The Seventh Segment (comic story)

The Seventh Segment was a Fourth Doctor comic strip released in the Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1995.

Summary
The tracer brings the Doctor, Romana and K9 to the politically corrupt colony world of Vyga 3. The Doctor's arrival results in his possession of a briefcase which two gangs are desperate to get their hands on. The gangs believe the briefcase contains a secret weapon and agree to work together. Leaving the briefcase and making an escape to the TARDIS, the Doctor and Romana watch on the scanner as the case is opened. It releases a fluctuating chronon which rapidly degenerates those in close proximity. The Black Guardian's trap is foiled.

Characters

 * Fourth Doctor
 * Romana I
 * Boss
 * Fluctuating chronon wave
 * Sneech
 * Yanski

Original print details

 * 1) DWMS Summer 1995 (8) A special Season 16-themed issue.

Continuity

 * During his seventh incarnation, the Doctor once again visited Vyga 3 in the company of Melanie Bush. On that occasion, they encountered weretarantulas. (AUDIO: Maker of Demons)