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{{Infobox Story
|name= The Fires Down Below
 
 
|image=The Fires Down Below.jpg
 
|image=The Fires Down Below.jpg
 
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]
 
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]
|main character= Major [[Whitaker]]
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|main character= [[Whitaker (The Fires Down Below)|Major Whitaker]]
 
|featuring= [[UNIT]]
 
|featuring= [[UNIT]]
|enemy= [[Quark]], and [[Dominator]]s
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|enemy= [[Quark]]s, [[Dominator]]s
|setting= [[Reykjavik|Rekjavik]], [[Iceland]], [[1984]]
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|setting= [[Reykjavik]], [[Iceland]], [[1984]]
 
|editor= [[Alan McKenzie]]
 
|editor= [[Alan McKenzie]]
 
|writer= [[John Peel]]
 
|writer= [[John Peel]]
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|next= The Fabulous Idiot (comic story)
 
|next= The Fabulous Idiot (comic story)
 
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'''''The Fires Down Below''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. It was written by [[John Peel]].
   
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
On [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s orders, Major [[Whitaker (The Fires Down Below)|Whitaker]] and her [[UNIT]] team inspect caverns with Dr [[Iskander]] to find the cause of sudden seismic activity. They find [[Dominator]] [[Haag]] and his [[Quark]]s on a quest to use the Earth's core as a power source for the Dominators' star fleet. Using the Dominators' own equipment, Dr Iskander and the UNIT team ensure the spacecraft, Dominator and Quarks are destroyed in a [[Volcano|volcanic eruption]].
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On [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s orders, Major [[Whitaker (The Fires Down Below)|Whitaker]] and her [[UNIT]] team inspect caverns in [[Reykjavik]] with Dr [[Iskander]] to find the cause of sudden seismic activity. They find [[Dominator]] [[Haag]] and his [[Quark]]s on a quest to use the Earth's core as a power source for the Dominators' star fleet. Using the Dominators' own equipment, Dr Iskander and the UNIT team ensure the spacecraft, the Dominator and the Quarks are destroyed in a [[Volcano|volcanic eruption]].
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== Plot ==
 
''to be added''
   
 
== Characters ==
 
== Characters ==
*Major [[Whitaker (The Fires Down Below)|Whitaker]]
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* Major [[Whitaker (The Fires Down Below)|Whitaker]]
*Dr [[Iskander]]
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* Dr [[Iskander]]
*[[Haag]]
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* [[Haag]]
*[[Quark]]s
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* [[Quark]]s
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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* The story, set in the 1980s, was most likely meant to be set during the [[Jon Pertwee]] [[UNIT]] era, as it had been highly suggested that that section of the show was set in the "not-too distant future." It was not until the television story ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' that suggestions began to arise that the UNIT years may have been set more closely to their original air-date. As no reference is made into the story of any aspect of the UNIT years other than [[the Brigadier]] existing, the story being set in the 1980s does not actually cause troubles with the [[UNIT dating controversy]].
''to be added''
 
   
 
=== Original print details ===
 
=== Original print details ===
 
:Publication with page count and closing captions
 
:Publication with page count and closing captions
# [[DWM 64]] (4)
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# [[DWM 64]] (4) `
   
 
=== Reprints ===
 
=== Reprints ===
 
* Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in [[DW84 22]].
 
* Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in [[DW84 22]].
* Reprinted in B&W in DWM 181 as a filler when the ongoing ''Doctor Who'' comic strip (''[[Evening's Empire]]'') failed to meet the deadline.
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* Reprinted in B&W in [[DWM 181]] as a filler when the ongoing ''Doctor Who'' comic strip (''[[Evening's Empire]]'') failed to meet the deadline.
* An additional comment is added to the [[DWM 181]] reprint from the Revisionist Ed ([[John Freeman]]) referring to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who is "often called out of retirement in emergencies."
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* An additional comment is added to the [[DWM 181]] reprint from the Revisionist Ed ([[John Freeman]]) referring to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who is "often called out of [[retirement]] in emergencies."
 
* A closing panel was added to the final frame reading "''Evening's Empire'' returns next issue..." – but it didn't!
 
* A closing panel was added to the final frame reading "''Evening's Empire'' returns next issue..." – but it didn't!
   
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
''to be added''
 
''to be added''
 
== Timeline ==
 
* ''The Fires Down Below'' occurs after ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''.
 
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* {{whoniverse|dwm064b.php|The Fires Down Below}}
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* {{whoniverse|dwm064b|The Fires Down Below}}
 
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Revision as of 23:27, 26 February 2019

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The Fires Down Below was a comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was written by John Peel.

Summary

On Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's orders, Major Whitaker and her UNIT team inspect caverns in Reykjavik with Dr Iskander to find the cause of sudden seismic activity. They find Dominator Haag and his Quarks on a quest to use the Earth's core as a power source for the Dominators' star fleet. Using the Dominators' own equipment, Dr Iskander and the UNIT team ensure the spacecraft, the Dominator and the Quarks are destroyed in a volcanic eruption.

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

to be added

Notes

  • The story, set in the 1980s, was most likely meant to be set during the Jon Pertwee UNIT era, as it had been highly suggested that that section of the show was set in the "not-too distant future." It was not until the television story Mawdryn Undead that suggestions began to arise that the UNIT years may have been set more closely to their original air-date. As no reference is made into the story of any aspect of the UNIT years other than the Brigadier existing, the story being set in the 1980s does not actually cause troubles with the UNIT dating controversy.

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWM 64 (4) `

Reprints

  • Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in DW84 22.
  • Reprinted in B&W in DWM 181 as a filler when the ongoing Doctor Who comic strip (Evening's Empire) failed to meet the deadline.
  • An additional comment is added to the DWM 181 reprint from the Revisionist Ed (John Freeman) referring to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart who is "often called out of retirement in emergencies."
  • A closing panel was added to the final frame reading "Evening's Empire returns next issue..." – but it didn't!

Continuity

to be added

External links