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'''''Doctor Who Weekly''''' began in [[1979]] under the editorship of [[Dez Skinn]]. Skinn | '''''Doctor Who Weekly''''' began in [[1979]] under the editorship of [[Dez Skinn]]. Skinn was editorial director of [[Marvel Comics]]' UK division and had been hired to expand the company. He had been trying to launch a ''Doctor Who'' title alongside his ''House of Hammer'' and ''Starburst'' for over three years but could not get the BBC license because of an existing single page Doctor Who comic strip in ''TV Comic''. | ||
''Doctor Who Weekly'' was first released on the [[17th October|17th]] [[October]] [[1979]] published by Marvel Comics Ltd on a Thursday, with a cover price of 12 pence in the United Kingdom. It continued to be published in | Skinn made the initial announcement of the pending launch at the August 1979 Doctor Who convention - [http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=694168012&aid=160700#!/photo.php?fbid=204991828012&set=a.204988233012.160700.694168012&theater launch photo here] before a September promotional tour which included the 1979 Worldcon SF convention at Brighton alongside [[Tom Baker]] ([[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] at the time, photos [http://dezskinn.com/Marvel-UK-4/#travels here]) as well as various retail and wholesale meetings to promote the first issue to the trade.<ref>[http://www.martynalner.f9.co.uk/Who/DWM/Intros/79intro.htm Matt's Place - Doctor Who Magazine Introduction] <small>accessed 18th February, 2011</small></ref> | ||
''Doctor Who Weekly'' was first released on the [[17th October|17th]] [[October]] [[1979]] published by Marvel Comics Ltd on a Thursday, with a cover price of 12 pence in the United Kingdom. It continued to be published in the standard weekly frequency until [[September]] [[1980]] when it changed to a monthly format, and it was retitled [[Doctor Who Magazine/Doctor Who - A Marvel Monthly|Doctor Who Monthly]]. | |||
==Covers and issues== | ==Covers and issues== | ||
Revision as of 00:54, 14 March 2011
Doctor Who Weekly began in 1979 under the editorship of Dez Skinn. Skinn was editorial director of Marvel Comics' UK division and had been hired to expand the company. He had been trying to launch a Doctor Who title alongside his House of Hammer and Starburst for over three years but could not get the BBC license because of an existing single page Doctor Who comic strip in TV Comic.
Skinn made the initial announcement of the pending launch at the August 1979 Doctor Who convention - launch photo here before a September promotional tour which included the 1979 Worldcon SF convention at Brighton alongside Tom Baker (the Doctor at the time, photos here) as well as various retail and wholesale meetings to promote the first issue to the trade.[1]
Doctor Who Weekly was first released on the 17th October 1979 published by Marvel Comics Ltd on a Thursday, with a cover price of 12 pence in the United Kingdom. It continued to be published in the standard weekly frequency until September 1980 when it changed to a monthly format, and it was retitled Doctor Who Monthly.
Covers and issues
1979
1980
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Matt's Place - Doctor Who Magazine Introduction accessed 18th February, 2011
