Planet of the Dead (comic story)

Planet of the Dead was a Seventh Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary
The Doctor is on the planet Adeki, trying to fish, when he comes upon an old city of the Adekians. It is populated with metamorphic aliens. On meeting him, they take the shapes of his former companions (most of whom are dead), but then take the form of his previous selves.

Plot
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Characters

 * Seventh Doctor
 * Gwanzulum

Species

 * The Gwanzulum predate the Whifferdills and the Kymbra Chimera.
 * The Gwanzulum have metamorphic DNA.

Continuity

 * Adric died in TV: Earthshock.
 * Katrina and Sara Kingdom died in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan
 * Jamie died in COMIC: The World Shapers.
 * Peri last appeared on screen in TV: Mindwarp, and was revealed to have died in Peri and the Piscon Paradox.
 * The inclusion of Peri is the first sign that this is a trick: her death in TV: Mindwarp was shown to be false in The Ultimate Foe, meaning the Gwanzulum have done a sloppy job.
 * Frobisher last appeared in COMIC: A Cold Day in Hell.
 * The Seventh refers to "a wooden horse (TV: The Myth Makers) and the Feast of Stephen" when seeing Katarina. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)