Problem of the Painted Planet (short story)

Problem of the Painted Planet was a short story published in Doctor Who Annual 1977. It featured the Fourth Doctor.

Summary
The Doctor visits Jimorris, where he finds the inhabitants in a land dispute, as they are trying to paint the surface of the planet. He resolves the dispute by dividing the territory into four equal parts.

Characters

 * Fourth Doctor

Worldbuilding

 * Jimorrisons are among the Fourth Doctor's favourite species.
 * Jimorrisons have the life span equivalent to 25,000 Earth years.

Continuity

 * The Eighth Doctor would later solve a territory dispute between Silurians and Sea Devils. (PROSE: Dr. Eighth)