The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)

The Man in the Ion Mask was a Third Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary
Following the recent encounter with the Dæmons, the Doctor is called by Conran to visit in his cell at UNIT's special detention centre; Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre. The Master tries to persuade the Doctor he has reformed, but it is a ploy, as he has already escaped his cell using a simple ionic image controlled hologram. The Master believes he has escaped, but runs into the Doctor and UNIT, who are waiting for him. The Doctor has his own ionic image controller. Outmatched again, the Master is returned to his cell.

Characters

 * Third Doctor
 * Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Sergeant John Benton
 * Conran
 * Conran

Original print details

 * 1) DWMS Winter 1991 (7)

Reprints

 * None

Continuity

 * The Master has been imprisoned since the Devil's End Incident. (TV: The Dæmons)
 * The Master tries to convince the Doctor he has changed, as he would later do again just prior to his escape from Fortress Island. (TV: The Sea Devils)