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'''''Evening's Empire''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic story by [[Andrew Cartmel]] and featured art by [[Richard Piers Rayner]]. It featured [[Ace]] and [[Muriel Frost]], the latter of which was included to introduce a supporting cast for the series. | '''''Evening's Empire''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic story by [[Andrew Cartmel]] and featured art by [[Richard Piers Rayner]]. It featured [[Ace]] and [[Muriel Frost]], the latter of which was included to introduce a supporting cast for the series. | ||
The story went through delays after the first part was published in [[DWM 180]], with [[John Freeman]] referring to it as "the [[Doctor Who Magazine]] equivlent of ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''", and it was decided that publications of the latter parts would be delayed until all creative parties had caught up with one another. The story was also an attempt to introduce darker and more complex themes, a natural evolution from the final stories featuring [[Sylvester McCoy]], such as the themes of abuse and bullying | The story went through delays after the first part was published in [[DWM 180]], with [[John Freeman]] referring to it as "the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' equivlent of ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''", and it was decided that publications of the latter parts would be delayed until all creative parties had caught up with one another. The story was also an attempt to introduce darker and more complex themes, a natural evolution from the final stories featuring [[Sylvester McCoy]], such as the themes of abuse — both sexual and parental — as well as condemnation of [[Christianity]] and bullying. Howver, due to its delays, the threads introduced in the story were never able to be further explored in further storylines. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Arriving in Middlesbrough, the Doctor, Ace aid Colonel Muriel Frost in an investigation into a plane crash during WWII. | Arriving in [[Middlesbrough]], [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Ace]] aid [[Colonel]] [[Muriel Frost]] in an investigation into a plane crash during [[WWII]]. | ||
Meanwhile, women are being kidnapped, and UNIT is trapped on a strange world of contemporary Earth building, primitive humans bows and arrows and with two suns in the sky. | Meanwhile, women are being kidnapped, and [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] is trapped on a strange world of contemporary [[Earth]] building, primitive humans bows and arrows and with two suns in the sky. | ||
How are these events connected? The Doctor is about to find out. | How are these events connected? The Doctor is about to find out. | ||
