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'''Dr Who's Time Tales''' was a regular feature of early editions of [[Doctor Who Weekly]] from issue 30 to 43 (excluding issue 38) which replaced the regular reprinting of adapted classic science-fiction tales under the heading '''[[Tales from the TARDIS]]'''.  
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|publisher    = Marvel Comics
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|release date = [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] - [[31 July (releases)|31 July]] [[1980 (releases)|1980]]
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'''''Dr. Who's Time Tales''''' was a regular feature of early editions of [[Doctor Who Weekly]] from [[DWM 30|issue 30]] to [[DWM 43|43]], excluding [[DWM 38|issue 38]]. Each comic featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] telling, introducing, and concluding a [[time tale]], in reality a reformatted version of a comic strip that was created for other US [[Marvel Comics]] titles. In addition to the addition of an opening narration by the Doctor, multiple other alterations were often made to the text of the stories, changing character names or settings.


''Dr Who's Time Tales'' reused previous comic strip material that had been used in other US [[Marvel Comics]] titles and were largely offered as cheaper filler material in the early issues which, when the editor was [[Dez Skinn]], were more comic strip story heavy.
Like ''[[Tales from the TARDIS (comic series)|Tales from the TARDIS]]'', which ''Time Tales'' replaced, this was used by editor [[Dez Skinn]] as cheaply-produced filler material for the magazines. In contrast to ''Tales from the TARDIS'', however, the ''Time Tales'' were short, one-part stories rather than serialised. The titles of the original American stories were additionally not retained, either on the title page or in the table of contents.


'''Dr Who's Time Tales''' were all untitled stories (with the opening and closing frames having been redrawn for each story)and being related to the reader by the Fourth Doctor.
While the ''Tales from the TARDIS'' were adaptations of classic works of science-fiction literature, the Marvel stories selected to be refitted into ''Time Tales'' were generally original short narratives. In many cases, they appeared to be selected due to gaining newfound resonance if considered as events in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]: for example, [[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 30 comic story)|the first]] featured a [[sarcophagus]] used as a portal between eras, echoing the [[Lodestone|one]] used a few years prior on television in ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', while [[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 33 comic story)|the fourth]] ended with an ambiguous force (easily reinterpreted as the [[Time Lord]]s) destroying a [[Egen|hubristic human time-traveller]]'s [[Egen's time machine|time machine]] and erasing his memory of his adventures in time, coincidentally echoing ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.


==Original print details <br> (Publication with page count and closing captions)==
== Original print details ==
* [[DWM Issue 30]] (5)  in which a mummy helps a fugitive.
{| {{prettytable}}
* [[DWM Issue 31]] (5) in which evolution is changed.
! # || Story<ref>Placeholder titles derived from the original Marvel releases.</ref> || Story pagecount || Original version's release || DWM issue
* [[DWM Issue 32]] (6) in which Mankind manages to survive.
|-
* [[DWM Issue 33]] (5) in which time goes full circle.
|1
* [[DWM Issue 34]] (5) in which Merlin's diary is found in a Balkan bookshop
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 30 comic story)|Man in the Mummy Case!]]'')
* [[DWM Issue 35]] (7) in which a killer finds no escape
|5 pages
* [[DWM Issue 36]] (7) in which ridicule becomes full time
|{{iw|marvel|Amazing Fantasy Vol 1 15|''Amazing Fantasy'' #15}}
* [[DWM Issue 37]] (5) in which a curse on shipwrecked Vikings is lifted.
||[[DWM 30]]
* [[DWM Issue 39]] (6) in which long life is lonely, until the end
|-
* [[DWM Issue 40]] (5) in which a mad man travels back in time
|2
* [[DWM Issue 41]] (5) in which immortality is a trap
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 31 comic story)|Those Who Change]]'')
* [[DWM Issue 42]] (6) in which a buried time machine leaves a man trapped
|5 pages
* [[DWM Issue 43]] (5) in which nobody knew a time machine worked
|{{iw|marvel|Amazing Adult Fantasy Vol 1 10|''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' #10}}
[[Category:Doctor Who Magazine]]
|[[DWM 31]]
|-
|3
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 32 comic story)|The Frightened Man!]]'')
|6 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Tales to Astonish Vol 1 33|''Tales to Astonish'' #33}}
|[[DWM 32]]
|-
|4
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 33 comic story)|I Saw the End of the World]]'')
|5 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Strange Tales Vol 1 73|''Strange Tales'' #73}}
|[[DWM 33]]
|-
|5
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 34 comic story)|I Dared to Defy Merlin's Black Magic]]'')
|5 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Strange Tales Vol 1 71|''Strange Tales'' #71}}
|[[DWM 34]]
|-
|6
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 35 comic story)|Put Another Nickel In!!!]]'')
|7 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Chamber of Darkness Vol 1 6|''Chamber of Darkness'' #6}}
|[[DWM 35]]
|-
|7
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 36 comic story)|Always Leave 'Em Laughing!]]'')
|7 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Chamber of Darkness Vol 1 1|''Chamber of Darkness'' #1}}
|[[DWM 36]]
|-
|8
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 37 comic story)|Gundar!]]'')
|5 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39|''Tales of Suspense'' #39}}
|[[DWM 37]]
|-
|9
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 39 comic story)|A Thousand Years Later...]]'')
|6 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Strange Tales Vol 1 90|''Strange Tales'' #90}}
|[[DWM 39]]
|-
|10
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 40 comic story)|I Took A Journey Into Fear!]]'')
|5 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 63|''Journey into Mystery'' #63}}
|[[DWM 40]]
|-
|11
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 41 comic story)|Forever is a Long Long Time!!]]'')
|5 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 74|''Journey into Mystery'' #74}}
|[[DWM 41]]
|-
|12
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 42 comic story)|I Must Enter the Tomb of Tut-Am-Tut]]'')
|6 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Tales of Suspense Vol 1 35|''Tales of Suspense'' #35}}
|[[DWM 42]]
|-
|13
|(''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 43 comic story)|When the Switch is Pulled...]]'')
|5 pages
|{{iw|marvel|Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 89|''Journey Into Mystery'' #89}}
|[[DWM 43]]
|}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
{{Doctor Who Magazine}}
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[[Category:DWM features]]

Latest revision as of 03:14, 13 March 2024

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Dr. Who's Time Tales was a regular feature of early editions of Doctor Who Weekly from issue 30 to 43, excluding issue 38. Each comic featured the Fourth Doctor telling, introducing, and concluding a time tale, in reality a reformatted version of a comic strip that was created for other US Marvel Comics titles. In addition to the addition of an opening narration by the Doctor, multiple other alterations were often made to the text of the stories, changing character names or settings.

Like Tales from the TARDIS, which Time Tales replaced, this was used by editor Dez Skinn as cheaply-produced filler material for the magazines. In contrast to Tales from the TARDIS, however, the Time Tales were short, one-part stories rather than serialised. The titles of the original American stories were additionally not retained, either on the title page or in the table of contents.

While the Tales from the TARDIS were adaptations of classic works of science-fiction literature, the Marvel stories selected to be refitted into Time Tales were generally original short narratives. In many cases, they appeared to be selected due to gaining newfound resonance if considered as events in the Doctor Who universe: for example, the first featured a sarcophagus used as a portal between eras, echoing the one used a few years prior on television in Pyramids of Mars, while the fourth ended with an ambiguous force (easily reinterpreted as the Time Lords) destroying a hubristic human time-traveller's time machine and erasing his memory of his adventures in time, coincidentally echoing The War Games.

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

# Story[1] Story pagecount Original version's release DWM issue
1 (Man in the Mummy Case!) 5 pages Amazing Fantasy #15 DWM 30
2 (Those Who Change) 5 pages Amazing Adult Fantasy #10 DWM 31
3 (The Frightened Man!) 6 pages Tales to Astonish #33 DWM 32
4 (I Saw the End of the World) 5 pages Strange Tales #73 DWM 33
5 (I Dared to Defy Merlin's Black Magic) 5 pages Strange Tales #71 DWM 34
6 (Put Another Nickel In!!!) 7 pages Chamber of Darkness #6 DWM 35
7 (Always Leave 'Em Laughing!) 7 pages Chamber of Darkness #1 DWM 36
8 (Gundar!) 5 pages Tales of Suspense #39 DWM 37
9 (A Thousand Years Later...) 6 pages Strange Tales #90 DWM 39
10 (I Took A Journey Into Fear!) 5 pages Journey into Mystery #63 DWM 40
11 (Forever is a Long Long Time!!) 5 pages Journey into Mystery #74 DWM 41
12 (I Must Enter the Tomb of Tut-Am-Tut) 6 pages Tales of Suspense #35 DWM 42
13 (When the Switch is Pulled...) 5 pages Journey Into Mystery #89 DWM 43

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Placeholder titles derived from the original Marvel releases.
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