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comic name= "'...Up Above the Gods..." |
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series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Sixth Doctor Comic Strip Stories]]|
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|image= Sixth Doctor Davros in TARDIS Up Above the Gods.jpg
enemy= [[Davros]]|
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
year= [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]|
|doctor= Sixth Doctor
writer= [[Richard Alan]]|
|companions=  
editor=[[Gary Gillatt]]|
|featuring= [[Davros]]
artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]|
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colourist=None (Black and White)|
|setting= [[Cloister Room]]
lettering=Starkings / Comiccraft |
|writer= Richard Alan
publication_title= [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM Issue 227|227]]|
|editor = [[Gary Gillatt]]
publication_dates= 5 July [[1995]]|
|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics UK]]|
|colourist=  
format= Comic - 1 part |
|letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] / [[Comicraft]]
previous story= [[Land of the Blind]]|
|publication= [[DWM 227]]
next story= [[The Curse of the Scarab]]|
|release date= 8 June 1995
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|cover date= 5 July 1995
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
|format= Comic
|epcount = 1
|prev= Land of the Blind (comic story)
|next= The Curse of the Scarab (comic story)
|reprint= Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection - Volume 2
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Sixth Doctor]] comic strip published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in 1995, during a period in which the DWM comics featured past Doctors. However, the story tied-in to the [[Seventh Doctor]] comic story ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'' released two years previously. It was set between the first and fourth parts of ''Emperor of the Daleks!''


==Summary==
The title was derived from a conversation between the [[Fourth Doctor]] and Davros in [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', and this strip acted as a continuation of the debate.
Having rescued Davros from his creations on Skaro in his TARDIS, the Doctor offers Davros an army of Daleks, with the possibility that they be lifted from their obsession with mindless universal domination.


==Characters==
== Summary ==
*[[Sixth Doctor]]
Having rescued [[Davros]] from his creations on [[Skaro]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] offers him an army of [[Dalek]]s, with the possibility that they be lifted from their obsession with mindless [[universal]] domination.
*[[Davros]]


==References==
== Plot ==
*While [[Peri Brown|Peri]] isn't present she is probably in the TARDIS (based on the scenes that come before this story).
''to be added''
*The Doctor mentions [[Spiridon|a planet]] where an army of thousands of [[Dalek]]s lies frozen.
 
*Davros mentions that the [[Kaled]]s were at war for ''centuries''.
== Characters ==
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* [[Davros]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Davros states that the [[Kaled]]s were at war with the [[Thal]]s for centuries.


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
*This is a sequel/prequel/continuation of [[DWM]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks]]''.
[[File:Doctor in Up Above the Gods.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor in ''Up Above the Gods''.]]
*This story and ''Emperor of the Daleks'' sets up for [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.
[[File:Doctor in Real Time2.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor in ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''.]]
*The Doctor last encountered Davros in [[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' / [[BFA]]: ''[[The Juggernauts]]'' and ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]''.
* Illustrations of the Sixth Doctor from this comic were adapted for use in the webcast ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''.
*The Doctor and Davros are in the cloisters last seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''.
* The title comes from a line in one of Davros' monologues in the television story ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''. There, it references a hypothetical omnicidal virus. In its full context: ''"That power would set me '''up above the gods'''. And through the Daleks I shall have that power!"'
*The title comes from a line of dialogue in [[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]''.
* This story and ''Emperor of the Daleks'' set up the events of the television story ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. Interestingly, the depiction of Davros's accident matches the account first given in the latter story's [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|1990 novelisation]].


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor reminds Davros of the time they first met, when he was only interested in securing the survival of his people. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor mentions [[Spiridon|a planet]] where an army of thousands of [[Dalek]]s lies frozen, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') which he intends to take Davros too. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'')


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Up Above the Gods was a Sixth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine in 1995, during a period in which the DWM comics featured past Doctors. However, the story tied-in to the Seventh Doctor comic story Emperor of the Daleks! released two years previously. It was set between the first and fourth parts of Emperor of the Daleks!

The title was derived from a conversation between the Fourth Doctor and Davros in TV: Genesis of the Daleks, and this strip acted as a continuation of the debate.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Having rescued Davros from his creations on Skaro in his TARDIS, the Sixth Doctor offers him an army of Daleks, with the possibility that they be lifted from their obsession with mindless universal domination.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Davros states that the Kaleds were at war with the Thals for centuries.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor in Up Above the Gods.
The Doctor in Real Time.
  • Illustrations of the Sixth Doctor from this comic were adapted for use in the webcast Real Time.
  • The title comes from a line in one of Davros' monologues in the television story Genesis of the Daleks. There, it references a hypothetical omnicidal virus. In its full context: "That power would set me up above the gods. And through the Daleks I shall have that power!"'
  • This story and Emperor of the Daleks set up the events of the television story Remembrance of the Daleks. Interestingly, the depiction of Davros's accident matches the account first given in the latter story's 1990 novelisation.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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