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series= [[Seventh Doctor comic | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
number= | | |image= Slimmer.jpg | ||
doctor= | |series= [[Seventh Doctor comic stories]] | ||
companions= | | |number= | ||
enemy= | | |doctor= Seventh Doctor | ||
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writer= | |enemy= The [[Gromungus]] | ||
artist= [[Geoff Senior]]| | |setting= | ||
editor=| | |writer= Mike Collins, Tim Robins | ||
colourist=| | |artist= [[Geoff Senior]] | ||
|editor= | |||
publication | |colourist= | ||
|letterer = [[Stuart Bartlett]] | |||
publisher= | |publication= ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'' 11 | ||
format= Comic | |release date= 16 December 1989 | ||
|publisher= Marvel UK | |||
next | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
|prev= The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise (comic story) | |||
|next= Nineveh! (comic story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Summary== | '''''Slimmer!''''' was the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' back-up strip which appeared in the pages of ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'' #11. Like all in the series, it was monochromatic and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] travelling alone at the beginning and ending of the story. | ||
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Unlike most ''Doctor Who'' comic stories published by [[Marvel UK]], ''Slimmer'' had a light, comedic tone that bordered on parody. | |||
== Summary == | |||
When the [[Seventh Doctor]] goes to [[Weight-A-Way|a health club in space]], he encounters [[Gromungus|the universe's biggest glutton]], who threatens to eat him alive! | |||
== Plot == | |||
The Doctor decides to go to [[Weight-A-Way]], "the health club at the edge of the galaxy", a place that fills him with dread. Nevertheless, he checks in with the [[receptionist (Slimmer)|receptionist]] for his "nine hundred and fifty year checkup". | |||
After some preliminary fitness exams, the Doctor goes exploring. He discovers that other "guests" are being killed. Before he can protest, the receptionist brings him in front of the [[Gromungus]], the universe's biggest glutton. The great blob has been eating all the club's clients, including the unfortunate Mr [[Bouillabaise (Slimmer)|Bouillabaise]], whose death the Doctor has just witnessed. | |||
Seeing the Doctor, the Gromungus' appetite soars. At last he will have a meal free of [[fat]], unlike his usual Weight-A-Way fare. Thinking quickly, the Doctor makes him a counter-proposal. By linking the Gromungus' room to the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the Time Lord can provide his captor with entrées from across [[space]] and [[time]]. The Gromungus greedily agrees, and is swiftly supplied with an endless supply of food. | |||
Soon, however, it becomes apparent the beast been tricked. He has eaten so much that his mass has increased to the point of gravitational collapse, causing him to become a [[black hole]]. | |||
== | == Characters == | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor]] | |||
* The [[Gromungus]] | |||
* [[Receptionist (Slimmer)|Receptionist]] | |||
* Mr [[Bouillabaise (Slimmer)|Bouillabaise]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
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== | == Notes == | ||
'' | * Due to the parodic nature of the narrative, it featured numerous references to comedic literature. | ||
:* The description of [[Weight-A-Way]] as the "health club at the edge of the galaxy" is a pun on [[Douglas Adams]]' ''Restaurant at the End of the Universe''. | |||
:* The destruction of the [[Gromungus]] is evocative of the demise of {{w|Mr Creosote}} from {{wi|Monty Python's The Meaning of Life}}. | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The receptionist notes that the Doctor has a [[binary vascular system]] and that he has a slow pulse, a condition the Doctor is first said to exhibit in [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]''. | ||
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