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comic name= The Hungry Planet|
|image= THE HUNGRY PLANET.jpg  
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|series=Stories in ''[[Countdown (magazine)|Countdown]]/[[TV Action|TVA]]'' specials
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|doctor= Third Doctor
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|enemy= [[Star Beast]]
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|setting= [[30th century]]
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|artist= [[Jim Baikie]]
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|publication= TV Action Annual 1974
publication title= TV Action Annual 1974|
|release date= 1974
publication dates= [[1974]]|
|publisher= Polystyle
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|format= Comic - 1 part (6 pages)
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|prev = Ride to Nowhere (comic story)
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|next=Doomcloud (comic story)
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|series2 = Stories in Polystyle specials, generally
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|next2 = Perils of Paris (comic story)
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'''''The Hungry Planet''''' was a comic story featuring the [[Third Doctor]] in ''[[TV Action]] Annual 1974''.
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] is swallowed by [[Star Beast|a living planet]], so the [[Third Doctor]] turns to [[Harry Trant]] for help in recovering [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his ship]].
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] travels through the [[30th century]] but encounters a planet that's not supposed to be there. [[Star Beast|The planet is alive]] and swallows the TARDIS. The [[Third Doctor]] meets [[Harry Trant]], also stranded, and they work together to get eaten by a parasitic amoeba on the planet's surface, which in turn is eaten by the planet. They reach the TARDIS in the stomach, and the Doctor materialises at the heart, telling Harry to shoot it. Hesitant, he does, and the planet screams as it dies. The Doctor tells him it needed to be killed because of its size, though killing is not a pleasant duty, and takes him to his home planet.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Harry Trant]]
* [[Harry Trant]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor named the [[planet]] "Star Beast".
* The Doctor uses his [[para-cloak]].
* The planet is in the [[Coal-Sack Nebula]], about three [[light-year]]s from [[Calliope]].
* Harry is first mate of the [[space-freighter]] ''[[Ganelon (The Hungry Planet)|Ganelon]]'', out of [[Alderbaran]].
* While the TARDIS is indestructible, the ''Ganelon'' is digested by [[stomach acid]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor mentions the planet's death screams. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
 
== Timeline ==
* ''The Hungry Planet'' takes place after [[TVA]]: ''[[The Unheard Voice]].''
* ''The Hungry Planet'' takes place before [[TVC]]: ''[[The One Second Hour]].''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#A3|The Hungry Planet}}
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#A3|The Hungry Planet}}
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
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[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]]
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Latest revision as of 21:07, 6 February 2024

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The Hungry Planet was a comic story featuring the Third Doctor in TV Action Annual 1974.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's TARDIS travels through the 30th century but encounters a planet that's not supposed to be there. The planet is alive and swallows the TARDIS. The Third Doctor meets Harry Trant, also stranded, and they work together to get eaten by a parasitic amoeba on the planet's surface, which in turn is eaten by the planet. They reach the TARDIS in the stomach, and the Doctor materialises at the heart, telling Harry to shoot it. Hesitant, he does, and the planet screams as it dies. The Doctor tells him it needed to be killed because of its size, though killing is not a pleasant duty, and takes him to his home planet.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor mentions the planet's death screams. (TV: Inferno)

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