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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
At home in a small city on the tiny planet of Sigma, Dr Ivan Asimoff sits in his room writing one of his science-fiction stories. Caught up in his "adventures", he faints when he opens the door and is faced with a life-size alien being, delivered as the new cover illustration for his book from his artist.
At home in a small city on the tiny planet of Sigma, Dr. Ivan Asimoff sits in his room writing one of his science-fiction stories. Caught up in his "adventures", he faints when he opens the door and is faced with a life-size alien being, delivered as the new cover illustration for his book from his artist.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* Dr [[Ivan Asimoff]]
* Dr. [[Ivan Asimoff]]
* [[Asimoff's aunty]]
* [[Asimoff's aunty]]
* [[Asimoff's cover artist]]
* [[Asimoff's cover artist]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''The Fabulous Idiot'' is presented along with another new story featuring the [[Freefall Warriors]] (both first appeared in the DWM comic story ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'').
* ''The Fabulous Idiot'' is presented along with another new story featuring the [[Freefall Warriors]] (both first appeared in the DWM comic story ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'').
* Asimoff's aunt, mentioned briefly in ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'', is seen for the first and only time.
* Asimoff's aunt, who is mentioned briefly in ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'', is seen for the first and only time — but she is only referred to by Asimoff as "Aunty" and never given a name.


=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===

Revision as of 18:18, 31 January 2022

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The Fabulous Idiot was a comic story released in DWMS Summer 1982.

Summary

At home in a small city on the tiny planet of Sigma, Dr. Ivan Asimoff sits in his room writing one of his science-fiction stories. Caught up in his "adventures", he faints when he opens the door and is faced with a life-size alien being, delivered as the new cover illustration for his book from his artist.

Plot

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Characters

References

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Notes

  • The Fabulous Idiot is presented along with another new story featuring the Freefall Warriors (both first appeared in the DWM comic story The Free-Fall Warriors).
  • Asimoff's aunt, who is mentioned briefly in The Free-Fall Warriors, is seen for the first and only time — but she is only referred to by Asimoff as "Aunty" and never given a name.

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. Doctor Who Summer Special 1982 (4) The End

Continuity

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