The Curse of the Scarab (comic story)

The Curse of the Scarab was a Fifth Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary
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Plot
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Characters

 * Fifth Doctor
 * Peri
 * Seth Rakoff
 * Raschid Karnak
 * Monroe Stahr
 * Kephri

Foods and beverages

 * Kephri entered Karnak's body and has fed on his body for months.

Individuals

 * Seth Rakoff is a movie director. He fell under the spell of Kephri after visiting an Egyptian tomb described in the grimoire of Anubis. He plans to release Kephri from the Scarabeus.
 * Raschid Karnak stars as the mummy in Seth's horror film. He was hired by Seth as a guide in Egypt. He is killed by Seth. His body is being eaten away by Kephri
 * Monroe Stahr is a movie producer. He is killed by the mummy whilst watching rushes of his work and had his organs removed.

Objects

 * The film props include a genuine Scarabaeus, which was said to contain Kephri, the Egyptian beetle god.
 * The pyramid prop contains Osirian technology, including at least two mummy servicer robots.
 * The Doctor holds the ankh in front of the studio light, casting a shadow over Kephri, trapping him.

Psychology

 * Peri is under the mind control of Seth.

Religion

 * The Fifth Doctor is forced to complete the ceremony of raising Kephri

Species

 * Peri is abducted from Hollywood by the Threshold
 * Kephri is an Osirian trapped by his own race.
 * Kephri releases a plague of locusts to consume Rakoff and plans to do the same to the entire world.

Continuity

 * Peri's adventure is told in the Seventh Doctor comic strip, COMIC: Ground Zero.