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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
When a [[Simon Trent|scientist]] friend of the [[Third Doctor]]'s is [[kidnapped]], the Doctor aims to find the culprit. But can he trust [[Arnie Babbs]], the mysterious [[beachcomber]] who offers to help?
The Doctor witnesses the kidnapping of nuclear physicist Simon Trent and his young son. Giving chase, the Doctor is himself captured and taken to an island belonging to the apparently alien General Steelfist. Both Trent and later the Doctor are transported to a space station orbiting the Earth. There they are forced to construct a nuclear device with which Steelfist intends to blackmail the world. However the Doctor becomes suspicious of the mysterious Steelfist and discovers that the space station is in fact the top of a lighthouse close to the island. With the help of old beachcomber, Arnie Babbs, the Doctor and Trent escape. But is Babbs the friend that he appears to be?


== Characters ==
== Characters ==

Revision as of 04:09, 7 December 2023

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Steelfist was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.

Summary

The Doctor witnesses the kidnapping of nuclear physicist Simon Trent and his young son. Giving chase, the Doctor is himself captured and taken to an island belonging to the apparently alien General Steelfist. Both Trent and later the Doctor are transported to a space station orbiting the Earth. There they are forced to construct a nuclear device with which Steelfist intends to blackmail the world. However the Doctor becomes suspicious of the mysterious Steelfist and discovers that the space station is in fact the top of a lighthouse close to the island. With the help of old beachcomber, Arnie Babbs, the Doctor and Trent escape. But is Babbs the friend that he appears to be?

Characters

Worldbuilding

  • The Doctor fears catching pneumonia from the cold sea water.

Notes

  • This story marks the first time that the Doctor's car is referred to by its proper name "Bessie," rather than "Betsy," as it had previously been called in the comics.

Continuity

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