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|adapted from = Emsone's Castle (comic story) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a three-page comic story | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a three-page comic story by [[Brian Bolland]] for Lyncross in February [[1979 (releases)|1979]]. However, the publication it was made for was never released, leaving the story unpublished. | ||
The comic was an | The comic was an adaptation of [[Paul Crompton]]'s ''[[Emsone's Castle (comic story)|Emsone's Castle]]'', a comic story published in [[September (releases)|September]] [[1978 (releases)|1978]] in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1979]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Fourth Doctor and Romana are on Zorka research the medicinal qualities of a rare mountain weed. The pair are confronted by a walking, talking skeleton asking for their help. Romana is kidnapped as the Doctor helps the skeleton man. This draws the the Doctor to the castle of the mystic Emsone, who has a plot to steal the Doctor's own body! | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Emsone]] | * [[Emsone]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor examines a rare mountain weed that has properties similar to the Barbiturate family on Earth. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * It is believed this comic was made for Lyncross Publishing Limited, a publisher that was established in September 1977 and dissolved in late 1979.<ref name="downthetubes">[https://downthetubes.net/brian-bollands-1970s-take-on-doctor-who-revealed-in-next-vworp-vworp/ Brian Bolland’s 1970’s take on Doctor Who revealed in next Vworp! Vworp!]</ref> | ||
* Bolland's notes says the pages were in colour, but he did not remember them that way.<ref name="downthetubes" /> Artist Nick Neocleous remembered seeing the pages in colour when he visited Bolland's flat.<ref name="vworp">[https://www.vworpvworp.co.uk/volumes/vworpvworp-compendium-1and2/brian-bollands-lost-doctor-who-spec-strip Brian Bolland’s Lost Doctor Who Spec Strip]</ref> | |||
* Page 2 was published in ''Arkensword'' #13/14 (1985) and ''The Art of Brian Bolland'' (2006). | |||
* Pages 1 and 3 were colourised by Brian Bolland and published in ''[[Vworp Vworp!]]'' #1 & 2 collected (2020). | |||
* In the second panel, Zorka is misspelled as "Yorka". | |||
=== Changes === | |||
[[File:Emsone's Castle Dr. Who comparison.jpg|thumb|''[[Emsone's Castle (comic story)|Emsone's Castle]]'' and ''Dr. Who'' comparison]] | |||
* [[Leela]] was the Doctor's companion in ''Emsone's Castle''. She was replaced with Romana I for this adaptation. | |||
* Krass is initially only half restored in ''Emsone's Castle''. He is fully restored in the adaption. | |||
* [[Gurk]] has horns in ''Emsone's Castle''. He has a beard in the adaptation. | |||
* [[Emsone]] is mostly bald and has a mustache in the adaptation. The adaptation also explains that he wears a helmet because he cannot breath the atmosphere of Zorka. | |||
* Emsone wants to put the Doctor's brain into a machine of his. In the adaptation, he wants to replace the Doctor's brain with his own brain. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{Unproduced stories}} | {{Unproduced stories}} | ||
