The Final Quest (comic story)

The Final Quest

Main enemy:

Katsu

Main setting:

Keth, Aleph-777 and Omega-666

Key crew

Release details

Printed in:

Doctor Who Weekly Issue 8

Release date:

29 November 1979

Reprinted in:

DWCC 24, The Return of the Daleks

Format:

B&W 1 part / 4 pages

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The Final Quest was a comic story published by Marvel Comics. It was written by Steve Moore.

Summary[]

The Sontaran warrior Katsu is haunted by his dreams of dying without honour and failing to win against the alien Levanaxus on the dead world of Keth. Searching for the ultimate weapon, he arrives on Aleph-777, now a world of idyllic peace, where he demands collection of the weapon. Pursuing an escape craft to Omega-666, he captures and claims the ultimate weapon, a flask of deadly Omega Green Plague, with no antidote known to exist anywhere in the galaxy, which he is tricked into opening by one of the peace-loving inhabitants of Aleph-777, away from danger to anyone else.

Characters[]

Katsu

Worldbuilding[]

to be added

Notes[]

This backup strip is introduced by the Fourth Doctor.

Original print details[]

Publication with page count and closing captions

DWM 8 (4 pages)

Reprints[]

Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in DW84 3.
Coloured and reprinted in DWCC 24.
Reprinted by Panini Comics in The Return of the Daleks.

Continuity[]

Aleph 777 was the setting for COMIC: Conflict of Interests.

DWM backup comic stories

Multiple
Appearances

Daleks

The Return of the Daleks • Return of the Elders

Abslom Daak

Abslom Daak...Dalek Killer • Star Tigers

Cybermen

Deathworld • Black Legacy

Kroton

Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Ship of Fools • Unnatural Born Killers

Sontarans

The Final Quest • The Outsider • The Gods Walk Among Us • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers

Time Lords

The Stolen TARDIS • Star Death • 4-D War • Black Sun Rising • Minatorius

With Doctor	K-9's Finest Hour • The Touchdown on Deneb-7

With Sarah	City of Devils

Silurians &
Sea Devils

Twilight of the Silurians • Devil of the Deep • City of Devils

UNIT

Skywatch-7 • The Fires Down Below

Single
Appearances

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day 1 • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • Sibling Rivalry / Children of the Revolution • In Name Only • The Armageddon Chair

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

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