Dr. Who (unproduced comic story)

Dr. Who (unproduced comic story) was a three-page comic story by Brian Bolland for Lyncross in February 1979. However, the publication it was made for was never released, leaving the story unpublished.

	Emsone's Castle
	Fourth Doctor
	Romana I
	Emsone
	Zorka
	Lyncross
	Paul Crompton, Brian Bolland
	Brian Bolland

You may wish to consult Dr. Who (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

The comic was an adaptation of Paul Crompton's Emsone's Castle, a comic story published in September 1978 in the Doctor Who Annual 1979.

Summary

The Fourth Doctor and Romana are on Zorka research the medicinal qualities of a rare mountain weed. The pair are confronted by a walking, talking skeleton asking for their help. Romana is kidnapped as the Doctor helps the skeleton man. This draws the the Doctor to the castle of the mystic Emsone, who has a plot to steal the Doctor's own body!

Characters

• Fourth Doctor
• Romana I
• Krass
• Gurk
• Emsone

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor examines a rare mountain weed that has properties similar to the Barbiturate family on Earth.

Notes

• It is believed this comic was made for Lyncross Publishing Limited, a publisher that was established in September 1977 and dissolved in late 1979.
• Bolland's notes says the pages were in colour, but he did not remember them that way. Artist Nick Neocleous remembered seeing the pages in colour when he visited Bolland's flat.
• Page 2 was published in Arkensword #13/14 (1985) and The Art of Brian Bolland (2006).
• Pages 1 and 3 were colourised by Brian Bolland and published in Vworp Vworp! #1 & 2 collected (2020).
• In the second panel, Zorka is misspelled as "Yorka".

Changes

Emsone's Castle and Dr. Who comparison

• Leela was the Doctor's companion in Emsone's Castle. She was replaced with Romana I for this adaptation.
• Krass is initially only half restored in Emsone's Castle. He is fully restored in the adaption.
• Gurk has horns in Emsone's Castle. He has a beard in the adaptation.
• Emsone is mostly bald and has a mustache in the adaptation. The adaptation also explains that he wears a helmet because he cannot breath the atmosphere of Zorka.
• Emsone wants to put the Doctor's brain into a machine of his. In the adaptation, he wants to replace the Doctor's brain with his own brain.

Continuity

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