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''to | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands on [[Planet (The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas)|a beautiful, wild planet]] where the Doctor and his grandchildren discover some sabre toothed gorillas in a cave. They decide to watch the gorillas from behind a bush until [[John Who|John]] treads on a twig and the gorillas are alerted to their presence. The gorillas chase them into a ravine when a stranger appears and tells them to go into a narrow crevice. As they do, [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] twists her ankle so John and the stranger go to the man's laboratory to get some weapons. They return with clubs made of 'squidge' and drive away the gorillas. | ||
Once everyone is in the laboratory, the professor explains squidge, a material he has been developing for years. It is similar to rubber, but ten times more bouncy, and full of other wonderful properties. The demonstration of squidge is interrupted when the gorillas attack. | |||
The professor fights them off with his squidge clubs and the Doctor and his grandchildren take a squidge rope that they use to build catapult which holds off the gorillas for a while until the professor joins them. When the gorillas are too numerous to fight off, the Doctor, John, Gillian and the professor use the catapult to fire themselves into some trees beyond their attackers. They run to the TARDIS and escape, and agree to drop the professor on a safe planet to carry on creating squidge. | |||
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Revision as of 16:07, 2 March 2022
The Sabre-Toothed Gorilla was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.
Summary
The TARDIS lands on a beautiful, wild planet where the Doctor and his grandchildren discover some sabre toothed gorillas in a cave. They decide to watch the gorillas from behind a bush until John treads on a twig and the gorillas are alerted to their presence. The gorillas chase them into a ravine when a stranger appears and tells them to go into a narrow crevice. As they do, Gillian twists her ankle so John and the stranger go to the man's laboratory to get some weapons. They return with clubs made of 'squidge' and drive away the gorillas.
Once everyone is in the laboratory, the professor explains squidge, a material he has been developing for years. It is similar to rubber, but ten times more bouncy, and full of other wonderful properties. The demonstration of squidge is interrupted when the gorillas attack.
The professor fights them off with his squidge clubs and the Doctor and his grandchildren take a squidge rope that they use to build catapult which holds off the gorillas for a while until the professor joins them. When the gorillas are too numerous to fight off, the Doctor, John, Gillian and the professor use the catapult to fire themselves into some trees beyond their attackers. They run to the TARDIS and escape, and agree to drop the professor on a safe planet to carry on creating squidge.
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References
- The Doctor compares the planet to Canada.
Notes
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Continuity
- The sabre-toothed gorillas will later be mentioned in TV: The Infinite Quest.
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