Dead on Arrival was a Third Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Annual 1975.
Summary[]
Jo Grant thinks she is dead, after she is transported to an alternate Earth due to cosmic dust reacting with the molecular adjuster.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Third Doctor
- Jo Grant
- Breelians
- Alternate Third Doctor
- Alternate Jo Grant
- Alternate Lethbridge-Stewart
Worldbuilding[]
- The Doctor and Jo are returning from Mezlob, a planet whose gravitational pull is twenty-seven times that of Earth.
- After her time on Mezlob, Jo says she feels like she's eaten ten tons of spaghetti.
- The Doctor and Jo had their molecular density increased, using a molecular adjuster, to survive the weight of Mezlob's gravity.
- The TARDIS flies into cosmic dust.
Notes[]
- On 1 December 2022 an audio reading of this story was released as part the anthology Dead on Arrival & Other Stories, adapted by Paul Magrs.
Continuity[]
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