Up Above the Gods (comic story)

Up Above the Gods (comic story)

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Up Above the Gods
Doctor:	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor]]
Main enemy:	Davros
Main setting:	The Doctor's TARDIS
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Marvel Comics UK]]
Editor:	Gary Gillatt
Writer:	Richard Alan
Artist:	Lee Sullivan
Release details
Format:	Comic - 1 part (7 pages)

Up Above the Gods (comic story) was a Sixth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine in 1995, long after Colin Baker's tenure ended. The title was derived from a conversation in Genesis of the Daleks and this strip acted as a continuation of that debate.

Summary

Having rescued Davros from his creations on Skaro in his TARDIS, the Doctor offers him an army of Daleks, with the possibility that they be lifted from their obsession with mindless universal domination.

Characters

• Sixth Doctor
• Davros

References

• While Peri isn't present, she is probably in the TARDIS (based on the scenes that come before this story).
• The Doctor mentions a planet where an army of thousands of Daleks lies frozen.
• Davros mentions that the Kaleds were at war for centuries.

Notes

• This is the last DWM comic to feature the sixth Doctor except in flashbacks or imaginary stories like Happy Deathday.

Continuity

• This is a sequel/prequel/continuation of DWM: Emperor of the Daleks.
• This story and Emperor of the Daleks sets up for DW: Remembrance of the Daleks.
• The Doctor last encountered Davros in DW: Revelation of the Daleks / BFA: The Juggernauts and Davros.
• The Doctor and Davros are in the cloisters last seen in DW: Logopolis.
• The title comes from a line of dialogue in DW: Genesis of the Daleks.

Timeline

• This story occurs after DWM: Emperor of the Daleks!
• This story occurs before DW: Mindwarp (flashback scenes)

External links

• "...Up Above the Gods" at the Doctor Who Reference Guide