The Fires Down Below (comic story)

Summary
On Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's orders, Major Whitaker and her UNIT team inspect caverns with Dr Iskander to find the cause of sudden seismic activity. They find Dominator Haag and his Quarks on a quest to use the Earth's core as a power source for the Dominators' star fleet. Using the Dominators' own equipment, Dr Iskander and the UNIT team ensure the spacecraft, Dominator and Quarks are destroyed in a volcanic eruption.

Characters

 * Major Whitaker
 * Dr Iskander
 * Haag
 * Quarks

Original print details

 * Publication with page count and closing captions


 * 1) DWM 64  (4)

Reprints

 * Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in DW84 22.
 * Reprinted in B&W in DWM 181 as a filler when the ongoing Doctor Who comic strip (Evening's Empire) failed to meet the deadline.
 * An additional comment is added to the DWM 181 reprint from the Revisionist Ed (John Freeman) referring to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who is "often called out of retirement in emergencies."
 * A closing panel was added to the final frame reading "Evening's Empire returns next issue..." – but it didn't!

Continuity
to be added