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| rowspan="4" |[[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] | | 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 June]] - [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] 1967 | ||
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|''[[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 | ||
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|''[[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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|''[[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]] | |[[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 | ||
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|''[[The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)|The Faithful Rocket Pack]]'' | |''[[The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)|The Faithful Rocket Pack]]'' | ||
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|''[[The Arkwood Experiments (comic story)|The Arkwood Experiments]]'' | |''[[The Arkwood Experiments (comic story)|The Arkwood Experiments]]'' | ||
| rowspan="3" |[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 944|944]]-[[TVC 949|949]] | ||
| | |[[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[The Multi-Mobile (comic story)|The Multi-Mobile]]'' | |''[[The Multi-Mobile (comic story)|The Multi-Mobile]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 950|950]]-[[TVC 954|954]] | ||
| | |[[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - [[28 March (releases)|28 March]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[Insect (comic story)|Insect]]'' | |''[[Insect (comic story)|Insect]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 955|955]]-[[TVC 959|959]] | ||
| | |[[4 April (releases)|4 April]] - [[2 May (releases)|2 May]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[The Metal-Eaters (comic story)|The Metal-Eaters]]'' | |''[[The Metal-Eaters (comic story)|The Metal-Eaters]]'' | ||
| rowspan="3" |[[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw]] | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 960|960]]-[[TVC 964|964]] | ||
| | |[[9 May (releases)|9 May]] - [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)|The Fishmen of Carpantha]]'' | |''[[The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)|The Fishmen of Carpantha]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 965|965]]-[[TVC 969|969]] | ||
| | |[[13 June (releases)|13 June]] - [[11 July (releases)|11 July]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]'' | |''[[Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 970|970]]-[[TVC 976|976]] | ||
| | |[[18 July (releases)|18 July]] - [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[Doctor Who and the Robot (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Robot]]'' | |''[[Doctor Who and the Robot (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Robot]]'' | ||
| rowspan="3" |[[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] | | rowspan="3" |[[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 977|977]]-[[TVC 984|984]] | ||
| | |[[5 September (releases)|5 September]] - [[24 October (releases)|24 October]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[Trial of Fire (comic story)|Trial of Fire]]'' | |''[[Trial of Fire (comic story)|Trial of Fire]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 985|985]]-[[TVC 991|991]] | ||
| | |[[31 October (releases)|31 October]] - [[12 December (releases)|12 December]] 1970 | ||
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|''[[The Kingdom Builders (comic story)|The Kingdom Builders]]'' | |''[[The Kingdom Builders (comic story)|The Kingdom Builders]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[TVC 992|992]]-[[TVC 999|999]] | ||
| | |[[19 December (releases)|19 December]] 1970 - [[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[1971 (releases)|1971]] | ||
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::''After [[TVC 999]], the ''Doctor Who'' strip moved to Polystyle's new ''Countdown'' magazine, which was ultimately called ''[[TV Action]]''; it returned to TVC in issue 1133 in [[1973 (releases)|1973]].'' | |||
::''After [[TVC 999]], the ''Doctor Who'' strip | |||
* [[TVC 1133|1133]]-[[TVC 1138|1138]]: ''[[Children of the Evil Eye (comic story)|Children of the Evil Eye]]'' | * [[TVC 1133|1133]]-[[TVC 1138|1138]]: ''[[Children of the Evil Eye (comic story)|Children of the Evil Eye]]'' | ||
* [[TVC 1139|1139]]-[[TVC 1147|1147]]: ''[[Nova (TVC comic story)|Nova]]'' | * [[TVC 1139|1139]]-[[TVC 1147|1147]]: ''[[Nova (TVC comic story)|Nova]]'' |
Revision as of 16:13, 22 March 2022
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
Patrick Troughton's Dr. Who
Jon Pertwee's Dr. Who
Title | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
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The Arkwood Experiments | The Brigadier | 944-949 | 17 January - 21 February 1970 |
The Multi-Mobile | 950-954 | 28 February - 28 March 1970 | |
Insect | 955-959 | 4 April - 2 May 1970 | |
The Metal-Eaters | The Brigadier, Liz Shaw | 960-964 | 9 May - 6 June 1970 |
The Fishmen of Carpantha | 965-969 | 13 June - 11 July 1970 | |
Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus | 970-976 | 18 July - 29 August 1970 | |
Doctor Who and the Robot | The Brigadier | 977-984 | 5 September - 24 October 1970 |
Trial of Fire | 985-991 | 31 October - 12 December 1970 | |
The Kingdom Builders | 992-999 | 19 December 1970 - 6 February 1971 |
- 1133-1138: Children of the Evil Eye
- 1139-1147: Nova
- 1148-1154: The Amateur
- 1155-1159: The Disintegrator
- 1160-1169: Is Anyone There?
- 1170-1176: Size Control
- 1177-1183: The Magician
- 1184-1190: The Metal-Eaters
- 1191-1198: Lords of the Ether
- 1199-1203: The Wanderers
Fourth Doctor
- 1204-1214: Death Flower
- 1215-1222: Return of the Daleks
- 1223-1231: The Wreckers
- 1232-1238: The Emperor's Spy
- 1239-1244: The Sinister Sea
- 1245-1250: The Space Ghost
- 1251-1258: The Dalek Revenge
- 1259-1265: Virus
- 1266-1272: Treasure Trail
- 1273-1279: Hubert's Folly
- 1280-1286: Counter-Rotation
- 1287-1290: Mind Snatch
- 1291: The Hoaxers
- 1292-1297: The Mutant Strain
- 1298-1304: Double Trouble
- 1305-1311: Dredger
- 1312-1317: The False Planet
- 1318-1325: The Fire Feeders
- 1326-1333: Kling Dynasty
- 1334-1340: The Orb
- 1341-1347: The Mutants
- 1348-1352: The Devil's Mouth
- 1353-1360: The Aqua-City
- 1361-1365: The Snow Devils
- 1366-1370: The Space Garden
- 1371-1372: The Eerie Manor
- 1373-1379: Guardian of the Tomb
- 1380-1385: The Image Makers
Edited reprints
(mostly Third Doctor stories, these were altered to feature the Fourth Doctor)
- Mighty Midget Doctor Who comic (included with TVC 1292) - Doomcloud
- 1386-1389: The Duellists
- 1390-1396: The Amateur
- 1397-1403: The Magician
- 1404-1408: The Wanderers
- 1409-1415: The Metal-Eaters
- 1416-1423: Moon Exploration (Lords of the Ether)
- 1424-1430: Size Control
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:
- 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
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1965: Prisoners of Gritog
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1966: Guests of King Neptune and The Gaze of the Gorgon
Second Doctor
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1967: Barnabus and Jungle Adventure
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1968: Return of the Witches and Masquerade
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1969: The Champion and The Entertainer
Third Doctor
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1973: The One Second Hour (short story)
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1974: Signal S.O.S. (short story)
Fourth Doctor
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1975: The Magic Box (short story)
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1976: Which Way Out? (short story)
- TV Comic Holiday Special 1977: The Sky Warrior
TV Comic Annual
First Doctor
- TV Comic Annual 1966: Prisoners of the Kleptons and The Caterpillar Men
- TV Comic Annual 1967: Deadly Vessel and Kingdom of the Animals
Second Doctor
- TV Comic Annual 1968: Attack of the Daleks and Pursued by the Trods
- TV Comic Annual 1969: The Time Museum and The Electrodes
- TV Comic Annual 1970: Death Race and Test Flight
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
- TV Comic Annual 1976: Woden's Warriors
- TV Comic Annual 1977: The Tansbury Experiment
- TV Comic Annual 1978: Master of the Blackhole and Jackals of Space
- TV Comic Annual 1979: The Sea Devil and Milena
External links
- TV Comic Strips - First Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- TV Comic Strips - Second Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- TV Comic Strips - Third Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- TV Comic Strips - Fourth Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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