Twit in Space (comic story)
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Twit in Space was a comic story by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett originally published in DC Thomson's Celebrity Magazine and reprinted in It's Even Bigger on the Inside.
This wiki only covers its publication within It's Even Bigger on the Inside.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Kevin and Rabbie unsuccessfully attempt to fix their mistakes.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Kevin and Rabbie have travelled to the centre of the galaxy in The Ashwell Wood which is where the Sun should be.
- Kevin states that it was his and Rabbie's fault that the cannibal planet ate the Sun.
- Kevin and Rabbie use the power from The Ashwell Wood in an attempt to bring some light to the galaxy.
- Kevin claims that "they" laughed at Thomas Edison but Rabbie adds that this was not true at the Glasgow Empire.
- The cannibal planet is seen devouring a planet with rings.
- There are "solar flares" at the centre in the galaxy that are actually just flared clothing.
- Halley's Comet passes.
- Kirk tells Mr Sulu that when he said "to boldly go" he didn't mean into the back of Soyuz One.
- The crew of the Soyuz One call the crew of the Enterprise "capitalist twitoviches".
- The Doctor tells Bonnie that this latest mishap is the last time he will let her choreograph the TARDIS flight.
- The crew of the Apollo 33 say that this is one small slip for man and one giant foul-up for mankind.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was originally published in the Celebrity Magazine from DC Thomson in 1986. Twit in Space was another of Quinn and Howett's long-running strips similar to Doctor Who?. The cannibal planet was an ongoing plot thread at the time of this particular instalment's publication.
- The closing caption promises that Kevin and Rabbie will give the cannibal planet its "just desserts" in the following week's instalment.
