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=== Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who ===
=== Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who ===
* [[TVC 784|784]]-[[TVC 787|787]]: ''[[The Extortioner (comic story)|The Extortioner]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* [[TVC 788|788]]-[[TVC 791|791]]: ''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]''
|-
* [[TVC 792|792]]-[[TVC 795|795]]: ''[[The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)|The Doctor Strikes Back]]''
! Title || Featuring || Printed in || Released
* [[TVC 796|796]]-[[TVC 798|798]]: ''[[The Zombies (comic story)|The Zombies]]''
|-
* [[TVC 799|799]]-[[TVC 802|802]]: ''[[Master of Spiders (comic story)|Master of Spiders]]''
|''[[The Extortioner (comic story)|The Extortioner]]''
* [[TVC 803|803]]-[[TVC 806|806]]: ''[[The Exterminator (comic story)|The Exterminator]]''
|rowspan=21|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
* [[TVC 807|807]]-[[TVC 811|811]]: ''[[The Monsters from the Past (comic story)|The Monsters from the Past]]''
|[[TVC 784|784]]-[[TVC 787|787]]
* [[TVC 812|812]]-[[TVC 815|815]]: ''[[The TARDIS Worshippers (comic story)|The TARDIS Worshippers]]''
|[[24 December (releases)|24 December]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]] - [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
* [[TVC 816|816]]-[[TVC 819|819]]: ''[[Space War Two (comic story)|Space War Two]]''
|-
* [[TVC 820|820]]-[[TVC 823|823]]: ''[[Egyptian Escapade (comic story)|Egyptian Escapade]]''
|''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]''
* [[TVC 824|824]]-[[TVC 827|827]]: ''[[The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Coming of the Cybermen]]''
|[[TVC 788|788]]-[[TVC 791|791]]
* [[TVC 828|828]]-[[TVC 831|831]]: ''[[The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)|The Faithful Rocket Pack]]''
|[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - [[11 February (releases)|11 February]] 1967
* [[TVC 832|832]]-[[TVC 836|836]]: ''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]''
|-
* [[TVC 837|837]]-[[TVC 841|841]]: ''[[The Witches (comic story)|The Witches]]''
|''[[The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)|The Doctor Strikes Back]]''
* [[TVC 842|842]]-[[TVC 845|845]]: ''[[Cyber-Mole (comic story)|Cyber-Mole]]''
|[[TVC 792|792]]-[[TVC 795|795]]
* [[TVC 846|846]]-[[TVC 849|849]]: ''[[The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas (comic story)|The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas]]''
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] - [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] 1967
* [[TVC 850|850]]-[[TVC 853|853]]: ''[[The Cyber Empire (comic story)|The Cyber Empire]]''
|-
* [[TVC 854|854]]-[[TVC 858|858]]: ''[[The Dyrons (comic story)|The Dyrons]]''
|''[[The Zombies (comic story)|The Zombies]]''
* [[TVC 859|859]]-[[TVC 863|863]]: ''[[Dr. Who and the Space Pirates (comic story)|Dr. Who and the Space Pirates]]''
|[[TVC 796|796]]-[[TVC 798|798]]
* [[TVC 864|864]]-[[TVC 867|867]]: ''[[Car of the Century (comic story)|Car of the Century]]''
|[[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] 1967
* [[TVC 868|868]]-[[TVC 871|871]]: ''[[The Jokers (comic story)|The Jokers]]''
|-
* [[TVC 872|872]]-[[TVC 876|876]]: ''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]''
|''[[Master of Spiders (comic story)|Master of Spiders]]''
* [[TVC 877|877]]-[[TVC 880|880]]: ''[[The Killer Wasps (comic story)|The Killer Wasps]]''
|[[TVC 799|799]]-[[TVC 802|802]]
* [[TVC 881|881]]-[[TVC 884|884]]: ''[[Ice Cap Terror (comic story)|Ice Cap Terror]]''
|[[8 April (releases)|8]] - [[29 April (releases)|29 April]] 1967
* [[TVC 885|885]]-[[TVC 889|889]]: ''[[Jungle of Doom (comic story)|Jungle of Doom]]''
|-
* [[TVC 890|890]]-[[TVC 893|893]]: ''[[Father Time (comic story)|Father Time]]''
|''[[The Exterminator (comic story)|The Exterminator]]''
* [[TVC 894|894]]-[[TVC 898|898]]: ''[[Martha the Mechanical Housemaid (comic story)|Martha the Mechanical Housemaid]]''
|[[TVC 803|803]]-[[TVC 806|806]]
* [[TVC 899|899]]-[[TVC 902|902]]: ''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]''
|[[6 May (releases)|6]] - [[27 May (releases)|27 May]] 1967
* [[TVC 903|903]]-[[TVC 906|906]]: ''[[Eskimo Joe (comic story)|Eskimo Joe]]''
|-
* [[TVC 907|907]]-[[TVC 910|910]]: ''[[Peril at 60 Fathoms (comic story)|Peril at 60 Fathoms]]''
|''[[The Monsters from the Past (comic story)|The Monsters from the Past]]''
* [[TVC 911|911]]-[[TVC 915|915]]: ''[[Operation Wurlitzer (comic story)|Operation Wurlitzer]]''
|[[TVC 807|807]]-[[TVC 811|811]]
* [[TVC 916|916]]-[[TVC 920|920]]: ''[[Action in Exile (comic story)|Action in Exile]]''
|[[3 June (releases)|3]] - [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] 1967
* [[TVC 921|921]]-[[TVC 924|924]]: ''[[The Mark of Terror (comic story)|The Mark of Terror]]''
|-
* [[TVC 925|925]]-[[TVC 928|928]]: ''[[The Brotherhood (comic story)|The Brotherhood]]''
|''[[The TARDIS Worshippers (comic story)|The Tardis Worshippers]]''
* [[TVC 929|929]]-[[TVC 933|933]]: ''[[U.F.O. (comic story)|U.F.O.]]''
|[[TVC 812|812]]-[[TVC 815|815]]
* [[TVC 934|934]]-[[TVC 936|936]]: ''[[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]]''
|[[8 July (releases)|8]] - [[29 July (releases)|29 July]] 1967
|-
|''[[Space War Two (comic story)|Space War Two]]''
|[[TVC 816|816]]-[[TVC 819|819]]
|[[5 August (releases)|5]] - [[26 August (releases)|26 August]] 1967
|-
|''[[Egyptian Escapade (comic story)|Egyptian Escapade]]''
|[[TVC 820|820]]-[[TVC 823|823]]
|[[2 September (releases)|2]] - [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] 1967
|-
|''[[The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Coming of the Cybermen]]''
|[[TVC 824|824]]-[[TVC 827|827]]
|[[30 September (releases)|30 September]] - [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1967
|-
|''[[The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)|The Faithful Rocket Pack]]''
|[[TVC 828|828]]-[[TVC 831|831]]
|[[28 October (releases)|28 October]] - [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1967
|-
|''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]''
|[[TVC 832|832]]-[[TVC 836|836]]
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] 1967
|-
|''[[The Witches (comic story)|The Witches]]''
|[[TVC 837|837]]-[[TVC 841|841]]
|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] 1967 - [[27 January (releases)|27 January]] [[1968 (releases)|1968]]
|-
|''[[Cyber-Mole (comic story)|Cyber-Mole]]''
|[[TVC 842|842]]-[[TVC 845|845]]
|[[3 February (releases)|3]] - [[24 February (releases)|24 February]] 1968
|-
|''[[The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas (comic story)|The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas]]''
|[[TVC 846|846]]-[[TVC 849|849]]
|[[2 March (releases)|2]] - [[23 March (releases)|23 March]] 1968
|-
|''[[The Cyber Empire (comic story)|The Cyber Empire]]''
|[[TVC 850|850]]-[[TVC 853|853]]
|[[30 March (releases)|30 March]] - [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1968
|-
|''[[The Dyrons (comic story)|The Dyrons]]''
|[[TVC 854|854]]-[[TVC 858|858]]
|[[27 April (releases)|27 April]] - [[25 May (releases)|25 May]] 1968
|-
|''[[Dr. Who and the Space Pirates (comic story)|Dr. Who and the Space Pirates]]''
|[[TVC 859|859]]-[[TVC 863|863]]
|[[1 June (releases)|1]] - [[29 June (releases)|29 June]] 1968
|-
|''[[Car of the Century (comic story)|Car of the Century]]''
|[[TVC 864|864]]-[[TVC 867|867]]
|[[6 July (releases)|6]] - [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] 1968
|-
|''[[The Jokers (comic story)|The Jokers]]''
|[[TVC 868|868]]-[[TVC 871|871]]
|[[3 August (releases)|3]] - [[23 August (releases)|23 August]] 1968
|-
|''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]''
|[[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], and<br />[[Jamie McCrimmon]]
|[[TVC 872|872]]-[[TVC 876|876]]
|[[31 August (releases)|31 August]] - [[28 September (releases)|28 September]] 1968
|-
|''[[The Killer Wasps (comic story)|The Killer Wasps]]''
|rowspan=5|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
|[[TVC 877|877]]-[[TVC 880|880]]
|[[5 October (releases)|5]] - [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] 1968
|-
|''[[Ice Cap Terror (comic story)|Ice Cap Terror]]''
|[[TVC 881|881]]-[[TVC 884|884]]
|[[2 November (releases)|2]] - [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] 1968
|-
|''[[Jungle of Doom (comic story)|Jungle of Doom]]''
|[[TVC 885|885]]-[[TVC 889|889]]
|[[30 November (releases)|30 November]] - [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] 1968
|-
|''[[Father Time (comic story)|Father Time]]''
|[[TVC 890|890]]-[[TVC 893|893]]
|[[4 January (releases)|4]] - [[25 January (releases)|25 January]] [[1969 (releases)|1969]]
|-
|''[[Martha the Mechanical Housemaid (comic story)|Martha the Mechanical Housemaid]]''
|[[TVC 894|894]]-[[TVC 898|898]]
|[[1 February (releases)|1 February]] - [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] 1969
|-
|''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]''
|rowspan=8|
|[[TVC 899|899]]-[[TVC 902|902]]
|[[7 July (releases)|7]] - [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] 1969
|-
|''[[Eskimo Joe (comic story)|Eskimo Joe]]''
|[[TVC 903|903]]-[[TVC 906|906]]
|[[5 April (releases)|5]] - [[26 April (releases)|26 April]] 1969
|-
|''[[Peril at 60 Fathoms (comic story)|Peril at 60 Fathoms]]''
|[[TVC 907|907]]-[[TVC 910|910]]
|[[3 May (releases)|3]] - [[24 May (releases)|24 May]] 1969
|-
|''[[Operation Wurlitzer (comic story)|Operation Wurlitzer]]''
|[[TVC 911|911]]-[[TVC 915|915]]
|[[31 May (releases)|31 May]] - [[28 June (releases)|28 June]] 1969
|-
|''[[Action in Exile (comic story)|Action in Exile]]''
|[[TVC 916|916]]-[[TVC 920|920]]
|[[5 July (releases)|5 July]] - [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1969
|-
|''[[The Mark of Terror (comic story)|The Mark of Terror]]''
|[[TVC 921|921]]-[[TVC 924|924]]
|[[9 August (releases)|9]] - [[30 August (releases)|30 August]] 1969
|-
|''[[The Brotherhood (comic story)|The Brotherhood]]''
|[[TVC 925|925]]-[[TVC 928|928]]
|[[6 September (releases)|6]] - [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] 1969
|-
|''[[U.F.O. (comic story)|U.F.O.]]''
|[[TVC 929|929]]-[[TVC 933|933]]
|[[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] 1969
|-
|''[[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]]''
|[[Time Lord]]s
|[[TVC 934|934]]-[[TVC 936|936]]
|[[8 November (releases)|8]] - [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] 1969
|}


=== Third Doctor ===
=== Third Doctor ===

Revision as of 03:23, 1 March 2022

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TV Comic was a weekly magazine published by Polystyle Publications, Ltd. in Britain from 1951 to 1984. It printed Doctor Who strips from 1964 to 1979.

History

Throughout the TV Comic strips, the Doctor was primarily called "Dr. Who" by his companions and the narration. For convenience, the later-established incarnation numbering schema is used on this page to disambiguate between, for instance, William Hartnell's Dr. Who and Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who.

The TV Comic strips are notable for introducing a number of original characters, including companions and aliens. Original companions included the Doctor's grandchildren, John and Gillian, as well as Arnold. As the comic rights to the Daleks were initially held by competing magazine TV Century 21, original villains called the Trods were used in their place; however, in 1967 the Dalek rights reverted to TV Comic, the Daleks were shown to massacre the Trods in The Trodos Ambush.

From the years 1971 to 1973, new Doctor Who comics were instead printed in TV Comic's sister magazine, TV Action/Countdown.

Beginning with TVC 1386 in July 1978, old TV Comic Second and Third Doctor strips were reprinted with new art showing the then-current Fourth Doctor's face. This modification and reuse of preexisting material continued until TVC 1430 in 1979, when the rights to Doctor Who comics moved to Marvel Comics UK's new magazine Doctor Who Weekly. The TV Comics run of concluded with TVC 1430 on 11 May 1979.

Comic stories

William Hartnell's Dr. Who

Title Featuring Printed in Released
The Klepton Parasites John and Gillian 674-683 9 November 1964-11 January 1965
The Therovian Quest 684-689 16 January - 22 February 1965
The Hijackers of Thrax 690-692 1 - 15 March 1965
On the Web Planet 693-698 22 March - 26 April 1965
Untitled Police officer 696 12 April 1965
The Gyros Injustice John and Gillian 699-704 3 May - 7 June 1965
Challenge of the Piper 705-709 14 June - 12 July 1965
Prisoners of Gritog Holiday Special
1965 		1 July 1965
TV Terrors Monica, Buttons, Cuthbert 709 12 July 1965
Moon Landing John and Gillian 710-712 19 July - 2 August 1965
Time in Reverse 713-715 9 - 23 August 1965
Lizardworld 716-719 30 August - 20 September 1965
Prisoners of the Kleptons Annual 1966 1 September 1965
The Caterpillar Men
The Ordeals of Demeter 720-723 27 September - 18 October 1965
Enter: The Go-Ray 724-727 25 October - 15 November 1965
Shark Bait 728-731 22 November - 13 December 1965
A Christmas Story 732-735 20 December 1965 - 10 January 1966
The Didus Expedition John and Gillian 736-739 22 January - 12 February 1966
Space Station Z-7 740-743 19 February - 12 March 1966
Plague of the Black Scorpi 744-747 19 March - 9 April 1966
The Trodos Tyranny 748-752 16 April - 14 May 1966
The Secret of Gemino 753-757 21 May - 18 June 1966
The Haunted Planet 758-762 25 June - 23 July 1966
Guests of King Neptune Holiday Special
1966 		1 July 1966
The Gaze of the Gorgon
The Hunters of Zerox 763-767 30 July - 27 August 1966
Deadly Vessel Annual 1967 1 September 1966
Kingdom of the Animals
The Underwater Robot 768-771 3 - 24 September 1966
Return of the Trods 772-775 1 - 22 October 1966
The Galaxy Games 776-779 29 October - 19 November 1966
The Experimenters 780-783 26 November - 17 December 1966

Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who

Title Featuring Printed in Released
The Extortioner John and Gillian 784-787 24 December 1966 - 14 January 1967
The Trodos Ambush 788-791 21 January - 11 February 1967
The Doctor Strikes Back 792-795 18 February - 11 March 1967
The Zombies 796-798 18 March - 1 April 1967
Master of Spiders 799-802 8 - 29 April 1967
The Exterminator 803-806 6 - 27 May 1967
The Monsters from the Past 807-811 3 - 1 July 1967
The Tardis Worshippers 812-815 8 - 29 July 1967
Space War Two 816-819 5 - 26 August 1967
Egyptian Escapade 820-823 2 - 23 September 1967
The Coming of the Cybermen 824-827 30 September - 21 October 1967
The Faithful Rocket Pack 828-831 28 October - 18 November 1967
Flower Power 832-836 25 November - 23 December 1967
The Witches 837-841 30 December 1967 - 27 January 1968
Cyber-Mole 842-845 3 - 24 February 1968
The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas 846-849 2 - 23 March 1968
The Cyber Empire 850-853 30 March - 20 April 1968
The Dyrons 854-858 27 April - 25 May 1968
Dr. Who and the Space Pirates 859-863 1 - 29 June 1968
Car of the Century 864-867 6 - 27 July 1968
The Jokers 868-871 3 - 23 August 1968
Invasion of the Quarks John, Gillian, and
Jamie McCrimmon 		872-876 31 August - 28 September 1968
The Killer Wasps Jamie 877-880 5 - 26 October 1968
Ice Cap Terror 881-884 2 - 23 November 1968
Jungle of Doom 885-889 30 November - 28 December 1968
Father Time 890-893 4 - 25 January 1969
Martha the Mechanical Housemaid 894-898 1 February - 1 March 1969
The Duellists 899-902 7 - 28 July 1969
Eskimo Joe 903-906 5 - 26 April 1969
Peril at 60 Fathoms 907-910 3 - 24 May 1969
Operation Wurlitzer 911-915 31 May - 28 June 1969
Action in Exile 916-920 5 July - 2 August 1969
The Mark of Terror 921-924 9 - 30 August 1969
The Brotherhood 925-928 6 - 27 September 1969
U.F.O. 929-933 4 October - 1 November 1969
The Night Walkers Time Lords 934-936 8 - 22 November 1969

Third Doctor

After TVC 999, the Doctor Who strip was moved to Countdown (ultimately called TV Action) for a couple of years, returning to TVC only in issue 1133.

Fourth Doctor

Edited reprints

(mostly Third Doctor stories, these were altered to feature the Fourth Doctor)

Other uses

TV Comic used the Doctor and the Daleks in four known back-up comics, featured in a section titled "Pick of the Jokes." One notable aspect was that these jokes appear to follow licensing restrictions: for instance, Daleks did not appear in these comics until TV Comic obtained permission to put them in comics.

These comics are:

The Doctor fights with a police officer, wanting to get to his TARDIS.
Two Daleks talk, in TV Comic 798.
  • TVC 696, the Doctor attempts to get back to the TARDIS, or perhaps just a police box, but is blocked by an officer.
  • TVC 740: the Doctor enters a police box, only to find an officer exiting. The Doctor responds "Oops! Sorry! Wrong box!"
  • TVC 794: In an otherwise non-Who strip, a child carried a small Dalek on a leash.
  • TVC 798: Two Daleks talk, one speaking of their Trans-sister

Special issues

TV Comic

First Doctor

Second Doctor

Third Doctor

Fourth Doctor

TV Comic Annual

First Doctor

Second Doctor

Third Doctor

Fourth Doctor

External links

v • e
First Doctor TVC comic stories
Neville Main era
(November 1964 -
September 1965)
Weekly strip
Holiday stories
Annual stories
Pick of the Jokes
TV Terrors
Bill Mevin era
(September 1965 -
April 1966)
Weekly strip
Pick of the Jokes
John Canning era
(April 1966 -
December 1966)
Weekly strip
Holiday special
Annual
Canning's run on TVC continues until 1971,
with a second run 1975-1979.
v • e
Second Doctor TVC comic stories
1966
Weekly strip
1967
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
All stories feature John and Gillian.
1968
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
John and Gillian feature until Invasion of the Quarks, when they are replaced by Jamie.
1969
Weekly strip
Holiday Special
Annual stories
Jamie disappears after Martha the Mechanical Housemaid, leaving the Doctor alone. The Doctor's exile begins in Action in Exile.
All weekly stories drawn by John Canning, continuing his creative run from the First Doctor in 1966 to the Third Doctor in 1971.
v • e
Third Doctor Polystyle comic stories
Early TV Comic
Countdown/
TV Action
Late TV Comic
TV Comic specials
Holiday
Annual
TV Action specials
Annual
Polystyle specials
v • e
Fourth Doctor TVC stories
1975
Weekly strip
Specials
Stories feature Sarah-Jane
1976
Weekly strip
Specials
Stories feature Sarah-Jane, except The Mutant Strain and Double Trouble.
1977
Weekly strip
Specials
Leela features from The Orb to The Aqua-City
1978
Weekly strip
Specials
All stories The Duellists onwards are reprints.
1979
Weekly strip
All stories are reprints
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