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 CE
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::GE Fabbri Ltd]]
Editor:	Claire Lister
Writer:	Steve Cole
Artist:	Lee Sullivan
Colourist:	Alan Craddock
Release details
Release number:	28
Format:	Comic - 1 parts (4 pages)

Opening Tag

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…

Characters

• Tenth Doctor
• Martha Jones

Original Print Details (Publication with page count and closing captions)

1. Doctor Who Battles in Time Issue 28 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED …

Reprints

• None to date

Notes

• Supporting the series of collectable Doctor Who trading cards, the magazine title, carried a regular 4 page comic strip series of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.
• Many of the individually titled comic strip adventures were themed over several issues, but were relatively self contained ‘episodes’.
• The limitation of only 4 pages meant that stories often lacked some depth in comparrison to other regular comic strips running at the same time.
• 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, King Pigo of Pergoss, the size of a small chicken!

References

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Continuity

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External Links

• The official magazine website with magazine and trading card details, including news of the latest available issue.