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The Star Beast (1980) 🐹 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who Comics
2023-11-08
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Meep! Meep! Why has this comic persisted through the decades? How did Beep the Meep and the Wrarth Warriors make their impact on Doctor Who? What makes Doctor Who comics unique from the show? How did The Star Beast presage later eras of the TV show? Why does David Tennant think this era of comics was even better than the TV show at the time? We get into all these questions in a discussion of the original 1980 The Star Beast comic from Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons.
(00:00:00) Why the comic has lasted
(00:08:01) Beep the Meep
(00:11:16) Companion intros + enemy backstory
(00:17:48) Dave Gibbons’ art + Wrarth Warriors
(00:22:40) Fourth Doctor comics & TV
(00:33:01) Pat Mills & Dave Gibbons 2023 interview
(00:45:50) Tone of the comic
(00:51:40) Tennant & RTD on the comic
(00:57:00) Memorable parts of the comic
(01:02:34) Through the decades…
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