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|doctor= Second Doctor
|doctor= Second Doctor
|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
|enemy= [[Quark]]s, [[Giant Wasp]]s
|enemy= [[Quark]]s
|setting= [[Gano]], [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]
|setting= [[Gano]], [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]
|writer= [[Roger Noel Cook]]
|writer= [[Roger Noel Cook]]
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The [[Quark|Quarks]] create [[Giant Wasp]]s to attack the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] on the devastated [[planet]] of [[Gano]]. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them!
The [[Quark]]s create [[Giant Wasp]]s to attack the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] on the devastated [[planet]] of [[Gano]]. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them!


Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...
Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...
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== References ==
== References ==
* The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "[[whirling (TARDIS flight)|whirling]]".
* The [[Quark home planet]] has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory".  
* The [[Quark home planet]] has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory".  
* [[Gano]] appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Gano]] appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.
''to be added''
* The Quarks return in this story, following directly on from [[Quark campaign against the Doctor|their vendetta against the Doctor]] in the comic story ''[[Invasion of the Quarks]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor and Jamie recently foiled a [[Quark invasion of Earth (Invasion of the Quarks)|Quark invasion of Earth]], which the Quarks want revenge for. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'')
* The Doctor and Jamie recently foiled a [[Quark invasion of Earth (Invasion of the Quarks)|Quark invasion of Earth]], which the Quarks want revenge for. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'')
* The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "[[whirling (TARDIS flight)|whirling]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Klepton Parasites (comic story)|The Klepton Parasites]]'', ''[[The Gyros Injustice (comic story)|The Gyros Injustice]]'', et al.)
* The [[Quark home planet]] is in a [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'')
* The [[Quark home planet]] is in a [[Quarks' galaxy|"far off galaxy"]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]'')
* Following their defeat, the Quarks pledge to continue their [[Quark campaign against the Doctor|revenge]] by pursuing the Doctor throughout Time and Space. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'')


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Revision as of 02:22, 16 April 2023

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The Killer Wasps was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon.

Summary

The Quarks create Giant Wasps to attack the Second Doctor and Jamie on the devastated planet of Gano. Jamie and the Doctor, barely able to fight them off, flee into a hidden underground city... where the Quarks await them!

Luckily, when the Giant Wasps arrive, they instinctively attack the first thing they see... the Quarks! The Wasps are all eliminated, but this gives the Doctor and Jamie time to flee back to the TARDIS. The Quarks swear to develop a more deadly weapon against their foes...

Characters

References

  • The Quarks recognize that the Doctor's TARDIS is "whirling".
  • The Quark home planet has a secret laboratory labelled "Secret Laboratory".
  • Gano appears to be a planet the Quarks have already subjugated.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

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Second Doctor TVC comic stories
1966
Weekly strip
1967
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
All stories feature John and Gillian.
1968
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
John and Gillian feature until Invasion of the Quarks, when they are replaced by Jamie.
1969
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
Jamie disappears after Martha the Mechanical Housemaid, leaving the Doctor alone. The Doctor's exile begins in Action in Exile.
All weekly stories drawn by John Canning, continuing his creative run from the First Doctor in 1966 to the Third Doctor in 1971.
v • e
Quark stories
For the purposes of this list, a "Quark story" is one in which one living, authentic Quark plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.
Television
Audio
Prose
Comics
Video games
Complete list of appearances
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