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Somewhat after the broadcast of ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''{{'}}s '''{{PAGENAME}}''' began. While the cancellation of the television series was undoubtedly bad news for [[Sylvester McCoy]]'s longevity in the role, it was an unexpected boon to the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s comic life. With no new Doctor on the horizon, the Seventh Doctor lived on in the pages of ''DWM'' for years after the transmission of [[Survival| | {{Doctor comics}} | ||
Somewhat after the broadcast of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''{{'}}s '''{{PAGENAME}}''' began. While the cancellation of the ''Doctor Who'' television series was undoubtedly bad news for [[Sylvester McCoy]]'s longevity in the role, it was an unexpected boon to the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s comic life. With no new Doctor on the horizon, the Seventh Doctor lived on in the pages of ''DWM'' for years after the transmission of McCoy's final regular appearance on TV in ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' in 1989. | |||
In fact, the Seventh Doctor became the first incarnation of the Doctor to be in two regular comic publications simultaneously. Pre-figuring the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s later "double-duty" in ''DWM'' and ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', the Seventh Doctor was, briefly, in both ''DWM'' and ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'', another [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] publication. | In fact, the Seventh Doctor became the first incarnation of the Doctor to be in two regular comic publications simultaneously. Pre-figuring the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s later "double-duty" in ''DWM'' and ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', the Seventh Doctor was, briefly, in both ''DWM'' and ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'', another [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] publication. | ||
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Several different approaches were taken by ''DWM'' during this era. At first, they told stories which had no obvious connection to the television series. [[Frobisher]] briefly ushered in the new Doctor's era, before scampering off. The Doctor then travelled around either on his own or with one-off companions. | Several different approaches were taken by ''DWM'' during this era. At first, they told stories which had no obvious connection to the television series. [[Frobisher]] briefly ushered in the new Doctor's era, before scampering off. The Doctor then travelled around either on his own or with one-off companions. | ||
After the television series ended, and the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series began, there was an effort to try to fit the comic stories into the novels' continuity. This period, though, came to a definitive end when ''DWM'' killed off Ace in ''[[Ground Zero]]'' | After the television series ended, and the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series began, there was an effort to try to fit the comic stories into the novels' continuity. This period, though, came to a definitive end when ''DWM'' killed off Ace in ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'' — an act that deliberately returned ''DWM'' to its own, separate continuity. | ||
By this stage, however, ''DWM'' had taken the editorial decision to consider the Seventh Doctor as a "past" incarnation. They began to use the comic space to tell stories of the other incarnations, which gave modern artists and writers the chance to feature Doctors and companions who hadn't really been a part of the ''DWM'' strip before. Thus, though the Seventh Doctor had a much longer reign in comics than television, it was a few years shorter than the gap between '' | By this stage, however, ''DWM'' had taken the editorial decision to consider the Seventh Doctor as a "past" incarnation. They began to use the comic space to tell stories of the other incarnations, which gave modern artists and writers the chance to feature Doctors and companions who hadn't really been a part of the ''DWM'' strip before. Thus, though the Seventh Doctor had a much longer reign in comics than television, it was a few years shorter than the gap between ''Survival'' and the 1996 ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' TV movie, where the Seventh Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into the [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth]] on-screen. By contrast, the Eighth Doctor's era ended only when the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s began in the 2005 episode ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. | ||
== Comic | == Comic strip companions of the Seventh Doctor == | ||
=== Regular === | |||
* [[ | * [[Ace]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor]]'') | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | |||
* [[Bernice | |||
== | === One-off === | ||
= | * [[Frobisher]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | ||
* | * [[Olla]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | ||
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | |||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | |||
* | * [[Peri Brown|Peri]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | ||
* [[Ly-Chee]] (''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'') | |||
* [[Melanie Bush]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'') | |||
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=== Doctor Who Magazine | == Seventh Doctor comic stories == | ||
=== ''Doctor Who Magazine'' === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in || Released | |||
|- | |||
|''[[A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)|A Cold Day in Hell!]]'' | |||
|rowspan=3|[[Simon Furman]] | |||
|[[Frobisher]], [[Olla]], [[Ice Warrior]]s | |||
|[[DWM 130|133]]-[[DWM 133|133]] | |||
|[[8 October (releases)|8 October]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]]-[[14 January (releases)|14 October]] [[1988 (releases)|1988]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Redemption! (comic story)|Redemption!]]'' | |||
|Olla | |||
|[[DWM 134|134]] | |||
|[[11 February (releases)|11 February]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Crossroads of Time (comic story)|The Crossroads of Time]]'' | |||
|[[Death's Head]] | |||
|[[DWM 135|135]] | |||
|[[10 March (releases)|10 March]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Claws of the Klathi! (comic story)|Claws of the Klathi!]]'' | |||
|[[Mike Collins]] | |||
|rowspan=3| | |||
|[[DWM 136|136]]-[[DWM 138|138]] | |||
|[[14 April (releases)|14 April]]-[[19 June (releases)|19 June]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Culture Shock! (comic story)|Culture Shock!]]'' | |||
|[[Grant Morrison]] | |||
|[[DWM 139|139]] | |||
|[[14 July (releases)|14 July]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Keepsake (comic story)|Keepsake]]'' | |||
|Simon Furman | |||
|[[DWM 140|140]] | |||
|[[11 August (releases)|11 August]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Planet of the Dead (comic story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' | |||
|[[John Freeman]] | |||
|[[First Doctor]], [[Second Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Katarina]], [[Sara Kingdom|Sara]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Adric]] | |||
|[[DWM 141|141]]-[[DWM 142|142]] | |||
|[[8 September (releases)|8 September]]-[[13 October (releases)|8 October]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Echoes of the Mogor! (comic story)|Echoes of the Mogor!]]'' | |||
|[[Dan Abnett]] | |||
|rowspan=2| | |||
|[[DWM 143|143]]-[[DWM 144|144]] | |||
|[[10 November (releases)|10 November]]-[[8 December (releases)|8 December]] 1988 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Time and Tide (comic story)|Time and Tide]]'' | |||
|[[Richard Starkings|Richard Alan]] and [[John Carnell]] | |||
|[[DWM 145|145]]-[[DWM 146|146]] | |||
|[[12 January (releases)|12 January]]-[[19 February (releases)|19 February]] [[1989 (releases)|1989]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Follow That TARDIS! (comic story)|Follow That TARDIS!]]'' | |||
|John Carnell | |||
|[[The Monk]] | |||
|[[DWM 147|147]] | |||
|[[9 March (releases)|9 March]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'' | |||
|[[Alan Grant]] | |||
| | |||
|[[DWM 148|148]]-[[DWM 150|150]] | |||
|[[13 April (releases)|13 April]]-[[8 June (releases)|8 June]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'' | |||
|Richard Alan and [[John Tomlinson|Steve Alan]] | |||
|[[Abslom Daak]], [[Dalek]]s | |||
|[[DWM 152|152]]-[[DWM 155|155]] | |||
|[[10 August (releases)|10 August]]-[[9 November (releases)|9 November]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Stairway to Heaven (comic story)|Stairway to Heaven]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Cornell]] and John Freeman | |||
|rowspan=2| | |||
|[[DWM 156|156]] | |||
|[[14 December (releases)|14 December]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Hunger from the Ends of Time! (comic story)|Hunger from the Ends of Time!]]'' | |||
|Dan Abnett | |||
|[[DWM 157|157]]-[[DWM 158|158]] | |||
|[[11 January (releases)|11 January]]-[[8 February (releases)|8 February]] [[1990 (releases)|1990]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Train-Flight (comic story)|Train-Flight]]'' | |||
|[[Andrew Donkin]] and [[Graham S. Brand]] | |||
|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | |||
|[[DWM 159|159]]-[[DWM 161|161]] | |||
|[[8 March (releases)|8 March]]-[[10 May (releases)|10 May]] 1990 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Doctor Conkerer! (comic story)|Doctor Conkerer!]]'' | |||
|[[Ian Rimmer]] | |||
| | |||
|[[DWM 162|162]] | |||
|[[14 June (releases)|14 June]] 1990 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Fellow Travellers (comic story)|Fellow Travellers]]'' | |||
|[[Andrew Cartmel]] | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Ace]] | |||
|[[DWM 164|164]]-[[DWM 166|166]] | |||
|[[9 August (releases)|9 August]]-[[4 October (releases)|4 October]] 1990 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Distractions (comic story)|Distractions]]'' | |||
|rowspan=2|Dan Abnett | |||
|[[DWM 168|168]] | |||
|[[29 November (releases)|29 November]] 1990 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)|The Mark of Mandragora]]'' | |||
|Ace, [[Muriel Frost|Captain Muriel Frost]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[UNIT]], [[Mandragora Helix]] | |||
|[[DWM 169|169]]-[[DWM 172|172]] | |||
|[[27 December (releases)|27 December]] 1990-[[21 March (releases)|21 March]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'' | |||
|[[Gary Russell]] | |||
|Fourth Doctor, Ace, Death's Head, Dr [[Ivan Asimoff]], [[Freefall Warriors]] | |||
|[[DWM 173|173]] | |||
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Chameleon Factor (comic story)|The Chameleon Factor]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|Ace, Second Doctor, [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]] | |||
|[[DWM 174|174]] | |||
|[[16 March (releases)|16 May]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]'' | |||
|Andrew Cartmell | |||
|Ace, [[Cybermen]] | |||
|[[DWM 175|175]]-[[DWM 178|178]] | |||
|[[13 June (releases)|13 June]]-[[5 September (releases)|5 September]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[A Glitch in Time (comic story)|A Glitch in Time]]'' | |||
|John Freeman | |||
|Ace | |||
|[[DWM 179|179]] | |||
|[[3 October (releases)|3 October]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Evening's Empire (comic story)|Evening's Empire]]'' (incomplete) | |||
|Andrew Cartmel | |||
|Ace, Colonel Muriel Frost, UNIT | |||
|[[DWM 180|180]] | |||
|[[31 October (releases)|31 October]] 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Grief (comic story)|The Grief]]'' | |||
|Dan Abnett | |||
|Ace | |||
|[[DWM 185|185]]-[[DWM 187|187]] | |||
|[[19 March (releases)|19 March]]-[[14 May (releases)|14 May]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Ravens (comic story)|Ravens]]'' | |||
|Andrew Cartmel | |||
| | |||
|[[DWM 188|188]]-[[DWM 190|190]] | |||
|[[11 June (releases)|11 June]]-[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Memorial (comic story)|Memorial]]'' | |||
|[[Scott Gray]] | |||
|rowspan=2|Ace | |||
|[[DWM 191|191]] | |||
|[[3 September (releases)|3 September]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Cat Litter (comic story)|Cat Litter]]'' | |||
|[[Marc Platt]] | |||
|[[DWM 192|192]] | |||
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 1992 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Pureblood (comic story)|Pureblood]]'' | |||
|Dan Abnett | |||
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Sontaran]]s | |||
|[[DWM 193|193]]-[[DWM 196|196]] | |||
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] 1992-[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|Sixth Doctor, [[Peri Brown|Peri]], Benny, Abslom Daak, Daleks, [[Davros]] | |||
|[[DWM 197|197]]-[[DWM 202|202]] | |||
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]]-[[8 July (releases)|8 July]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Final Genesis (comic story)|Final Genesis]]'' | |||
|Scott Gray | |||
|Ace, Benny, [[Silurian]]s | |||
|[[DWM 203|203]]-[[DWM 206|206]] | |||
|[[5 August (releases)|5 August]]-[[28 October (releases)|28 October]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]'' | |||
|Paul Cornell | |||
|First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], Jamie, [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], Adric, [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], Frobisher, Ace, Benny, [[White Guardian]], [[Black Guardian]] | |||
|[[DWM 207|207]] | |||
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] 1993 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Cuckoo (comic story)|Cuckoo]]'' | |||
|Dan Abnett | |||
|Ace, Benny | |||
|[[DWM 208|208]]-[[DWM 210|210]] | |||
|[[23 December (releases)|23 December]] 1993-[[17 February (releases)|17 February]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Uninvited Guest (comic story)|Uninvited Guest]]'' | |||
|rowspan=2|Scott Gray | |||
| | |||
|[[DWM 211|211]] | |||
|[[17 March (releases)|17 March]] 1994 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'' | |||
|Ace, Susan, Sarah, Peri, [[Threshold]] | |||
|[[DWM 238|238]]-[[DWM 242|242]] | |||
|[[11 April (releases)|11 April]]-[[1 August (releases)|1 August]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Last Word (comic story)|The Last Word]]'' | |||
|[[Gareth Roberts]] | |||
|Ace, Benny, [[Timewyrm]] | |||
|[[DWM 305|305]] | |||
|[[31 May (releases)|31 May]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] | |||
|} | |||
=== | === ''Doctor Who Magazine'' specials === | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Plastic Millenium (comic story)|Plastic Millenium]]'' | |||
|[[Gareth Roberts]] | |||
|[[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Nestene Consciousness]], [[Auton]]s | |||
|[[DWMS Winter 1994]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Seaside Rendezvous (comic story)|Seaside Rendezvous]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Cornell]] | |||
|[[Ace]], [[Ogri]] | |||
|[[DWMS Summer 1991]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Evening's Empire (comic story)|Evening's Empire]]'' | |||
|[[Andrew Cartmel]] | |||
|Ace, Col. [[Muriel Frost]], [[UNIT]] | |||
|[[DWCC Autumn Holiday Special]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'' | |||
|rowspan=2|[[Scott Gray]] | |||
|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[First Doctor]] | |||
|[[DWMS Winter 1992]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Younger and Wiser (comic story)|Younger and Wiser]]'' | |||
|Benny | |||
|[[DWMS Summer 1994]] | |||
|} | |||
=== | === ''Death's Head'' Vol 1 === | ||
* ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb!]]'' (DH 8) | |||
* | |||
=== Doctor Who Yearbook === | === ''The Incredible Hulk Presents'' === | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
* '''[[ | ! Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in || Released | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Once in a Lifetime (comic story)|Once in a Lifetime]]'' | |||
|[[John Freeman]] | |||
|rowspan=7| | |||
|[[TIHP 1]] | |||
|[[7 October (releases)|7 October]] [[1989 (releases)|1989]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Hunger from the Ends of Time! (comic story)|Hunger from the Ends of Time!]]'' | |||
|[[Dan Abnett]] | |||
|[[TIHP 2]]-[[TIHP 3|3]] | |||
|[[14 October (releases)|14]] - [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[War World! (comic story)|War World!]]'' | |||
|John Freeman | |||
|[[TIHP 4]] | |||
|[[28 October (releases)|28 October]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Technical Hitch (comic story)|Technical Hitch]]'' | |||
|Dan Abnett | |||
|[[TIHP 5]] | |||
|[[4 November (releases)|4 November]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[A Switch in Time! (comic story)|A Switch in Time!]]'' | |||
|John Freeman | |||
|[[TIHP 6]] | |||
|[[11 November (releases)|11 November]]1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Sentinel! (comic story)|The Sentinel!]]'' | |||
|[[John Tomlinson]] | |||
|[[TIHP 7]] | |||
|[[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Who's That Girl! (comic story)|Who's That Girl!]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Furman]] | |||
|[[TIHP 8]]-[[TIHP 9|9]] | |||
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise (comic story)|The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]'' | |||
|[[Simon Jowett]] | |||
|[[Ly-Chee]] | |||
|[[TIHP 10]] | |||
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Slimmer! (comic story)|Slimmer!]]'' | |||
|[[Mike Collins]], [[Tim Robins]] | |||
|rowspan=2| | |||
|[[TIHP 11]] | |||
|[[16 December (releases)|16 December]] 1989 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Nineveh! (comic story)|Nineveh!]]'' | |||
|John Tomlinson | |||
|[[TIHP 12]] | |||
|[[23 December (releases)|23 December]] 1989 | |||
|} | |||
=== ''Doctor Who Yearbook'' === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in || Released | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Under Pressure (comic story)|Under Pressure]]'' | |||
|[[Dan Abnett]] | |||
|[[Ace]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | |||
|''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1992]]'' | |||
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[1991 (releases)|1991]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]'' | |||
|[[Paul Cornell]] | |||
|Ace, [[Dalek]]s | |||
|''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]'' | |||
|[[September (releases)|September]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[A Religious Experience (comic story)|A Religious Experience]]'' | |||
|[[Tim Quinn]] | |||
|[[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] | |||
|''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1994]]'' | |||
|September [[1993 (releases)|1993]] | |||
|} | |||
=== IDW Publishing === | |||
==== Miniseries ==== | |||
* ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'' ([[TF 4]] featuring Ace, the first ten Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions) | |||
==== ''Doctor Who'' (2012) ==== | |||
* ''[[Dead Man's Hand (comic story)|Dead Man's Hand]]'' (DW12 15 featuring Matrix projections of the first eleven Doctors and the War Doctor) | |||
==== ''Prisoners of Time'' ==== | |||
* ''[[Cat and Mouse (comic story)|Cat and Mouse]]'' ([[POT 7]] featuring Ace) | |||
* ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]'' ([[POT 12]] featuring Ace, the first eleven Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions) | |||
=== Titan Comics === | |||
==== ''Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor'' ==== | |||
* ''[[Operation Volcano (comic story)|Operation Volcano]]'' ([[7D 1]]-[[7D 3|3]] featuring Ace) | |||
==== Back-up strips ==== | |||
* ''[[Prologue: The Seventh Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Seventh Doctor]]'' ([[10DY2 13]] featuring Ace) | |||
* ''[[Hill of Beans (comic story)|Hill of Beans]]'' ([[7D 1]]-[[7D 3|3]] featuring Ace) | |||
==== Miniseries ==== | |||
* ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'' ([[TLD 8]]) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/seventh_doctor.html Altered Vistas - In the Comics - The Seventh Doctor] | * [http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/seventh_doctor.html Altered Vistas - In the Comics - The Seventh Doctor] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 3 November 2024
Somewhat after the broadcast of the Doctor Who television story Time and the Rani, Doctor Who Magazine's Seventh Doctor comic stories began. While the cancellation of the Doctor Who television series was undoubtedly bad news for Sylvester McCoy's longevity in the role, it was an unexpected boon to the Seventh Doctor's comic life. With no new Doctor on the horizon, the Seventh Doctor lived on in the pages of DWM for years after the transmission of McCoy's final regular appearance on TV in Survival in 1989.
In fact, the Seventh Doctor became the first incarnation of the Doctor to be in two regular comic publications simultaneously. Pre-figuring the Tenth Doctor's later "double-duty" in DWM and Doctor Who Adventures, the Seventh Doctor was, briefly, in both DWM and The Incredible Hulk Presents, another Marvel publication.
Several different approaches were taken by DWM during this era. At first, they told stories which had no obvious connection to the television series. Frobisher briefly ushered in the new Doctor's era, before scampering off. The Doctor then travelled around either on his own or with one-off companions.
After the television series ended, and the Virgin New Adventures series began, there was an effort to try to fit the comic stories into the novels' continuity. This period, though, came to a definitive end when DWM killed off Ace in Ground Zero — an act that deliberately returned DWM to its own, separate continuity.
By this stage, however, DWM had taken the editorial decision to consider the Seventh Doctor as a "past" incarnation. They began to use the comic space to tell stories of the other incarnations, which gave modern artists and writers the chance to feature Doctors and companions who hadn't really been a part of the DWM strip before. Thus, though the Seventh Doctor had a much longer reign in comics than television, it was a few years shorter than the gap between Survival and the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, where the Seventh Doctor regenerated into the Eighth on-screen. By contrast, the Eighth Doctor's era ended only when the Ninth Doctor's began in the 2005 episode Rose.
Comic strip companions of the Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Regular[[edit] | [edit source]]
One-off[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Frobisher (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Olla (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Susan (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Peri (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Ly-Chee (The Incredible Hulk Presents)
- Melanie Bush (Doctor Who Magazine)
Seventh Doctor comic stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who Magazine specials[[edit] | [edit source]]
Title | Writer | Featuring | Printed in |
---|---|---|---|
Plastic Millenium | Gareth Roberts | Mel, Nestene Consciousness, Autons | DWMS Winter 1994 |
Seaside Rendezvous | Paul Cornell | Ace, Ogri | DWMS Summer 1991 |
Evening's Empire | Andrew Cartmel | Ace, Col. Muriel Frost, UNIT | DWCC Autumn Holiday Special |
Flashback | Scott Gray | Benny, First Doctor | DWMS Winter 1992 |
Younger and Wiser | Benny | DWMS Summer 1994 |
Death's Head Vol 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Time Bomb! (DH 8)
The Incredible Hulk Presents[[edit] | [edit source]]
Title | Writer | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
---|---|---|---|---|
Once in a Lifetime | John Freeman | TIHP 1 | 7 October 1989 | |
Hunger from the Ends of Time! | Dan Abnett | TIHP 2-3 | 14 - 21 October 1989 | |
War World! | John Freeman | TIHP 4 | 28 October 1989 | |
Technical Hitch | Dan Abnett | TIHP 5 | 4 November 1989 | |
A Switch in Time! | John Freeman | TIHP 6 | 11 November1989 | |
The Sentinel! | John Tomlinson | TIHP 7 | 18 November 1989 | |
Who's That Girl! | Simon Furman | TIHP 8-9 | 25 November - 2 December 1989 | |
The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise | Simon Jowett | Ly-Chee | TIHP 10 | 9 December 1989 |
Slimmer! | Mike Collins, Tim Robins | TIHP 11 | 16 December 1989 | |
Nineveh! | John Tomlinson | TIHP 12 | 23 December 1989 |
Doctor Who Yearbook[[edit] | [edit source]]
Title | Writer | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
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Under Pressure | Dan Abnett | Ace, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Jo | Doctor Who Yearbook 1992 | 1 October 1991 |
Metamorphosis | Paul Cornell | Ace, Daleks | Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 | September 1992 |
A Religious Experience | Tim Quinn | First Doctor, Ian, Barbara | Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 | September 1993 |
IDW Publishing[[edit] | [edit source]]
Miniseries[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Forgotten (TF 4 featuring Ace, the first ten Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions)
Doctor Who (2012)[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Dead Man's Hand (DW12 15 featuring Matrix projections of the first eleven Doctors and the War Doctor)
Prisoners of Time[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cat and Mouse (POT 7 featuring Ace)
- Endgame (POT 12 featuring Ace, the first eleven Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions)
Titan Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Operation Volcano (7D 1-3 featuring Ace)
Back-up strips[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Prologue: The Seventh Doctor (10DY2 13 featuring Ace)
- Hill of Beans (7D 1-3 featuring Ace)
Miniseries[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Altered Vistas - In the Comics - The Seventh Doctor
- Doctor Who Magazine strips featuring the Seventh Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Incredible Hulk Presents strips featuring the Seventh Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide