*Sub Zero (comic story)

*Sub Zero
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Davis
Main enemy:	Dalek Supreme
Main setting:	Antarctica and Australia, 1970s
Key crew
Publisher:	Polystyle
Writer:	Dennis Hooper
Artist:	Gerry Haylock
Release details
Number of parts:	8
Printed in:	TV Action 47-54
Release date:	8 January - 26 February 1972
Reprinted in:	DWCC 5, Sub Zero
Format:	Comic
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*Sub Zero was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary

The Daleks steal an atomic submarine and launch its missiles at Sydney, Australia. They plan to establish a base in the ruins, convert the survivors into Daleks, then destroy the rest of the world!

Characters

• Third Doctor
• Lieutenant Davis
• Clegg
• Ambrose
• Captain
• First Officer
• General

Worldbuilding

• Daleks condition their human slaves using gold cubes applied to the forehead. Each subsidiary cube is controlled by a master cube.

Notes

• *Sub Zero is the first example of a Doctor Who story to begin with a typographical symbol — in this case, an asterisk — instead of an alphabetic or numeric character.
• The Daleks are led by a black and gold Dalek. The same colour scheme was used for the Dalek Supreme who appeared on the television series serial Planet of the Daleks in the following year.

Continuity

• The Daleks use brainwashed slaves to perform manual labour for their invasion force similar to the Robomen. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

External links

• *Sub Zero at the Doctor Who Reference Guide