Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom (comic story)

Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	K9 Mark II, Sharon
Main enemy:	Werelox, Daleks
Main setting:	Spacehog, New Earth and the Dalek battlecraft, 25th century
Key crew
Publisher:	Marvel Comics
Editor:	Paul Neary
Writers:	John Wagner, Pat Mills
Artist:	Dave Gibbons
Release details
Number of parts:	8
Release number:	1
Printed in:	Doctor Who Weekly 27-34
Release date:	10 April-29 May 1980
Reprinted in:	DW84 3, DW84 4, The Iron Legion, DWC 6, DWC 7, Doctor Who Classics Volume 2, Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1, Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection
Format:	Comic
DWM comic stories
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Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom — or The Dogs of Doom — was a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Weekly.

Summary

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Plot

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Characters

• Fourth Doctor
• K9 Mark II
• Sharon Davies
• Brill
• Bill Brewster
• Doc
• Joe Bean
• Babe Roth
• Benson
• Filbert Roth
• Wilson K. Wilson
• Borox
• Babe's daughter

References

• The Daleks capture a Xxarqon, a Tentrax and a Glarosus.
• Babe Roth mentions that humanity settled in the New Earth System fifty years earlier, in 2380.
• The New Earth System contains thirty habitable planets, including Davy Crockett, New Earth, High Sierra, Queen Victoria, Little Yugoslavia and New Yugoslavia.
• K9 can destroy Daleks with his photon beams.

Notes

• Although jointly credited, the story was scripted by John Wagner alone. (The Iron Legion's Dave Gibbons Interview)
• The story is based on a story by Mills and Wagner that was submitted to and rejected by the BBC. (The Iron Legion's Dave Gibbons Interview)

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

1. DWM 27 (5 pages) Next Week: Strike Hard! Strike Deep!
2. DWM 28 (4 pages) Next Week: Death-Moon!
3. DWM 29 (4 pages) Next Week: The Beast Inside!
4. DWM 30 (4 pages) Next Issue: The Dalek Masters!
5. DWM 31 (5 pages) Next Week: Alien Zoo!
6. DWM 32 (4 pages) Next Week: Revolt of the Beasts!
7. DWM 33 (4 pages) Next Week: Bye-Bye, Good Buddy?
8. DWM 34 (4 pages) Next Issue: The Doctor, Sharon and K-9 Meet the... Time Witch!

Reprints

1. DW84 3-4 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
2. The Iron Legion
3. DWC 6-7 (IDW colourised reprint)
4. Doctor Who Classics Volume 2 (IDW colourised reprint)
5. Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)
6. Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection

Continuity

• The Daleks will return to the New Earth System. (COMIC: Fire and Brimstone)