Doctor Who in "Colony in Space" (comic story)
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Doctor Who in "Colony in Space" was a three-page comic story printed in issue 2474 of Radio Times on 8 April 1971.
It was an adaptation of the opening minutes of Colony in Space, with the first two pages in colour and the third in black-and-white, and accompanied a short article called Dr. Who zooms off into time again by Russell Miller.
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The Time Lords discover that the Master has stolen their report on the Doomsday Weapon. They grant the Third Doctor a temporary reprieve from his exile on Earth. They send him and Jo Grant to the planet Uxarieus to deal with the crisis.
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- The comic story's opening narrative panel read "In his last adventure, 'Vampire from Space', Dr. Who used his space/time machine the Tardis to save Earth from the alien parasite Axos by forcing it into a time-loop. But Dr. Who is afraid that the Master, who sent Axos to destroy Earth, has escaped and will fight again... now read on". (original published text) The closing narrative panel read "Who are these strange humanoid creatures [i.e. the Uxarieans]? Is it their machine whose tracks Dr. Who has discovered — or are there other forms of intelligent life on this planet? And why have the Time Lords sent the Doctor here? Don't missing the first thrilling episode of his new adventure: Saturday 6.10 BBC1 Colour". (original published text)
- The Radio Times programme listing for episode one was accompanied by a continuation of the comic story in the form of three additional black-and-white illustrations not included in the strip itself: the first showed the Doctor looking over a rise, with Jo in the background asking "What is it?"; the second depicted the colonists' dome and spaceship; and the third was the shadow of a mysterious humanoid figure behind the Doctor and Jo. The accompanying caption read "A new adventure for Dr. Who: 6.10". (original published text)
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- The Time Lords acknowledge having immobilised the Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: The War Games)
