The Fires Down Below (comic story)

Summary
On Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's orders, Major Whitaker and her UNIT team inspect underground caverns with Dr Iskander to find the cause of sudden seismic activity. In the caverns, they find Dominator Haag and his Quarks on a quest to use the Earth's core as a power source for the Dominators' star fleet. Using the Dominators' own equipment, Dr Iskander and the UNIT team ensure the spacecraft, Dominator and Quarks are destroyed in another volcanic eruption.

Characters

 * Major Whitaker
 * Dr Iskander
 * Haag
 * Quarks

Original print details

 * Publication with page count and closing captions


 * 1) DWM 64  (4)

Reprints

 * Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in DW84 22.
 * Reprinted in B&W in DWM 181 as a filler when the ongoing Doctor Who comic strip (Evening's Empire) failed to meet the deadline.
 * An additional comment is added to the DWM 181 reprint from the Revisionist Ed (John Freeman) referring to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who is "often called out of retirement in emergencies."
 * A closing panel was added to the final frame reading "Evening's Empire returns next issue..." – but it didn't!

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * The Fires Down Below occurs after The Five Doctors.