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|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | ||
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|doctor= Third Doctor | |doctor= Third Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|enemy= [[Dalek]] | |enemy= [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] | ||
|setting= [[Whitehall]] | |setting= [[Whitehall]] and [[Pacific Ocean]], "[[Cold War]] era" | ||
|writer= | |writer= Dick O'Neill | ||
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | |artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 112 | |publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 112 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 7 April 1973 | ||
|publisher=Polystyle | |publisher = Polystyle | ||
|reprint= | |reprint=DWCC 23 | ||
|4print=''[[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977]]'' | |4print = ''[[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977]]'' | ||
|4date=[[1977]] | |4date=[[1977 (releases)|1977]] | ||
|4title=''Invasion'' | |4title = ''Invasion'' | ||
|format= Comic - 1 part (7 pages) | |format= Comic - 1 part (7 pages) | ||
|prev= The Glen of Sleeping (comic story) | |prev= The Glen of Sleeping (comic story) | ||
|next= Back to the Sun (comic story) | |next= Back to the Sun (comic story) | ||
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic stories|comic strip story]] | |epcount=1}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic stories|comic strip story]], which was reprinted as a [[Fourth Doctor comic stories|Fourth Doctor comic strip story]] in the [[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977|1977 ''Doctor Who Winter Special'']], re-titled as '''''Invasion'''''. | ||
In its original version, ''The Threat from Beneath'' was the "Big Story" of TVA 112, meaning it got pride of place on the issue's cover and was the longest story in that issue. It was one of the few ''Doctor Who'' stories to depict a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear explosion]] on [[Earth]]. Moreover, it is currently the only story where the Doctor orders a nuclear weapon detonated in [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The [[Dalek]]s destroy several [[Earth]]'s satellites scanning for extraterrestrial life some time in the [[Cold War]]. As the [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] predicts, the [[human]]s react by squabbling amongst themselves. The [[ | The [[Dalek]]s destroy several [[Earth]]'s satellites scanning for extraterrestrial life some time in the [[Cold War]]. As the [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] predicts, the [[human]]s react by squabbling amongst themselves. The [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] think it's the [[American]]s who've taken out the satellites, while the Americans believe the reverse. As both sides look for a terrestrial explanation, the [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek saucer]] slips into an Earth ocean, and settles unseen on the floor. | ||
The Doctor is called to an urgent meeting at [[Whitehall]]. In a secret facility beneath the city streets, he examines data on the exploded satellites. Admiral Dunsford claims the Soviets have [[nuclear weapon|nuclear-armed]] satellites. The Doctor pushes this theory aside brusquely. The data, he insists, support only the theory that the satellites weren't just destroyed — they were atomised. That means that Britain and the world are threatened by extraterrestrials. | The Doctor is called to an urgent meeting at [[Whitehall]]. In a secret facility beneath the city streets, he examines data on the exploded satellites. Admiral [[Dunsford]] claims the Soviets have [[nuclear weapon|nuclear-armed]] satellites. The Doctor pushes this theory aside brusquely. The data, he insists, support only the theory that the satellites weren't just destroyed — they were atomised. That means that [[Britain]] and the world are threatened by extraterrestrials. | ||
Later, the Doctor — and the rest of the people who had gathered in Whitehall — receive new intelligence. An object came down somewhere off the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] coast of [[South America]]. The Doctor suggests it must have been a controlled spacecraft of some kind, else its impact would have created a [[tidal wave]]. This, however, the admiral and his cronies cannot accept. The Doctor fails to convince Britain's top military leaders. He leaves Whitehall, convinced it's up to him alone to stop the world's superpowers from destroying each other. | Later, the Doctor — and the rest of the people who had gathered in Whitehall — receive new intelligence. An object came down somewhere off the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] coast of [[South America]]. The Doctor suggests it must have been a controlled spacecraft of some kind, else its impact would have created a [[tidal wave]]. This, however, the admiral and his cronies cannot accept. The Doctor fails to convince Britain's top military leaders. He leaves Whitehall, convinced it's up to him alone to stop the world's superpowers from destroying each other. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] / [[Fourth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] | * [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] | ||
* [[General]] [[Sanders (The Threat from Beneath)|Sanders]] | |||
* [[General]] [[Sanders (The Threat from | |||
* [[Admiral]] [[Dunsford]] | * [[Admiral]] [[Dunsford]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] exterminates a Dalek that questions an order, saying ''"No-one questions my authority, I am the law!"''. | |||
* The [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] exterminates a Dalek that questions an order. | * The Daleks are depicted with their [[middle section]] [[Manipulator arm|sucker arms]] and [[Gunstick|guns]] on the sides opposite to their usual positions. | ||
* The Daleks are depicted with their [[Manipulator arm|sucker arms]] and [[Gunstick|guns]] on the sides opposite to their usual positions. | * The Doctor calls on the [[Time Lord]]s to help him steer the TARDIS on to the [[Dalek flying saucer]] at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* [[David Leach]] was the [[colourist]] for the [[DWCC 23]] reprint. | * [[David Leach]] was the [[colourist]] for the [[DWCC 23]] reprint. | ||
* When General Sanders gives the code in the lift for entry to the secret facility beneath Whitehall, the tail of the speech balloon is misplaced so the Doctor appears to speak the code instead. This error was corrected | * When General Sanders gives the code in the [[lift]] for entry to the secret facility beneath Whitehall, the tail of the speech balloon is misplaced so the Doctor appears to speak the code instead. This error was corrected in the Fourth Doctor reprint. | ||
* The nuclear explosion depicted in the story was not the first ''[[TV Action]]'' would illustrate. In [[COMIC]]: ''[[*Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'', which also involved [[Dalek]]s and [[submarine]]s, [[Sydney]] was destroyed with sub-based nuclear weapons. This time, however, it's the Doctor who's having the missiles launched. | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 112 (7 pages) ''Don't miss next week's complete Five-O story!'' | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#17|The Threat from Beneath}} | |||
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