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'''Titan Publishing Group''' — parent company to both '''Titan Books''' and '''Titan Comics''' — is a book and magazine publishing company which has enjoyed several different [[BBC Worldwide]] licenses to publish various [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] tie-in works.
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'''Titan Publishing Group''' — parent company to both '''Titan Books''' and '''Titan Comics''' — is a book and magazine publishing company which has enjoyed several different [[BBC Worldwide]] licenses to publish various [[DWU]] tie-in works.


In the 1990s, they published a number of [[Doctor Who Script Books|''Doctor Who'' scripts]] in the ''Doctor Who: The Scripts'' series, and thus gave fans their first glimpse at "official" versions of the scripts of some of the show's more popular [[serial]]s, including the first publication of the unproduced script for ''[[The Masters of Luxor (script)|The Masters of Luxor]]''. These books were produced for the UK market, but also received limited distribution in North America.
In the 1990s, they published a number of [[Doctor Who Script Books|''Doctor Who'' scripts]] in the ''Doctor Who: The Scripts'' series, and thus gave fans their first glimpse at "official" versions of the scripts of some of the show's more popular [[serial]]s, including the first publication of the [[The Masters of Luxor (script)|unproduced script for ''The Masters of Luxor'']]. These books were produced for the UK market but also received limited distribution in North America.


==''Torchwood''==
== ''Torchwood'' ==
From [[2008 (production)|2008]] to [[2010 (production)|2010]], Titan published ''[[Torchwood The Official Magazine]]'', featuring behind-the-scenes articles and original comic strips and short stories based upon the spinoff. Publications spun-off from the magazine included a graphic novel compiling the story arc [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War]]'' and the hardcover publication ''[[Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook (2008)|Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook]]'' in 2008. As with the script books, the magazine and spin-off publications were primarily produced for the UK market but were imported to North America by specialty retailers.
From [[2008 (production)|2008]] to [[2010 (production)|2010]], Titan published ''[[Torchwood The Official Magazine]]'', featuring behind-the-scenes articles and original comic strips and short stories based on the spinoff. Publications spun-off from the magazine included a graphic novel compiling the story arc [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War]]'' and the hardcover publication ''[[Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook (2008)|Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook]]'' in 2008. As with the script books, the magazine and spin-off publications were primarily produced for the UK market but were imported to North America by speciality retailers.


From the summer of 2010 to early [[2011 (production)|2011]], Titan's American branch published ''[[Torchwood: The Official Comic]]'', which ran for six issues and reprinted most of the magazine's comic strips and short stories for North American audiences. <ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/torchwood/4050-34745/ ComicVine entry for 'Torchwood: The Official Comic']</ref> The first issue was cover-dated September 2010, but distributed in the summer. This comic was distributed in North America but not in the UK.
From the summer of 2010 to early [[2011 (production)|2011]], Titan's American branch published ''[[Torchwood: The Official Comic]]'', which ran for six issues and reprinted most of the magazine's comic strips and short stories for North American audiences.<ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/torchwood/4050-34745/ ComicVine entry for 'Torchwood: The Official Comic']</ref> The first issue was cover-dated September 2010, but distributed in the summer. This comic was distributed in North America but not in the UK.


In [[TM 24|issue #24]] of ''Torchwood Magazine'', Titan announced that due to BBC Worldwide realigning its promotions for ''Torchwood'' related to the [[2011 (releases)|2011]] broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Miracle Day]]'', it was discontinuing publication of the magazine effective with [[TM 25|issue #25]]. The US ''Torchwood'' comic was also cancelled, before it was able to reprint all of the magazine's comic strips and short stories.
In [[TM 24|issue #24]] of ''Torchwood Magazine'', Titan announced that due to BBC Worldwide realigning its promotions for ''Torchwood'' related to the [[2011 (releases)|2011]] broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Miracle Day]]'', it was discontinuing publication of the magazine effective with [[TM 25|issue #25]]. The US ''Torchwood'' comic was also cancelled before it was able to reprint all of the magazine's comic strips and short stories.


Titan once again began publishing ''Torchwood'' material with the advent of [[Torchwood (2016)|''Torchwood'' (2016)]], a wholly original comic book.
Titan once again began publishing ''Torchwood'' material with the advent of [[Torchwood (2016)|''Torchwood'' (2016)]], a wholly original comic book.


== ''Doctor Who'' comics ==
== ''Doctor Who'' comics ==
Titan returned to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise when it was announced in late [[2013 (production)|2013]] that its American subsidiary had picked up the North American licence to publish original comics based upon ''Doctor Who'' after the expiry of [[IDW Publishing]]'s contract with [[BBC Worldwide]].<ref>[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2014/01/21/titan-wins-doctor-who-comics-licence/ Edwards, Richard. "Titan Wins Doctor Who Comics Licence." ''SFX Magazine''. 21 January 2014.]</ref>  
Titan returned to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise when it was announced in late [[2013 (production)|2013]] that its American subsidiary had picked up the North American licence to publish original comics based upon ''Doctor Who'' after the expiry of [[IDW Publishing]]'s contract with [[BBC Worldwide]].<ref>[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2014/01/21/titan-wins-doctor-who-comics-licence/ Edwards, Richard. "Titan Wins Doctor Who Comics Licence." ''SFX Magazine''. 21 January 2014.]</ref>


Titan Comics then began their ''Doctor Who'' run in [[July (releases)|July]] of [[2014 (releases)|2014]] with the publication of ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor]]'' , followed by the launch of ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' in [[October (releases)|October]] 2014.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=51164 Sunu, Steve. "Titan Follows the Tenth & Eleventh Doctors in New 'Doctor Who' Series. comicbookresources.com. 28 Feburary 2014.]</ref> Many issues of the second year of ''Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor'' featured the [[War Doctor]] instead of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] as the headlining Doctor.
Titan Comics then began their ''Doctor Who'' run in [[July (releases)|July]] of [[2014 (releases)|2014]] with the publication of ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor]]'', followed by the launch of ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]'' in [[October (releases)|October]] 2014.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=51164 Sunu, Steve. "Titan Follows the Tenth & Eleventh Doctors in New 'Doctor Who' Series. comicbookresources.com. 28 Feburary 2014.]</ref> Titan hoped to publish a Twelfth Doctor story featuring the [[Dalek]]s, but it never materialised. Concept pages were commissioned and drawn by [[Brian Williamson]].<ref>https://downthetubes.net/daleks-debut-at-last-in-titan-comics-doctor-who-time-lord-victorious-tie-in/</ref>


All three series have been published concurrently in North American comic book shops, with digital editions available for purchase in Europe and the United States. In the United Kingdom, ''[[Doctor Who Comic]]'', which had all three of these ongoing series inside, launched in [[February (releases)|February]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]].  
Many issues of the second year of ''Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor'' featured the [[War Doctor]] instead of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] as the headlining Doctor. ''[[Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor]]'' featured an original story with the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]], and [[Twelfth Doctor]] and a serialised story with those Doctors, which led into ''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''.


Titan released a limited-run five-issue series ''[[Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor]] ''(released [[April (releases)|April]]-[[December (releases)|December]] 2015) to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s first appearance in the episode ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. A year later, it was renewed as an ongoing series. The Ninth Doctor miniseries was followed by similar five-issue miniseries ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor]]'' (released [[November (releases)|November]] 2015-[[March (releases)|March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]),'' [[Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor]]'' (released March-[[September (releases)|September]] 2016),'' ''and ''[[Doctor Who: The Third Doctor]]'' (released September 2016-February [[2017 (releases)|2017]]).
All three series have been published concurrently in North American comic book shops, with digital editions available for purchase in Europe and the United States. In the United Kingdom, ''[[Doctor Who Comic (2015)|Doctor Who Comic]]'', which had all three of these ongoing series inside, launched in [[February (releases)|February]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. It was companioned by ''[[Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS]]'', which reprinted miniseries stories, but eventually grew to print main series stories, succeeding ''Doctor Who Comic''.


The ongoing ''Doctor Who'' comic books have crossed over in two special events: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'' in [[August (releases)|August]]-September 2015 and ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'' in July-November 2016. Titan has also published a few one-shots for special occasions: ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2015]]'' and ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2016|2016]]'' as well as San Diego Comic-Con specials ''[[Selfie (comic story)|Selfie]]'' and ''[[The Long Con (comic story)|The Long Con]]''. The Twelfth Doctor also re-encountered [[Grant Gordon]] and [[Lucy Fletcher]] in ''[[Ghost Stories (comic story)|Ghost Stories]]'', a digital comic mini-series from 2016 to 2017.
Titan released a limited-run five-issue series ''[[Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor]] ''(released [[April (releases)|April]]-[[December (releases)|December]] 2015) to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s first appearance in the episode ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. A year later, it was renewed as an ongoing series. The Ninth Doctor miniseries was followed by similar five-issue miniseries ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor]]'' (released [[November (releases)|November]] 2015 - [[March (releases)|March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]), ''[[Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor]]'' (released March-[[September (releases)|September]] 2016), ''[[Doctor Who: The Third Doctor]]'' (released September 2016 - February [[2017 (releases)|2017]]) and ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor]]'' (released [[June (releases)|June]] - [[August (releases)|August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]).
 
The ongoing ''Doctor Who'' comic books have crossed over in three miniseries events: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'' in [[August (releases)|August]] - September 2015, ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'' in July - November 2016, and ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'' in August - October 2017. Titan has also published a few one-shots for special occasions: ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2015]]'', ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2016|2016]]'', ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2017|2017]]'', ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2018|2018]]'', and ''[[Free Comic Book Day 2019|2019]]'' as well as San Diego Comic-Con specials in [[2015 Convention Special|2015]], [[2016 Convention Special|2016]], and [[2017 Convention Special|2017]]. The Twelfth Doctor also re-encountered [[Grant (The Return of Doctor Mysterio)|Grant]] and [[Lucy Fletcher]] in ''[[Ghost Stories (comic story)|Ghost Stories]]'', a digital (later physical) comic miniseries from 2016 to 2017.
 
Titan Comics also republished [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] ''Doctor Who'' comic stories in ''[[The Tenth Doctor Archives]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Doctor Archives]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time]]''.
 
== Reader's Guides ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Titan Comics Reader's Guide 2017.jpg|2017 Reader's Guide
Titan Comics Reader's Guide 2018.jpg|2018 Reader's Guide
Titan Comics Reader's Guide 2021.jpg|2021 Reader's Guide
Titan Comics Reader's Guide 2023.jpg|2023 Reader's Guide
Titan Comics Reader's Guide 2024.jpg|2024 Reader's Guide
</gallery>
 
== List of series ==
=== Ongoing ===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Title
!Start
!Finish
!Notes
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[23 July (releases)|23 July]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|[[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|46 issues across three years.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor]]''
|[[10 January (releases)|10 January]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|43 issues across three years.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor]]''
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|[[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|44 issues across three years.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor]]''
|[[14 April (releases)|14 April]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[9 August (releases)|9 August]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|15 issues, not including the original miniseries.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor]]''
|[[26 September (releases)|26 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|17 issues across two years.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who (2020)|Doctor Who Comic]]''
|[[18 November (releases)|18 November]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|Ongoing
|
|}
 
=== Miniseries ===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Title
!Start
!Finish
!Notes
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor]]''
|[[1 April (releases)|1 April]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|5 issues. Followed by an ongoing series.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor]]''
|[[4 November (releases)|4 November]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|5 issues.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor]]''
|[[23 March (releases)|23 March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[28 September (releases)|28 September]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|5 issues.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Third Doctor]]''
|[[14 September (releases)|14 September]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[27 February (releases)|27 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|5 issues.
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Ghost Stories (comic story)|Ghost Stories]]''
 
|[[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] (digital)
|[[22 May (releases)|22 May]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] (print)
|8 digital issues.
|-
|[[5 April (releases)|5 April]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] (digital)
|[[5 July (releases)|5 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] (print)
|4 print issues.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor]]''
|[[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|[[1 August (releases)|1 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|3 issues.
|-
|[[Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor]]''
|[[11 July (releases)|11 July]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|[[12 September (releases)|12 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|3 issues.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special]]''
|[[13 November (releases)|13 November]] ([[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|[[18 December (releases)|18 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|2 issues.
|-
|''[[Time Lord Victorious (Titan)|Time Lord Victorious]]''
|[[2 September (releases)|2 September]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|[[7 October (releases)|7 October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|2 issues.
|-
|''[[Doom's Day (series)|Doom's Day]]''
|[[5 July (releases)|5 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|[[26 July (releases)|26 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|2 issues.
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor]]''
|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|Ongoing.
|4 issues.
|}
 
=== Events ===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Title
!Start
!Finish
!Notes
|-
|''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]''
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[23 September (releases)|23 September]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|4 issues.
|-
|''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]''
|[[6 July (releases)|6 July]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|5 issues.
|-
|''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]''
|[[30 August (releases)|30 August]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|[[1 November (releases)|1 November]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|8 issues, encompassing an issue each of the ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor|The Tenth Doctor]]'', ''[[Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor|The Eleventh Doctor]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor|The Twelfth Doctor]]'', and 4 specials.
|}
 
=== Spin-offs and other titles ===
{| {{Prettytable}}
!Title
!Start
!Finish
!Notes
|-
|[[Free Comic Book Day]] specials
|[[2 May (releases)|2 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[4 May (releases)|4 May]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|7 issues to date.
|-
|[[San Diego Comic-Con]] specials
|[[11 July (releases)|11 July]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[22 July (releases)|22 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|3 issues.
|-
|''[[Torchwood (2016)|Torchwood]]''
|[[4 August (releases)|4 August]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|[[14 February (releases)|14 February]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|12 issues across three miniseries.
|-
|''[[Once Upon a Time Lord (graphic novel)|Once Upon a Time Lord]]''
|[[7 November (releases)|7 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|N/A
|One-shot special.
|}
 
== UK Mix Magazines ==
* ''[[Doctor Who Comic (2015)|Doctor Who Comic]]'' ([[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] - [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]])
* ''[[Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS]]'' ([[17 December (releases)|17 December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] - [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]])


== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Titan Publishing Group — parent company to both Titan Books and Titan Comics — is a book and magazine publishing company which has enjoyed several different BBC Worldwide licenses to publish various DWU tie-in works.

In the 1990s, they published a number of Doctor Who scripts in the Doctor Who: The Scripts series, and thus gave fans their first glimpse at "official" versions of the scripts of some of the show's more popular serials, including the first publication of the unproduced script for The Masters of Luxor. These books were produced for the UK market but also received limited distribution in North America.

Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]

From 2008 to 2010, Titan published Torchwood The Official Magazine, featuring behind-the-scenes articles and original comic strips and short stories based on the spinoff. Publications spun-off from the magazine included a graphic novel compiling the story arc COMIC: Rift War and the hardcover publication Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook in 2008. As with the script books, the magazine and spin-off publications were primarily produced for the UK market but were imported to North America by speciality retailers.

From the summer of 2010 to early 2011, Titan's American branch published Torchwood: The Official Comic, which ran for six issues and reprinted most of the magazine's comic strips and short stories for North American audiences.[1] The first issue was cover-dated September 2010, but distributed in the summer. This comic was distributed in North America but not in the UK.

In issue #24 of Torchwood Magazine, Titan announced that due to BBC Worldwide realigning its promotions for Torchwood related to the 2011 broadcast of TV: Miracle Day, it was discontinuing publication of the magazine effective with issue #25. The US Torchwood comic was also cancelled before it was able to reprint all of the magazine's comic strips and short stories.

Titan once again began publishing Torchwood material with the advent of Torchwood (2016), a wholly original comic book.

Doctor Who comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Titan returned to the Doctor Who franchise when it was announced in late 2013 that its American subsidiary had picked up the North American licence to publish original comics based upon Doctor Who after the expiry of IDW Publishing's contract with BBC Worldwide.[2]

Titan Comics then began their Doctor Who run in July of 2014 with the publication of Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor and Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, followed by the launch of Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor in October 2014.[3] Titan hoped to publish a Twelfth Doctor story featuring the Daleks, but it never materialised. Concept pages were commissioned and drawn by Brian Williamson.[4]

Many issues of the second year of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor featured the War Doctor instead of the Eleventh Doctor as the headlining Doctor. Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor featured an original story with the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctor and a serialised story with those Doctors, which led into Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor.

All three series have been published concurrently in North American comic book shops, with digital editions available for purchase in Europe and the United States. In the United Kingdom, Doctor Who Comic, which had all three of these ongoing series inside, launched in February 2015. It was companioned by Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS, which reprinted miniseries stories, but eventually grew to print main series stories, succeeding Doctor Who Comic.

Titan released a limited-run five-issue series Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor (released April-December 2015) to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Ninth Doctor's first appearance in the episode Rose. A year later, it was renewed as an ongoing series. The Ninth Doctor miniseries was followed by similar five-issue miniseries Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor (released November 2015 - March 2016), Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor (released March-September 2016), Doctor Who: The Third Doctor (released September 2016 - February 2017) and Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor (released June - August 2018).

The ongoing Doctor Who comic books have crossed over in three miniseries events: Four Doctors in August - September 2015, Supremacy of the Cybermen in July - November 2016, and The Lost Dimension in August - October 2017. Titan has also published a few one-shots for special occasions: Free Comic Book Day 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 as well as San Diego Comic-Con specials in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The Twelfth Doctor also re-encountered Grant and Lucy Fletcher in Ghost Stories, a digital (later physical) comic miniseries from 2016 to 2017.

Titan Comics also republished IDW Doctor Who comic stories in The Tenth Doctor Archives, The Eleventh Doctor Archives, and Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time.

Reader's Guides[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 2017 Reader's Guide

    2017 Reader's Guide

  • 2018 Reader's Guide

    2018 Reader's Guide

  • 2021 Reader's Guide

    2021 Reader's Guide

  • 2023 Reader's Guide

    2023 Reader's Guide

  • 2024 Reader's Guide

    2024 Reader's Guide

List of series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ongoing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Start Finish Notes
Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor 23 July 2014 7 March 2018 46 issues across three years.
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor 10 January 2018 43 issues across three years.
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor 15 October 2014 14 March 2018 44 issues across three years.
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor 14 April 2016 9 August 2017 15 issues, not including the original miniseries.
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor 26 September 2018 20 May 2020 17 issues across two years.
Doctor Who Comic 18 November 2020 Ongoing

Miniseries[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Start Finish Notes
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor 1 April 2015 2 December 2015 5 issues. Followed by an ongoing series.
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor 4 November 2015 16 March 2016 5 issues.
Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor 23 March 2016 28 September 2016 5 issues.
Doctor Who: The Third Doctor 14 September 2016 27 February 2017 5 issues.
Ghost Stories 26 December 2016 (digital) 22 May 2017 (print) 8 digital issues.
5 April 2017 (digital) 5 July 2017 (print) 4 print issues.
Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor 6 June 2018 1 August 2018 3 issues.
Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor 11 July 2018 12 September 2018 3 issues.
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special 13 November (2019 18 December 2019 2 issues.
Time Lord Victorious 2 September 2020 7 October 2020 2 issues.
Doom's Day 5 July 2023 26 July 2023 2 issues.
Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor 3 July 2024 Ongoing. 4 issues.

Events[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Start Finish Notes
Four Doctors 19 August 2015 23 September 2015 4 issues.
Supremacy of the Cybermen 6 July 2016 16 November 2016 5 issues.
The Lost Dimension 30 August 2017 1 November 2017 8 issues, encompassing an issue each of the The Tenth Doctor, The Eleventh Doctor, and The Twelfth Doctor, and 4 specials.

Spin-offs and other titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Start Finish Notes
Free Comic Book Day specials 2 May 2015 4 May 2024 7 issues to date.
San Diego Comic-Con specials 11 July 2015 22 July 2017 3 issues.
Torchwood 4 August 2016 14 February 2018 12 issues across three miniseries.
Once Upon a Time Lord 7 November 2023 N/A One-shot special.

UK Mix Magazines[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ ComicVine entry for 'Torchwood: The Official Comic'
  2. ↑ Edwards, Richard. "Titan Wins Doctor Who Comics Licence." SFX Magazine. 21 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Sunu, Steve. "Titan Follows the Tenth & Eleventh Doctors in New 'Doctor Who' Series. comicbookresources.com. 28 Feburary 2014.
  4. ↑ https://downthetubes.net/daleks-debut-at-last-in-titan-comics-doctor-who-time-lord-victorious-tie-in/
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Doctor Who
(2020)
Miniseries
One-shots
Torchwood
Magazine
2016
 
Miniseries
Third
Fourth
Seventh
Eighth
Events
Other
 
Archives
Tenth
Eleventh
Miniseries
Torchwood
v • e
Titan Classic Doctors comic stories
First Doctor
Charity
special
Specials
Second Doctor
Specials
Third Doctor
Miniseries
Specials
Fourth Doctor
Miniseries
Specials
Fifth Doctor
Specials
Sixth Doctor
Specials
Seventh Doctor
Miniseries
Specials
v • e
Titan Eighth Doctor comic stories
Doctor Who:
The Eighth Doctor
Doctor Who Comic
Specials
v • e
Titan Ninth Doctor comic stories
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor
Miniseries
Ongoing
Event miniseries
Specials
Free Comic Book Day
Thirteenth Doctor special
Once Upon
a Time Lord
Related short stories
v • e
Titan Tenth Doctor comic stories
Doctor Who:
The Tenth Doctor
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Backups
Miniseries
Specials
Free Comic
Book Day
San Diego
Comic Con
Thirteenth
Doctor specials
Once Upon
a Time Lord
v • e
Titan Eleventh Doctor comic stories
Doctor Who:
The Eleventh Doctor
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Backups
Miniseries
Specials
Free Comic Book Day
San Diego Comic Con
Thirteenth Doctor specials
Doctor Who Comic
This template does not include Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor stories that do not feature the Eleventh Doctor, such as The Organ Grinder and Kill God, featuring the War Doctor only.
v • e
Titan Twelfth Doctor comic stories
Doctor Who:
The Twelfth Doctor
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Backups
Miniseries
Events
Other
Specials
Free Comic Book Day
San Diego Comic Con
Thirteenth Doctor specials
v • e
Titan Thirteenth Doctor comic stories
Doctor Who:
The Thirteenth Doctor
Year One
Year Two
Doctor Who Comic
Specials
Free Comic Book Day
Holiday Special
This template does not include stories in The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor and The Many Lives of Doctor Who that do not feature the Thirteenth Doctor.
v • e
Titan Comics Doctor Who summer events
2015
Backups
2016
Prologues
2017
v • e
Free Comic Book Day
Titan
Comics
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2024
Other
2018
v • e
Torchwood comics and video games
Comics
Torchwood The
Official Magazine
Online comics
Torchwood (2016)
Video games
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