Car of the Century (comic story)

Car of the Century
Doctor:	Second Doctor
Companion(s):	John, Gillian
Main enemy:	The Bullion Bandit
Main setting:	Velon, 1989
Key crew
Writer:	Roger Noel Cook
Colourist:	John Canning
Release details
Printed in:	TV Comic 864-867
Release date:	6 - 27 July 1968
Format:	Comic - 4 parts (8 pages)
TVC comic stories
← Previous	Dr. Who and the Space Pirates
Next →	The Jokers

Car of the Century was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.

Summary

The Doctor invents an indestructible car for a race-car driver after causing a crash at the Interplanetary Motor Racing Meeting on Velon. But a career criminal steals the car, and a sting of armed robberies forces the Doctor to join forces with the local police to hunt him down.

Characters

• Second Doctor
• John Who
• Gillian Who
• Race-car driver
• Bullion Bandit
• Police chief

Worldbuilding

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Notes

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Original print details

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

• TVC 864 (2 pages) Who is the sinister man in black? Find out next week!
• TVC 865 (2 pages) Next week... IMPACT! Don't miss the most dramatic robbery of the century!
• TVC 866 (2 pages) The Doctor's doom seems inevitable! Don't miss next week's dramatic episode!
• TVC 867 (2 pages) Next week in his most sensational adventure, Dr. Who encounters The Jokers!

Continuity

• This is not the first time that the Doctor has built a vehicle to facilitate his needs. (COMIC: Return of the Witches)