Backtime (comic story)

Backtime was a monochromatic comic adventure of the no-longer-exiled Third Doctor in the pages of Countdown.

Summary Edit

The Doctor is in London in 1863 when his TARDIS key is stolen by young pickpocket Charlie Fisher. When a policeman finds a 1970s bank note on the Doctor, he finds himself arrested for forgery but the Doctor and Charlie escape in the TARDIS. They land in Gettysburg, where they meet Abraham Lincoln and rescue the TARDIS from the outlaws George Bamford and Asa Bamford. The Doctor eventually leaves Charlie in Ballarat to start a new life.

Characters Edit

• Third Doctor
• Charlie Fisher
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Bamford
• Asa Bamford
• General Grant
• Magistrate

References Edit

• The Doctor reads a book published in the 19th century called Balloons and Flying Machines.
• The Magistrate sentences Charlie to three months in Bridewell Prison.

Notes Edit

• Oddly, "backtime" is used in the introductory captions as a word meaning the past.

Continuity Edit

The Doctor claims to have built the TARDIS. (TV: The Chase)

External links Edit

• Backtime at the Doctor Who Reference Guide