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comic name= Assassin from Space|
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|series = ''[[TV Comic]] Holiday Special'' stories
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|doctor = Third Doctor
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|enemy= [[Creature (Assassin from Space)|Creatures]]
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|setting = [[London]], [[1970s]]
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|publication = ''[[TV Comic Holiday Special 1970]]''
publication title= TV Comic Holiday Special
|release date= 1 July 1970
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|publisher = Polystyle
publication dates= [[1970]]|
|format = Comic - 1 part (2 pages)
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|prev = The Entertainer (comic story)
format= Comic - 1 part (2 pages)|
|next = Undercover (comic story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the invented title of the first of two [[Third Doctor]] comic stories in the 1970 ''[[TV Comic]] Holiday Special''. Like many pre-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic strips, it had no title on first 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]].
}}''"'''{{PAGENAME}}'''"'' is the invented title of the first of two [[third Doctor]] comic stories in the [[1970]] ''[[TV Comic]] Holiday Special''. Like many pre-[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic strips, it had no title on first 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 ==
[[Alien]]s decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of [[Earth]] and attempt to carry out their plan in a foggy [[London]] park.
[[Creature (Assassin from Space)|Aliens]] decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of [[Earth]]. They try to carry out their plan in a foggy [[London]] [[Park (Assassin from Space)|park]], but the Doctor defeats them with [[Third Doctor's cane|his cane]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor carries a [[cane]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor had previously taken his cane with him to [[Zoo (The Arkwood Experiments)|the zoo]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments (comic story)|The Arkwood Experiments]]'')
 
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== Timeline ==
* ''Assassin from Space'' occurs after: [[TVC]]: ''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha]]''
* ''Assassin from Space'' occurs before: [[TVC]]: ''[[Undercover]]''
 
== External links ==
* ''[http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/third_doctor.html Altered Vistas - In the Comics - Third Doctor]''{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
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Assassin from Space is the invented title of the first of two Third Doctor comic stories in the 1970 TV Comic Holiday Special. Like many pre-Marvel comic strips, it had no title on first 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]]

Aliens decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of Earth. They try to carry out their plan in a foggy London park, but the Doctor defeats them with his cane.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor carries a cane.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]