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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image=4-d.jpg | |image = 4-d.jpg | ||
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | ||
|main character= | |main character = [[Rema-Du]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = [[Wardog]], [[Griffen]], [[Jodelex]] | ||
|enemy= [[Order of the Black Sun]] | |enemy = [[Order of the Black Sun]] | ||
|setting= | |setting = | ||
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | |editor = [[Dez Skinn]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Alan Moore | ||
|artist= [[Dave Lloyd]] | |artist = [[Dave Lloyd]] | ||
|colourist= | |colourist = | ||
|letterer= | |letterer = | ||
|publication= | |publication = [[DWM 51]] | ||
|release date= | |release date = 12 March 1981 | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|format= B | |format = B/W 1 part / 4 pages | ||
|prev= Crisis on Kaldor (comic story) | |epcount = 1 | ||
|next= The Greatest Gamble (comic story) | |prev = Crisis on Kaldor (comic story) | ||
|next = The Greatest Gamble (comic story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the middle story in a trilogy of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM backup comic stories|"backup" strips]] by [[Alan Moore]]. Following the story of the origin of the [[Time Lord]]s in ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'', ''{{StoryTitle}}'' posited the then-novel concept of a "[[time war]]" — a notion that would go on to influence novel writers in the [[1990s]], as well as [[Russell T Davies]] revival of the television series itself in [[2005 (releases)|2005]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the middle story in a trilogy of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM backup comic stories|"backup" strips]] by [[Alan Moore]]. Following the story of the origin of the [[Time Lord]]s in ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'', ''{{StoryTitle}}'' posited the then-novel concept of a "[[time war]]" — a notion that would go on to influence novel writers in the [[1990s]], as well as [[Russell T Davies]]' revival of the television series itself in [[2005 (releases)|2005]].{{Fact}} | ||
In [[2012 (production)|2012]], [[Lawrence Miles]] said, "Alan Moore's back-up strips were an obvious influence on both [[Marc Platt]]'s view of ye olde [[Gallifrey]] and my view of its future (''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'' shares 95% of its DNA with its closest relative, ''4-D War''.)"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/2012/07/1979.html|title=1979|author=Miles, Lawrence|date of source=25 July, 2012|website name=Lawrence Miles' ''Doctor Who'' Thing|accessdate=9 August, 2012}}</ref> | In [[2012 (production)|2012]], [[Lawrence Miles]] said, "Alan Moore's back-up strips were an obvious influence on both [[Marc Platt]]'s view of ye olde [[Gallifrey]] and my view of its future (''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'' shares 95% of its DNA with its closest relative, ''4-D War''.)"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/2012/07/1979.html|title=1979|author=Miles, Lawrence|date of source=25 July, 2012|website name=Lawrence Miles' ''Doctor Who'' Thing|accessdate=9 August, 2012}}</ref> | ||
Indeed, the fact that this story's time war takes place in what is very early Time Lord history — long pre-dating [[the Doctor]]'s birth — is one of the reasons that the televised "time war" is more formally called the [[Last Great Time War|''Last'' Great Time War]]. | Indeed, the fact that this story's time war takes place in what is very early Time Lord history — long pre-dating [[the Doctor]]'s birth — is one of the reasons that the televised "time war" is more formally called the [[Last Great Time War|''Last'' Great Time War]].{{Fact}} | ||
From the perspective of comics historians, however, this story — and its larger trilogy — are mostly significant because of the partnership between Moore and artist [[David Lloyd]], a duo that would go on to create one of the most significant [[English language]] graphic novels, {{wi|V for Vendetta}}. | From the perspective of comics historians, however, this story — and its larger trilogy — are mostly significant because of the partnership between Moore and artist [[David Lloyd]], a duo that would go on to create one of the most significant [[English language]] graphic novels, {{wi|V for Vendetta}}. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Twenty years after the loss of [[ | Twenty years after the loss of [[Omega]], the [[Time Lord]]s seek to retrieve [[Fenris]] from the [[Zone of No Return]] to learn the reason for his attempt to stop the Gallifreyan's control over time. [[Wardog]] and [[Rema-Du]], the daughter of Lord [[Griffen]], are successful in their attempt, but while the [[Chronarch]]s of the [[Prydonian Chapter]] await results from [[Viridian the Brainfeeler]], they are visited by the [[Order of the Black Sun]], enemies from thirty thousand years in the future, who wipe out Fenris, the Brainfeeler and several of the council before they disappear. In the chaos, Lord Griffen reflects on crimes yet to be committed. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fenris]] | * [[Fenris]] | ||
* Lord [[Griffen]] | * Lord [[Griffen]] | ||
* Lady [[Jodelex]] | |||
* [[Wardog]] | * [[Wardog]] | ||
* [[Rema-Du]] | * [[Rema-Du]] | ||
* [[Viridian]] | * [[Viridian]] | ||
* [[Llorex]] | * [[Llorex]] | ||
* [[Faru-Faro]] | |||
* [[Drin]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[Prydonian Chapter]] gather the [[Chronarch]]s in the [[Question Hall]]. | * The [[Prydonian Chapter]] gather the [[Chronarch]]s in the [[Question Hall]]. | ||
* The Gallifreyans aknowledge they are fighting a "[[timewar]]", "a war in four dimensions". | * The Gallifreyans aknowledge they are fighting a "[[timewar]]", "a war in four dimensions". | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Much of this story was rooted in Moore pondering how temporal warfare would work. He developed the [[Special Executive]] with the idea that they'd be a group suited to timewar. (''[[about: the special executive! (feature)|about: the special executive!]]'') | |||
* [[Lawrence Miles]] cited Alan Moore's back-up strips as an influence on [[Marc Platt]]'s view of Gallifrey's past and Miles' own view of its future. In particular, he said "''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'' shares 95% of its [[DNA]] with its closest relative, ''4-D War''". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/2012/07/1979.html|title=1979|author=Miles, Lawrence|date of source=25 July, 2012|website name=Lawrence Miles' ''Doctor Who'' Thing|accessdate=9 August, 2012}}</ref> | * [[Lawrence Miles]] cited Alan Moore's back-up strips as an influence on [[Marc Platt]]'s view of Gallifrey's past and Miles' own view of its future. In particular, he said "''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'' shares 95% of its [[DNA]] with its closest relative, ''4-D War''". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/2012/07/1979.html|title=1979|author=Miles, Lawrence|date of source=25 July, 2012|website name=Lawrence Miles' ''Doctor Who'' Thing|accessdate=9 August, 2012}}</ref> | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This story, along with the comics ''[[Star Death]]'' and ''[[Black Sun Rising]]'', takes place during the [[Black Sun War]]. | * This story, along with the comics ''[[Star Death]]'' and ''[[Black Sun Rising (comic story)|Black Sun Rising]]'', takes place during the [[Black Sun War]]. | ||
** The story is set 20 years after [[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'': Rema-Du is the daughter of Griffen and Jodelex and Fenris is "scattered" through time and space. | ** The story is set 20 years after [[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'': Rema-Du is the daughter of Griffen and Jodelex and Fenris is "scattered" through time and space. | ||
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[[Category:Time Lord comic stories]] | [[Category:Time Lord comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1981 comic stories]] | [[Category:1981 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the Rassilon Era]] | [[Category:Stories set in the Rassilon Era]] | ||
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