Eighth Doctor comic stories
Eighth Doctor comic stories were published in Radio Times and Doctor Who Magazine.
Two separate series of original comic strips featuring the Eighth Doctor (and thus the likeness of actor Paul McGann) were published after the broadcast of Paul McGann's appearance the 1996 TV movie Doctor Who and before the debut of the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler in the 2005 Doctor Who episode Rose. The Radio Times published a weekly comic strip for a time. There was also the standard Doctor Who Magazine strip. The two series introduced brand-new companions, although the Eighth Doctor's only on-screen companion, Grace Holloway, also appeared twice. There were also cameo appearances by companions from past DWM series. The Master was also resurrected.
During the latter period of the DWM comic stories the stories switched from black and white strips to full colour.
One of the strip's most noted fans was Russell T Davies, the future executive producer and head writer of the revived Doctor Who series which began in 2005. Davies had proposed that the magazine's strip regenerate McGann's Doctor at the conclusion of The Flood. Whilst a draft was prepared to include the regeneration, the idea was abandoned as the magazine team had reservations about taking such an important element from the television series should McGann ever be used in the series for flashback purposes. Eventually the decision was taken to simply end The Flood on a note similar to Survival, with the Eighth Doctor and Destrii's later adventures left a mystery to the readers. In 2016, the DWM comic story story The Stockbridge Showdown confirms that Destrii survived.
In 2015 and 2016, the Eighth Doctor appeared in the mini-series Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor, published by Titan.
Comic strip companions of the Eighth Doctor
Regular
- Stacy Townsend (Radio Times comic stories)
- Ssard (Radio Times comic stories)
- Izzy Sinclair (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Fey Truscott-Sade (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Shayde (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Kroton (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Destrii (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Josie Day (Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor)
One-off
- Billy Wilkins (Doctor Who Magazine)
- "Penny Chapman" (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Katsura Sato (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Chantir (The Forgotten)
Guest
- Maxwell Edison (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Grace Holloway (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Frobisher (Doctor Who Magazine)
- John and Gillian (Doctor Who Magazine)
Eighth Doctor comic strip stories
Radio Times comic stories
- Travelling with Stacy Townsend
- Dreadnought
- Descendance (featuring Ssard)
- Travelling with Stacy Townsend and Ssard
Doctor Who Magazine
- Travelling with Izzy Sinclair
- Endgame (DWM 244-247 featuring Maxwell Edison)
- The Keep (DWM 248-249)
- A Life of Matter and Death (DWM 250)
- Fire and Brimstone (DWM 251-255)
- By Hook or By Crook (DWM 256)
- Travelling with Izzy Sinclair and Fey Truscott-Sade
- Tooth and Claw (DWM 257-260 featuring Fey Truscott-Sade)
- Travelling with Izzy Sinclair
- Happy Deathday (DWM 272)
- The Fallen (DWM 273-276)
- The Road to Hell (DWM 278-282 featuring Katsura Sato)
- TV Action! (DWM 283)
- Travelling with Izzy Sinclair and Kroton
- The Company of Thieves (DWM 284-286)
- The Glorious Dead (DWM 287-296 featuring Katsura Sato and Grace Holloway)
- Travelling with Izzy Sinclair
- The Autonomy Bug (DWM 297-299)
- Ophidius (DWM 300-303)
- Beautiful Freak (DWM 304)
- The Way of All Flesh (DWM 306, 308-311)
- Children of the Revolution (DWM 312-317)
- Without the Doctor
- Me and My Shadow (DWM 318 featuring Feyde)
- Travelling with Izzy Sinclair
- Travelling with alone
- Where Nobody Knows Your Name (DWM 329 featuring Frobisher)
- Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (DWM 330-332 featuring Billy Wilkins)
- The Power of Thoueris! (DWM 333)
- The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack (DWM 334-336 featuring Penny Chapman)
- The Land of Happy Endings (DWM 337 featuring John and Gillian)
- Travelling with Destrii
- Bad Blood (DWM 338-342)
- Sins of the Fathers (DWM 343-345)
- The Flood (DWM 346-353 featuring Izzy Sinclair, Maxwell Edison and Grace Holloway)
IDW Publishing
Miniseries
- The Forgotten (TF 5 featuring Chantir, the first ten Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions)
Doctor Who (2012)
- Dead Man's Hand (DW12 15 featuring Matrix projections of the first eleven Doctors and the War Doctor)
Prisoners of Time
- The Body Politic (POT 8 featuring Grace Holloway)
- Endgame (POT 12 featuring Grace Holloway, the first eleven Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions)
Titan Comics
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor
- Travelling with Josie Day
- The Pictures of Josephine Day (8D 1)
- Music of the Spherions (8D 2)
- The Silvering (8D 3)
- Briarwood (8D 4)
- A Matter of Life and Death (8D 5)
Miniseries
Back-up strips
External links
- Altered Vistas - In the Comics - The Eighth Doctor
- Doctor Who Magazine - Eighth Doctor Strips at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Radio Times Strip by Gary Russell at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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