The Collector (DWM comic story)

The Collector was a Fourth Doctor comic strip published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary
The Fourth Doctor and Sharon arrive in Blackcastle before being teleported to a ship in the asteroid belt. Varan Tak has been kidnapping humans from Earth as part of an anthropology unit, but cannot visit Earth himself. The Doctor helps him to teleport to the planet, but must undo his horrible mistake.

Plot
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Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * Sharon Davies
 * K9 Mark II
 * Varan Tak
 * Mother Ship

Worldbuilding

 * Varan Tak is from an anthropology unit Oskerion.
 * When Sharan shows apprehension at returning to Blackcastle, the Doctor tells her that he "sometimes" likes Gallifrey being his home.

Original print details

 * (Publication with page count and closing captions)


 * 1) DWM 46 (8 pages) The End.

Reprints

 * 1) DW84 8 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
 * 2) Dragon's Claw
 * 3) DWC 10 (IDW colourised reprint)
 * 4) Doctor Who Classics Volume 2 (IDW colourised reprint)
 * 5) Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)

Continuity

 * The Doctor gets Sharon back to Blackcastle, (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast, Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom) in spite of the randomiser. (TV: The Armageddon Factor)
 * Sharon isn't sure she wants to go back home since she "grew up". (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Time Witch)