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enemy= [[Klepton]]s|
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|artist = [[Neville Main]]
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'''''Prisoners of the Kleptons''''' was a [[First Doctor]] comic story printed in the [[TV Comic]] special issue ''[[TV Comic Annual 1966]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
Spaceship 0120 sends a distress message as it is pulled towards an unknown planet. Upon landing, the two occupants emerge onto a hot landscape and are attacked by a strange craft which looks like a winged bubble.


Two Earth astronauts lose control of their rocket ship, which is drawn down to the surface of a desert world scorched by an enormous sun.  Leaving the craft, they are almost immediately aware of a machine swooping through the air towards them.
The TARDIS arrives near the deserted spaceship. John finds a flare gun inside the craft. The Doctor, John, and Gillian walk towards a giant pyramid in search of the craft's occupants. A bubble ship emerges from the top of the pyramid and the Doctor recognises the pilot as a [[Klepton]]. John cracks the dome of the ship with the flare gun, sending it crashing out of control, and they commandeer the craft, flying it into the pyramid.
 
Soon afterwards the TARDIS lands near the now abandoned ship, beside which is the word HELP written in the sand.  John enters the deserted craft and emerges with a flare gun he has found. A creature in a flying bubble machine arrives on the scene and bears down on them.  The travellers immediately identify it as a Klepton, one of the race they met and defeated during their first adventure together (The Klepton Parasites).  John uses the flare gun to defend them, the bubble cracks and the distracted Klepton loses control of the machine, crashing it.  The three remove the stunned creature and board the damaged machine, which is still usable.  


Travelling over the desert, they reach a flat-topped pyramid and fly into it via a hatch that opens automatically at their approach. Unfortunately, the Kleptons are well aware of what has occurred and capture Dr Who, John and Gillian as they leave the bubble craft.  
Inside the pyramid, they are captured by Kleptons, who demand the Doctor assist them in invading [[Earth]]. The Doctor refuses and they are imprisoned with the spaceship pilots in a small basket suspended over boiling oil. They will be dumped into the oil if they refuse to assist in the invasion. John ignites the oil, distracting the Kleptons so they can all escape in a pair of bubble craft. The Kleptons are in pursuit, but they have turned off the magnetic beam they used to trap the spacecraft, so it is able to escape the planet. The Doctor, John, and Gillian leave in the TARDIS.


The Klepton leader tells the Doctor that their world has moved too close to the sun and become uninhabitable, and that they need a new home.  They have learnt of the planet Earth and insist that Dr Who helps them to plan an invasion.  When he refuses, he is placed, with John and Gillian and the two Earth astronauts, in a large open-topped crate that is suspended from the roof over a vat of boiling oil.  The sides of the crate are of metal, but the bottom is made of only basket-like lattice. 
== Characters ==
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[John Who]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* [[Klepton]]s


The astronauts have also refused their help, but point out to the time travellers that if they all persist in opposing the Kleptons the obvious is going to happen: the crate will be dropped into the bubbling oil.  John, who still retains the flare gun, aims it at the oil and fires.  A thick cloud of black smoke rises from the vat, and John urges his companions to swing the crate back and forth.  They grab the edge of the vat and between them manage to hold the crate there while they all climb out of it.  Under cover of the smoke they board two of the bubble craft and leave by way of the automatic hatch. 
== Worldbuilding ==
 
The Kleptons are soon in hot pursuit, but in their haste they omit to reactivate the equipment they used to draw the Earth ship to the planet and hold it there, so the astronauts are able to lift off as the time travellers watch.  Dr Who, John and Gillian have a rather narrower escape, the TARDIS vanishing just as the Kleptons reach it.  Inside the ship, Dr Who expresses the hope that they will arrive at a friendlier place next time.
 
==Characters==
 
Dr Who, John, Gillian, the Kleptons, two Earth astronauts.
 
==References==
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==Notes==
== Notes ==
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* This was the second and final appearance of the Kleptons in ''Doctor Who'' comic stories. They would next appear thirty-two years later in the novel ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]''.
 
* Not just having a similar title, this story shares striking artistic and plot similarities to the comic story ''[[Prisoners of Gritog (comic story)|Prisoners of Gritog]]'', another story featuring the First Doctor, John and Gillian.
==Continuity==
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==External Links==
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== Continuity ==
* The Doctor recalls defeating the Kleptons on [[Planet (The Klepton Parasites)|an unnamed planet]] in the [[30th century]], and also comments on remembering how to pilot their [[Klepton flying machine|Bubble Machines]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Klepton Parasites (comic story)|The Klepton Parasites]]'')
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Latest revision as of 03:15, 13 March 2024

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Prisoners of the Kleptons was a First Doctor comic story printed in the TV Comic special issue TV Comic Annual 1966.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Spaceship 0120 sends a distress message as it is pulled towards an unknown planet. Upon landing, the two occupants emerge onto a hot landscape and are attacked by a strange craft which looks like a winged bubble.

The TARDIS arrives near the deserted spaceship. John finds a flare gun inside the craft. The Doctor, John, and Gillian walk towards a giant pyramid in search of the craft's occupants. A bubble ship emerges from the top of the pyramid and the Doctor recognises the pilot as a Klepton. John cracks the dome of the ship with the flare gun, sending it crashing out of control, and they commandeer the craft, flying it into the pyramid.

Inside the pyramid, they are captured by Kleptons, who demand the Doctor assist them in invading Earth. The Doctor refuses and they are imprisoned with the spaceship pilots in a small basket suspended over boiling oil. They will be dumped into the oil if they refuse to assist in the invasion. John ignites the oil, distracting the Kleptons so they can all escape in a pair of bubble craft. The Kleptons are in pursuit, but they have turned off the magnetic beam they used to trap the spacecraft, so it is able to escape the planet. The Doctor, John, and Gillian leave in the TARDIS.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This was the second and final appearance of the Kleptons in Doctor Who comic stories. They would next appear thirty-two years later in the novel Placebo Effect.
  • Not just having a similar title, this story shares striking artistic and plot similarities to the comic story Prisoners of Gritog, another story featuring the First Doctor, John and Gillian.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

v • e
First Doctor TVC comic stories
Neville Main era
(November 1964 -
September 1965)
Weekly strip
Holiday stories
Annual stories
Pick of the Jokes
TV Terrors
Bill Mevin era
(September 1965 -
April 1966)
Weekly strip
Pick of the Jokes
John Canning era
(April 1966 -
December 1966)
Weekly strip
Holiday special
Annual
Canning's run on TVC continues until 1971,
with a second run 1975-1979.
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