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|''[[Moon Landing (comic story)|Moon Landing]]''
|''[[Moon Landing (comic story)|Moon Landing]]''
|rowspan=9|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
| rowspan="12" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 710|710]]-[[TVC 712|712]]
|[[TVC 710|710]]-[[TVC 712|712]]
|[[19 July (releases)|19 July]] - [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1965
|[[19 July (releases)|19 July]] - [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] 1965
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|''[[The Didus Expedition (comic story)|The Didus Expedition]]''
|''[[The Didus Expedition (comic story)|The Didus Expedition]]''
|rowspan=15|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 736|736]]-[[TVC 739|739]]
|[[TVC 736|736]]-[[TVC 739|739]]
|[[22 January (releases)|22 January]] - [[12 February (releases)|12 February]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
|[[22 January (releases)|22 January]] - [[12 February (releases)|12 February]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
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|''[[The Trodos Tyranny (comic story)|The Trodos Tyranny]]''
|''[[The Trodos Tyranny (comic story)|The Trodos Tyranny]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Trod|Trods]]
|[[TVC 748|748]]-[[TVC 752|752]]
|[[TVC 748|748]]-[[TVC 752|752]]
|[[16 April (releases)|16 April]] - [[14 May (releases)|14 May]] 1966
|[[16 April (releases)|16 April]] - [[14 May (releases)|14 May]] 1966
|-
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|''[[The Secret of Gemino (comic story)|The Secret of Gemino]]''
|''[[The Secret of Gemino (comic story)|The Secret of Gemino]]''
| rowspan="8" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 753|753]]-[[TVC 757|757]]
|[[TVC 753|753]]-[[TVC 757|757]]
|[[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - [[18 June (releases)|18 June]] 1966
|[[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - [[18 June (releases)|18 June]] 1966
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|''[[Return of the Trods (comic story)|Return of the Trods]]''
|''[[Return of the Trods (comic story)|Return of the Trods]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Trod|Trods]]
|[[TVC 772|772]]-[[TVC 775|775]]
|[[TVC 772|772]]-[[TVC 775|775]]
|[[1 October (releases)|1]] - [[22 October (releases)|22 October]] 1966
|[[1 October (releases)|1]] - [[22 October (releases)|22 October]] 1966
|-
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|''[[The Galaxy Games (comic story)|The Galaxy Games]]''
|''[[The Galaxy Games (comic story)|The Galaxy Games]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 776|776]]-[[TVC 779|779]]
|[[TVC 776|776]]-[[TVC 779|779]]
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] - [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 1966
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] - [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 1966
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|''[[The Extortioner (comic story)|The Extortioner]]''
|''[[The Extortioner (comic story)|The Extortioner]]''
|rowspan=21|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 784|784]]-[[TVC 787|787]]
|[[TVC 784|784]]-[[TVC 787|787]]
|[[24 December (releases)|24 December]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]] - [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
|[[24 December (releases)|24 December]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]] - [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
|-
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|''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]''
|''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Trod|Trods]], [[Dalek|Daleks]]
|[[TVC 788|788]]-[[TVC 791|791]]
|[[TVC 788|788]]-[[TVC 791|791]]
|[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - [[11 February (releases)|11 February]] 1967
|[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - [[11 February (releases)|11 February]] 1967
|-
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|''[[The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)|The Doctor Strikes Back]]''
|''[[The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)|The Doctor Strikes Back]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Dalek|Daleks]]
|[[TVC 792|792]]-[[TVC 795|795]]
|[[TVC 792|792]]-[[TVC 795|795]]
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] - [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] 1967
|[[18 February (releases)|18 February]] - [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] 1967
|-
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|''[[The Zombies (comic story)|The Zombies]]''
|''[[The Zombies (comic story)|The Zombies]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 796|796]]-[[TVC 798|798]]
|[[TVC 796|796]]-[[TVC 798|798]]
|[[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] 1967
|[[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] 1967
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|''[[The Exterminator (comic story)|The Exterminator]]''
|''[[The Exterminator (comic story)|The Exterminator]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Dalek|Daleks]]
|[[TVC 803|803]]-[[TVC 806|806]]
|[[TVC 803|803]]-[[TVC 806|806]]
|[[6 May (releases)|6]] - [[27 May (releases)|27 May]] 1967
|[[6 May (releases)|6]] - [[27 May (releases)|27 May]] 1967
|-
|-
|''[[The Monsters from the Past (comic story)|The Monsters from the Past]]''
|''[[The Monsters from the Past (comic story)|The Monsters from the Past]]''
| rowspan="4" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 807|807]]-[[TVC 811|811]]
|[[TVC 807|807]]-[[TVC 811|811]]
|[[3 June (releases)|3]] - [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] 1967
|
|-
|-
|''[[The TARDIS Worshippers (comic story)|The Tardis Worshippers]]''
|''[[The TARDIS Worshippers (comic story)|The Tardis Worshippers]]''
|[[TVC 812|812]]-[[TVC 815|815]]
|[[TVC 812|812]]-[[TVC 815|815]]
|[[8 July (releases)|8]] - [[29 July (releases)|29 July]] 1967
|
|-
|-
|''[[Space War Two (comic story)|Space War Two]]''
|''[[Space War Two (comic story)|Space War Two]]''
|[[TVC 816|816]]-[[TVC 819|819]]
|[[TVC 816|816]]-[[TVC 819|819]]
|[[5 August (releases)|5]] - [[26 August (releases)|26 August]] 1967
|
|-
|-
|''[[Egyptian Escapade (comic story)|Egyptian Escapade]]''
|''[[Egyptian Escapade (comic story)|Egyptian Escapade]]''
|[[TVC 820|820]]-[[TVC 823|823]]
|[[TVC 820|820]]-[[TVC 823|823]]
|[[2 September (releases)|2]] - [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] 1967
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|-
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|''[[The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Coming of the Cybermen]]''
|''[[The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Coming of the Cybermen]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[TVC 824|824]]-[[TVC 827|827]]
|[[TVC 824|824]]-[[TVC 827|827]]
|[[30 September (releases)|30 September]] - [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1967
|
|-
|-
|''[[The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)|The Faithful Rocket Pack]]''
|''[[The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)|The Faithful Rocket Pack]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 828|828]]-[[TVC 831|831]]
|[[TVC 828|828]]-[[TVC 831|831]]
|[[28 October (releases)|28 October]] - [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1967
|[[28 October (releases)|28 October]] - [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1967
|-
|-
|''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]''
|''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[TVC 832|832]]-[[TVC 836|836]]
|[[TVC 832|832]]-[[TVC 836|836]]
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] 1967
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] 1967
|-
|-
|''[[The Witches (comic story)|The Witches]]''
|''[[The Witches (comic story)|The Witches]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 837|837]]-[[TVC 841|841]]
|[[TVC 837|837]]-[[TVC 841|841]]
|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] 1967 - [[27 January (releases)|27 January]] [[1968 (releases)|1968]]
|[[30 December (releases)|30 December]] 1967 - [[27 January (releases)|27 January]] [[1968 (releases)|1968]]
|-
|-
|''[[Cyber-Mole (comic story)|Cyber-Mole]]''
|''[[Cyber-Mole (comic story)|Cyber-Mole]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[TVC 842|842]]-[[TVC 845|845]]
|[[TVC 842|842]]-[[TVC 845|845]]
|[[3 February (releases)|3]] - [[24 February (releases)|24 February]] 1968
|[[3 February (releases)|3]] - [[24 February (releases)|24 February]] 1968
|-
|-
|''[[The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas (comic story)|The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas]]''
|''[[The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas (comic story)|The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 846|846]]-[[TVC 849|849]]
|[[TVC 846|846]]-[[TVC 849|849]]
|[[2 March (releases)|2]] - [[23 March (releases)|23 March]] 1968
|[[2 March (releases)|2]] - [[23 March (releases)|23 March]] 1968
|-
|-
|''[[The Cyber Empire (comic story)|The Cyber Empire]]''
|''[[The Cyber Empire (comic story)|The Cyber Empire]]''
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[TVC 850|850]]-[[TVC 853|853]]
|[[TVC 850|850]]-[[TVC 853|853]]
|[[30 March (releases)|30 March]] - [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1968
|[[30 March (releases)|30 March]] - [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] 1968
|-
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|''[[The Dyrons (comic story)|The Dyrons]]''
|''[[The Dyrons (comic story)|The Dyrons]]''
| rowspan="4" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|[[TVC 854|854]]-[[TVC 858|858]]
|[[TVC 854|854]]-[[TVC 858|858]]
|[[27 April (releases)|27 April]] - [[25 May (releases)|25 May]] 1968
|[[27 April (releases)|27 April]] - [[25 May (releases)|25 May]] 1968
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|''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]''
|''[[Invasion of the Quarks (comic story)|Invasion of the Quarks]]''
|[[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], and<br />[[Jamie McCrimmon]]
|[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Quark|Quarks]]
|[[TVC 872|872]]-[[TVC 876|876]]
|[[TVC 872|872]]-[[TVC 876|876]]
|[[31 August (releases)|31 August]] - [[28 September (releases)|28 September]] 1968
|[[31 August (releases)|31 August]] - [[28 September (releases)|28 September]] 1968
|-
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|''[[The Killer Wasps (comic story)|The Killer Wasps]]''
|''[[The Killer Wasps (comic story)|The Killer Wasps]]''
|rowspan=5|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Quark|Quarks]]
|[[TVC 877|877]]-[[TVC 880|880]]
|[[TVC 877|877]]-[[TVC 880|880]]
|[[5 October (releases)|5]] - [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] 1968
|[[5 October (releases)|5]] - [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] 1968
|-
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|''[[Ice Cap Terror (comic story)|Ice Cap Terror]]''
|''[[Ice Cap Terror (comic story)|Ice Cap Terror]]''
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
|[[TVC 881|881]]-[[TVC 884|884]]
|[[TVC 881|881]]-[[TVC 884|884]]
|[[2 November (releases)|2]] - [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] 1968
|[[2 November (releases)|2]] - [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] 1968
|-
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|''[[Jungle of Doom (comic story)|Jungle of Doom]]''
|''[[Jungle of Doom (comic story)|Jungle of Doom]]''
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Quark|Quarks]]
|[[TVC 885|885]]-[[TVC 889|889]]
|[[TVC 885|885]]-[[TVC 889|889]]
|[[30 November (releases)|30 November]] - [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] 1968
|[[30 November (releases)|30 November]] - [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] 1968
|-
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|''[[Father Time (comic story)|Father Time]]''
|''[[Father Time (comic story)|Father Time]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]
|[[TVC 890|890]]-[[TVC 893|893]]
|[[TVC 890|890]]-[[TVC 893|893]]
|[[4 January (releases)|4]] - [[25 January (releases)|25 January]] [[1969 (releases)|1969]]
|[[4 January (releases)|4]] - [[25 January (releases)|25 January]] [[1969 (releases)|1969]]
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|''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]''
|''[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]''
|rowspan=8|
|[[Quark|Quarks]]
|[[TVC 899|899]]-[[TVC 902|902]]
|[[TVC 899|899]]-[[TVC 902|902]]
|[[7 July (releases)|7]] - [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] 1969
|[[7 July (releases)|7]] - [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] 1969
|-
|-
|''[[Eskimo Joe (comic story)|Eskimo Joe]]''
|''[[Eskimo Joe (comic story)|Eskimo Joe]]''
| rowspan="7" |
|[[TVC 903|903]]-[[TVC 906|906]]
|[[TVC 903|903]]-[[TVC 906|906]]
|[[5 April (releases)|5]] - [[26 April (releases)|26 April]] 1969
|[[5 April (releases)|5]] - [[26 April (releases)|26 April]] 1969

Revision as of 18:42, 10 March 2022

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TV Comic was a weekly magazine published by Polystyle Publications, Ltd. in Britain from 1951 to 1984. It printed Doctor Who strips from 1964 to 1979.

History

Throughout the TV Comic strips, the Doctor was primarily called "Dr. Who" by his companions and the narration. For convenience, the later-established incarnation numbering schema is used on this page to disambiguate between, for instance, William Hartnell's Dr. Who and Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who.

The TV Comic strips are notable for introducing a number of original characters, including companions and aliens. Original companions included the Doctor's grandchildren, John and Gillian, as well as Arnold. As the comic rights to the Daleks were initially held by competing magazine TV Century 21, original villains called the Trods were used in their place; however, in 1967 the Dalek rights reverted to TV Comic, the Daleks were shown to massacre the Trods in The Trodos Ambush.

From the years 1971 to 1973, new Doctor Who comics were instead printed in TV Comic's sister magazine, TV Action/Countdown.

Beginning with TVC 1386 in July 1978, old TV Comic Second and Third Doctor strips were reprinted with new art showing the then-current Fourth Doctor's face. This modification and reuse of preexisting material continued until TVC 1430 in 1979, when the rights to Doctor Who comics moved to Marvel Comics UK's new magazine Doctor Who Weekly. The TV Comics run of concluded with TVC 1430 on 11 May 1979.

Comic stories

William Hartnell's Dr. Who

Title Featuring Printed in Released
The Klepton Parasites John and Gillian 674-683 9 November 1964-11 January 1965
The Therovian Quest 684-689 16 January - 22 February 1965
The Hijackers of Thrax 690-692 1 - 15 March 1965
On the Web Planet 693-698 22 March - 26 April 1965
Untitled Police officer 696 12 April 1965
The Gyros Injustice John and Gillian 699-704 3 May - 7 June 1965
Challenge of the Piper 705-709 14 June - 12 July 1965
Prisoners of Gritog Holiday Special
1965
1 July 1965
TV Terrors Monica, Buttons, Cuthbert 709 12 July 1965
Moon Landing John and Gillian 710-712 19 July - 2 August 1965
Time in Reverse 713-715 9 - 23 August 1965
Lizardworld 716-719 30 August - 20 September 1965
Prisoners of the Kleptons Annual 1966 1 September 1965
The Caterpillar Men
The Ordeals of Demeter 720-723 27 September - 18 October 1965
Enter: The Go-Ray 724-727 25 October - 15 November 1965
Shark Bait 728-731 22 November - 13 December 1965
A Christmas Story 732-735 20 December 1965 - 10 January 1966
The Didus Expedition 736-739 22 January - 12 February 1966
Space Station Z-7 740-743 19 February - 12 March 1966
Plague of the Black Scorpi 744-747 19 March - 9 April 1966
The Trodos Tyranny John and Gillian, Trods 748-752 16 April - 14 May 1966
The Secret of Gemino John and Gillian 753-757 21 May - 18 June 1966
The Haunted Planet 758-762 25 June - 23 July 1966
Guests of King Neptune Holiday Special
1966
1 July 1966
The Gaze of the Gorgon
The Hunters of Zerox 763-767 30 July - 27 August 1966
Deadly Vessel Annual 1967 1 September 1966
Kingdom of the Animals
The Underwater Robot 768-771 3 - 24 September 1966
Return of the Trods John and Gillian, Trods 772-775 1 - 22 October 1966
The Galaxy Games John and Gillian 776-779 29 October - 19 November 1966
The Experimenters 780-783 26 November - 17 December 1966

Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who

Title Featuring Printed in Released
The Extortioner John and Gillian 784-787 24 December 1966 - 14 January 1967
The Trodos Ambush John and Gillian, Trods, Daleks 788-791 21 January - 11 February 1967
The Doctor Strikes Back John and Gillian, Daleks 792-795 18 February - 11 March 1967
The Zombies John and Gillian 796-798 18 March - 1 April 1967
Master of Spiders 799-802 8 - 29 April 1967
The Exterminator John and Gillian, Daleks 803-806 6 - 27 May 1967
The Monsters from the Past John and Gillian 807-811
The Tardis Worshippers 812-815
Space War Two 816-819
Egyptian Escapade 820-823
The Coming of the Cybermen John and Gillian, Cybermen 824-827
The Faithful Rocket Pack John and Gillian 828-831 28 October - 18 November 1967
Flower Power John and Gillian, Cybermen 832-836 25 November - 23 December 1967
The Witches John and Gillian 837-841 30 December 1967 - 27 January 1968
Cyber-Mole John and Gillian, Cybermen 842-845 3 - 24 February 1968
The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas John and Gillian 846-849 2 - 23 March 1968
The Cyber Empire John and Gillian, Cybermen 850-853 30 March - 20 April 1968
The Dyrons John and Gillian 854-858 27 April - 25 May 1968
Dr. Who and the Space Pirates 859-863 1 - 29 June 1968
Car of the Century 864-867 6 - 27 July 1968
The Jokers 868-871 3 - 23 August 1968
Invasion of the Quarks John and Gillian, Jamie McCrimmon, Quarks 872-876 31 August - 28 September 1968
The Killer Wasps Jamie, Quarks 877-880 5 - 26 October 1968
Ice Cap Terror Jamie 881-884 2 - 23 November 1968
Jungle of Doom Jamie, Quarks 885-889 30 November - 28 December 1968
Father Time Jamie 890-893 4 - 25 January 1969
Martha the Mechanical Housemaid 894-898 1 February - 1 March 1969
The Duellists Quarks 899-902 7 - 28 July 1969
Eskimo Joe 903-906 5 - 26 April 1969
Peril at 60 Fathoms 907-910 3 - 24 May 1969
Operation Wurlitzer 911-915 31 May - 28 June 1969
Action in Exile 916-920 5 July - 2 August 1969
The Mark of Terror 921-924 9 - 30 August 1969
The Brotherhood 925-928 6 - 27 September 1969
U.F.O. 929-933 4 October - 1 November 1969
The Night Walkers Time Lords 934-936 8 - 22 November 1969

Third Doctor

After TVC 999, the Doctor Who strip was moved to Countdown (ultimately called TV Action) for a couple of years, returning to TVC only in issue 1133.

Fourth Doctor

Edited reprints

(mostly Third Doctor stories, these were altered to feature the Fourth Doctor)

Other uses

TV Comic used the Doctor and the Daleks in four known back-up comics, featured in a section titled "Pick of the Jokes." One notable aspect was that these jokes appear to follow licensing restrictions: for instance, Daleks did not appear in these comics until TV Comic obtained permission to put them in comics.

These comics are:

The Doctor fights with a police officer, wanting to get to his TARDIS.
Two Daleks talk, in TV Comic 798.
  • TVC 696, the Doctor attempts to get back to the TARDIS, or perhaps just a police box, but is blocked by an officer.
  • TVC 740: the Doctor enters a police box, only to find an officer exiting. The Doctor responds "Oops! Sorry! Wrong box!"
  • TVC 794: In an otherwise non-Who strip, a child carried a small Dalek on a leash.
  • TVC 798: Two Daleks talk, one speaking of their Trans-sister

Special issues

TV Comic

First Doctor

Second Doctor

Third Doctor

Fourth Doctor

TV Comic Annual

First Doctor

Second Doctor

Third Doctor

Fourth Doctor

External links