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|doctor = Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Jo Grant]] | |companions = [[Jo Grant]] | ||
|featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], [[Tom Osgood]], | |featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], {{Delgado}}, [[Tom Osgood]], [[Mike Yates]] | ||
|enemy = [[Ramón Salamander]], [[Micro machine (The Heralds of Destruction)|Micro machines]] | |enemy = [[Ramón Salamander]], [[Micro machine (The Heralds of Destruction)|Micro machines]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] headquarters|[[Jo Grant's mind|Inside Jo's mind]]|[[Electronicon Ltd.]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] headquarters|[[Jo Grant's mind|Inside Jo's mind]]|[[Electronicon Ltd.]]|[[London]], [[1868]]}} | ||
|writer = [[Paul Cornell]] | |writer = [[Paul Cornell]] | ||
|editor = [[Andrew James]] | |editor = [[Andrew James]] | ||
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|colourist = [[Hi-Fi Colour Design|Hi-Fi]] | |colourist = [[Hi-Fi Colour Design|Hi-Fi]] | ||
|letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] and [[Jimmy Betancourt]] | |letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] and [[Jimmy Betancourt]] | ||
|publication = [[3D 1]] - | |publication = [[3D 1]] - [[3D 5|5]] | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = | ||
|reprint = | |reprint = | ||
|traded = | |traded = | ||
|release date = [[14 September (releases)|14 September]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] - | |release date = [[14 September (releases)|14 September]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] - | ||
|cover date = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] - | |cover date = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] - [[22 February (releases)|22 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | ||
|publisher = Titan Comics | |publisher = Titan Comics | ||
|format = Comic - 5 parts | |format = Comic - 5 parts | ||
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* The Master employs [[Martian kendo]] as a rival to the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[Venusian aikido]] in mental combat only to be countered as the Doctor switches to [[Mercurian kung fu]]. | * The Master employs [[Martian kendo]] as a rival to the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[Venusian aikido]] in mental combat only to be countered as the Doctor switches to [[Mercurian kung fu]]. | ||
* Salamander turns [[Electronicon Ltd.]] into his own [[Space-time vessel|time vessel]]. | * Salamander turns [[Electronicon Ltd.]] into his own [[Space-time vessel|time vessel]]. | ||
* The Master uses the chameleon factor of his mask to disguise the [[helicopter]] he and the [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] personnel are flying in 1868. | |||
* The Master has a secret passage that leads to the [[Houses of Parliament]]. | |||
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Revision as of 01:19, 23 February 2017
The Heralds of Destruction was the sole story of the Doctor Who: The Third Doctor comic book mini-series, published in 2016.
Summary
When something enormous crashes into Bedfordshire, the Doctor, Jo Grant, and the forces of UNIT under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart mobilise immediately – and find themselves in the middle of a pitched battle against a terrifying invader... But the shocking face that awaits their return to base may tip the whole world off its axis!
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Third Doctor
- Jo Grant
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Mike Yates
- Waiter
- John Benton
- The Master
- Tom Osgood
- Micro machines
- Carol Bell
- Ramón Salamander
- Dr William
- Dr Draper
References
- The Master disguises himself as General Mayhew and as the Brigadier.
- At the end of the first issue, the Second Doctor arrives to UNIT HQ in a cliffhanger. In the following issues, however, it is revealed to actually be Ramón Salamander in disguise.
- The Master employs Martian kendo as a rival to the Third Doctor's Venusian aikido in mental combat only to be countered as the Doctor switches to Mercurian kung fu.
- Salamander turns Electronicon Ltd. into his own time vessel.
- The Master uses the chameleon factor of his mask to disguise the helicopter he and the UNIT personnel are flying in 1868.
- The Master has a secret passage that leads to the Houses of Parliament.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Third Doctor and the Second Doctor have encountered each other not long before, as Mike Yates notes that the Third Doctor has recently regained the use of his TARDIS. (TV: The Three Doctors)
- Jo tries to explain why the Doctor can't remember meeting his previous incarnation by saying that "things get all timey wimey". (TV: Blink, The Day of the Doctor, COMIC: Four Doctors)
- The Second Doctor has a recorder. (TV: The Power of the Daleks)
- Within the Time Vortex, a Reaper, (TV: Father's Day) a Vortisaur, (AUDIO: Storm Warning) and two Chronovores can be seen. (TV: The Time Monster)
External links
to be added
