The Night Walkers (comic story)

The Night Walkers was a story published in TV Comic featuring the Second Doctor. It is considered to be the conclusion of Season 6B. Published in three parts from 8-22 November 1969, it is the last TV Comic story to feature the Second Doctor and the very last adventure of this incarnation.

Summary
The Second Doctor, has become a celebrity in the early days of his Time Lord-imposed exile on Earth. He is a panellist on the game show Explain My Mystery. One mystery, a strange case of scarecrows who walk at night, stumps the Doctor. Intrigued, he goes to explore the farmer's land at night. When he does, the scarecrows capture him and reveal they were sent by the Time Lords to begin the second phase of the Doctor's sentence.

Grabbing the Doctor, they head for the TARDIS. Once inside, they force his regenerative cycle and set the TARDIS controls to dematerialise. They leave the TARDIS to land. . . somewhere else on Earth.

Characters

 * The Second Doctor
 * Scarecrows
 * Perry Conway, a game show host
 * Mr Glenlock-Hogan, a farmer with a scarecrow problem
 * Mrs Swiggings, an elderly woman with a domestic maintenance problem

Continuity

 * In a meeting with the Third Doctor, had used "Scarecrow" as an insult at his past incarnation, causing him to jump. (TV: The Five Doctors)