Gemini Plan (TV Action comic story)

Gemini Plan was the first comic story featuring the Third Doctor printed in Countdown magazine.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a failed attempt to fix the TARDIS sends him to Australia, the Doctor investigates a scientist's work to gain more resources for Earth from an unusual source.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Third Doctor
• Rudolph Steiner
• Murray Stevens
• Jenkins
• Security Chief
• Charlie
• Technician

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor carries out his repairs on his TARDIS in a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse on a Welsh mountainside. A sign outside reads, "W.D. PROPERTY / KEEP OUT."
• The Doctor quotes Alice in Wonderland.
• The Aborigines use boomerangs.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

• This was the very first Doctor Who comic strip published by Countdown. It opened with the following narrative: "High on a Welsh mountainside, a single light twinkles from the window of a barn adjoining a derelict farmhouse..." The very first words were spoken by the Doctor are, "That should do it."
• Murray Stevens' surname changes to "Lever" in the fourth instalment. It is then changed back to "Stevens" for the rest of the story.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

• TVA 1 (2 pages) To be continued
• TVA 2 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
• TVA 3 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
• TVA 4 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
• TVA 5 (2 pages) NEW STORY NEXT WEEK!

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Doctor ponders if he can beat the restrictions put on his TARDIS by Time Lords. (TV: The War Games ^[+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Gemini Plan at the Doctor Who Reference Guide