The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas (comic story)
The Sabre-Toothed Gorilla was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The TARDIS lands on a beautiful, wild planet where the Doctor and his grandchildren discover some sabre toothed gorillas in a cave. They decide to watch the gorillas from behind a bush until John treads on a twig and the gorillas are alerted to their presence. The gorillas chase them into a ravine when a stranger appears and tells them to go into a narrow crevice. As they do, Gillian twists her ankle so John and the stranger go to the man's laboratory to get some weapons. They return with clubs made of 'squidge' and drive away the gorillas.
Once everyone is in the laboratory, the professor explains squidge, a material he has been developing for years. It is similar to rubber, but ten times more bouncy, and full of other wonderful properties. The demonstration of squidge is interrupted when the gorillas attack.
The professor fights them off with his squidge clubs and the Doctor and his grandchildren take a squidge rope that they use to build catapult which holds off the gorillas for a while until the professor joins them. When the gorillas are too numerous to fight off, the Doctor, John, Gillian and the professor use the catapult to fire themselves into some trees beyond their attackers. They run to the TARDIS and escape, and agree to drop the professor on a safe planet to carry on creating squidge.
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor compares the planet to Canada.
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Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 845 (2 pages) The space travellers are in great danger! See the outcome next week!
- TVC 846 (2 pages) Big thrills next week when the savage gorillas burst into the laboratory!
- TVC 847 (2 pages) Will our heroes perish whenthe gorillas charge? See next week!
- TVC 848 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
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