Planet of the Dead (comic story)

Planet of the Dead
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	none
Main enemy:	Gwanzulum
Main setting:	Adeki
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Marvel Comics]]
Editor:	Richard Starkings
Writer:	John Freeman
Artist:	Lee Sullivan
Colourist:	None - Black and White
Release details
Format:	Comic - 2 parts

Summary

The Doctor is on the planet Adeki, trying to fish when he comes upon an old city of the Adekians, it is populated with metamorphic aliens, who take the form initially of his former companions (most of whom are dead). But then take the form of his previous selves.

Characters

• Seventh Doctor

• Considers visiting the Halls of Speculative Interest on Vesivius.
• The Dooctor says to himself that he has an appointment on Skaro.
• The Doctor mentions having lost his 500 Year Diary.

• Shapeshifter in the form of Adric
• Shapeshifter in the form of Peri
• Shapeshifter in the form of Jamie
• Shapeshifter in the form of Katarina
• Shapeshifter in the form of Sara Kingdom
• Shapeshifter in the form of Frobisher

• Shapeshifter in the form of First Doctor

• Talks about the First Law of Time.
• Also mentions Temporal Disruption.

• Shapeshifter in the form of Second Doctor
• Shapeshifter in the form of Third Doctor
• Shapeshifter in the form of Fourth Doctor
• Shapeshifter in the form of Fifth Doctor
• Shapeshifter in the form of Sixth Doctor

References

• Frobisher told the Doctor about shapechnager wars where the Whifferdills were practically wiped out.
• The Doctor remarks to the (shapeshifter in the form of Peri) that he left her on Thoros Beta with Ycarnos.

Races and Species

• The Gwanzulum predate the Whifferdills, Kymbra and Chimera.
• The Gwanzulum have metamorphic DNA.
• The Gwanzulum feed off life energy in order to shape change.

Notes

• The implication through the inclusion of Peri seems to be that the Doctor still thinks she is dead. (As was suggested in DW: Mindwarp, though this was shown to be false in The Ultimate Foe)
• The Gwanzulum shape shifters were an idea by John Freeman that Richard Starkings decided to use across almost every Marvel UK comic at the same time.

Continuity

• Adric died in DW: Earthshock.
• Katrina and Sara Kingdom died in DW: The Daleks' Master Plan
• Jamie last appeared on screen in DW: The War Games and died in DWM: The World Shapers.
• Peri last appeared on screen in DW: Mindwarp.
• Frobisher last appeared in DWM: A Cold Day in Hell.

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