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}}'''''The Vortex''''' was the penultimate ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story in the pages of ''[[TV Action]]''. A full-colour, painted strip, it followed a kind of [[Polystyle]] convention of pairing the [[Third Doctor]] | }}'''''The Vortex''''' was the penultimate ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story in the pages of ''[[TV Action]]''. A full-colour, painted strip, it followed a kind of [[Polystyle]] convention of pairing the [[Third Doctor]] with a temporary, juvenile male [[companion]]. During the story's run, the letters column of ''TV Action'' gave the name ''[[Gallifrey]]'' as the home [[planet]] of [[the Master]] — some six months before television viewers would first hear the name in ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 13:42, 22 November 2011
The Vortex was the penultimate Doctor Who story in the pages of TV Action. A full-colour, painted strip, it followed a kind of Polystyle convention of pairing the Third Doctor with a temporary, juvenile male companion. During the story's run, the letters column of TV Action gave the name Gallifrey as the home planet of the Master — some six months before television viewers would first hear the name in The Time Warrior.
Summary
A tornado in space whisks the Third Doctor and his new friend Tom inside a vast biological computer.
Characters
References
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Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Third Doctor's penchant for solving problems by "reversing" something is alive and well in this story. Here, he doesn't quite "reverse the polarity", but he does "find the programming bank and reverse its order".
- The aliens who capture the Doctor and Tom have some commonality with the Atraxi. They're giant eyeballs.
- The story gives Bessie an explicit new power. At one point the Doctor is seen to turn on Bessie's "increased gravity stabliser", something the Doctor says will resist the force of a tornado.
Production errors
- Tom's father is called "Brian" in part one, but "John" in part two.
- Bessie is called "Betsy", a common Polystyle error.
Timeline
- This story takes place after TVA: The Spoilers
- this story takes place before TVA: The Unheard Voice
External links
Template:Third Doctor TVC/TVA comics
