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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic stories|comic strip story]]. Consistent with themes seen in the [[Doctor Who|television series]] at the time, it had an ecological theme. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic stories|comic strip story]]. Consistent with themes seen in the [[Doctor Who|television series]] at the time, it had an ecological theme. The titular "spoilers" were those people who had ruined a planetary environment — not, as commonly understood in the 21st century, advanced knowledge of a future story. | ||
It 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'']]. | It 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'']]. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* The peaceful [[Raf]]s live a lifestyle akin to that of ancient [[Greece]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the last story in a run of ''Doctor Who''. In the next issue, #124, the ''Doctor Who'' strip took a rest. However, that next issue is of vital interest to ''Doctor Who'' fans, because its letters column is the first public appearance of the name "[[Gallifrey]]". [[Barry Letts]] fielded a question there about the home planet of [[the Master]] which led him to let slip a spoiler — some six months before television viewers would first hear the name in ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. | * This was the last story in a run of ''Doctor Who''. In the next issue, #124, the ''Doctor Who'' strip took a rest. However, that next issue is of vital interest to ''Doctor Who'' fans, because its letters column is the first public appearance of the name "[[Gallifrey]]". [[Barry Letts]] fielded a question there about the home planet of [[the Master]] which led him to let slip a spoiler — some six months before television viewers would first hear the name in ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. Thus, this story ironically preceded a [[spoiler]] given away for free by the show's producer. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
