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== Overview ==
{{real world}}
* Following the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', [[Doctor Who Magazine]] ([[DWM]]) followed by changing the Doctor in their comic strip from the [[Sixth Doctor]] to the [[Seventh Doctor]].
{{Doctor comics}}
* The cancellation of the television series in 1989 led to much uncertainty with regards to the Doctor's future travels, the future of [[DWM]] and of course, the direction for the comic strip adventures.
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.
: During this period the Seventh Doctor's comic strip adventures appeared in some other Marvel magazine titles, most notable ''[[The Incredible Hulk Presents]]'', mainly as one-off stories, with no continuity or companions and aimed at a much younger audience than had been aimed at in recent years. Some of these stories from other Marvel titles were later reprinted in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' itself or later in ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]''.
: With the only new stories of the Doctor coming from Virgin Publishing's New Adventures there was a conscious effort in the mid 90s towards intermixing the [[Virgin New Adventures]] ([[NA]]) universe with the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip stories.
: These stories featured [[Ace]] (following her stint in the Spacefleet which occurred in the New Adventures between [[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'' and [[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]''), [[Bernice Summerfield]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]].
* Following the New Adventures crossover stories the comic strips returned to a Doctor / Ace narrative structure.


== Comic Strip Companions of the Seventh Doctor ==
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.
* [[Frobisher]]
* [[Olla]]
* [[Peri]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice 'Benny' Summerfield]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (Single story)
* [[Susan]] (Single story)


==Seventh Doctor Comic Strip Stories==
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.
===Doctor Who Magazine ([[DWM]])===
* '''[[A Cold Day in Hell]]''' (DWM 130-133 with Frobisher)
* '''[[Redemption]]''' (DWM 134 with Olla)
* '''[[The Crossroads of Time]]''' (DWM 135)
* '''[[Claws of the Klathi]]''' (DWM 136-138)
* '''[[Culture Shock]]''' (DWM 139)
* '''[[Keepsake]]''' (DWM 140)
* '''[[Planet of the Dead (comic strip)|Planet of the Dead]]''' (DWM 141-142)
* '''[[Echoes of the Mogor]]''' (DWM 143-144)
* '''[[Time and Tide]]''' (DWM 145-146)
* '''[[Follow That TARDIS!]]''' (DWM 147)
* '''[[Invaders from Gantac]]''' (DWM 148-150)
* '''[[The Infinity Season]]''' (DWM 151)
* '''[[Nemesis of the Daleks]]''' (DWM 152-155)
* '''[[Stairway to Heaven]]''' (DWM 156)
* '''[[Hunger from the Ends of Time]]''' (DWM 157-158) (reprint)
* '''[[Train-Flight]]''' (DWM 159-161 with Sarah Jane Smith)
* '''[[Doctor Conkeror]]''' (DWM 162)
* '''[[Fellow Travellers]]''' (DWM 164-166 with Ace)
* '''[[Darkness Falling]]''' (DWM 167 Prelude)
* '''[[Distractions]]''' (DWM 168 Prelude with Ace)
* '''[[The Mark of Mandragora]]''' (DWM 169-172 with Ace)
* '''[[Party Animals]]''' (DWM 173 with Ace)
* '''[[The Chameleon Factor]]''' (DWM 174 with Ace)
* '''[[The Good Soldier]]''' (DWM 175-178 with Ace)
* '''[[A Glitch in Time]]''' (DWM 179 with Ace)
* '''[[The Grief]]''' (DWM 185-187 with Ace)
* '''[[Ravens]]''' (DWM 188-190)
* '''[[Memorial]]''' (DWM 191 with Ace)
* '''[[Cat Litter]]''' (DWM 192 with Ace)
* '''[[Pureblood]]''' (DWM 193-196 with Benny)
* '''[[Emperor of the Daleks]]''' (DWM 197-202 with Benny)
* '''[[Final Genesis]]''' (DWM 203-206 with Benny)
* '''[[Time & Time Again]]''' (DWM 207 with Benny)
* '''[[Cuckoo]]''' (DWM 208-210 with Benny)
* '''[[Uninvited Guest]]''' (DWM 211)
* '''[[Ground Zero]]''' (DWM 238-242 with Ace, Peri, Susan, and Sarah)
* '''[[The Last Word]]''' (DWM 305 with Benny & Ace)


===Doctor Who Magazine Specials ([[DWMS]])===
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.
* '''[[Plastic Millennium]]''' (DWMS 94 with Mel)
* '''[[Seaside Rendezvous]]''' (DWMS 1991 with Ace)
* '''[[Evening's Empire]]''' (DWM 180 & DWCC AS 1993 with Ace)
* '''[[Flashback]]''' (DWMS 1992 with Benny)
* '''[[Younger and Wiser]]''' (DWMS 1994 with Benny)


===Death's Head Vol 1===
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]]''.
* '''[[Time Bomb!]]''' (DH 8)


===The Incredible Hulk Presents ([[IHP]]) ===
== Comic strip companions of the Seventh Doctor ==
* '''[[Once in a Lifetime]]''' (IHP 1)
=== Regular ===
* '''[[Hunger from the Ends of Time]]''' (IHP 2-3)
* [[Ace]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor]]'')
* '''[[War World]]''' (IHP 4)
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'')
* '''[[Technical Hitch]]''' (IHP 5)
* '''[[A Switch in Time]]''' (IHP 6)
* '''[[The Sentinel]]''' (IHP 7)
* '''[[Who's That Girl]]''' (IHP 8-9)
* '''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]''' (IHP 10)
* '''[[Slimmer]]''' (IHP 11)
* '''[[Nineveh]]''' (IHP 12)


===Annuals ([[DWA]])===
=== One-off ===
* '''[[Under Pressure]]''' (DW Yearbook 1992 with Ace)
* [[Frobisher]] (''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'')
* '''[[Metamorphosis]]''' (DW Yearbook 1993 with Ace)
* [[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]]'')


==Continuity==
== Seventh Doctor comic stories ==
*The Seventh Doctor appeared in [[DWA]]: ''[[A Religious Experience]]''.
=== ''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)
 
=== ''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 ==
'' to be added''
* [http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/seventh_doctor.html Altered Vistas - In the Comics - The Seventh Doctor]
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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]]

Seventh Doctor comic stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
A Cold Day in Hell! Simon Furman Frobisher, Olla, Ice Warriors 133-133 8 October 1987-14 October 1988
Redemption! Olla 134 11 February 1988
The Crossroads of Time Death's Head 135 10 March 1988
Claws of the Klathi! Mike Collins 136-138 14 April-19 June 1988
Culture Shock! Grant Morrison 139 14 July 1988
Keepsake Simon Furman 140 11 August 1988
Planet of the Dead John Freeman First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Katarina, Sara, Jamie, Adric 141-142 8 September-8 October 1988
Echoes of the Mogor! Dan Abnett 143-144 10 November-8 December 1988
Time and Tide Richard Alan and John Carnell 145-146 12 January-19 February 1989
Follow That TARDIS! John Carnell The Monk 147 9 March 1989
Invaders from Gantac! Alan Grant 148-150 13 April-8 June 1989
Nemesis of the Daleks Richard Alan and Steve Alan Abslom Daak, Daleks 152-155 10 August-9 November 1989
Stairway to Heaven Paul Cornell and John Freeman 156 14 December 1989
Hunger from the Ends of Time! Dan Abnett 157-158 11 January-8 February 1990
Train-Flight Andrew Donkin and Graham S. Brand Sarah 159-161 8 March-10 May 1990
Doctor Conkerer! Ian Rimmer 162 14 June 1990
Fellow Travellers Andrew Cartmel Ace 164-166 9 August-4 October 1990
Distractions Dan Abnett 168 29 November 1990
The Mark of Mandragora Ace, Captain Muriel Frost, The Brig, UNIT, Mandragora Helix 169-172 27 December 1990-21 March 1991
Party Animals Gary Russell Fourth Doctor, Ace, Death's Head, Dr Ivan Asimoff, Freefall Warriors 173 18 April 1991
The Chameleon Factor Paul Cornell Ace, Second Doctor, Ben, Polly 174 16 May 1991
The Good Soldier Andrew Cartmell Ace, Cybermen 175-178 13 June-5 September 1991
A Glitch in Time John Freeman Ace 179 3 October 1991
Evening's Empire (incomplete) Andrew Cartmel Ace, Colonel Muriel Frost, UNIT 180 31 October 1991
The Grief Dan Abnett Ace 185-187 19 March-14 May 1992
Ravens Andrew Cartmel 188-190 11 June-6 August 1992
Memorial Scott Gray Ace 191 3 September 1992
Cat Litter Marc Platt 192 1 October 1992
Pureblood Dan Abnett Benny, Sontarans 193-196 29 October 1992-21 January 1993
Emperor of the Daleks! Paul Cornell Sixth Doctor, Peri, Benny, Abslom Daak, Daleks, Davros 197-202 18 February-8 July 1993
Final Genesis Scott Gray Ace, Benny, Silurians 203-206 5 August-28 October 1993
Time & Time Again Paul Cornell First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Frobisher, Ace, Benny, White Guardian, Black Guardian 207 25 November 1993
Cuckoo Dan Abnett Ace, Benny 208-210 23 December 1993-17 February 1994
Uninvited Guest Scott Gray 211 17 March 1994
Ground Zero Ace, Susan, Sarah, Peri, Threshold 238-242 11 April-1 August 1996
The Last Word Gareth Roberts Ace, Benny, Timewyrm 305 31 May 2001

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]]

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
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]]

Titan Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Back-up strips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miniseries[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

 
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