Problem of the Painted Planet (short story)

Problem of the Painted Planet was a short story published in Doctor Who Annual 1977. It featured the Fourth Doctor.
== Summary ==
The Doctor visits Jimorris, where he finds the inhabitants in a land dispute, as they are trying to paint the surface of the planet. He resolves the dispute by dividing the territory into four equal parts.
== Characters ==
* Fourth Doctor
== Worldbuilding ==
* Jimorrisons are among the Fourth Doctor's favourite species.
* Jimorrisons have the life span equivalent to 25,000 Earth years.
== Notes ==
* The short story also serves as a puzzle left to the reader.
== Continuity ==
* The Eighth Doctor would later solve a territory dispute between Silurians and Sea Devils. (PROSE: Dr. Eighth)
Category:1977 DWAN short stories