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|featuring= {{il|[[First Doctor]]|[[Second Doctor]]|[[Third Doctor]]|[[Fourth Doctor]]|[[Fifth Doctor]]|[[Sixth Doctor]]|[[Susan Foreman|Susan]]|[[Adric]]|[[Frobisher]]|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]|[[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]|[[White Guardian]]}}
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|companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Ace]]
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|enemy= The [[Black Guardian]]
|companions    = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|year= {{il|[[Gallifrey]]|The [[Land of Fiction]]|[[Eden]]|[[Cranleigh Hall]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[11 June]] [[1925]]|[[Auderly House]], [[England]], the [[1970s]]|[[London]], [[1963]]}}
|featuring      = White Guardian
|writer= [[Paul Cornell]]
|featuring2    = First Doctor
|editor=[[Gary Russell]]
|featuring3    = Second Doctor
|artist= [[John Ridgway]]
|featuring4    = Third Doctor
|colourist= [[Paul Vyse]]
|featuring5    = Fourth Doctor
|letterer=[[Janey Rutter]]
|featuring6    = Fifth Doctor
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 207|207]]
|featuring7    = Sixth Doctor
|release date= [[22 December]] [[1993]]
|featuring8    = Susan Foreman
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]
|featuring9    = Jamie McCrimmon
|format= Full-colour, 10-page comic
|featuring10    = Zoe Heriot
|prev= Final Genesis (comic story)
|featuring11    = Adric
|next= Cuckoo (comic story)|Cuckoo (comic story)
|featuring12    = Frobisher
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|enemy         = The [[Black Guardian]]
'''''Time & Time Again''''' was a one-issue [[DWM comic stories|comic story]] in [[DWM 207|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #207]] which celebrated the 30th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. When published, it was a significant, well-hyped "event". At ten pages, it was longer than the then-standard comic in ''DWM'', but it was also ''originally'' printed in colour — something that wasn't regularly done in ''DWM'' until the late [[1990s]].
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|writer         = Paul Cornell
|editor         = [[Gary Russell]]
|artist         = [[John Ridgway]]
|colourist     = [[Paul Vyse]]
|letterer       = [[Janey Rutter]]
|publication   = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 207|207]]
|release date   = 25 November 1993
|cover date    = 22 December 1993
|publisher     = Marvel Comics
|format         = Full-colour, 10-page comic
|epcount        = 1
|prev           = Final Genesis (comic story)
|next           = Cuckoo (comic story)
|series2        = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2          = Iceberg (novel)
|next2          = Cuckoo (comic story)
|reprint = Emperor of the Daleks (graphic novel)
}}{{you may|A Time & a Place (short story)|n1="A Time & a Place", which had the alternate title "Time and Time Again"}}
'''''Time & Time Again''''' was a one-issue [[DWM comic stories|comic story]] in [[DWM 207|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #207]], which celebrated the 30th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. When published, it was a significant, widely publicised "event". At ten pages, it was longer than the then-standard comic in ''DWM'', and was also originally printed in colour — something that did not regularly occur in ''DWM'' until the late 1990s.


Narratively, ''Time'' was a fan-servicing, multi-Doctor story, whose panels were filled with many visual references to the past, much like ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. As with the earlier [[Terrance Dicks]] script, [[Paul Cornell]]'s comic was less about intricate plotting than about building a structure that allowed meetings between the various Doctors.
Narratively, ''Time'' was a celebratory multi-Doctor story, whose panels were filled with many visual references to the past, much like [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. As with the earlier [[Terrance Dicks]] script, the narrative was less involved in plot and character, and primarily about building a structure that allowed meetings between the various Doctors.


The story took place almost exclusively in an [[alternate timeline (Time & Time Again)|alternate timeline]] in which the [[First Doctor]] had been prevented from leaving [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Black Guardian]]. However, the story ends back in the "normal" universe, with what is ostensibly a genuine account of the First Doctor and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]'s original departure from [[Gallifrey]]. It is the only time in which the event has been depicted in a visual medium.
The story took place almost exclusively in [[Alternate timeline (Time & Time Again)|an alternate timeline]] in which the [[First Doctor]] had been prevented from leaving [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Black Guardian]]. However, the story ends back in the "normal" universe, with what is ostensibly a genuine account of the First Doctor and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]'s original departure from [[Gallifrey]]. It was the only time in which the event has been depicted in a visual medium, until the [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 7]] episode ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The [[Black Guardian]] has changed time so that [[the Doctor]] never left [[Gallifrey]]. This causes chaos amongst [[Universe|the stars]]. The Doctor must revisit his past and hunt for the [[Key to Time]], which will put time back on track and defeat the [[Black Guardian]].
The [[Black Guardian]] has changed time so that [[the Doctor]] never left [[Gallifrey]]. This causes chaos amongst [[universe|the stars]]. The Doctor must revisit his past and hunt for the [[Key to Time]], which will put time back on track and defeat the Black Guardian.
 
== Plot ==
Having decided to visit [[London]], [[1993]] for a vacation, the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] find themselves in a city in ruins, with various aliens species such as [[Cyberman]], [[Draconian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Robot Yeti]] and [[Zygon]]s roaming the streets. As the TARDIS crew are shot at by a [[Sontaran]], a [[Sea Devil]] and a [[Dalek]], the [[Black Guardian]] laughs at their misfortune, saying, ''"Die, Doctor. Die!"''.
 
[[File:White Guardian Time & Time again.jpg|thumb|left|The [[White Guardian]] warns the Doctor and friends.]]
The [[White Guardian]] appears behind the Doctor and friends and explains what's going on; the Black Guardian has changed history as revenge for the Doctor foiling his plans. In this new timeline, the [[First Doctor]] never left [[Gallifrey]] and became President of the [[Time Lord]]s. The Time Lords now fear the massive [[Dalek Empire]] and [[Earth]] has been invaded a dozen times for its tactical importance. The Guardian explains that to fix this the Doctor must once again find the segments of the [[Key to Time]], and provides them with a set of [[ring]]s to help them. The segments have been dispersed along the Doctor's [[time track]], meaning the TARDIS crew will have to go into the Doctor's past. Benny begins to ask how they'll recognise the segments, but is teleported mid-sentence.
 
Arriving in a gleaming corridor, Benny discovers that her ring is talking to her. Realising that the object she seeks is a [[hat]], she overhears the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] discussing the fact that they are in the [[Land of Fiction]]. Posing as a fictional character, "the famous Hat Collector, straight out of Dr. Seuss", she asks the Doctor for his hat. [[Zoe Heriot]] warns him that it might be a trap, but the Doctor dismisses her, and hands Benny the hat, and she dematerialises.
 
Having arrived in a mansion, Ace grabs a [[sword]] mounted on the wall, as per her ring's instructions. However, before she can leave, the [[Third Doctor]] approaches, asking her whether she is the [[ghost]] seen by Sir [[Reginald Styles]]. Hoisting the sword's twin from the wall, he begins to duel with her. Ace disarms him, and, now with the correct sword, dematerialises.
 
[[File:Time & Time Again Seven & Six.jpg|thumb|The [[Seventh Doctor]] attempts to persuade the [[Sixth Doctor]].]]
Having arrived beside a [[river]], the Seventh Doctor encounters the [[Sixth Doctor]], who is fishing with [[Frobisher]]. Discussing what difference it would make if they hadn't left Gallifrey, the Seventh Doctor is unable to convince his previous incarnation of their importance to the cosmos, but acquires his sixth incarnation's [[cat brooch]], and leaves.
 
[[File:DWM 207 Four and Bernice 2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] with the [[Fourth Doctor]] on [[Eden (planet)|Eden]].]]
Arriving in a jungle, Benny attempts to get the attention of the [[Fourth Doctor]], who is fleeing from [[Mandrel]]s. Unable to get through to him, she despairs, but, to her good fortune, he offers her a [[jelly baby]] for her silence. Choosing a [[green]] one with a missing [[leg]], she departs.
 
Encountering [[Adric]] amongst a group of people in fancy dress, Ace quickly get into position and catches a [[cricket ball]] hit by the [[Fifth Doctor]] before vanishing, leaving him stumped over whether or not he is out.
 
In a dark [[London]] alleyway, the Seventh Doctor observes his first incarnation talking to himself about his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and the [[Hand of Omega]]. Tripping him up just in time to avoid him being hit by a Dalek death ray, the Doctor shoves the Dalek into the path of an oncoming [[bus]] and picks up a book dropped by his first incarnation.
 
Returning to the White Guardian, the trio hand over their items, with the Doctor expressing regret over having to lose his original [[TARDIS Instruction Manual]]. With time restored to normal, the White Guardian reassures him that he did the right thing.
 
[[File:First Doctor leaves Gallifrey.jpg|thumb|The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] steal [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]].]]
On Gallifrey, long ago, the First Doctor and Susan narrowly dodge an explosion. Telling her that they must remove the Hand of Omega from Gallifrey due to the current chaos, the Doctor manages to convince Susan that they must break the rules and leave the planet. She asks him whether they will ever return, to which he responds with the affirmative, but not until the time is right. Until then, they must try their best to create a legacy that will continue long after they have departed.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Second Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Adric]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
* [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
* [[Black Guardian]]
* [[Black Guardian]]
* [[White Guardian]]
* [[White Guardian]]
* [[Dalek]]
* [[Second Doctor]]
 
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
== References ==
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
* The [[White Guardian]] states that the [[Black Guardian]] mucked with time for revenge on the Doctor surrounding [[Enlightenment]].
* [[Third Doctor]]
* The White Guardian sends the Doctor and his [[companion]]s to search for the [[Key to Time]].
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* The Third Doctor mentions Sir [[Reginald Styles]].
* [[Frobisher]]
* On the first panel of the comic there are: a [[Dalek]], a [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]], a [[Sea Devil]], a [[Silurian]], a [[Zygon]], a [[Draconian]], an [[Ice Warrior]], a [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]], a [[Sontaran]] and the [[Black Guardian]].
* [[C.Y.R.I.L.]]
 
* [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|Little penguins]]
As all three main characters have separate adventures, they are presented here separately.
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
 
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
=== The Doctor ===
* [[Adric]]
* Meets his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], who is [[fishing]] with [[Frobisher]] for [[gumblejack]] and takes his sixth's self's cat badge ''(as one of the pieces of the Key to Time)''.
* [[Nyssa]] / [[Ann Talbot]]
* Saves his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] from a [[Dalek]] (which was an [[Imperial Dalek]]).
* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
* Takes the [[TARDIS Instruction Manual]] from his first self. ''(This is one of the segments of the Key to Time)''
* [[First Doctor]]
 
* [[Susan Foreman]]
=== Bernice Summerfield ===
* Meets the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and takes the [[Second Doctor]]'s [[stovepipe hat]] ''(as one of the pieces of the Key to Time)''.
* Meets the [[Fourth Doctor]] whilst in the [[Eden]] projection. She takes a [[jelly baby]] ''(as one of the pieces of the [[Key to Time]])''.


=== Ace ===
== Worldbuilding ==
* Ace [[sword]] fights the [[Third Doctor]] at Sir [[Reginald Styles]]' mansion. Ace takes one of the swords ''(as one of the pieces of the Key to Time)''.
* The Doctor meets his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], who is [[fishing]] with [[Frobisher]] for [[gumblejack]], and takes the Sixth Doctor's [[cat badge]], the first segment of the Key to Time.
* Ace catches a [[cricket ball]] that the [[Fifth Doctor]] believed he'd [[hit for six]] during the [[Cranleigh Hall]] match depicted in ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''. ''(This is one of the segments of the Key to Time)''
* The Doctor also takes the [[TARDIS Instruction Manual]] from the [[First Doctor]], the second segment of the Key to Time.
* At the Cranleigh Hall dance, the pirate-clad [[Adric]] offers Ace the standard pickup line of "Do you come here often?", but she rebuffs him by threatening to make sure he permanently limps.
* Bernice meets the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] in the [[Land of Fiction]] and takes the Second Doctor's [[stovepipe hat]], the third segment of the Key to Time. She also meets the [[Fourth Doctor]] whilst in the [[Eden (planet)|Eden]] projection. She takes a [[jelly baby]], another segment of the [[Key to Time]].
* Ace [[swordfight]]s the [[Third Doctor]] at Sir [[Reginald Styles]]' mansion. Ace takes one of the [[sword]]s, yet another of the segments of the Key to Time.
* Ace catches a [[cricket ball]] that the [[Fifth Doctor]] believed he'd [[hit for six]] during the [[Cranleigh Hall]] match, the final segment of the Key to Time.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The comic featured the first visual appearance of the First Doctor and Susan leaving Gallifrey. This event would finally be glimpsed as on television screens in [[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor]]''.
* The comic's story featured the first visual appearance of the First Doctor and Susan leaving Gallifrey together in the TARDIS for the first time. This event would finally be depicted on television in 2013's ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''.
* Adric's fancy-dress clothing is erroneous, as he did not change into it until after the Doctor had finished playing cricket in ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''.
* This story depicted a tense relationship between the Seventh Doctor and his sixth incarnation. This tied-in to the conflict between the two incarnations seen in various books in the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''.
* The first panel of the comic features a [[Dalek]], a [[Robot Yeti]], a [[Sea Devil]], a [[Silurian]], a [[Zygon]], a [[Draconian]], an [[Ice Warrior]], a [[Cyberman]] and a [[Sontaran]]. Another panel shows a [[Dalek]], a [[Sontaran]], a [[Cyberman]], and a [[Terileptil]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor broke the Key to Time up in [[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''.
* The [[White Guardian]] states that the [[Black Guardian]] altered established time as revenge on the Doctor after he was defeated over [[Enlightenment]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
* The Doctor last encountered the Black and White Guardians during [[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]''.
* During the Seventh Doctor's encounter with his sixth incarnation, [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|a group of miniature penguins]] walk past them. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)|Once Upon a Time-Lord]]'', ''[[Kane's Story (comic story)|Kane's Story]]'', ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'', ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'')
* Bernice meets the Second Doctor during [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' and the Fourth Doctor during [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]''.
* Davros is Emperor of the [[Imperial Dalek]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'')
* Ace meets the Third Doctor during [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]''. She meets Adric and watches the Fifth Doctor play cricket during [[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''.  Adric's clothing is erroneous, as he did not change into it until after the Doctor had finished playing cricket in said story.
* The [[First Doctor]] is wondering where he can hide the [[Hand of Omega]], having taken it with him when he fled [[Gallifrey]] with [[Susan Foreman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor saves the First Doctor just before the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|comic7.htm#timetime|Time and Time Again}}
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You may be looking for "A Time & a Place", which had the alternate title "Time and Time Again".

Time & Time Again was a one-issue comic story in Doctor Who Magazine #207, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who. When published, it was a significant, widely publicised "event". At ten pages, it was longer than the then-standard comic in DWM, and was also originally printed in colour — something that did not regularly occur in DWM until the late 1990s.

Narratively, Time was a celebratory multi-Doctor story, whose panels were filled with many visual references to the past, much like TV: The Five Doctors. As with the earlier Terrance Dicks script, the narrative was less involved in plot and character, and primarily about building a structure that allowed meetings between the various Doctors.

The story took place almost exclusively in an alternate timeline in which the First Doctor had been prevented from leaving Gallifrey by the Black Guardian. However, the story ends back in the "normal" universe, with what is ostensibly a genuine account of the First Doctor and Susan's original departure from Gallifrey. It was the only time in which the event has been depicted in a visual medium, until the series 7 episode The Name of the Doctor.

Summary[[edit]]

The Black Guardian has changed time so that the Doctor never left Gallifrey. This causes chaos amongst the stars. The Doctor must revisit his past and hunt for the Key to Time, which will put time back on track and defeat the Black Guardian.

Plot[[edit]]

Having decided to visit London, 1993 for a vacation, the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Benny find themselves in a city in ruins, with various aliens species such as Cyberman, Draconians, Ice Warriors, Silurians, Robot Yeti and Zygons roaming the streets. As the TARDIS crew are shot at by a Sontaran, a Sea Devil and a Dalek, the Black Guardian laughs at their misfortune, saying, "Die, Doctor. Die!".

The White Guardian warns the Doctor and friends.

The White Guardian appears behind the Doctor and friends and explains what's going on; the Black Guardian has changed history as revenge for the Doctor foiling his plans. In this new timeline, the First Doctor never left Gallifrey and became President of the Time Lords. The Time Lords now fear the massive Dalek Empire and Earth has been invaded a dozen times for its tactical importance. The Guardian explains that to fix this the Doctor must once again find the segments of the Key to Time, and provides them with a set of rings to help them. The segments have been dispersed along the Doctor's time track, meaning the TARDIS crew will have to go into the Doctor's past. Benny begins to ask how they'll recognise the segments, but is teleported mid-sentence.

Arriving in a gleaming corridor, Benny discovers that her ring is talking to her. Realising that the object she seeks is a hat, she overhears the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon discussing the fact that they are in the Land of Fiction. Posing as a fictional character, "the famous Hat Collector, straight out of Dr. Seuss", she asks the Doctor for his hat. Zoe Heriot warns him that it might be a trap, but the Doctor dismisses her, and hands Benny the hat, and she dematerialises.

Having arrived in a mansion, Ace grabs a sword mounted on the wall, as per her ring's instructions. However, before she can leave, the Third Doctor approaches, asking her whether she is the ghost seen by Sir Reginald Styles. Hoisting the sword's twin from the wall, he begins to duel with her. Ace disarms him, and, now with the correct sword, dematerialises.

The Seventh Doctor attempts to persuade the Sixth Doctor.

Having arrived beside a river, the Seventh Doctor encounters the Sixth Doctor, who is fishing with Frobisher. Discussing what difference it would make if they hadn't left Gallifrey, the Seventh Doctor is unable to convince his previous incarnation of their importance to the cosmos, but acquires his sixth incarnation's cat brooch, and leaves.

Benny with the Fourth Doctor on Eden.

Arriving in a jungle, Benny attempts to get the attention of the Fourth Doctor, who is fleeing from Mandrels. Unable to get through to him, she despairs, but, to her good fortune, he offers her a jelly baby for her silence. Choosing a green one with a missing leg, she departs.

Encountering Adric amongst a group of people in fancy dress, Ace quickly get into position and catches a cricket ball hit by the Fifth Doctor before vanishing, leaving him stumped over whether or not he is out.

In a dark London alleyway, the Seventh Doctor observes his first incarnation talking to himself about his granddaughter Susan and the Hand of Omega. Tripping him up just in time to avoid him being hit by a Dalek death ray, the Doctor shoves the Dalek into the path of an oncoming bus and picks up a book dropped by his first incarnation.

Returning to the White Guardian, the trio hand over their items, with the Doctor expressing regret over having to lose his original TARDIS Instruction Manual. With time restored to normal, the White Guardian reassures him that he did the right thing.

The First Doctor and Susan steal a TARDIS.

On Gallifrey, long ago, the First Doctor and Susan narrowly dodge an explosion. Telling her that they must remove the Hand of Omega from Gallifrey due to the current chaos, the Doctor manages to convince Susan that they must break the rules and leave the planet. She asks him whether they will ever return, to which he responds with the affirmative, but not until the time is right. Until then, they must try their best to create a legacy that will continue long after they have departed.

Characters[[edit]]

Worldbuilding[[edit]]

Notes[[edit]]

  • The comic's story featured the first visual appearance of the First Doctor and Susan leaving Gallifrey together in the TARDIS for the first time. This event would finally be depicted on television in 2013's The Name of the Doctor.
  • Adric's fancy-dress clothing is erroneous, as he did not change into it until after the Doctor had finished playing cricket in Black Orchid.
  • This story depicted a tense relationship between the Seventh Doctor and his sixth incarnation. This tied-in to the conflict between the two incarnations seen in various books in the Virgin New Adventures.
  • The first panel of the comic features a Dalek, a Robot Yeti, a Sea Devil, a Silurian, a Zygon, a Draconian, an Ice Warrior, a Cyberman and a Sontaran. Another panel shows a Dalek, a Sontaran, a Cyberman, and a Terileptil.

Continuity[[edit]]

External links[[edit]]

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