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image= Rocket pack.jpg | | |series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | ||
series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]| | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
doctor= | |companions = [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] | ||
companions= [[John | |enemy = | ||
enemy= | | |setting= [[Arizona]], [[United States of America|USA]], [[1988]] | ||
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letterer=| | |publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 828-831 | ||
publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 828-831| | |release date= 28 October - 18 November 1967 | ||
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publisher= | | |format= Comic - 4 parts (8 pages) | ||
format= Comic - 4 parts ( | |prev= The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story) | ||
prev= The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)| | |next= Flower Power (comic story) | ||
next= Flower Power (comic story) | |||
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'''''The Faithful Rocket Pack''''' is a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings the [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] to [[Arizona]] in [[1988]] where they watch an American plane crash. Soldiers arrive from a base and the Doctor tells them he watched it crash and will help discover why this has happened three times. The Doctor flies the fourth plane before it enters a death dive, but he uses his faithful rocket pack to escape, since the ejector seat doesn't work. He alter searches the desert for anything magnetic, and is captured by an [[enemy power]] using underground caves to destroy American test flights. He contacts John by walkie-talkie and asks him to send a plane filled with explosives. Tricked, the enemy causes the plane to crash and destroys the caves, with the Doctor escaping. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* The [[Second Doctor]] | * The [[Second Doctor]] | ||
* [[John | * [[John Who]] | ||
* [[Gillian Who]] | |||
* [[United States of America|American]] soldiers | |||
* Enemy soldiers | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * The Doctor holds a [[universe driving licence]], which lets him fly anything anywhere. It's valid until the [[23rd century]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The narration refers to the Second Doctor as "Dr. Who", though he is just called "the Doctor" in the story, except for when an American general calls him "Dr. Who". The name printed on his universe driving licence is also "Doctor Who". | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVC 828 (2 pages) Is there no escape for the Doctor? See next week! | |||
* TVC 829 (2 pages) What fate awaits the Doctor? See next week! | |||
* TVC 830 (2 pages) How will the Doctor escape? See next week! | |||
* TVC 831 (2 pages) A sensational new Dr. Who adventure starts next week: Flower Power! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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{{Second Doctor TVC comics}} | {{Second Doctor TVC comics}} | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in 1988]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1988]] | ||
[[Category:Second Doctor TVC comic stories]] | [[Category:Second Doctor TVC comic stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1967 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Four part comics]] | |||
