The Labyrinth (comic story)

 was a Third Doctor TV Action comic strip story. It was reprinted in DWCC 25.

It was also remixed as a Fourth Doctor comic strip story in the 1977 Doctor Who Winter Special.

Summary
The Doctor is whisked to a ruined planet and encounters a giant gorilla-like creature who places him in an underground labyrinth. The Doctor has to pass a number of dangerous physical tests before discovering the Time Lords have tricked him into transporting a group of children and their android guardian to a new world.

Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Montax
 * Vela

Continuity

 * The Sixth Doctor ran into a similar plight of an elemental shortage causing his TARDIS to lose functionality. The energy stores of Zeiton-7 were depleted, forcing a landing on the nearby planet Varos to collect more, only to be caught in the turbulent dealings of the Varosian society. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)