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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | |range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics | ||
|number in range = 83 | |number in range = 83 | ||
|image= Land of the Blind.jpg | |image= Land of the Blind.jpg | ||
|series=[[DWM comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM comic stories]] | ||
|doctor= Second Doctor | |doctor= Second Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= [[Vortexian]]s | ||
|setting= [[Denossus]] | |setting= [[Denossus]], the [[Time Vortex]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Scott Gray | ||
|editor=[[Gary Gillatt]] | |editor = [[Gary Gillatt]] | ||
|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | |artist= [[Lee Sullivan]] | ||
|colourist= | |colourist= | ||
|letterer=[[Scott Gray|W Scott Gray]] | |letterer=[[Scott Gray|W Scott Gray]] | ||
|publication= [[DWM 224]] - [[DWM 226|226]] | |publication= [[DWM 224]] - [[DWM 226|226]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 16 March - 11 May 1995 | ||
|cover date= | |cover date= 12 April - 7 June 1995 | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK | |publisher= Marvel Comics UK | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
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* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
* [[Zoe Heriot]] | * [[Zoe Heriot]] | ||
* [[Luther Ronayne]] | |||
* [[Anna (Land of the Blind)|Anna]] | |||
* [[Max Ronayne]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Denossus]] was captured and taken into the [[Time Vortex|space/time vortex]] by the [[Vortexian]]s over twenty years prior to the Doctor's arrival. | |||
* The Doctor is put on [[The Doctor's trial (Land of the Blind)|trial]]. | |||
* The Vortexians considers Jamie and Max calling them "[[sassanach]]s" to be potentially [[racist]]. | |||
* "Speculum" is an old word for [[mirror]]. | |||
* The Doctor captures the Vortexians mid-[[transmat]] in a [[static interference funnel]]. | * The Doctor captures the Vortexians mid-[[transmat]] in a [[static interference funnel]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The name, design and background notes for the Vortexians came from Paul Fisher, the winning designer in ''Doctor Who Magazine's ''Design a Monster competition. The winner was announced in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' 224. | * The name, design and background notes for the Vortexians came from Paul Fisher, the winning designer in ''Doctor Who Magazine's ''Design a Monster competition. The winner was announced in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' 224. | ||
** The runner-up monster designs also had cameos in the same strip. They were the [[Zrontak]]s, designed by [[Richard Burnell]], the [[Insoid]]s, designed by [[Jason Powdrill]] and the [[Pharaoh (species)| | ** The runner-up monster designs also had cameos in the same strip. They were the [[Zrontak]]s, designed by [[Richard Burnell]], the [[Insoid]]s, designed by [[Jason Powdrill]] and the [[Pharaoh (species)|Pharaohs]], designed by [[Justin Askham]]. | ||
** This is not the first competition where the winning monster was presented in a Doctor Who comic strip story. ''TV Action + Countdown ''ran a Design a Monster competition in 1972 and the winning design, from [[Ian Fairnington]], the [[Ugrakk]]s, were presented in the Third Doctor strip ''[[The Ugrakks]]'' | ** This is not the first competition where the winning monster was presented in a ''Doctor Who'' comic strip story. ''TV Action + Countdown ''ran a Design a Monster competition in 1972 and the winning design, from [[Ian Fairnington]], the [[Ugrakk]]s, were presented in the Third Doctor strip ''[[The Ugrakks]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * The Doctor and Zoe recognise [[transmat]] technology. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | ||
=== Cameos === | |||
[[File:Land of the Blind Annual monsters.jpg|thumb|right|[[Doctor Who annual|Annuals]] cameo panel.]] | |||
This story's large crowds feature many cameos, notably featuring several cameos from the early [[Doctor Who annual]]s. [[Lee Sullivan]] would later draw similar crowd cameos in ''[[Bazaar Adventures (comic story)|Bazaar Adventures]]'' and ''[[Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)|Liberation of the Daleks]]''. | |||
* The audience close-up in the arena scene in Part 1 includes (from top left to bottom right) a [[Go-Ray]] from [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Enter: The Go-Ray (comic story)}}, a [[Monoid]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark (TV story)}}, and a [[Zrontak]] and a [[Pharaoh (species)|Pharaoh]] as runners up in the Design a Monster competition. In the wide-shot of the crowd, a [[Mechanoid]] and a [[Dalek]] can be seen, as well as what appears to be {{w|Michelin Man}}. | |||
* The street crowd in Part 1 includes a [[Kandalinga (species)|Kandalinga Fishman]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fishmen of Kandalinga}} and a woman with a [[Starfleet]] hoodie. Additionally, an [[Insoid]] is seen in the background of one panel in this scene, another Design a Monster runner up. | |||
* The arena audience in Part 2 includes a Mechanoid, a Go-Ray, a [[Menoptera]] and a Dalek. | |||
* A flashback in Part 2 includes a [[Quark]] in the background. | |||
* The arena audience in Part 3 include a [[CyberFaction]] [[Cyberman]], an [[Ice Warrior]], a [[Zarbi]], a [[Robot Yeti]], and [[RoboCop]], as Sullivan had been a frequent artist for a RoboCop comic in the early 1990s. | |||
* As the Doctor and friends leave the arena in Part 3, they pass four characters from non-''Doctor Who'' comics, including [[Mandrake the Magician]]. | |||
* One panel in Part 3 has a crowd entirely of aliens from the ''Annuals'', composed of (from left-to-right): | |||
** A [[Stagg]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror on Tiro (short story)}} | |||
** [[Deemon]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sons of Grekk (short story)}} | |||
** three [[Ethereal (The Cloud Exiles)|Ethereals]] (the third is on the far right) from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cloud Exiles (short story)}} | |||
** A [[Baggolt]] from [[PROSE]]: ''The Cloud Exiles'' | |||
** A [[Rostrow]] from [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Mission for Duh (comic story)}} | |||
** A [[Glacian]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Justice of the Glacians (short story)}} | |||
** A dimension-explorer of the [[Life Force]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Thousand & One Doors (short story)}} | |||
** One of [[Robot police (Happy as Queeg)|Queeg's robots]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy as Queeg (short story)}} | |||
** A [[living matter reservoir]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Singing Crystals (short story)}} | |||
** a [[Kandalinga]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)}} | |||
** A [[Korad]] from {{cs|Peril in Mechanistria (short story)}} | |||
** A [[Voord]], who first appeared in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Keys of Marinus (TV story)}} but also made an appearance in the annual short story ''The Fishmen of Kandalinga''. | |||
** A [[Natarl]], which appeared on the contents page of ''The Dr Who Annual'', originating in the 1959 film {{w|Battle in Outer Space}} | |||
** The [[Robot King (Robot King)|Robot King]] from [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Robot King (comic story)}} | |||
** An insect which appears to be a [[Zarbi]], who first appeared in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Web Planet (TV story)}} and again in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Lair of the Zarbi Supremo}} | |||
** Both a humanoid [[Yend]] and a shapeshifting Yend from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sons of the Crab (short story)}} | |||
** Two burly [[Sensorite]]s with their appearance from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters from Earth (short story)}} | |||
** A [[Kaark]] from [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Playthings of Fo (short story)}}. | |||
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