Timebenders was a Third Doctor TV Action comic strip story. It was notable as the first story in Doctor Who history set during World War II, and to include Nazi enemies.
Summary[]
When the Doctor encounters Nazi soldiers chasing a young girl on Dartmoor, he is accidentally pulled through the same time rift that brought them to the present day. Now their prisoner, he must stop them from using the rift to steal advanced weapons from the future.
Characters[]
- Third Doctor
- Professor Pierre Vedrun
- Captain Ernst Wolfgang Spiegal
- Monique Vedrun
- Marcel Sangenez
- General Von Werstberg
- Andre Lacout
- Lieutenant
- Carl
- Jean-Paul
- Police Sergeant
Worldbuilding[]
- Spiegal has a photo of Adolf Hitler in his office.
- The Doctor has a coin from 1972 in his pocket.
- The Doctor rides a bicycle.
Notes[]
- The Doctor's car is named for the first time in a comic strip. However, unlike its television counterpart, it is referred to as "Betsy."
- The dating of the story is inconsistent. In the third part, the Doctor tells Professor Vedrun he is from 1971, but later in the story, a coin from 1972 is found in the Doctor's pocket.
Original print details[]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 6 (2 pages) CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
- TVA 7 (2 pages) CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
- TVA 8 (2 pages) CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
- TVA 9 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- TVA 10 (2 pages) TO BE CONTINUED
- TVA 11 (2 pages) MORE NEXT WEEK!
- TVA 12 (2 pages) CONTINUES NEXT WEEK!
- TVA 13 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
- Note: No Doctor Who strip appeared in TVA 14.
Continuity[]
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