The Extortioner (comic story)

The Extortioner
Doctor:	[[doctor::Second Doctor]]
Companion(s):	John and Gillian
Main enemy:	The Extortioner
Main setting:	unnamed planet
Release details
Printed in:	TV Comic 784-787
Release date:	24 December 1966 - 14 January 1967
Format:	Comic - 4 parts (8 pages)
TVC comic stories
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Next →	The Trodos Ambush

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First comic appearance of the Second Doctor

Summary

The TARDIS lands on an unnamed planet. The Doctor leaves John and Gillian inside the ship and explores a nearby volcano which is actually the base of the Extortioner, who plans to blackmail the inhabited universe with his fleet of rockets unless they pay his ransom demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket laser. He throws the missile's warheads into the volcano's core, causing an eruption which destroys the Extortioner's base. Enraged, the Extortioner pursues the Doctor in his giant mechanical mole. The Doctor lures him to a crack caused by the volcano's eruption and he falls to his doom. The Doctor returns to the TARDIS.

Characters

• Second Doctor
• John and Gillian
• The Extortioner

References

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Notes

• No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality.
• This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action.

Continuity

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Timeline

• The Extortioner occurs after VG: Destiny of the Doctors
• The Extortioner occurs before TVC: The Trodos Ambush