4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)

 was a comic story featuring the Fifth Doctor. It was the first story to feature the Time-Meddler after his final television appearance in 1966.

Summary
The Doctor still feels saddened shock over the death of Fuji. He is about to enter his TARDIS when Angus Goodman, the American Air Force pilot who shot Fuji, pulls a gun on him and informs him that although World War II is still on-going, the date is July 25th, 1963.

Fearing he is lost in a parallel world, the Doctor and Gus take off in the TARDIS. Orbiting Earth, the Doctor sees a magnetic anomaly emanating from near the North Pole has created many parallel worlds. The Doctor and Gus land near the anomaly to find its source is a spaceship. Sneaking into it, they find the Time-Meddler and a party of Ice Warriors led by Autek, who are building a giant sonic cannon.

An advanced, secret and surprisingly well informed military group, SAG 3, is also investigating the anomaly. As the Ice Warriors prepare to drop the Doctor into a pit, SAG 3 attacks the ship, frees the Doctor and forces the Ice Warriors to leave Earth. In his TARDIS, the Doctor pursues the Time-Meddler's TARDIS through space and time. After a chase through the Time Vortex, the Doctor appears beforethe Time-Meddler, who attempts to materialise in the same spot. Having two TARDISes in the same place and time causes an explosion which destroys the Ice Warrior ship and sendsthe Time-Meddler to another dimension.

Having solved the mystery of the parallel worlds, the Doctor and Gus part ways with SAG 3 and go on to their next adventure. After the TARDIS dematerialises, SAG 3 are left to wonder if they should have told the Doctor that Gus was going to die...

Characters

 * Fifth Doctor
 * Angus Goodman
 * The Time-Meddler
 * Autek
 * Ice Warriors

Continuity

 * The Doctor is ashamed over his part in the death of Fuji. (COMIC: Lunar Lagoon)
 * The Doctor defeats the Time-Meddler by materialising a micro-second before him, in a process similar to a time ram. (TV: The Time Monster)
 * The Doctor will later be concerned if, in all his adventures, he's been trapped in the Land of Fiction, (AUDIO: Legend of the Cybermen) and later if he's been living in the parallel Silurian Earth universe. (PROSE: Blood Heat)
 * The Doctor volunteered to stay on Earth on the behalf of the Time Lord s to investigate the disturbances created by the Time-Meddler, but admits he made some mistakes. (COMIC: The Tides of Time, Stars Fell on Stockbridge, The Stockbridge Horror, Lunar Lagoon)
 * The Monk's TARDIS remains in the shape of a police box from TV: The Daleks' Master Plan.