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|publisher    = Marvel Comics
|type        = Magazine
|release date = [[October (releases)|October]] [[1984 (releases)|1984]] - [[August (releases)|August]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]
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'''''Doctor Who''''' was a monthly comic book published from [[October (releases)|October]] [[1984 (releases)|1984]] to [[August (releases)|August]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]] by [[Marvel Comics]]. It re-printed ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic stories featuring the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]s. Until the advent of [[Agent Provocateur|IDW's 2008 ''Doctor Who'' title]], it was the only ''Doctor Who'' comic published in the [[United States]]. For this reason, many fans consider it "the American ''Doctor Who'' comic book", even though it is no longer the only such publication. All the stories featured in this series have since been reprinted by IDW in its ''[[Doctor Who Classics]]'' line.


''[[Doctor Who]]'' was a monthly reprint publication published by [[Marvel Comics]], re-printing ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics stories featuring the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]s.
Following the positive feedback to the Doctor's comic strip stories as featured in issues 57 through 60 of ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'', a separate, "glossy format" title, rather than ''Marvel Premiere''{{'}}s traditional comic book format, was premiered. The magazine reprinted the Doctor's comics adventures from ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' and ''Monthly'' stories with new colouring (the original comics had appeared in black and white), new covers by original ''Doctor Who Weekly'' artist [[Dave Gibbons]], new articles and features and a letter column. It ran for twenty-three issues. Its first issue featured the first instalment of ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'', featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]]. The series concluded with ''[[Lunar Lagoon]]'' featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and introducing [[Angus Goodman|Gus]].
It was published from October [[1984]] to August [[1986]] and priced $1.50.


==Background==
For the first fourteen issues, the publication used a unique version of the ''Doctor Who'' logo which combined the "diamond" motif of the Fourth Doctor era with the lettering used from 1963-66. Beginning with issue 15, the comic switched to using the then-current "neon tube" logo of the [[Fifth Doctor]].


Following the positive feedback to the Doctor's comic strip stories as featured in [[Doctor Who Marvel Premiere (Issues 57-60)]], a separate title called simply '''Doctor Who''' was launched in the USA and ran for 23 issues. Its first issue featured the first installment of ''[[The Iron Legion]]'' featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] The series concluded with ''[[Lunar Lagoon]]'' featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]] and introducing [[Gustous R Thripsted|Gus]].
== Stories ==
=== Main ===
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
! # || Title || Writer || Doctor || Featuring || Printed in || Released
|-
|1
|''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Pat Mills]], [[John Wagner]]
|rowspan=14|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[Sharon Davies|Sharon]], [[K9 Mark II]], [[Beep]]
|[[DW84 1]] - [[DW84 2|2]]
|
|-
|2
|''[[Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom]]''
|Sharon, K9, [[Dalek]]s
|[[DW84 3]] - [[DW84 4|4]]
|
|-
|3
|''[[Doctor Who and the Time Witch (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Time Witch]]''
|rowspan=7|[[Steve Moore]]
|Sharon, K9
|[[DW84 5]]
|
|-
|4
|''[[Dragon's Claw (comic story)|Dragon's Claw]]''
|Sharon, K9, [[Sontaran]]s
|[[DW84 6]] - [[DW84 7|7]]
|
|-
|5
|''[[The Collector (DWM comic story)|The Collector]]''
|rowspan=2|Sharon, K9
|rowspan=2|[[DW84 8]]
|
|-
|6
|''[[Dreamers of Death (comic story)|Dreamers of Death]]''
|
|-
|7
|''[[The Life Bringer! (comic story)|The Life Bringer!]]''
|rowspan=2|K9
|[[DW84 9]]
|
|-
|8
|''[[War of the Words (comic story)|War of the Words]]''
|rowspan=2|[[DW84 10]]
|
|-
|9
|''[[Spider-God (comic story)|Spider-God]]''
|rowspan=3|
|
|-
|10
|''[[The Deal (comic story)|The Deal]]''
|rowspan=6|[[Steve Parkhouse]]
|[[DW84 11]]
|
|-
|11
|''[[End of the Line (comic story)|End of the Line]]''
|[[DW84 11]] - [[DW84 12|12]]
|
|-
|12
|''[[Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors]]''
|[[Ivan Asimoff|Ivan]]
|DW84 12
|
|-
|13
|''[[Junk-Yard Demon (comic story)|Junk-Yard Demon]]''
|[[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[DW84 13]]
|
|-
|14
|''[[The Neutron Knights (comic story)|The Neutron Knights]]''
|[[Catavolcus]], [[Merlin the Wise]]
|[[DW84 14]]
|
|-
|15
|''[[The Tides of Time (comic story)|The Tides of Time]]''
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|[[Justin of Wells|Justin]], [[Shayde]]
|[[DW84 15]] - [[DW84 18|18]]
|
|-
|16
|''[[Timeslip (comic story)|Timeslip]]''
|[[Dez Skinn]], [[Paul Neary]]
|4th
|[[First Doctor]], [[Second Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]]
|DW84 18
|
|-
|17
|''[[Stars Fell on Stockbridge (comic story)|Stars Fell on Stockbridge]]''
|rowspan=3|Steve Parkhouse
|rowspan=3|5th
|[[Maxwell Edison|Max]]
|[[DW84 19]]
|
|-
|18
|''[[The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)|The Stockbridge Horror]]''
|Shayde
|[[DW84 20]] - [[DW84 22|22]]
|
|-
|19
|''[[Lunar Lagoon (comic story)|Lunar Lagoon]]''
|[[Angus Goodman|Gus]]
|[[DW84 23]]
|
|}


The American '''Doctor Who ''' title featured new artwork on its covers. The publication also included some new illustrations and background feature articles, along with a letters page.
=== Back-up ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # || Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in || Released
|-
|1
|''[[The Return of the Daleks (comic story)|The Return of the Daleks]]''
|rowspan=9|[[Steve Moore]]
|[[Dalek]]s
|[[DW84 1]]
|
|-
|2
|''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story)|Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]''
|[[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]
|[[DW84 2]]-[[DW84 3|3]]
|
|-
|3
|''[[The Final Quest (comic story)|The Final Quest]]''
|[[Sontaran]]s
|DW84 3
|
|-
|4
|''[[The Stolen TARDIS (comic story)|The Stolen TARDIS]]''
|
|[[DW84 4]]
|
|-
|5
|''[[Warlord of the Ogrons (comic story)|Warlord of the Ogrons]]''
|[[Ogron]]s
|[[DW84 5]]
|
|-
|6
|''[[Deathworld (comic story)|Deathworld]]''
|[[Ice Warrior]]s, Cybermen
|[[DW84 6]]
|
|-
|7
|''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Abslom Daak]], Daleks
|DW84 6-[[DW84 8|8]]
|
|-
|8
|''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]''
|[[DW84 9]]-[[DW84 12|12]]
|
|-
|9
|''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]''
|[[Great Intelligence]], [[Robot Yeti]]
|[[DW84 13]]
|
|-
|10
|''[[A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)|A Ship Called Sudden Death]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Steve Parkhouse]]
|[[Freefall Warriors]]
|rowspan=3|[[DW84 14]]
|
|-
|11
|''[[The Fabulous Idiot (comic story)|The Fabulous Idiot]]''
|[[Ivan Asimoff|Ivan]]
|
|-
|12
|''[[Black Legacy (comic story)|Black Legacy]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Alan Moore]]
|Cybermen, Sontarans
|
|-
|13
|''[[Business as Usual (comic story)|Business as Usual]]''
|[[Nestene Consciousness]], [[Auton]]s
|[[DW84 15]]
|
|-
|14
|''[[Ship of Fools (comic story)|Ship of Fools]]''
|Steve Moore
|[[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]]
|[[DW84 16]]
|
|-
|15
|''[[Devil of the Deep (comic story)|Devil of the Deep]]''
|[[John Peel]]
|[[Sea Devil]]s
|rowspan=2|[[DW84 17]]
|
|-
|16
|''[[Crisis on Kaldor (comic story)|Crisis on Kaldor]]''
|rowspan=2|Steve Moore
|[[Sandminer robot]]s
|
|-
|17
|''[[Twilight of the Silurians (comic story)|Twilight of the Silurians]]''
|[[Silurian]]s
|[[DW84 18]]
|
|-
|18
|''[[The Touchdown on Deneb-7 (comic story)|The Touchdown on Deneb-7]]''
|[[Paul Neary]]
|[[Fourth Doctor]], [[K9 Mark II]]
|[[DW84 19]]
|
|-
|19
|''[[The Outsider (comic story)|The Outsider]]''
|Steve Moore
|Sontarans
|DW84 19-[[DW84 20|20]]
|
|-
|20
|''[[The Greatest Gamble (comic story)|The Greatest Gamble]]''
|[[John Peel]]
|[[Celestial Toymaker]]
|DW84 20
|
|-
|21
|''[[Skywatch-7 (comic story)|Skywatch-7]]''
|[[Maxwell Stockbridge]]
|[[UNIT]], [[Zygon]]s
|[[DW84 21]]-[[DW84 22|22]]
|
|-
|22
|''[[The Gods Walk Among Us (comic story)|The Gods Walk Among Us]]''
|rowspan=2|John Peel
|Sontarans
|DW84 21
|
|-
|23
|''[[The Fires Down Below (comic story)|The Fires Down Below]]''
|UNIT, [[Quark]]s, [[Dominator]]s
|DW84 22
|
|-
|24
|''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)|Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]''
|Paul Neary
|[[Dæmon]]s
|[[DW84 23]]
|
|}


==The Covers==
== Notes ==
[[File:Iron Legion recap.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who and the Iron Legion'' ([[DWM 3]] / [[MP 57]])]]
* Comics printed in ''Doctor Who Weekly'' included a recap segment that covered up part of the original artwork. The recap was not included in the [[Marvel Premiere]] and ''Doctor Who'' (1984) reprints, restoring the original artwork.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211211233718/http://dezskinn.com/Marvel-UK-5/#howit Dez Skinn | Doctor Who Weekly: How It All Began…]</ref>
** Reprints in ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'', [[Doctor Who Magazine graphic novels|graphic novels]], and ''[[Doctor Who Classics]]'' kept the recaps.


<gallery>
== Cover gallery ==
Image:DW_USA_01.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 1]] <BR> 
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" navigation="true">
Image:DW_USA_02.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 2]] <BR> 
DW USA 01.jpg|[[DW84 1]]
Image:DW_USA_03.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 3]] <BR>
DW USA 01 back cover.jpg|[[DW84 1]] back cover
Image:DW_USA_04.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 4]] <BR>
DW USA 02.jpg|[[DW84 2]]
Image:DW_USA_05.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 5]] <BR> 
DW USA 02 back cover.jpg|[[DW84 2]] back cover
Image:DW_USA_06.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 6]] <BR> 
DW USA 03.jpg|[[DW84 3]]
Image:DW_USA_07.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 7]] <BR>
DW USA 03 back cover.jpg|[[DW84 3]] back cover
Image:DW_USA_08.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 8]] <BR>
DW USA 04.jpg|[[DW84 4]]
Image:DW_USA_9.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 9]] <BR> 
DW USA 04 full cover.jpg|[[DW84 4]] full cover
Image:DW_USA_10.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 10]] <BR> 
DW USA 05.jpg|[[DW84 5]]
Image:DW_USA_11.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 11]] <BR>
DW USA 06.jpg|[[DW84 6]]
Image:DW_USA_12.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 12]] <BR>
DW USA 07.jpg|[[DW84 7]]
Image:DW_USA_13.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 13]] <BR> 
DW USA 08.jpg|[[DW84 8]]
Image:DW_USA_14.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 14]] <BR> 
DW USA 08 back cover.jpg|[[DW84 8]] back cover
Image:DW_USA_15.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 15]] <BR>
DW USA 9.jpg|[[DW84 9]]
Image:DW_USA_16.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 16]] <BR>
DW USA 10.jpg|[[DW84 10]]
Image:DW_USA_17.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 17]] <BR> 
DW USA 11.jpg|[[DW84 11]]
Image:DW_USA_18.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 18]] <BR> 
DW USA 12.jpg|[[DW84 12]]
Image:DW_USA_19.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 19]] <BR>
DW USA 12 back cover.jpg|[[DW84 12]] back cover
Image:DW_USA_20.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 20]] <BR>
DW USA 13.jpg|[[DW84 13]]
Image:DW_USA_21.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 21]] <BR> 
DW USA 14.jpg|[[DW84 14]]
Image:DW_USA_22.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 22]] <BR> 
DW USA 15.jpg|[[DW84 15]]
Image:DW_USA_23.jpg|[[Doctor Who (USA) Issue 23]] <BR>
DW USA 16.jpg|[[DW84 16]]
DW USA 17.jpg|[[DW84 17]]
DW USA 18.jpg|[[DW84 18]]
DW USA 19.jpg|[[DW84 19]]
DW USA 20.jpg|[[DW84 20]]
DW USA 21.jpg|[[DW84 21]]
DW USA 22.jpg|[[DW84 22]]
DW USA 23.jpg|[[DW84 23]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


[[Category:Comics magazines]]
== Issues ==
{{IssueList|DW84 issues}}
 
== External links ==
{{iwx|Doctor Who Vol 1|wiki=marvel|wiki name=Marvel Database}}
 
[[Category:Doctor Who (1984)| ]]
[[Category:Comic overviews]]

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Doctor Who was a monthly comic book published from October 1984 to August 1986 by Marvel Comics. It re-printed Doctor Who Magazine comic stories featuring the Fourth and Fifth Doctors. Until the advent of IDW's 2008 Doctor Who title, it was the only Doctor Who comic published in the United States. For this reason, many fans consider it "the American Doctor Who comic book", even though it is no longer the only such publication. All the stories featured in this series have since been reprinted by IDW in its Doctor Who Classics line.

Following the positive feedback to the Doctor's comic strip stories as featured in issues 57 through 60 of Marvel Premiere, a separate, "glossy format" title, rather than Marvel Premiere's traditional comic book format, was premiered. The magazine reprinted the Doctor's comics adventures from Doctor Who Weekly and Monthly stories with new colouring (the original comics had appeared in black and white), new covers by original Doctor Who Weekly artist Dave Gibbons, new articles and features and a letter column. It ran for twenty-three issues. Its first issue featured the first instalment of Doctor Who and the Star Beast, featuring the Fourth Doctor. The series concluded with Lunar Lagoon featuring the Fifth Doctor and introducing Gus.

For the first fourteen issues, the publication used a unique version of the Doctor Who logo which combined the "diamond" motif of the Fourth Doctor era with the lettering used from 1963-66. Beginning with issue 15, the comic switched to using the then-current "neon tube" logo of the Fifth Doctor.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Writer Doctor Featuring Printed in Released
1 Doctor Who and the Star Beast Pat Mills, John Wagner 4th Sharon, K9 Mark II, Beep DW84 1 - 2
2 Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom Sharon, K9, Daleks DW84 3 - 4
3 Doctor Who and the Time Witch Steve Moore Sharon, K9 DW84 5
4 Dragon's Claw Sharon, K9, Sontarans DW84 6 - 7
5 The Collector Sharon, K9 DW84 8
6 Dreamers of Death
7 The Life Bringer! K9 DW84 9
8 War of the Words DW84 10
9 Spider-God
10 The Deal Steve Parkhouse DW84 11
11 End of the Line DW84 11 - 12
12 Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors Ivan DW84 12
13 Junk-Yard Demon Cybermen DW84 13
14 The Neutron Knights Catavolcus, Merlin the Wise DW84 14
15 The Tides of Time 5th Justin, Shayde DW84 15 - 18
16 Timeslip Dez Skinn, Paul Neary 4th First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor DW84 18
17 Stars Fell on Stockbridge Steve Parkhouse 5th Max DW84 19
18 The Stockbridge Horror Shayde DW84 20 - 22
19 Lunar Lagoon Gus DW84 23

Back-up[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
1 The Return of the Daleks Steve Moore Daleks DW84 1
2 Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman Cybermen DW84 2-3
3 The Final Quest Sontarans DW84 3
4 The Stolen TARDIS DW84 4
5 Warlord of the Ogrons Ogrons DW84 5
6 Deathworld Ice Warriors, Cybermen DW84 6
7 Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer Abslom Daak, Daleks DW84 6-8
8 Star Tigers DW84 9-12
9 Yonder... The Yeti Great Intelligence, Robot Yeti DW84 13
10 A Ship Called Sudden Death Steve Parkhouse Freefall Warriors DW84 14
11 The Fabulous Idiot Ivan
12 Black Legacy Alan Moore Cybermen, Sontarans
13 Business as Usual Nestene Consciousness, Autons DW84 15
14 Ship of Fools Steve Moore Kroton DW84 16
15 Devil of the Deep John Peel Sea Devils DW84 17
16 Crisis on Kaldor Steve Moore Sandminer robots
17 Twilight of the Silurians Silurians DW84 18
18 The Touchdown on Deneb-7 Paul Neary Fourth Doctor, K9 Mark II DW84 19
19 The Outsider Steve Moore Sontarans DW84 19-20
20 The Greatest Gamble John Peel Celestial Toymaker DW84 20
21 Skywatch-7 Maxwell Stockbridge UNIT, Zygons DW84 21-22
22 The Gods Walk Among Us John Peel Sontarans DW84 21
23 The Fires Down Below UNIT, Quarks, Dominators DW84 22
24 Voyage to the Edge of the Universe Paul Neary Dæmons DW84 23

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (DWM 3 / MP 57)

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Issues[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Dez Skinn | Doctor Who Weekly: How It All Began…
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