The Body Snatcher (comic story)

The Body Snatcher was a comic strip in the Doctor Who Annual 1977. It saw the Fourth Doctor's body possessed by Rascla.

Summary
The TARDIS takes a detour, a dangerous one that results in the Doctor losing his body...

Plot
After a malfunction on the way to Mitra B for a peace conference, the TARDIS lands on Axa. However, an external force takes the three travellers to the planet Torm where they meet Rascla, a being who wants to take over Mitra B. He decided to use the Doctor to achieve this aim and possesses his body.

The Doctor's mind is forced out and into Sarah's but he manages to return and, after an intense mental battle, defeats Rascla. He then apologises to both the Mitrans and Sarah.

Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * Harry Sullivan
 * Rascla

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * The Body Snatcher takes place after ST: The Dragons of Prague
 * The Body Snatcher takes place before DWAN: The Eye-Spiders of Pergross