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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image= | |image= The Extortioner.jpg | ||
|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]] | ||
|number= | |number= | ||
|doctor= Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
| | |featuring = [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] | ||
|enemy= [[The Extortioner]] | |enemy = [[The Extortioner]] | ||
|setting= An [[planet (The Extortioner)|unnamed planet]] | |setting= An [[planet (The Extortioner)|unnamed planet]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Roger Noel Cook | ||
|artist= [[John Canning]] | |artist= [[John Canning]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 784-787 | |publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 784-787 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 24 December 1966 - 14 January 1967 | ||
|publisher= | |publisher= | ||
|reprint=DWCC 3 | |reprint = DWCC 3 | ||
|format= Comic - 4 parts (8 pages) | |format= Comic - 4 parts (8 pages) | ||
|prev= The Experimenters (comic story) | |prev= The Experimenters (comic story) | ||
|next= The Trodos Ambush (comic story) | |next= The Trodos Ambush (comic story) | ||
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'''''The Extortioner''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. | |||
'''''The Extortioner''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[Second Doctor]], [[John and Gillian]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The TARDIS lands on an unnamed planet. The Doctor leaves John and Gillian in the ship and explores a nearby [[volcano]]. He discovers it is the base of the Extortioner, who plans to blackmail the inhabited universe with his fleet of | [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] lands on an unnamed planet. The [[Second Doctor]] leaves [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] in the ship and explores a nearby [[volcano]]. He discovers it is the base of [[the Extortioner]], who plans to [[blackmail]] the inhabited universe with his fleet of [[rocket]]s unless they pay his [[ransom]] demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket [[laser]]. He throws the missiles' warheads into the volcano's core, causing an [[eruption]] which destroys the Extortioner's base. Enraged, the Extortioner pursues the Doctor in his giant mechanical mole. The Doctor lures him to a crack caused by the volcano's eruption and he falls to his doom. The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, telling John and Gillian that he missed their company. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Second Doctor]] | * [[Second Doctor]] | ||
* [[John | * [[John Who]] | ||
* [[Gillian Who]] | |||
* [[The Extortioner]] | * [[The Extortioner]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * The Doctor's [[lighter]] has a laser beam. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the first ''TV Comic'' story to feature the Second Doctor. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality. | * This was the first ''TV Comic'' story to feature the [[Second Doctor]]. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality. | ||
* The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; "What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!" | * The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; ''"What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!"'' | ||
* This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action. | * This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action, with Gillian not even getting a line of dialogue. | ||
* The Extortioner's drilling machine is referred to as "the Mole", the same name used for [[International Rescue]]'s drilling machine in ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]''. | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVC 784 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 785 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 786 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
* TVC 787 (2 pages) [No closing caption] | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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[[Category:1966 comic stories]] | [[Category:1966 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1967 comic stories]] | [[Category:1967 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Four part comics]] | |||
