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|companions        = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]
|companions        = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]
|featuring        = Ian Chesterton|Ian
|featuring        = Ian Chesterton|Ian
|featuring2        = Barbara Wright
|featuring2        = Barbara|Barbara Wright
|enemy            = [[CyberMondan]]s
|enemy            = [[CyberMondan]]s
|year              = [[76 Totter's Lane]], [[November]] [[1963]]
|year              = [[76 Totter's Lane]], [[London]], [[Earth]], [[November]] [[1963]] ([[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]])
|writer            = [[George Mann]] and [[Cavan Scott]]
|writer            = [[George Mann]] and [[Cavan Scott]]
|editor            = [[Andrew James]]
|editor            = [[Andrew James]]
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|next              = Prologue: The Sixth Doctor (comic story)
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'''''Prologue: The First Doctor''''' was one of several prologues to the miniseries ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', published by [[Titan Comics]].
'''''Prologue: The First Doctor''''' was one of nine prologue comics to the mini-series ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', published by [[Titan Comics]].


== Summary ==
== Plot ==
[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] is running home, fearing that she is being followed by a [[car]]. When she arrives at [[76 Totter's Lane|the junkyard]], she finds [[the Doctor]] being held prisoner by the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. He tells her to run away.
[[Susan Foreman]] is running [[home]] to [[76 Totter's Lane]], [[fear]]ing that she is being followed by two [[people]] in a [[car]]. When she arrives home, she finds [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] on his [[knee]]s, surrounded by three [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. He [[scream]]s at her to [[Running|run]] away.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]
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== References ==
== References ==
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] walks past an advertisement for [[Bovril]].
 
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] walks past an [[advert]]isement for [[Bovril]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was published in [[10DY2 12]].
 
* This is an alternate version of the events of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''.
* This story was first published in [[10DY2 12]]. It was reprinted in the [[2016 Convention Special]] and the [[Supremacy of the Cybermen (graphic novel)|''Supremacy of the Cybermen'' graphic novel]].
* [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] appear only as silhouettes in a [[car]].
* This story depicts an alternate version of the events of the first episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''.
* [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] appear as silhouettes in a [[car]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The events seen here are a result of the mass invasion of [[time]] and [[space]] by the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], who have allied with [[Rassilon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')
 
* Susan is being followed by two people in a car. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* This particular encounter between the [[First Doctor]] and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] is the result of the mass invasion of [[time]] and [[space]] by a [[colony]] of Cybermen at the [[end of the universe]], who have allied with [[Rassilon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Cybermen holding the [[First Doctor]] hostage resemble the [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cybermen]] that this incarnation would encounter at the [[Snowcap|Snowcap Base]] in [[1986]]. Curiously, one Cyberman lacks the [[Cyber-gun]] on its [[chest unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] is being followed by two people in a car. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* This perversion of history is ultimately negated when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and Rassilon restore the [[timeline]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Cybermen holding the First Doctor hostage resemble the [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cybermen]] that this incarnation will ultimately encounter at the [[Snowcap|Snowcap Base]] at the [[Regeneration|end of his life]]. Anomalously, one Cyberman lacks the [[Cyber-gun]] on the underside of its [[chest unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
* This encounter between the First Doctor and the Cybermen is ultimately erased from [[history]] when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and a betrayed Rassilon use the [[Eye of Harmony]] on [[Gallifrey]] at the end of the universe, along with the [[Cyberiad]]'s dominance across history, to undo the Cybermen's conquests across time and space. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')


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Revision as of 12:00, 9 July 2021

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Prologue: The First Doctor was one of nine prologue comics to the mini-series Supremacy of the Cybermen, published by Titan Comics.

Plot

Susan Foreman is running home to 76 Totter's Lane, fearing that she is being followed by two people in a car. When she arrives home, she finds the Doctor on his knees, surrounded by three Cybermen. He screams at her to run away.

Characters

References

Notes

Continuity