The Extortioner (comic story)

The Extortioner was a TV Comic story featuring the Second Doctor, John and Gillian.
== Summary ==
The Doctor's TARDIS lands on an unnamed planet. The Second Doctor leaves John and Gillian in the ship and explores a nearby volcano. He discovers it is the base of the Extortioner, who plans to blackmail the inhabited universe with his fleet of rockets unless they pay his ransom demands. The Doctor is captured and imprisoned, but escapes with his pocket laser. He throws the missiles' warheads into the volcano's core, causing an eruption which destroys the Extortioner's base. Enraged, the Extortioner pursues the Doctor in his giant mechanical mole. The Doctor lures him to a crack caused by the volcano's eruption and he falls to his doom. The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, telling John and Gillian that he missed their company.
== Characters ==
* Second Doctor
* John Who
* Gillian Who
* The Extortioner
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor's lighter has a laser beam.
== Notes ==
* This was the first TV Comic story to feature the Second Doctor. No explanation is given or even acknowledged for the Doctor's change of appearance or personality.
* The first words spoken by the Second Doctor in his comic book tenure are; "What a barren place! I'm glad I told the children to stay inside the TARDIS!"
* This strip marks the beginning of the trend to sideline John and Gillian from the action, with Gillian not even getting a line of dialogue.
* The Extortioner's drilling machine is referred to as "the Mole", the same name used for International Rescue's drilling machine in Thunderbirds.
=== Original print details ===
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
* TVC 784 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 785 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 786 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 787 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
== Continuity ==
to be added
Category:Second Doctor TVC comic stories
Category:1966 comic stories
Category:1967 comic stories
Category:Four part comics