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|doctor    = Second Doctor
|doctor    = Second Doctor
|companions = [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|companions = [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|enemy      = [[Zagbor]]s
|enemy      = [[Zagbor]]s
|setting= [[London]], [[1969]]
|setting= [[London]], [[1969]]
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] malfunctions and only partly materialises so that [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] has to affect emergency repairs to complete the landing. Outside, he realises he has arrived in [[1969]] [[London]] where the people have been hypnotised and become human robots. The villains are [[Zagbor]]s, a humanoid alien race.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] malfunctions and only partly materialises so that [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] has to affect emergency repairs to complete the landing. Outside, he realises he has arrived in [[1969]] [[London]] where the people have been hypnotised and become human robots. The villains are [[Zagbor]]s, a humanoid alien race.


Zagbors chase the Doctor back to the TARDIS. They take the TARDIS to their spacecraft and try to cut it open with ray cutters. When the Doctor tries to dematerialise again it malfunctions once more so that he, along with [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], have to surrender. The Doctor asks to be hypnotised first, before his grandchildren and overcomes the hypnotising beam, thus making the Zagbors his slaves. He reverses the hypnosis on the humans, and repairs the TARDIS.
Zagbors chase the Doctor back to the TARDIS. They take the TARDIS to their spacecraft and try to cut it open with ray cutters. When the Doctor tries to dematerialise again it malfunctions once more so that he, along with [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], have to surrender. The Doctor asks to be hypnotised first, before his grandchildren and overcomes the hypnotising beam, thus making the Zagbors his slaves. He reverses the hypnosis on the humans, and repairs the TARDIS.
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== References ==
== References ==
* The Doctor refreshes [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[miracle all purpose oil]].
* The Doctor refreshes [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[miracle all purpose oil]].
* A [[pigeon]] rests on the Doctor when he pretends to be a [[statue]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Predating the introduction of the [[Time Lord]]s in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', the Doctor implies himself to be [[human]] as he refers to those enslaved by the Zagbors as "our people."
* Predating the introduction of the [[Time Lord]]s in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', the Doctor implies himself to be [[human]], as he refers to those enslaved by the Zagbors as "our people."
* When under interrogation by one of the men controlled by the [[Zagbor]]s, the Doctor hypnotises him into calling him "master" while using the phrase "you will obey me!" This is very similar to tactics used by [[the Master]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor alludes to his time living in [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')


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Revision as of 23:21, 14 April 2023

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The Zombies was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.

Summary

The Doctor's TARDIS malfunctions and only partly materialises so that the Doctor has to affect emergency repairs to complete the landing. Outside, he realises he has arrived in 1969 London where the people have been hypnotised and become human robots. The villains are Zagbors, a humanoid alien race.

Zagbors chase the Doctor back to the TARDIS. They take the TARDIS to their spacecraft and try to cut it open with ray cutters. When the Doctor tries to dematerialise again it malfunctions once more so that he, along with John and Gillian, have to surrender. The Doctor asks to be hypnotised first, before his grandchildren and overcomes the hypnotising beam, thus making the Zagbors his slaves. He reverses the hypnosis on the humans, and repairs the TARDIS.

Plot

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Characters

References

Notes

  • Predating the introduction of the Time Lords in TV: The War Games, the Doctor implies himself to be human, as he refers to those enslaved by the Zagbors as "our people."

Continuity