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|[[DWM 5|5]]-[[DWM 7|7]] | |[[DWM 5|5]]-[[DWM 7|7]] | ||
|''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]'' | |''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story)| The Soul of a Cyberman]]'' | ||
|[[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]], [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] | |[[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]], [[Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman)|Kroton]] | ||
|''[[The Glorious Dead (graphic novel)|The Glorious Dead]]'' | |''[[The Glorious Dead (graphic novel)|The Glorious Dead]]'' | ||
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|[[DWM 8|8]] | |[[DWM 8|8]] | ||
|''[[The Final Quest]]'' | |''[[The Final Quest (comic story)|The Final Quest]]'' | ||
|[[Sontaran]]s | |[[Sontaran]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 9|9]]-[[DWM 11|11]] | |[[DWM 9|9]]-[[DWM 11|11]] | ||
|''[[The Stolen TARDIS]]'' | |''[[The Stolen TARDIS (comic story)|The Stolen TARDIS]]'' | ||
|[[Gallifreyan]]s | |[[Gallifreyan]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 12|12]] | |[[DWM 12|12]] | ||
|''[[ | |''[[K-9's Finest Hour (comic story)|K-9's Finest Hour]]'' | ||
|[[K9]] | |[[K9]] | ||
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|[[DWM 13|13]]-[[DWM 14|14]] | |[[DWM 13|13]]-[[DWM 14|14]] | ||
|''[[Warlord of the Ogrons]]'' | |''[[Warlord of the Ogrons (comic story)|Warlord of the Ogrons]]'' | ||
|[[Ogron]]s | |[[Ogron]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 15|15]]-[[DWM 16|16]] | |[[DWM 15|15]]-[[DWM 16|16]] | ||
|''[[Deathworld]]'' | |''[[Deathworld (comic story)|Deathworld]]'' | ||
|[[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]] | |[[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]] | ||
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|[[DWM 17|17]]-[[DWM 20|20]] | |[[DWM 17|17]]-[[DWM 20|20]] | ||
|''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' | |''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' | ||
|[[Abslom Daak]], [[Dalek]]s | |[[Abslom Daak]], [[Dalek]]s | ||
|''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (graphic novel)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'' | |''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (graphic novel)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'' | ||
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|[[DWM 21|21]]-[[DWM 22|22]] | |[[DWM 21|21]]-[[DWM 22|22]] | ||
|''[[Twilight of the Silurians]]'' | |''[[Twilight of the Silurians (comic story)|Twilight of the Silurians]]'' | ||
|[[Silurian]]s | |[[Silurian]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 25|25]]-[[DWM 26|26]] | |[[DWM 25|25]]-[[DWM 26|26]] | ||
|''[[The Outsider]]'' | |''[[The Outsider (comic story)|The Outsider]]'' | ||
|[[Sontaran]]s | |[[Sontaran]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 27|27]]-[[DWM 30|30]], [[DWM 44|44]]-[[DWM 46|46]] | |[[DWM 27|27]]-[[DWM 30|30]], [[DWM 44|44]]-[[DWM 46|46]] | ||
|''[[Star Tigers]]'' | |''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]'' | ||
|[[Abslom Daak|''<nowiki/>'']][[Star Tigers|Abslom Daak]][[Star Tigers|,]] [[Dalek]]s | |[[Abslom Daak|''<nowiki/>'']][[Star Tigers|Abslom Daak]][[Star Tigers|,]] [[Dalek]]s | ||
|''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (graphic novel)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'' | |''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (graphic novel)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'' | ||
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|[[DWM 31|31]]-[[DWM 34|34]] | |[[DWM 31|31]]-[[DWM 34|34]] | ||
|''[[Yonder... The Yeti]]'' | |''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]'' | ||
|[[Robot Yeti]] | |[[Robot Yeti]] | ||
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|[[DWM 35|35]]-[[DWM 38|38]] | |[[DWM 35|35]]-[[DWM 38|38]] | ||
|''[[Black Legacy]]'' | |''[[Black Legacy (comic story)|Black Legacy]]'' | ||
|[[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]] | |[[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]] | ||
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|[[DWM 40|40]]-[[DWM 43|43]] | |[[DWM 40|40]]-[[DWM 43|43]] | ||
|''[[Business as Usual]]'' | |''[[Business as Usual (comic story)|Business as Usual]]'' | ||
|[[Auton]]s | |[[Auton]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 47|47]] | |[[DWM 47|47]] | ||
|''[[Star Death]]'' | |''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'' | ||
|[[Rassilon]], [[Time Lord]]s | |[[Rassilon]], [[Time Lord]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 49|49]] | |[[DWM 49|49]] | ||
|''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]'' | |''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)|Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]'' | ||
|[[Azal]] | |[[Azal]] | ||
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|[[DWM 50|50]] | |[[DWM 50|50]] | ||
|''[[Crisis on Kaldor]]'' | |''[[Crisis on Kaldor (comic story)|Crisis on Kaldor]]'' | ||
|[[Sandminer robot]]s | |[[Sandminer robot]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 51|51]] | |[[DWM 51|51]] | ||
|''[[4-D War]]'' | |''[[4-D War (comic story)|4-D War]]'' | ||
|[[Time Lord]]s | |[[Time Lord]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 56|56]] | |[[DWM 56|56]] | ||
|''[[The Greatest Gamble]]'' | |''[[The Greatest Gamble (comic story)|The Greatest Gamble]]'' | ||
|The [[Celestial Toymaker]] | |The [[Celestial Toymaker]] | ||
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|[[DWM 57|57]] | |[[DWM 57|57]] | ||
|''[[Black Sun Rising]]'' | |''[[Black Sun Rising (comic story)|Black Sun Rising]]'' | ||
|[[Time Lord]]s[[Time Lord|<nowiki/>]] | |[[Time Lord]]s[[Time Lord|<nowiki/>]] | ||
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|[[DWM 58|58]], [[DWMS Winter 1981|Winter 1981]] | |[[DWM 58|58]], [[DWMS Winter 1981|Winter 1981]] | ||
|''[[Skywatch-7]]'' | |''[[Skywatch-7 (comic story)|Skywatch-7]]'' | ||
|[[Zygon]] | |[[Zygon]] | ||
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|[[DWM 59|59]] | |[[DWM 59|59]] | ||
|''[[The Gods Walk Among Us]]'' | |''[[The Gods Walk Among Us (comic story)|The Gods Walk Among Us]]'' | ||
|[[Sontaran]] | |[[Sontaran]] | ||
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|[[DWM 61|61]] | |[[DWM 61|61]] | ||
|''[[Devil of the Deep]]'' | |''[[Devil of the Deep (comic story)|Devil of the Deep]]'' | ||
|[[Sea Devil]] | |[[Sea Devil]] | ||
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|[[DWM 64|64]] | |[[DWM 64|64]] | ||
|''[[The Fires Down Below]]'' | |''[[The Fires Down Below (comic story)|The Fires Down Below]]'' | ||
|[[UNIT]], [[Dominator]]s, [[Quark]]s | |[[UNIT]], [[Dominator]]s, [[Quark]]s | ||
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|[[DWMS Summer 1982|Summer 1982]] | |[[DWMS Summer 1982|Summer 1982]] | ||
|''[[The Fabulous Idiot]]'' | |''[[The Fabulous Idiot (comic story)|The Fabulous Idiot]]'' | ||
|[[Ivan Asimoff]] | |[[Ivan Asimoff]] | ||
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|[[DWMS Summer 1982|Summer 1982]] | |[[DWMS Summer 1982|Summer 1982]] | ||
|''[[A Ship Called Sudden Death]]'' | |''[[A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)|A Ship Called Sudden Death]]'' | ||
|[[Freefall Warriors]] | |[[Freefall Warriors]] | ||
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|[[DWMS Holiday 1992|Holiday 1992]] | |[[DWMS Holiday 1992|Holiday 1992]] | ||
|''[[City of Devils]]'' | |''[[City of Devils (comic story)|City of Devils]]'' | ||
|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[K9]], [[Silurian]]s | |[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[K9]], [[Silurian]]s | ||
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|[[DWM 183|183]] | |[[DWM 183|183]] | ||
|''[[Conflict of Interests]]'' | |''[[Conflict of Interests (comic story)|Conflict of Interests]]'' | ||
|[[Sontaran|<nowiki/>]][[Conflict of Interests|Sontaran]] | |[[Sontaran|<nowiki/>]][[Conflict of Interests|Sontaran]] | ||
|''[[Evening's Empire (graphic novel)|Evening's Empire]]'' | |''[[Evening's Empire (graphic novel)|Evening's Empire]]'' | ||
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|[[DWM 311|311]] | |[[DWM 311|311]] | ||
|''[[Character Assassin]]'' | |''[[Character Assassin (comic story)|Character Assassin]]'' | ||
|[[The Master]] | |[[The Master]] | ||
|''[[Oblivion (graphic novel)|Oblivion]]'' | |''[[Oblivion (graphic novel)|Oblivion]]'' | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 12 December 2020
In the early days of Doctor Who Magazine, short backup comic stories appeared in addition to the issue's main story. These strips typically did not include the Doctor other than as a "presenter", and tended to focus on other characters within the wider Doctor Who universe. Most backup comic stories were published prior to 1982, and so were printed in issues that otherwise featured the Fourth Doctor.
The term "DWM backup comic story" does not actually designate a formalised series. There was never a masthead featuring the term, and there was no particular consensus as to which strips could be considered "backups".
On this wiki, the term means any strip appearing in any issue of DWM or its predecessors which:
- is set in the DWU
- doesn't feature the Doctor, or at least doesn't use them as the main protagonist
- isn't clearly a part of the main strip's narrative
- has no other series name
- is original to the pages of DWM
Therefore, strips under the Tales from the TARDIS banner or Dalek Chronicles reprints are not covered by this article. Also not considered here are the occasional stories which are integral to the main strip's narrative, like Darkness, Falling, Me and My Shadow and Unnatural Born Killers, or the various long-running series of three-panel comic strips such as Doctor Who? and The Daft Dimension.
Early history
Because the format of Doctor Who Weekly originally included a greater concentration of comic strips, the magazine's comic staff was initially comprised of two creative teams. One group — Dave Gibbons, Pat Mills and John Wagner — was assigned to the "main" strip. This was the strip that was often featured on early covers and involved the Fourth Doctor.
It then fell to another team — initially Alan Moore, Steve Moore and David Lloyd — to make strips that didn't involve the Doctor. These tended to feature well-known villains, such as the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans and others. During this period, the Doctor often served as "host" of the stories, appearing in the opening and closing frames as a kind of narrator. Though many of the individual characters slipped into obscurity, the series did produce at least a couple of stand-outs. Both Abslom Daak and Kroton originated in the backups, but went on to be used in the main strip.
Appearing regularly through issue 59, the strip was initially absent in DWM #60, and was effectively cancelled after The Fires Down Below in DWM #64. Secondary stories that appeared thereafter were not original, but rather reprints from TV Century 21 or, more rarely, TV Comic.
Latter day "backups"
Disregarding "special issues" of DWM, non-Doctor stories were incredibly rare after 1982. In fact, the next time a non-Doctor story appeared in a regular issue of DWM was in issue 183's Conflict of Interests —with the next occasion over a hundred issues after that.
These latter-day stories generally didn't fit the mould of a "backup story", however, in that they were the only comic story in the issue. Thus, they weren't so much "backups" as the main story of the issue. Nevertheless, because there are so few of this kind of story, this wiki has simply elected to consider them the thematic heirs of the early 1980s stories.
List
Other comics
These are comics that do not feature the Doctor and were not published as backup comics in DWM regular issues.
DWM Special Editions
| DWM | Title | Featuring | Collected In |
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| Winter 1981 | Minatorius | Time Lords | |
| Summer 1982 | The Fabulous Idiot | Ivan Asimoff | |
| Summer 1982 | A Ship Called Sudden Death | Freefall Warriors | |
| Holiday 1992 | City of Devils | Sarah Jane, K9, Silurians |
DWM Main Comics
| DWM | Title | Featuring | Collected In |
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| 183 | Conflict of Interests | Sontaran | Evening's Empire |
| 311 | Character Assassin | The Master | Oblivion |
| 475-476 | The Crystal Throne | Paternoster Gang | The Eye of Torment |
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