The Shape Shifter (comic story)
The Shape Shifter saw the introduction of companion Frobisher and the return of Josiah W. Dogbolter.
Summary
Plot
Part 1
Late at night, a clerk is working in his office, not knowing that his phone is a Whifferdill, spying on him. The clerk calls his wife to inform her that he'll be working late at the office, while in real life, he's going out with another woman. The Whifferdill transforms into a pigeon to go to his office and inform his client. He flies over the city but gets attacked by an owl and has to make a crash landing into a garbage can. The Whifferdill transforms into a hamburger and gets picked up by a homeless man. The man takes a bite out of him, but the Whifferdill, as a hamburger with eyes, legs and arms flees.
The Whifferdill, called Avan Tarklu and now back to his original state, arrives at his office to check his messages. He sees a wanted message for the Doctor for 250. 000 Mazumas. The Whifferdill goes to the bars and disguises him as a barfly, flying through the bars. After four nights, he finds the Doctor and flies in his glassof chocolate soda to slip him a mickey. The waiter notices Avan Tarklu as fly and takes the glass while the Doctor was leaving. The waiter empties the glass into the sink, while the Whifferdill transfoms himself into a fish and manages to get outside, into an alley, back in his original shape. He then sees the Doctor, going to his TARDIS while he's being attacked by 2 people, probably henchmen of Dogbolter, with vibroknives. The Doctor can manage to handle one attacker, but the second one puts up his gun. The Whifferdill then attacks, while his right hand's been transformed into a boxing glove, and knocks the second attacker unconsious. The Doctor, unknowing of the Whifferdill, goes into his TARDIS and sets the co-ordinates to Greenback Bay, Venus. But the Whifferdill's sneaked himself on board of the TARDIS, transformed himself over the TARDIS's time rotor and hijacks the ship.
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Publication and Repints
Reprints
- This comic was released as part of the Voyage graphic novel 1985 and Voyager graphic novel 2007.
- It was also reprinted in DWMAC Issue 5.
- It was reprinted in Doctor Who Classics Series 3 Issue 1 and Doctor Who Classics Volume 6.
Continuity
- Frobisher mentions mazumas as the unit of currency employed for the bounty on the Doctor's head. This unit was also used during the Festival of Five Planets. (DWM: The Freefall Warriors) This suggests at least vague proximity between the settings for the two stories.
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