The Thing from Outer Space (short story)

 was a short story in the 1971 Countdown Holiday Special, a forty-eight+63-page oversized edition of the magazine. It was one of the very few bits of Doctor Who prose ever published by Polystyle in their long association with the franchise and the only Doctor Who content in the issue.

It featured the Third Doctor.

Summary
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Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Captain Fenton
 * The Thing
 * Duty Guard Officer
 * Officers
 * Scientists
 * Sailors On The Frigate
 * The Bespectacled Scientist
 * Harassed Looking Major
 * The Helmsman
 * Frogman
 * Sparks, Duty Communications Officer
 * The Navy Stores People
 * Dockyard Security Police
 * Naval Brass
 * Stocky, Grim Faced Naval Captain
 * Petty Officer
 * Staff Car Driver
 * The Officer In Charge Of Operations
 * Commander

Continuity
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