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The Doctor Who Archives was a series of short adaptations of Doctor Who television stories printed in Doctor Who Weekly and Doctor Who Magazine.

Stories

Like the Target novelisations, the short stories of The Doctor Who Archives faithfully reproduced the events of TV episodes. Since reruns were rare and many older episodes had been lost, these were often the only way for fans at the time to experience the stories. The writers of The Doctor Who Archives generally aimed for accuracy but inevitably added their own stylistic touches to the summaries, choosing which parts of the story to emphasise in their summaries. Each story was accompanied by still images from the episodes.

The amount of real-world information provided alongside the adaptations varied. Some stories were followed by a box summarising the TV story's cast and crew, while others, particularly those printed after DWM began its "Doctor Who Episode Guide" series in DWM 50, provided only the broadcast date or the names of the cast in parentheses. Notably, a review of The Krotons was printed as part of The Doctor Who Archives in DWM 58.

In Doctor Who Weekly

DWM 1 included a real-world feature called "The Story of Dr Who", which provided a brief background to the series and an overview of its four eras. It noted,

Given this unique opportunity, we intend to create our own time machine and, starting next week, take you back, way way back to 1963 and re-tell in words and pictures those first adventures of the Doctor."The Story of Dr Who" [DWM 1 [src]]

Beginning with DWM 2, Doctor Who Weekly included a short story adaptation of every serial from seasons 1 and 2 in order. Each story title was preceded with "Doctor Who Story" and a number, as given in the chart below. The adaptations of An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, and The Edge of Destruction were credited to Jeremy Bentham.

# Title Adapted story Issue
1 An Unearthly Child 100,000 BC DWM 2
2 The Dead Planet The Daleks DWM 3
DWM 4
3 Beyond the Sun The Edge of Destruction DWM 5
4 Marco Polo Marco Polo DWM 6
5 The Keys of Marinus The Keys of Marinus DWM 7
6 The Aztecs The Aztecs DWM 8
7 The Sensorites The Sensorites DWM 9
8 The French Revolution The Reign of Terror DWM 10
9 The Planet of the Giants[1] Planet of Giants DWM 11
10 The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Dalek Invasion of Earth DWM 12
DWM 13
11 The Rescue The Rescue DWM 14
12 The Romans The Romans DWM 15
13 The Web Planet The Web Planet DWM 16
DWM 17
14 The Lion Heart The Crusade DWM 18
15 The Space Museum The Space Museum DWM 19
16 The Chase The Chase DWM 20
DWM 21
17 The Time Meddler[2] The Time Meddler DWM 22
DWM 23
18 Galaxy Four[3] Galaxy 4 DWM 24
DWM 25

Return and Doctor Who Magazine

While the first continuous run of summaries ended with DWM 25, the introduction to The Celestial Toymaker in DWM 40 emphasised its continuity with the prior run: "At last! The return of those classic tales from the Dr Who TV Archives!" Short story adaptations of episodes again became more common as Doctor Who Weekly transformed into a monthly magazine beginning with DWM 44, which featured two adaptations in a single issue for the first time.

Title Adapted story Issue
The Creature from the Pit The Creature from the Pit DWM 34
The Celestial Toymaker The Celestial Toymaker DWM 40
The Key to Time Season 16 DWM 42
The Mind Robber The Mind Robber DWM 43
The Dominators The Dominators DWM 44
The Invasion of Time The Invasion of Time
The Ambassadors of Death The Ambassadors of Death DWM 45
The Tenth Planet The Tenth Planet DWM 46
The Three Doctors[4] The Three Doctors DWM 47
Seeds of Death The Seeds of Death
The Massacre The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve DWM 49
The War Games The War Games DWM 50
DWM 51

The Doctor Who Archives

The title The Doctor Who Archives first appeared in DWM 52.

Title Adapted story Issue
The Time Monster The Time Monster DWM 52
The Image of Fendahl[5] Image of the Fendahl DWM 53
Tomb of the Cybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen DWM 54
The Ark The Ark DWM 55
Death to the Daleks Death to the Daleks DWM 56
The Daemons The Dæmons DWM 57
The Krotons[6] The Krotons DWM 58
Pyramids of Mars Pyramids of Mars DWM 59
Planet of the Spiders Planet of the Spiders DWM 60
City of Death City of Death DWM 61
The Space Pirates The Space Pirates DWM 63
Mission to the Unknown Mission to the Unknown DWM 64
The Mind of Evil The Mind of Evil DWM 65
The Highlanders The Highlanders DWM 66
Colony in Space Colony in Space DWM 67
The Dalek Master Plan[7] The Daleks' Master Plan
The Seeds of Doom The Seeds of Doom
The Macra Terror The Macra Terror
Earthshock Earthshock
Power of the Daleks The Power of the Daleks DWM 68
The Curse of Peladon The Curse of Peladon DWM 69
Genesis of the Daleks Genesis of the Daleks
The Sea Devils The Sea Devils DWM 70
The Faceless Ones The Faceless Ones DWM 71
The Planet of the Daleks Planet of the Daleks DWM 72
The Myth Makers The Myth Makers DWM 73
The Wheel in Space The Wheel in Space DWM 74
The Pirate Planet The Pirate Planet DWM 75
Spearhead from Space Spearhead from Space DWM 76
Ambassadors of Death The Ambassadors of Death DWM 77
The Underwater Menace The Underwater Menace DWM 78
The Smugglers The Smugglers DWM 79
The Savages The Savages DWM 80
Shada Shada DWM 81
The Gunfighters The Gunfighters DWM 82
The Celestial Toymaker The Celestial Toymaker DWM 83
The Ribos Operation The Ribos Operation DWM 84
The Krotons The Krotons DWM 85
The Destiny of the Daleks Destiny of the Daleks DWM 86
Galaxy Four Galaxy 4 DWM 87
The Time Warrior The Time Warrior DWM 88
The Time Meddler The Time Meddler DWM 89
Castrovalva Castrovalva DWM 90
The Silurians Doctor Who and the Silurians DWM 91
Robot Robot DWM 92
Terror of the Zygons Terror of the Zygons DWM 93
The Monster of Peladon The Monster of Peladon DWM 94
Caves of Androzani The Caves of Androzani DWM 95
The Five Doctors The Five Doctors DWM 96
Revenge of the Cybermen Revenge of the Cybermen DWM 97
Enemy of the World The Enemy of the World DWM 98
The Stones of Blood The Stones of Blood DWM 99
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ While the bold title says "Planet of Giants", the info caption at the end clearly calls it The Planet of the Giants. Also called The Planet of Giants in the "Next week" feature in DWM 10.
  2. ↑ The two parts are called The Meddling Monk and The Monk's Dastardly Plan in the "Next week" boxes of the previous issues.
  3. ↑ According to the "Next week" box in issue 24, the second part is The Rills Attack!
  4. ↑ This adaptation begins with 5 and a half paragraphs of out-of-universe material.
  5. ↑ Title given in table of contents.
  6. ↑ A review, not a short story, but still labelled as The Doctor Who Archives.
  7. ↑ Called just Dalek Master Plan in the table of contents.
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