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|enemy= [[Space amoeba]]
|enemy= [[Space amoeba]]
|setting= [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]
|setting= [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]
|writer= [[Dez Skinn]] (plot), [[Paul Neary]] (script)
|writer= Dez Skinn, Paul Neary
|artist= [[Paul Neary]]
|artist= [[Paul Neary]]
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|editor= [[Dez Skinn]]
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]]
|publication= [[DWM 17]]-[[DWM 18|18]]
|publication= [[DWM 17]]-[[DWM 18|18]]
|release date= [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] [[1980 (releases)|1980]]
|release date= 31 January - 7 February 1980
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|reprint = DWCC 27
|reprint = DWMS Summer 1981
|reprint2 = DW84 18
|reprint3 = DWCC 27
|reprint4 = The Tides of Time (graphic novel)
|reprint5 = DWC 4
|reprint6 = Doctor Who Classics Volume 1
|reprint7 = Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1
|reprint8 = Timeslip (DWM supplement)
|format= Comic
|format= Comic
|prev= City of the Damned (comic story)
|prev= City of the Damned (comic story)
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|prev2 = The Armageddon Factor (TV story)
|prev2 = The Armageddon Factor (TV story)
|next2 = Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)
|next2 = Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)
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'''''Timeslip''''' is a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' comic story featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[K9 Mark II]]. It is notable for introducing the concept of [[retro-regeneration]], depicting the first time a [[Time Lord]] has reverted back into their previous incarnations.
'''''Timeslip''''' is a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' comic story featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[K9 Mark II]]. It is notable for introducing the concept of [[retro-regeneration]], depicting the first time a [[Time Lord]] has reverted back into their previous incarnations.
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* [[First Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Fourth Doctor wishes to get in contact with [[Romana II|Romana]] claiming that things have been moving slowly in her absence.
* The Fourth Doctor wishes to get in contact with [[Romana II|Romana]] claiming that things have been moving slowly in her absence.
* When the Doctor is regressed backwards in time, he has visions of past adversaries, including [[CyberTelosian]]s, [[Dalek]]s, {{Delgado}}, [[Movellan]]s, [[Ogron]]s and [[Zygon]]s.
* When the Doctor is regressed backwards in time, he has visions of past adversaries, including [[CyberTelosian]]s, [[Dalek]]s, {{Delgado}}, [[Movellan]]s, [[Ogron]]s and [[Zygon]]s.
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# [[Doctor Who Classics Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# [[Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1]] (IDW colourised reprint)
# ''[[Timeslip (DWM supplement)|Timeslip]]'' (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' supplement)


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==

Latest revision as of 18:13, 27 April 2024

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Timeslip is a Doctor Who Weekly comic story featuring the Fourth Doctor and K9 Mark II. It is notable for introducing the concept of retro-regeneration, depicting the first time a Time Lord has reverted back into their previous incarnations.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor and K9 drift into contact with a deep space entity which feeds on time itself. As time begins to move backwards, K9 reverts to the components from which he was made and eventually to a pool of metal. Meanwhile, the Doctor moves back through his third, second and finally his first incarnation at the point where the Doctor first threw the switch to bring life to his TARDIS.

As the power reversal switches the power off, the entity weakens and time moves forward enough to throw the switch on, then back off, then on and so on. Each time the switch is changed, the entity experiences indigestion and eventually weakens. As time rolls forward once again, all that is left of the entity is a puddle on the TARDIS floor.

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was announced in the previous issue of Doctor Who Weekly as Time Trap.
  • This is the first comic strip story to feature an incarnation of the Doctor other than the incumbent fourth incarnation, and the first appearance in the comic strip of K9.
  • This was the first multi-Doctor story in any medium since the television story The Three Doctors in 1973.
  • The full-page regression of the Doctor, which relied heavily on photo-reference of stock photos, through his earlier selves was also used as the basis of a colouring competition in DWM 24.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. DWM 17 (4 pages) Next Week: Bid Time Return
  2. DWM 18 (4 pages) Next Week: The Star Beast

Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. DWMS Summer 1981
  2. DW84 18 (Doctor Who (1984) colourised reprint)
  3. DWCC 27 (Doctor Who Classic Comics colourised reprint)
  4. The Tides of Time
  5. DWC 4 (IDW colourised reprint)
  6. Doctor Who Classics Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)
  7. Doctor Who Classics Omnibus Volume 1 (IDW colourised reprint)
  8. Timeslip (Doctor Who Magazine supplement)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]