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| − | '''''A Switch in Time''''' was the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' back-up strip which appeared in the pages of ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'' #6. |
+ | '''''A Switch in Time!''''' was the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' back-up strip which appeared in the pages of ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'' #6. Like all in the series, it was monochromatic and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] travelling alone at the beginning and ending of the story. |
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| − | The [[Seventh Doctor]] materialises inside of a [[television]] programme on a world populated by non-[[humanoid]]s. |
+ | The [[Seventh Doctor]] materialises inside of a [[television]] programme on a world populated by non-[[humanoid]]s. The only problem is that no one has given him a script, so he keeps blowing his cues. He escapes before he gets into any real trouble for it. Still, at least two members of the [[Holo TV]] viewing audience appreciate his "performance" and are glad they remembered to tape the broadcast. |
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* The story was reprinted in ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'' [[DWCC 25|Issue 25]] |
* The story was reprinted in ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'' [[DWCC 25|Issue 25]] |
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| − | * We never find out the name of the [[planet]] on which the real life events occur. |
+ | * We never find out the name of the [[planet]] on which the real life events occur. That is, we don't know where or to whom [[Holo TV]] broadcasts. What planets and species ''are'' named likely don't exist in the [[DWU]], because they occur within a fictional, televised narrative. |
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+ | * The story is roughly analogous to "[[The Feast of Steven]]", except that the [[First Doctor]] eventually figures out that he's on a movie set in that adventure. Here, the Seventh Doctor ''never'' understands that he's been on television. |
| + | * As with several stories in the comic run, the narrative begins with the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[TARDIS console room]], tending to a malfunction. |
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| ⚫ | * Like ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', this story features a [[continuity announcement]] which appears to be [[advertising]] a new series of ''[[Doctor Who (Remembrance of the Daleks)|Doctor Who]]'', but it's cut off before the whole name of the series can be completed. |
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| − | * As with several stories in the [[COMIC]] run, the narrative begins with the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[TARDIS console room]], tending to a malfunction. This isn't, however, terribly representative of the televised Seventh Doctor, who was only shown to experience one TARDIS malfunction — the one that led to his "death" in the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 tele-film]]. |
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| − | There is absolutely ''nothing'' in the narrative of ''A Switch in Time'' that places it in any particular place, except for the fact that the Doctor is depicted as wearing his [[question mark]] pullover and is travelling alone. |
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| − | Following general [[Marvel UK]] conventions, this means its events take place between [[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]'' and [[COMIC]]: ''[[Train-Flight (comic story)|Train-Flight]]'', the first of three narratively-linked stories which lead to [[Ace]]'s debut in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. |
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Revision as of 03:30, 15 September 2019
A Switch in Time! was the Doctor Who back-up strip which appeared in the pages of The Incredible Hulk Presents #6. Like all in the series, it was monochromatic and featured the Seventh Doctor travelling alone at the beginning and ending of the story.
Unusually, most of the events of the story take place in what is a scripted drama on television. Almost everything named in the story doesn't actually exist in the DWU, except as fiction.
Summary
The Seventh Doctor materialises inside of a television programme on a world populated by non-humanoids. The only problem is that no one has given him a script, so he keeps blowing his cues. He escapes before he gets into any real trouble for it. Still, at least two members of the Holo TV viewing audience appreciate his "performance" and are glad they remembered to tape the broadcast.
Characters
- In "real life":
- Seventh Doctor, known within the television programme as "the Professor"
- two audience members watching the television programme
- In the television programme:
- The Gherax
- Thyron
- a naturalist
References
to be added
Notes
- The story was reprinted in Doctor Who Classic Comics Issue 25
- We never find out the name of the planet on which the real life events occur. That is, we don't know where or to whom Holo TV broadcasts. What planets and species are named likely don't exist in the DWU, because they occur within a fictional, televised narrative.
- The story is roughly analogous to "The Feast of Steven", except that the First Doctor eventually figures out that he's on a movie set in that adventure. Here, the Seventh Doctor never understands that he's been on television.
- As with several stories in the comic run, the narrative begins with the Seventh Doctor in the TARDIS console room, tending to a malfunction.
- Like Remembrance of the Daleks, this story features a continuity announcement which appears to be advertising a new series of Doctor Who, but it's cut off before the whole name of the series can be completed.
Continuity
to be added
