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On [[Lavinia Smith|Aunt Lavinia]]'s request, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9 Mark III|K9]] join Dr [[Warren Martyn]] and his assistant, [[Dexter Townsend]], on an archaeological dig in [[Egypt]]. They have uncovered a hidden city of the [[Silurian|Eocenes]] (identified as such by K9). | On [[Lavinia Smith|Aunt Lavinia]]'s request, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9 Mark III|K9]] join Dr [[Warren Martyn]] and his assistant, [[Dexter Townsend]], on an archaeological dig in [[Egypt]]. They have uncovered a hidden city of the [[Silurian|Eocenes]] (identified as such by K9). | ||
Dexter is only after the treasures and is killed, but the Eocenes are seeking peaceful co-existence with the humans. Warren agrees to stay so they may exchange cultures and Sarah is given free passage to return home to negotiate their terms. | Dexter is only after the treasures and is killed, but the Eocenes are seeking peaceful co-existence with the humans. Warren agrees to stay so they may exchange cultures and Sarah is given free passage to return home to negotiate their terms. | ||
Revision as of 00:40, 9 July 2017
City of Devils was a comic strip featuring Sarah Jane Smith and K9. The only comic strip based on the premise of K9 and Company, it featured both the Silurians and the Sea Devils in the same story.
Summary
On Aunt Lavinia's request, Sarah Jane Smith and K9 join Dr Warren Martyn and his assistant, Dexter Townsend, on an archaeological dig in Egypt. They have uncovered a hidden city of the Eocenes (identified as such by K9).
Dexter is only after the treasures and is killed, but the Eocenes are seeking peaceful co-existence with the humans. Warren agrees to stay so they may exchange cultures and Sarah is given free passage to return home to negotiate their terms.
Sarah is optimistic after speaking with the Brigadier. UNIT this time round seems more sympathetic.
Plot
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Characters
References
- K9 mentions the planet Griffelian V.
Notes
- This is the only comic strip based on K9 and Company.
- This comic strip story is respectfully dedicated to Malcolm Hulke.
- The Silurians are correctly referred to as Eocenes because of the period from which they date.
- In the comic strip, K9 relates the earlier attempt by the Doctor to negotiate a peaceful co-existence.
- K9 also makes reference to The Daily Telegraph report of 12 April 1929 which tells how an Antarctica expedition was lost following their claim to have found a lost city of intelligent reptiles.
- The entrance to the tunnels is rich in hieroglyphics that predate Zoser (2650 BC) yet are more recent. The dig officially reports no findings although Dr. Martyn never returns.
- Artist Vincent Danks includes K9 in a couple of fun, tongue-in-cheek visual gags that don't make a great deal of sense. For instance, we see K9 reading the book, The Adventures of Lassie, without particularly indicating how K9 might have turned the pages. Given K9 Mark II's continual insistence that he was not a dog, it is unclear why K9 Mark III would have been particularly interested in a dog story like Lassie. Later, in Egypt, K9 is shown wearing an adventurer's pith helmet.
Publication
Original print details
- (Publication with page count)
- DWM Summer Special 1992, sometimes called the Sarah Jane Holiday Special. 8 pages.
Continuity
- K9 calls the Silurians and Sea Devils "Homo Reptilia," a practice the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors would later pick up. (COMIC: Cold Blooded War!; TV: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood; GAME: The Eternity Clock)
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