Doctor Who? (DWM 117 comic story)

Doctor Who?

Doctor:

Sixth Doctor

Companion(s):

Mel

Featuring:

Zygon

Main setting:

BBC canteen

Key crew

Release details

Number of parts:

Release number:

Printed in:

DWM 117

Cover date:

October 1986

Reprinted in:

It's Even Bigger on the Inside

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The fifty-third instalment of Doctor Who? was printed in DWM 117 with a cover date of October 1986.

Summary[]

The Sixth Doctor and Mel get food in the BBC canteen.

Characters[]

Sixth Doctor
Melanie Bush
Zygon
John Nathan-Turner
Dog

Worldbuilding[]

Somebody in the canteen is reading The Doctor Who Fun Book by Quinn and Howett.
There is a menu and a dog in the canteen.
A hygiene notice tells customers that no food was touched by human hands.

Notes[]

This story marks Melanie Bush's first appearance in the Doctor Who? series, although a fictionalised version of her actor Bonnie Langford appeared in DWM 115's instalment. Mel's appearance here predated her television debut in Terror of the Vervoids ^[+]Pip & Jane Baker, Doctor Who season 23 (BBC1, 1986)..
Somebody in the canteen is reading The Doctor Who Fun Book by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett. The real product was released the following year.

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