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|doctor= Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions= [[John and Gillian]] | |companions = [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] | ||
|enemy= [[The Extortioner]] | |enemy = [[The Extortioner]] | ||
|setting= An [[planet (The Extortioner)|unnamed planet]] | |setting= An [[planet (The Extortioner)|unnamed planet]] | ||
|writer= [[Roger Noel Cook]] | |writer= [[Roger Noel Cook]] | ||
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|next= The Trodos Ambush (comic story) | |next= The Trodos Ambush (comic story) | ||
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'''''The Extortioner''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]], [[John and Gillian]]. | '''''The Extortioner''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[The TARDIS]] lands on an unnamed planet. The Doctor leaves John and Gillian in the ship and explores a nearby [[volcano]]. He discovers it is the base of [[the Extortioner]], who plans to [[blackmail]] the inhabited universe with his fleet of [[rocket]]s unless they pay his [[ransom]] demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket [[laser]]. He throws the missiles' 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. | [[The TARDIS]] lands on an unnamed planet. The Doctor leaves [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] in the ship and explores a nearby [[volcano]]. He discovers it is the base of [[the Extortioner]], who plans to [[blackmail]] the inhabited universe with his fleet of [[rocket]]s unless they pay his [[ransom]] demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket [[laser]]. He throws the missiles' 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 == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Second Doctor]] | * [[Second Doctor]] | ||
* [[John | * [[John Who]] | ||
* [[Gillian Who]] | |||
* [[The Extortioner]] | * [[The Extortioner]] | ||
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Revision as of 02:52, 4 July 2020
The Extortioner was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.
Summary
The TARDIS lands on an unnamed planet. The Doctor leaves John and Gillian in the ship and explores a nearby volcano. He discovers it is 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 missiles' 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
References
- The Doctor's lighter has a laser beam.
Notes
- This was the first TV Comic story to feature the Second Doctor. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality.
- The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; "What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!"
- This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action.
Continuity
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