The Ugrakks (comic story)
The Ugrakks was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.
Summary
The TARDIS is forced to land on an alien world infested by plants and fungi. The Ugrakks have learnt of the Doctor and his TARDIS from an Earth space traveller, Professor Lammers. Under constant attack from the giant Zama flies, the Ugrakks are desperate to escape their world to find a new planet. Unable to travel in space by conventional means, the Ugrakks are eager to make use of the Doctor and his TARDIS which will be able to transport them without ill effect. Unwilling to submit to the demands of the Ugrakks, the Doctor takes advantage of a Zama fly attack and escapes with Professor Lammers. When the Doctor discovers the Zama fly grubs beneath the organic city of the Ugrakks, he hatches a plan that will put an end to the evil plant creatures once and for all.
Characters
Worldbuilding
- The Doctor thinks the TARDIS is affected by a time tornado.
Notes
- The Ugrakks were created by Ian Fairnington, the winner of a TV Action competition to design an original comic strip foe for the Doctor.
- The appearance of Professor Lammers appears to have been inspired by Frederick Percival Blunden, the title character played by Laurence Naismith in the 1972 feature film The Amazing Mr. Blunden, which was being screened in cinemas at the time.
- The ninth part of this story is mistakenly called "Part Ten".
Continuity
- The Doctor's TARDIS was hijacked right after the defeat of the Zeron. (COMIC: The Enemy from Nowhere)
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