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|image=The Body Snatcher.jpg | |image = The Body Snatcher.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|doctor= Fourth Doctor | |doctor= Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] | |companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] | ||
|enemy= [[Rascla]], [[Tormian Toad-man|Tormian Toad-men]] | |enemy= [[Rascla]], [[Tormian Toad-man|Tormian Toad-men]] | ||
|setting=[[Axa]], [[Torm]] | |setting = [[Axa]], [[Torm]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= | ||
|artist= [[Paul Crompton]] | |artist= [[Paul Crompton]] | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 9 March 2023
- You may be looking for the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel, The Bodysnatchers or the IDW comic, Body Snatched.
The Body Snatcher was a comic strip in the Doctor Who Annual 1977. It saw the Fourth Doctor's body possessed by Rascla.
Summary
The TARDIS takes a detour, a dangerous one that results in the Doctor losing his body...
Plot
After a malfunction on the way to Mitra B for a peace conference, the TARDIS lands on Axa. However, an external force takes the three travellers to the planet Torm where they meet Rascla, a being who wants to take over Mitra B. He decided to use the Doctor to achieve this aim and possesses his body.
The Doctor's mind is forced out and into Sarah's but he manages to return and, after an intense mental battle, defeats Rascla. He then apologises to both the Mitrans and Sarah.
Characters
References
- The Doctor was on his way to Mitra B for their bi-millennium meeting to discuss their moral progress.
- Axa is the moon of the planet Torm.
- Rascla takes over the Doctor's body using a nucleonic body separator.
- Rascla plans to use germs to kill the Mitrans.
Notes
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Continuity
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