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Gemini Plan was the first comic story featuring the Third Doctor printed in Countdown magazine.
- You may be looking for the titular scheme or a parodical adaptation of this comic.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
When a failed attempt to fix the TARDIS sends him to Australia, the Doctor investigates a scientist's work to gain more resources for Earth from an unusual source.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor carries out his repairs on his TARDIS in a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse on a Welsh mountainside. A sign outside reads, "W.D. PROPERTY / KEEP OUT."
- The Doctor quotes Alice in Wonderland.
- The Aborigines use boomerangs.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This was the very first Doctor Who comic strip published by Countdown. It opened with the following narrative: "High on a Welsh mountainside, a single light twinkles from the window of a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse..." The very first words were spoken by the Doctor are, "That should do it."
- Murray Stevens' surname changes to "Lever" in the fourth instalment. It is then changed back to "Stevens" for the rest of the story.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 1 (2 pages) To be continued
- TVA 2 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 3 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 4 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 5 (2 pages) NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor ponders if he can beat the restrictions put on his TARDIS by Time Lords. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])