Operation Lock-up (comic story)

Operation Lock-up
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Martha Jones
Main enemy:	unknown alien robbers
Main setting:	Tokyo, Earth, 3000
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::GE Fabbri Ltd]]
Editor:	Claire Lister
Writer:	Steve Cole
Artist:	Lee Sullivan
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Format:	Comic - Part 3 of 4 (4 pages)

Opening narration box

On the trail of the alien robbers, the Doctor and Martha travel to Tokyo in the future …

Summary

A robbery on the Mega Bank of Tokyo in the year 3000 is the latest part of the ‘contest’. The Doctor and Martha find the two alien gangs are using giants (a remote controlled robot and a mind-controlled Zombie) to break through the banks defences. But this time it is not a robbery but a trap to stop the Doctor and Martha interfering in a Yedari’s dispute. Escaping the giants, they seal themselves into a vault of jewels that has been rigged by the aliens to release a poisonous green gas. Trapped and overcome by the gas the Doctor empties the crystal gems onto the floor and using his sonic screwdriver to make the jems resonate at such a frequency so as to weaken the structure of the floor enough to create a hole in the floor and enable their escape. As the aliens teleport away the Doctor grabs Martha and they follow in the teleport…

ArtistLee Sullivan

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Martha Jones

Original print details

Installment, publication title with page count and closing caption.

• 3/4 Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 28 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED...
• No reprints to date.

Notes

• Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page, individually titled comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
• Style wise, the artwork and colours were bold and bright reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as with Doctor Who Adventures, it reflected the appeal to younger readers than that catered for by Doctor Who Magazine.

• The Doctor mentions to Martha, the King Pigo of Pergoss, was the size of a small chicken!

References

• The Battles in Time comic strip often sought to reinforce the Doctor character with that as seen on screen by utilising various ‘props’ used in the TV series. Namely; blue/brown suit, sonic screwdriver, psychic paper and his intelligent glasses.

Continuity

to be added

External links

• Doctor Who: Battles in Time official website, with magazine and trading cards details