Dr. Who (unproduced comic story)

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 was a three-page comic story by Brian Bolland for Lyncross in February 1979. However, the publication it was made for was never released, leaving the story unpublished.

The comic was an adaptation of Paul Crompton's Emsone's Castle, a comic story published in September 1978 in the Doctor Who Annual 1979.

Summary
The Fourth Doctor and Romana are on Zorka research the medicinal qualities of a rare mountain weed. The pair are confronted by a walking, talking skeleton asking for their help. Romana is kidnapped as the Doctor helps the skeleton man. This draws the the Doctor to the castle of the mystic Emsone, who has a plot to steal the Doctor's own body!

Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * Romana I
 * Krass
 * Gurk
 * Emsone

Changes

 * Leela was the Doctor's companion in Emsone's Castle. She was replaced with Romana I for this adaptation.
 * Krass is initially only half restored in Emsone's Castle. He is fully restored in the adaption.
 * Gurk has horns in Emsone's Castle. He has a beard in the adaptation.
 * Emsone is mostly bald and has a mustache in the adaptation. The adaptation also explains that he wears a helmet because he cannot breath the atmosphere of Zorka.
 * Emsone wants to put the Doctor's brain into a machine of his. In the adaptation, he wants to replace the Doctor's brain with his own brain.

Continuity
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