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''The Copper Conspiracy'' was a [[Dandridge]] story, running from [[Prog 1824|2000AD Prog 1824]] onwards.
  
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| script = [[Alec Worley]]
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| art = [[Warren Pleece]]
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| letters = [[Ellie de Ville]]
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| published = [[Prog 1824]] - [[Prog 1831]]
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| episodes = 8
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==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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===Part One===
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The story opens with Miss Blake being questioned by detectives about the theft of the Blade of Oberon by and from Shelley.
  
The story opens with Miss Blake being questioned by detectives about the theft of the Blade of Oberon by and from Shelley.
   
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Three 'coppers' trace Dandridge's journeys around the Mediterranean before catching up with him at a Monte Carlo hotel where he is partying with twenty Swedish models and whomever has been sent up to try to halt proceedings.
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Three robotic 'coppers' trace Dandridge's journeys around the Mediterranean before catching up with him at a Monte Carlo hotel where he is partying with twenty Swedish models and whomever has been sent up to try to halt proceedings<ref name="copperone">[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part One, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1824]]</ref>.
   
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===Part Two===
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Too drunk to effectively resist, the three coppers capture him and transport him back to Britain.
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Too drunk to effectively resist, the three coppers capture him and transport him back to Britain though he manages to sabotage the one carrying him, Dennis, from the inside and crashes in a field.
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He quickly analyses his kidnappers as being made from copper with a high-grade Animatum Spiritum complex metal frame powered by a ghost battery<ref name="coppertwo">[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Two, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1825]]</ref>.
   
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===Part Three<ref name="copperthree">[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Three, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1826]]</ref>===
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==Locations featured==
  
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Unable to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Dandridge goes to an old pub he used to frequent where he meets an old friend for the first time since his death.  He finds out from Chelsea Tommy that their is a special delivery at a nearby warehouse, but discovers the head of Shelley in a box.
   
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Camden - an unamed biker bar <ref>[[Prog 1824]]</ref>
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===Part Four<ref>[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Four, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1827]]</ref>===
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Dandridge is set upon by the coppers, and is aided by the body of Shelley, which erupts from a nearby create, sans head. With the fight over, Dandridge explores the van and finds more coppers in the back. Unlike the robotic coppers, these are supernatural automata which have been filled with concentrated ectoplasm.
   
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Dandridge rewires one of the robotic coppers and disguises Shelley and himself (with Shelley's head remaining disembodied) so that it can drive the van back to its home base. This turns out to be a disguised underground factory underneath a Little Eater motorway service station. The factory contains ramshackle maintenance droids, an ectoplasm assembly line and the Blade of Oberon.
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The French Riviera <ref>[[Prog 1824]]</ref>
  
   
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Dandridge decides that he doesn't have enough time to sew Shelley's head back on to his body.  As a consequence of this, the copper head is controlled remotely to attack Dandridge.
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Cannes <ref>[[Prog 1824]]</ref>
  
   
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Monte Carlo <ref>[[Prog 1824]]</ref>
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===Part Five<ref>[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Five, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1828]]</ref>===
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Master Beta, the controller of the coppers captured him and explained the plan to drain his savoir fu in order to marshal the people of the people of Britain without complaint.
   
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===Part Six<ref>[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Six, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1829]]</ref>===
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==Characters featured==
  
   
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Shelley managed to pogo his disembodied head using it's vertebrae towards his body.
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[[Dr Spartacus Dandridge]]
  
   
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While he began to carry out his plan, Beta explained how his mother had always been disappointed by him, and that he had accepted the government position in an underground laboratory to escape her ghost. Dandridge realised that she was the Wailing Widow of Wemberley Common who had been exorcised recently.
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[[Miss Angela Blake]]
  
   
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With this, Dandridge convinced Beta to halt his plan, return to the outside world and write musicals.  To this effect he destroyed the controller but before he could release Dandridge and return his jacket and the dagger, Shelley arrived to attempt to rescue him. Instead he killed Beta with the Blade of Oberon, overloading the facility.
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[[Shelley]]
  
   
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===Part Seven<ref>[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Seven, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1830]]</ref>===
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Roger Moore (mentioned) <ref>[[Prog 1824]]</ref>
  
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The Coppers activated and started to arrest and detain people on the streets of London. Dandridge revealed to Angela that they would become lethal within five minutes. He used his goggles to tune to the Copper's etheric frequency and spot the first host copper while Shelley appropriated the Little Eater blimp.
   
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The two land on the roof of a Lewton Buses coach which the copper's (including the host) had used to take some motorists into custody. Shelley takes the steering wheel though is decapitated in the process.
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The Sultan of Brunei (mentioned) <ref>[[Prog 1824]]</ref>
  
   
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Inga <ref>[[Prog 1825]]</ref>
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===Part Eight<ref>[[Dandridge]]: The Copper Conspiracy Part Eight, [[2000AD]] [[Prog 1831]]</ref>===
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As the corrupted ectoplasm turns read and on the verge of the five hundred coppers overheating Dandridge managed to throw the leader under the axle of the coach though loses the Blade of Oberon.
   
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Shelley arrives, pogoing and with the blade in his mouth. As Dandridge was surrounded, Shelley pierced the host copper, deactivating all five hundred coppers.
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Anita <ref>[[Prog 1825]]</ref>
  
   
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In the aftermath, the Prime Minister faced angry crowds outside the Commons, though didn't seem overly concerned.
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Dennis / The Fat Man / Number One <ref>[[Prog 1825]]</ref>
  
   
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Chelsea Tommy broke the terms of his licence and asked Dandridge to use the Blade upon him before Ecto-Revenue could catch up with him. Moments later Angela claimed the the weapon.
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Number Two <ref>[[Prog 1825]]</ref>
  
   
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==Locations featured==
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Number Three <ref>[[Prog 1825]]</ref>
  
   
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*Camden - an unnamed biker bar <ref name="copperone" />
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==Items==
  
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*The French Riviera <ref name="copperone" />
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*Cannes <ref name="copperone" />
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*Monte Carlo <ref name="copperone" />
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*Records Department <ref name="copperthree" />
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*The Ash Tree, a pub <!-- pub sign featured a spider -->
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*[[Little Eater]]
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*The Lamb and Flag, a pub (referred to)
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*Wemberley Common (referred to)
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*Tartarus (referred to)
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*Cheyne Walk
   
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==Characters==
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[[Blade of Oberon]]
  
   
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*[[Dr Spartacus Dandridge]]
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Dandridge's jacket <!-- features a remote control metamorphic field allowing it to change form -->
  
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*[[Miss Angela Blake]]
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*[[Shelley]]
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Roger Moore's Bentley
  
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*Roger Moore (mentioned)<ref name="copperone" />
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*The Sultan of Brunei (mentioned)<ref name="copperone" />
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Hot air balloon
  
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*Inga, a Swedish model<ref name="coppertwo" />
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*Anita, a Swedish model<ref name="coppertwo" />
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Ghost battery
  
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*Dennis / The Fat Man / Number One, a copper<ref name="coppertwo" />
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*Number Two, a copper<ref name="coppertwo" />
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*Number Three, a copper<ref name="coppertwo" />
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*[[Chelsea Tommy]]<ref name="copperthree" />
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*The Wailing Widow of Wemberley Common<ref name="copperthree" /> (referred to)
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*[[Master Beta]], a government scientist
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*Number Five, a copper with a speech impediment (deceased).
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*Prime Minister [[Nicholas Wheatley]]
   
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==Items==
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*[[Blade of Oberon]]
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*[[Metamorphic Jacket]]
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*Roger Moore's Bentley
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*Hot air balloon
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*Ghost battery
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*Runic binding tape
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*Wollstonecraft's Self-Stitching Thread
 
==Entities featured==
  
==Entities featured==
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*[[Interview]]
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*[[Bonhomie]]
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Interview (fictional magazine)
  
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*H.M. Ecto-Revenue<ref name="copperthree" />
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*[[Musical monthly]]
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Bonhomie (fictional magazine)
  
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*[[Radio Times]] (mentioned)
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*[[Evening Examiner]]
   
 
==References==
  
==References==
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<references/>
  
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[[Category:Dandridge Stories]]
  
[[Category:Dandridge Stories]]
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[[Category:Stories set in London]]

Revision as of 08:34, 21 February 2017

Synopsis

Part One

The story opens with Miss Blake being questioned by detectives about the theft of the Blade of Oberon by and from Shelley.

Three robotic 'coppers' trace Dandridge's journeys around the Mediterranean before catching up with him at a Monte Carlo hotel where he is partying with twenty Swedish models and whomever has been sent up to try to halt proceedings[1].

Part Two

Too drunk to effectively resist, the three coppers capture him and transport him back to Britain though he manages to sabotage the one carrying him, Dennis, from the inside and crashes in a field. He quickly analyses his kidnappers as being made from copper with a high-grade Animatum Spiritum complex metal frame powered by a ghost battery[2].

Part Three[3]

Unable to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Dandridge goes to an old pub he used to frequent where he meets an old friend for the first time since his death.  He finds out from Chelsea Tommy that their is a special delivery at a nearby warehouse, but discovers the head of Shelley in a box.

Part Four[4]

Dandridge is set upon by the coppers, and is aided by the body of Shelley, which erupts from a nearby create, sans head. With the fight over, Dandridge explores the van and finds more coppers in the back. Unlike the robotic coppers, these are supernatural automata which have been filled with concentrated ectoplasm.

Dandridge rewires one of the robotic coppers and disguises Shelley and himself (with Shelley's head remaining disembodied) so that it can drive the van back to its home base. This turns out to be a disguised underground factory underneath a Little Eater motorway service station. The factory contains ramshackle maintenance droids, an ectoplasm assembly line and the Blade of Oberon.

Dandridge decides that he doesn't have enough time to sew Shelley's head back on to his body.  As a consequence of this, the copper head is controlled remotely to attack Dandridge.

Part Five[5]

Master Beta, the controller of the coppers captured him and explained the plan to drain his savoir fu in order to marshal the people of the people of Britain without complaint.

Part Six[6]

Shelley managed to pogo his disembodied head using it's vertebrae towards his body.

While he began to carry out his plan, Beta explained how his mother had always been disappointed by him, and that he had accepted the government position in an underground laboratory to escape her ghost. Dandridge realised that she was the Wailing Widow of Wemberley Common who had been exorcised recently.

With this, Dandridge convinced Beta to halt his plan, return to the outside world and write musicals.  To this effect he destroyed the controller but before he could release Dandridge and return his jacket and the dagger, Shelley arrived to attempt to rescue him. Instead he killed Beta with the Blade of Oberon, overloading the facility.

Part Seven[7]

The Coppers activated and started to arrest and detain people on the streets of London. Dandridge revealed to Angela that they would become lethal within five minutes. He used his goggles to tune to the Copper's etheric frequency and spot the first host copper while Shelley appropriated the Little Eater blimp.

The two land on the roof of a Lewton Buses coach which the copper's (including the host) had used to take some motorists into custody. Shelley takes the steering wheel though is decapitated in the process.

Part Eight[8]

As the corrupted ectoplasm turns read and on the verge of the five hundred coppers overheating Dandridge managed to throw the leader under the axle of the coach though loses the Blade of Oberon.

Shelley arrives, pogoing and with the blade in his mouth. As Dandridge was surrounded, Shelley pierced the host copper, deactivating all five hundred coppers.

In the aftermath, the Prime Minister faced angry crowds outside the Commons, though didn't seem overly concerned.

Chelsea Tommy broke the terms of his licence and asked Dandridge to use the Blade upon him before Ecto-Revenue could catch up with him. Moments later Angela claimed the the weapon.

Locations featured

  • Camden - an unnamed biker bar [1]
  • The French Riviera [1]
  • Cannes [1]
  • Monte Carlo [1]
  • Records Department [3]
  • The Ash Tree, a pub
  • Little Eater
  • The Lamb and Flag, a pub (referred to)
  • Wemberley Common (referred to)
  • Tartarus (referred to)
  • Cheyne Walk

Characters

  • Dr Spartacus Dandridge
  • Miss Angela Blake
  • Shelley
  • Roger Moore (mentioned)[1]
  • The Sultan of Brunei (mentioned)[1]
  • Inga, a Swedish model[2]
  • Anita, a Swedish model[2]
  • Dennis / The Fat Man / Number One, a copper[2]
  • Number Two, a copper[2]
  • Number Three, a copper[2]
  • Chelsea Tommy[3]
  • The Wailing Widow of Wemberley Common[3] (referred to)
  • Master Beta, a government scientist
  • Number Five, a copper with a speech impediment (deceased).
  • Prime Minister Nicholas Wheatley

Items

Entities featured

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part One, 2000AD Prog 1824
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Two, 2000AD Prog 1825
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Three, 2000AD Prog 1826
  4. ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Four, 2000AD Prog 1827
  5. ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Five, 2000AD Prog 1828
  6. ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Six, 2000AD Prog 1829
  7. ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Seven, 2000AD Prog 1830
  8. ↑ Dandridge: The Copper Conspiracy Part Eight, 2000AD Prog 1831
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