City of Devils

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City of Devils
Series:	Doctor Who - Back-up Comic Strip Stories
Main Character:	Sarah Jane Smith
Featuring:
Enemy:	Silurians, Sea Devils
Setting:	Earth, Egypt, 1983
Author:	Gary Russell
Editor:	John Freeman
Artist:	Vincent Danks
Colourist:	monochromatic
Lettering:	Annie
Published In:	DWM Holiday Special 1992
Publication:	1982
Publisher:	Marvel Comics
Format:	B&W 1 parts / 8 pages
Previous Story:	A Ship Called Sudden Death (featuring the Free-Fall Warriors)
Following Story:	Unnatural Born Killers

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 3 References 4 Notes 5 Publication 5.1 Original Print Details 6 Continuity 7 External Links

[edit] Summary

On Aunt Lavina's request, Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 join Dr Warren Martyn and his assistant Dexter Townsend on an archaeological dig in Egypt, where they have uncovered a hidden city of the Eocenes (correctly identified by K-9!) Dexter is only after the treasures and is killed, but the Eocenes are seeking peaceful co-existence with the humans. Warren agrees to stay so they may exchange cultures and Sarah is given free passage to return home to negotiate their terms. Sarah is optimistic after speaking with the Brigadier and UNIT this time round seems more sympathetic.

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• Sarah Jane Smith
• K-9
• Lavinia Smith
• Warren Martyn
• Dexter Townsend
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

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[edit] Notes

• This is the only known comic strip based on K-9 and Company
• This comic strip story is respectfully dedicated to Malcolm Hulke.
• The Silurians are correctly referred to as Eocenes because of the period from which they date.
• In the comic strip, K-9 relates the earlier attempt by the Doctor to negotiate a peaceful co-existence.
• K-9 also makes reference to the Daily Telegraph report (12/04/1926) which tells how an Antarctica expedition was lost following their claim to have found a lost city of intelligent reptiles.
• The entrance to the tunnels is rich in hieroglyphics that predate Zoser (2650 BC) yet are more recent. The dig officially reports no findings although Dr. Martyn never returns.

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[edit] Original Print Details

(Publication with page count)

• DWM Summer Special 1992, sometimes called the Sarah Jane Holiday Special. 8 pages.

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