a worm. They soon come under attack, and the natives try to cook and eat Frobisher. However, Frobisher is saved by Tarzan.

After escaping, Frobisher feels like he's not in control, and the Doctor urges him to try and find answers in the castle. Meanwhile, Astrolabus urges the children to think up "something really dangerous", and sure enough, a gigantic troll begins attacking the Doctor and Frobisher, and they make a run for the castle

Part 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

To be added.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The colour reprint of this comic.
  • Once Upon a Time-Lord features a number of implicit pastiches and homages to other media. These include allusions to the Black Riders of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Little Red Riding Hood from the Brothers Grimm, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan, and, more loosely, Star Trek and William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • Three pages are devoted to a wholesale homage of Rupert Bear's presentation style. Six identically-sized square panels are captioned with rhyme. At the bottom of the page, a small instalment of prose retells the images in greater detail. These pages each have the subheading: "Frobisher Eats a Worm", "Frobisher Wishes He Hadn't" and "He Who Hesitates is Lunch".
  • Upon their escape from the Rupert Bear pastiche, the Doctor and Frobisher leave a panel whose signature is partially obscured to read, "HOGAR". An homage to Tarzan's comic artist Burne Hogarth.
  • Once Upon a Time-Lord was also the name of a documentary broadcast by PBS in 1983.
  • Alongside Ridgway's little penguins, this story's final panel also has a cameo from Parkhouse and Ridgway's character C.Y.R.I.L., a fictional "editor droid" for Marvel UK who had a back-up strip in Star Wars Weekly beginning earlier in 1984.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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