The Tides of Time (comic story)

The Tides of Time was the first Fifth Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Monthly.

Summary
The Universe is falling apart. A demon from another universe has left a hole in time and space.

The Doctor teams up with Sir Justin to prevent the demon from destroying the entire universe. But first, they must battle creatures of nightmares to find the lost matrix....

Plot
to be added

Characters

 * Fifth Doctor
 * Sir Justin
 * Melanicus
 * Shayde
 * Catavolcus
 * Higher Evolutionaries
 * Dakon Theka
 * Thane of Kordar
 * Merlin the Wise
 * Time Lords
 * Rassilon
 * Morvane
 * Bedevere
 * Mysterious woman with the appearance of Zoe Heriot

Fashion and clothing

 * The Doctor wears cricket pads when playing cricket.

Individuals

 * A young woman with dark hair appears as an illusion in the Maelstrom generated by Melanicus. The Doctor notes that he "knows her from somewhere" but can't quite recall who she is.

Original print details

 * (Publication with page count and closing captions)


 * 1) DWM 61 (8 pages) Next Issue: The Maelstrom!
 * 2) DWM 62 (8 pages) Next: Journey to the Edge of Forever!
 * 3) DWM 63 (8 pages) Next Issue: Dream Wars!
 * 4) DWM 64 (8 pages) No closing caption
 * 5) DWM 65 (8 pages) No closing caption
 * 6) DWM 66 (8 pages) Next: To Slay a Demon!
 * 7) DWM 67 (9 pages) The End.

Reprints

 * 1) DW84 15-18 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
 * 2) DWCC 10-11 (Doctor Who Classic Comics colourised reprint)
 * 3) The Tides of Time
 * 4) DWCS2 5-7 (IDW colourised reprint)
 * 5) Doctor Who Classics Volume 4 (IDW colourised reprint)
 * 6) Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 2 (IDW colourised reprint)

Continuity

 * Thanks to the privileges of his presidency, the Fourth Doctor expressed knowledge of Rassilon's mind existing within the Matrix during the Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey. (TV: The Invasion of Time) The Fifth Doctor would later encounter Rassilon again during the events of COMIC: The Stockbridge Horror and TV: The Five Doctors.
 * The Fourth Doctor, although unaware at the time, was involved in a battle in the Millennium Wars in COMIC: The Deal.
 * Catavolcus's continuing battle against Arthur and his the Neutron Knights in Earth's far future comes as a result of Melanicus's escape from the Althrace system. As noted here, it was the intervention of the Fourth Doctor and Merlin the Wise that halted Catavolcus's advance. (COMIC: The Neutron Knights)
 * Merlin briefly projected himself as a ghostly figure again to farewell the Doctor in COMIC: The Neutron Knights.
 * The Seventh Doctor will discover the aftermath of another of Merlin's dealings in TV: Battlefield.
 * Rassilon refers to the Matrix as the "home of the Celestial Intervention Agency." (TV: The Deadly Assassin, et al.)