The Moderator (comic story)

The Moderator is a Fifth Doctor comic story originally published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary Edit

The Doctor and his new friend Gus arrive on Celeste, a world populated by intelligent soldiers. Yet all is not what it seems. The soldiers are under the control of the sinister Moderator, who is using the gift of Celeste to create a link to Earth. Can the Doctor stop him from invading another planet?

Plot Edit

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Characters Edit

• Fifth Doctor
• Angus Goodman
• Josiah W. Dogbolter
• The Moderator
• Hob

References Edit

• Intra-Venus owns Warworld Investments, Cybernetics International, and Martian Munitions.
• Dogbolter owns Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, as well as "a score" of worlds in other solar systems. His influence also stretches to Phobos and Warworld.

Notes Edit

• This comic strip was reprinted as part of The Tides of Time graphic novel published by Panini in May 2005.
• This was the final Doctor Who Magazine comic story to feature the Fifth Doctor. The last words spoken by the Fifth Doctor in his comic book tenure are; "Well, it's not Akron, Ohio, but it's Earth. The same time, the same place that we first met!"

Continuity Edit

• The Moderator mentions the Freefall Warriors. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors, A Ship Called Sudden Death)
• The Moderator finds Zyglots on Magellan. (COMIC: Polly the Glot, The Time of My Life)

External links Edit

• The Moderator at the Doctor Who Reference Guide