Valley of Dragons (short story)

Valley of Dragons was a short story published in The Dr Who Annual 1969. It featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield.

	Second Doctor
	Jamie, Victoria
	The Manti
	An unnamed planet
	The Dr Who Annual 1969
	September 1968
Doctor Who annual
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Summary

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Characters

• Second Doctor
• Jamie McCrimmon
• Victoria Waterfield
• Officer
• Chief Manti

Worldbuilding

• They materialise on one of the minor planets in the deep galactic environs.
• The Doctor claims to have constructed The Doctor's TARDIS with materials to withstand shocks such as a fall from a great height.
• The Reptileanus Hesperides is a creature from the Ozilian Era. It evolved from the dragons which once inhabited the planet and according to the Doctor, can now be loosely described as a sea monster.
• The three of them fly using the Doctor's contra-gravity belts.
• On the planet are a bird-like species and their masters the Manti, a mantis-like species.
• The Manti leader accuses the Doctor and his companions of being Imiga pirates.

Notes

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Continuity

• The Doctor retrieves his Atmospheric density jackets, which were first seen in TV: The Web Planet and became a feature of Doctor Who annual stories in the 60s.
• The Doctor retrieved the jackets from one of the TARDIS storerooms, which had previously retrieved some of his inventions from in PROSE: The Devil-Birds of Corbo and PROSE: The Playthings of Fo.
• The Doctor recalls visiting worlds with seas of acid. (TV: The Keys of Marinus, AUDIO: The Drowned World)