The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)

The Man in the Ion Mask was a Third Doctor comic story published in Doctor Who Magazine.
== Summary ==
Following the recent encounter with the Dæmons, the Doctor is called by Conran to visit in his cell at UNIT's special detention centre; Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre. The Master tries to persuade the Doctor he has reformed, but it is a ploy, as he has already escaped his cell using a simple ionic image controlled hologram. The Master believes he has escaped, but runs into the Doctor and UNIT, who are waiting for him. The Doctor has his own ionic image controller. Outmatched again, the Master is returned to his cell.
== Characters ==
* Third Doctor
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* Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
* Sergeant John Benton
* Conran
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Master says he wishes to have a pipe.
== Notes ==
* The story's title is a pun on the title of Alexandre Dumas' book , which was also parodied in the 1996 First Doctor novel, The Man in the Velvet Mask.
* The events of the story take place in "England, 1976", according to the opening panel, contributing to the fluid timeline of the UNIT dating controversy.
=== Original print details ===
# DWMS Winter 1991 (7)
=== Reprints ===
* None
== Continuity ==
* The Master has been imprisoned since the Devil's End Incident. (TV: The Dæmons)
* The Master tries to convince the Doctor he has changed, as he would later do again just prior to his escape from Fortress Island. (TV: The Sea Devils)
Category:Stories set in England
Category:Stories set in 1976
Category:Third Doctor DWM comic stories
Category:UNIT comic stories
Category:1991 comic stories
Category:Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart comic stories
Category:The Master (Terror of the Autons) comic stories
Category:Third Doctor comic stories
Category:One part comics