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artist= | | |setting= [[Cape Kennedy]]<br>[[The Moon]] | ||
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colourist=| | |artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
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publisher= | | |publication = ''[[TV Comic]]'' 1191-1198 | ||
format= Comic | |release date= 12 October - 30 November 1974 | ||
|4title = ''Moon Exploration'' | |||
next | |4print=''[[TV Comic]]'' 1416-1423 | ||
}}''''' | |4date=[[2 February (releases)|2 February]] - [[23 March (releases)|23 March]] [[1979 (releases)|1979]] | ||
|publisher = Polystyle | |||
|format= Comic | |||
|epcount = 8 | |||
|prev= The Metal-Eaters (comic story) | |||
|next= The Wanderers (comic story) | |||
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'''''Lords of the Ether''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic strip in ''[[TV Comic]]'', reprinted with the [[Fourth Doctor]] under the name '''''Moon Exploration'''''. | |||
==Summary== | == Summary == | ||
After a successful [[The Moon|moon]] landing, the crew of the ''[[Achilles (spacecraft)|Achilles]]'' spot a deep, cylindrical shaft into the lunar surface. On [[Earth]], the Doctor's warning against any exploration of the shaft are ignored. When Major [[Bill Franklin]] disappears after descending the tunnel, the mission is aborted. However, as the returning space capsule enters the Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts and it are turned to [[stone]]. The Doctor attributes this to fragment of the mineral [[Crunthel]] collected by the astronauts from the tunnel floor. Joined by [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent [[Harry Godino]], the Doctor travels in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to the moon. There they discover that the tunnel leads to the burial chamber of a member of an ancient alien race. Trapped in the [[tomb]], the travellers' only hope of escape is for the Doctor to make contact with the aliens — the Lords of the Ether themselves. | |||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Third Doctor]]/[[Fourth Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] / [[Fourth Doctor]] | ||
*[[Harry Godino]] | * [[Harry Godino]] | ||
* Sir [[Geoffrey (Lords of the Ether)|Geoffrey]] | |||
* Major [[Bill Franklin]] | |||
* Captain [[Serge Sillikin]] | |||
* [[Grigori Sukov]] | |||
* [[French delegate]] | |||
* [[Captain (Lords of the Ether)|Captain]] | |||
* [[Rogers (Lords of the Ether)|Rogers]] | |||
* [[Lieutenant (Lords of the Ether)|Lieutenant]] | |||
* [[Air stewardess 1]] | |||
* [[Air stewardess 2]] | |||
* [[Taxi-driver (Lords of the Ether)|Taxi-Driver]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * [[Crunthel]] is common is [[Galaxy 402]]. | ||
* [[The Doctor's cottage (The Celluloid Midas)|The Doctor's cottage]] is about four-hundred-years old. | |||
* Harry uses [[Jupiter]] as an intensive. | |||
== Notes == | |||
* The spacesuits worn by the Doctor and Harry are similar to those seen in the ITC science-fiction adventure series {{wi|UFO (British TV series)|UFO}} (1970-71). | |||
* The Doctor calls Harry "Joe" in one panel. This error was corrected for the Fourth Doctor reprint. | |||
* The recap at the beginning of part two mistakenly gives Major Bill Franklin's name as "Major Bill Stokes". | |||
== | === Original print details === | ||
'' | :(Publication with page count and closing captions) | ||
* TVC 1191 (2 pages) The Doctor makes a grim discovery soon! | |||
* TVC 1192 (2 pages) A mystery man trails the time-traveller soon! | |||
* TVC 1193 (2 pages) Has the Doctor made the wrong decision? | |||
* TVC 1194 (2 pages) Will the Doctor's desperate plan work? | |||
* TVC 1195 (2 pages) Next week: stepping into space! | |||
* TVC 1196 (2 pages) What's behind the barrier? See next week! | |||
* TVC 1197 (2 pages) Power of a super-stone next week! | |||
* TVC 1198 (2 pages) A new way-out adventure adventure begins with the Doctor next week! | |||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}} | |||
{{TitleSort}}{{Fourth Doctor TVC comics}} | |||
[[Category:Third Doctor TVC comic stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor TVC comic stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Comic stories set on the Moon]] | ||
[[Category:Fourth Doctor TVC comic stories]] | [[Category:Fourth Doctor TVC comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:1974 comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:1979 comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Eight part comics]] | |||
