The Disintegrator (comic story)

The Disintegrator

Key crew

Publisher:

Polystyle

Artist:

Gerry Haylock

Release details

Number of parts:

Printed in:

TV Comic 1155-1159

Release date:

2 February - 2 March 1974

Format:

Comic

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The Disintegrator is a TV Comic story featuring the Third Doctor.

Summary[]

When the Doctor is called in to investigate an unusual bank robbery, he suspects an alien intelligence is involved. However, he never would have suspected that his oldest enemies would ally themselves with a professor and a mobster!

Plot[]

to be added

Characters[]

Worldbuilding[]

The Superintendent mentions Alice in Wonderland.
James Bond and Robin Hood are mentioned.
Pillbright and Sylvester plan to rob the Bank of England.
The Doctor uses a neutron bomb to destroy the Dalek Moonbase.

Notes[]

It is never explained why the Daleks have loaned their technology for use in a bank robbery.

Original print details[]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

TVC 1155 (2 pages) Another thrilling episode next week!
TVC 1156 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week!
TVC 1157 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week
TVC 1158 (2 pages) Another exciting episode next week!
TVC 1159 (2 pages) A thrilling new Doctor Who story begins next week

Continuity[]

A Dalek infiltrates Max Sylvester's gang by feinting servitude, just as the Daleks on Vulcan did. (TV: The Power of the Daleks)

Third Doctor Polystyle comic stories

Early TV Comic

The Arkwood Experiments • The Multi-Mobile • Insect • The Metal Eaters • The Fishmen of Carpantha • Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus • Doctor Who and the Robot • Trial of Fire • The Kingdom Builders

Countdown/
TV Action

Gemini Plan • Timebenders • The Vogan Slaves • The Celluloid Midas • Backtime • The Eternal Present • *Sub Zero • The Planet of the Daleks • A Stitch in Time • The Enemy from Nowhere • The Ugrakks • Steelfist • Zeron Invasion • Deadly Choice • Who is the Stranger • The Glen of Sleeping • The Threat from Beneath • Back to the Sun • The Labyrinth • The Spoilers • The Vortex • The Unheard Voice

Late TV Comic

Children of the Evil Eye • Nova • The Amateur • The Disintegrator • Is Anyone There? • Size Control • The Magician • The Metal-Eaters • Lords of the Ether • The Wanderers

TV Comic specials

Holiday	Assassin from Space • Undercover

Annual	Castaway • Levitation • Petrified

TV Action specials

Annual

The Plant Master • Ride to Nowhere • The Hungry Planet

Polystyle specials

Fogbound • Secret of the Tower • Doomcloud • Perils of Paris • Who's Who?

Dalek comic stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek comic story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Dalek annuals

The Dalek Book	Dalek Planetarium • Invasion of the Daleks • The Oil Well • The Message of Mystery • City of the Daleks • The Humanoids • Monsters of Gurnian • Battle for the Moon

The Dalek World	The Mechanical Planet • Treasure of the Daleks • The Invisible Invaders • The World That Waits • Masters of the World

The Dalek Outer Space Book	The Dalek Trap • Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent • The Super Sub • The Secret of the Emperor • The Brain Tappers

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976	Planet of Serpents • Flood!!!

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977	The Daleks

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978	The Human Bombs • Island of Horror

The Daleks

Genesis of Evil • Power Play • Duel of the Daleks • The Amaryll Challenge • The Penta Ray Factor • Plague of Death • The Menace of the Monstrons • Eve of War • The Archives of Phryne • The Rogue Planet • Impasse • The Terrorkon Harvest • Legacy of Yesteryear • Shadow of Humanity • The Emissaries of Jevo • The Road to Conflict

Give-a-Show Projectors

The Daleks Destroy the Zomites • The Defeat of the Daleks • The Daleks Are Foiled • Dr. Who and the Nerve Machine • Rescued from the Daleks

TV Comic

The Trodos Ambush • The Doctor Strikes Back • The Exterminator • Jungle Adventure • Attack of the Daleks • The Disintegrator • Return of the Daleks • The Dalek Revenge

TV Action

*Sub Zero • The Planet of the Daleks • The Threat from Beneath

Doctor Who Magazine

The Return of the Daleks • Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer • Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom • On the Icy Edge of the Galaxy... • Nemesis of the Daleks • Emperor of the Daleks! • Bringer of Darkness • Return of the Elders • Fire and Brimstone • Children of the Revolution • Liberation of the Daleks

The History Tour

Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. • The Bit Before the Middle Ages • The Doctor Who History Tour No. 10

Doctor Who Yearbooks

Metamorphosis • Untitled

Doctor Who:
Battles in Time

Carnage Zoo / Flight and Fury / The Living Ghosts / Extermination of the Daleks

BBC Graphic Novels

The Only Good Dalek • The Dalek Project

Dalek: The Astounding
Untold History of the
Greatest Enemies
of the Universe

Ambush • Safe Haven • Empire of the Daleks

Titan Comics

Harvest of the Daleks • Defender of the Daleks

Others

Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150 • The Test of Time • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • A Stitch in Time • Tales of the Dark Times

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on comic appearances here, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

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