Eskimo Joe (comic story)

Eskimo Joe was a TV Comic story starring the Second Doctor.

	Second Doctor
	CyberMondans
	Snow planet
	John Canning
	John Canning
	TV Comic 903-906
	5 - 26 April 1969
	Comic - 4 parts (8 pages)
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Summary

The Doctor lands on a snow-covered planet and decides to have a ski. He sees a group of Cybermen and turns to get back to the TARDIS at once but slips into a crevasse. The Cybermen notice him falling and when they also see the TARDIS they are delighted to think that their enemy is dead. They go back to their base to tell the rest of the Cyber Empire the good news.

The Doctor has managed to grab hold of the edge of the crevasse and is pulled to safety by Eskimo Joe and his robot gull. Joe tells him that his own people have been attacked by the Cyberman and those that survived are scattered and hiding. He is going to use his robot gulls and egg bombs to fight back but the Cybermen have locked onto the gulls' control frequency and are using it to track Joe.

Joe and the Doctor use the gulls' bombs to escape the Cybermen and head for the base. The Doctor realises that the bombs are nearly all gone and uses the last to start an avalanche. It buries the base and kills the Cybermen.

Plot

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Characters

• Second Doctor
• Cybermen
• Joe

Worldbuilding

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Notes

• Many Arctic people now consider the word "eskimo" to be an offensive slur, and it is generally considered to be unacceptable today — although the word is still used in some legal contexts and the appropriateness of the label continues to be debated. However, in 1969 Britain, the word used in the title of this story was still widely accepted, and would certainly not have provoked any negative reaction from the target audience of the comic, at any rate.

Original print details

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

• TVC 903 (2 pages) Has the doctor met his end? Don't miss next week's gripping episode!
• TVC 904 (2 pages) Don't miss the thrills
• TVC 905 (2 pages) Next week the Doctor and Joe attack the Cyber-Base!
• TVC 906 (2 pages) Dr. Who begins an all-action 'underwater' adventure in next week's TV Comic!

Continuity

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