The Amateur (comic story)
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This story debuted with either the Second or Third Doctor, then was reprinted with the Fourth Doctor. It may have had different companions in the reprint, as well. From an in-universe point of view, it's unclear which Doctor lived through these events.
The Amateur was a TV Comic story featuring the Third Doctor. It was redrawn as a Fourth Doctor story.
Summary
Having returned Arnold to his own time, the Third Doctor tries to help return a crashed time machine piloted by Tobias Philby to Earth in the 19th century. However, they become embroiled in World War I.
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Third Doctor/Fourth Doctor
- The Right Honourable Tobias Philby
- Thomas
- Billy Truscott
- Captain Ponsford
- Arnold (original version only)
- Rector
- Mrs Truscott
- Walter
- Fritz
Worldbuilding
- The Doctor rides a motorcycle.
- The Doctor, Philby and Thomas see a football match between the British and the Germans.
Notes
- Arnold appears only in the original version of the story. For the reprint, the panels of the story containing Arnold's farewell are simply omitted, so as to not have to explain his relationship with the Fourth Doctor.
- Decades later, this story partially inspired the Big Finish audio story The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook, part of The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Series 10: Volume 2, which was released in 2021. The titular character was also an amateur time traveller. (BFX: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook)
Original print details
- (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 1148 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week.
- TVC 1149 (2 pages) Another thrilling episode next week.
- TVC 1150 (2 pages) Another thrilling instalment next week.
- TVC 1151 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week.
- TVC 1152 (2 pages) Another thrilling episode next week.
- TVC 1153 (2 pages) Last episode next week
- TVC 1154 (2 pages) An exciting new Doctor Who story begins next week
Continuity
- The Doctor fulfills his promise to return Arnold to his own time (COMIC: Nova) after taking the boy with him in the TARDIS. (COMIC: Children of the Evil Eye)
- The Doctor and Arnold's battle with the Spidrons is mentioned. (COMIC: Nova)
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