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}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic strip stories|comic strip story]] later reprinted as a [[Fourth Doctor comic strip stories|Fourth Doctor comic strip story]] in the [[Doctor Who Winter Special (1977)|1977 ''Doctor Who Winter Special'']]. | }}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] ''[[TV Action]]'' [[Third Doctor comic strip stories|comic strip story]] later reprinted as a [[Fourth Doctor comic strip stories|Fourth Doctor comic strip story]] in the [[Doctor Who Winter Special (1977)|1977 ''Doctor Who Winter Special'']]. | ||
In its original printing, it was the | In its original printing, it was the "big story" of ''TVA'' #112. That meant it got pride of place on the issue's cover, and that it was the longest story in the issue. It was one of the few ''Doctor Who'' stories to depict a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear explosion]] on [[Earth]]. Moreover, it may be the ''only'' story where the Doctor ''orders'' a nuclear weapon to detonate in [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]]. | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The [[Dalek]]s destroy some of [[Earth]]'s satellites tasked with scanning for extraterrestrial life some time in the [[Cold War]]. As the [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] predicts, the [[human]]s react by squabbling amongst themselves; the [[Soviet]]s think it's the [[American]]s who've taken out the satellites, while the Americans believe the reverse. As both sides look for a terrestrial explanation, the [[Dalek saucer]] slips into an Earth ocean, and settles, unseen, on the floor. | The [[Dalek]]s destroy some of [[Earth]]'s satellites tasked with scanning for extraterrestrial life some time in the [[Cold War]]. As the [[Dalek Saucer Commander]] predicts, the [[human]]s react by squabbling amongst themselves; the [[Soviet]]s think it's the [[American]]s who've taken out the satellites, while the Americans believe the reverse. As both sides look for a terrestrial explanation, the [[Dalek saucer]] slips into an Earth ocean, and settles, unseen, on the floor. | ||
