Action in Exile ( comic story ) Action in Exile is a " TV Comic " story featuring the Second Doctor . It takes place after the events of TV : " The War Games " and occurs during the gap between the sixth and seventh seasons of " Doctor Who " in the disputed timeline known as Season 6B . The events of this story reveal the Doctor has been exiled to Earth by the Time Lord s , but has momentarily avoided the second part of his sentence , where he would be forced to regenerate . Summary . The Doctor is enjoying his private suite at the Carlton Grange Hotel while the boys next door are making quite the raucous . He overhears them planning to run away from their guardian , Mr Fitz - Walker , with his private plane . Can he stop them in time ? And is there more to Fitz - Walker than meets the eye ? Plot . At the Carlton Grange Hotel , the Doctor appreciates the big comfortable bed and the fresh food , by comparison to his life in the TARDIS . Suddenly , though , as he ' s taking a nap , the Doctor is disturbed by loud thumping in the room next door . Peering through the keyhole , he sees three young boys playing football in the next room . The manservant Chester warns them what Mr Fitz - Walker will say , and just then Fitz - Walker arrives and tells them off for their behaviour . The three brothers are upset at their " rotten guardian " , and plot to steal his private plane and fly off to another part of the world . The Doctor bursts into the room , fearing the worst , and pleads them not to , but they knock him unconscious . By the time the Doctor comes to , they ' re on their way to the airfield already . He explains all to Mr Fitz - Walker , who adds that it ' s Sunday , so the place would be unattended . Out of earshot of the Doctor , Fitz - Walker reveals to Chester that his henchmen are stealing weapon secrets from a nuclear arsenal that day , near the airfield , and they ' re supposed to use his plane as a getaway . He must get there before those boys ruin everything . Fitz - Walker and Chester are racing forward in their car , but suddenly blocked by a nuclear bomb protest march . Just then , the Doctor speeds along in a motorbike . He catches up with the kids , but they throw luggage at him to knock him over . They don ' t want to be sent back to Fitz - Walker . When he finally gets there , it ' s too late — the boys are already airborne . Cecil finds he doesn ' t know how to fly a plane . Set on helping them before they ' re killed , the Doctor sets to work making adjustments to another aircraft on the field , and flies after them . He closes in on them , but suddenly : a cloud of black smoke . The other plane has crashed . To his surprise , though , the three boys were safe parachuting down from the crash . The wind nearly guides them right into the fire , but they managed to tug their ways in the right direction , only to venture into the burning building to hide from the Doctor . Heading into the nuclear arsenal , the boys find unconscious guards , and become suspicious . Fitz - Walker ' s henchmen hold them at gunpoint . One has retrieved the weapon secrets despite the fire . They lash out at the kids when they find out the plane ' s been wrecked , and so the Doctor leaps forward to knock the men over . He ' s quickly held at knife point . While Fitz - Walker ' s henchmen discuss their new escape plan , the Doctor comes up with a plan of his own . Plastic explosives : bounce like football s , but don ' t explode unless detonated . He kicks one at Cecil , who shoots at the men ' s faces . Tommy joins in , too . Fitz - Walker and Chester have arrived , and sense commotion . But no sooner , a police officer pins the two to the wall with his car . The other officers gather up the battered thieves , while one police officer explains to the boys that their uncle Tom will be taking care of them from now on . " Oh , boy . . . That ' s great ! " says Cecil . " He ' s a marvellous fellow , just like the Doctor here ! " Notes . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "