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|artist= [[Jim Baikie]] | |artist= [[Jim Baikie]] | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] | [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] travels through the [[30th century]] but encounters a planet that's not supposed to be there. [[Star Beast|The planet is alive]] and swallows the TARDIS. The [[Third Doctor]] meets [[Harry Trant]], also stranded, and work together to get eaten by a parasitic amoeba on the planet's surface, which in turn is eaten by the planet. They reach the TARDIS in the stomach, and the Doctor materialises at the heart, telling Harry to shoot it. Hesitant, he does, and the planet screams as it dies. The Doctor tells him it needed to be killed because of it's size though killing is not a pleasant duty, and takes him to his home planet. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* The [[Third Doctor]] names the [[planet]] "[[Star Beast]]". | * The [[Third Doctor]] names the [[planet]] "[[Star Beast]]" after Harry calls it an "inter-stellar beast." | ||
* The Doctor uses his space atlas. | |||
* The planet is in the [[Coal-Sack Nebula]], about three [[light-year]]s from [[Calliope]]. | |||
* Harry is first mate of the space-freighter ''Ganelon'', out of [[Alderbaran]]. | |||
* While the TARDIS is indestructible, Harry's ship ''[[Ganelon]]'' is digested by stomach [[acid]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor mentions the planet's death screams. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | ||
* The TARDIS will later be swallowed by another large creature, the [[space amoeba]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timeslip]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#A3|The Hungry Planet}} | * {{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#A3|The Hungry Planet}} | ||
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | {{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1974 comic stories]] | [[Category:1974 comic stories]] | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 11 January 2016
The Hungry Planet was a comic story featuring the Third Doctor in TV Action Annual 1974.
Summary
The Doctor's TARDIS travels through the 30th century but encounters a planet that's not supposed to be there. The planet is alive and swallows the TARDIS. The Third Doctor meets Harry Trant, also stranded, and work together to get eaten by a parasitic amoeba on the planet's surface, which in turn is eaten by the planet. They reach the TARDIS in the stomach, and the Doctor materialises at the heart, telling Harry to shoot it. Hesitant, he does, and the planet screams as it dies. The Doctor tells him it needed to be killed because of it's size though killing is not a pleasant duty, and takes him to his home planet.
Characters
References
- The Third Doctor names the planet "Star Beast" after Harry calls it an "inter-stellar beast."
- The Doctor uses his space atlas.
- The planet is in the Coal-Sack Nebula, about three light-years from Calliope.
- Harry is first mate of the space-freighter Ganelon, out of Alderbaran.
- While the TARDIS is indestructible, Harry's ship Ganelon is digested by stomach acid.
Notes
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Continuity
- The Doctor mentions the planet's death screams. (TV: Inferno)
- The TARDIS will later be swallowed by another large creature, the space amoeba. (COMIC: Timeslip)
External links
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