The Labyrinth (comic story)

was a Third Doctor TV Action comic strip story, that was reprinted in DWCC 25 and later remixed as a Fourth Doctor comic strip story in the 1977 Doctor Who Winter Special.
In its original version, was the "Big Story" of TVA 120, meaning it got pride of place on the issue's cover and was the longest story in that issue. 
== Summary ==
The Doctor, travels to a distant planet to find a replacement part for his TARDIS. Where he encounters a giant gorilla-like creature who places him in an underground labyrinth. The Doctor has to pass a number of dangerous physical tests before discovering the Time Lords have tricked him into transporting a group of children and their android guardian to a new world.
== Characters ==
* Third Doctor / Fourth Doctor
* Montax
* Vela
* Android
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor's TARDIS requires marlenium to function.
== Notes ==
* It is never explained how the children of the planet came to be left in the care of their android guardian.
* David Leach provided colour for the DWCC 25 reprint.
* The concept of the Doctor solving a series of puzzles in a forbidden alien city is also featured in TV: Death to the Daleks, which aired just a few months before this story's original publication.
=== Original print details ===
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
* TVA 120 (7 pages) Don't Miss Next Week's Complete Five-O story!
== Continuity ==
to be added
== External links ==
Category:Third Doctor TVA comic stories
Category:1973 comic stories
Category:1977 comic stories
Category:Comic stories in which the Doctor is on a mission for the Time Lords
Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories
Category:Third Doctor comic stories
Category:One part comics
Category:PHS comic stories