Eighth Doctor comic stories
Overview
Two separate series of original comic strips featuring the Eighth Doctor (and, in turn, the likeness of actor Paul McGann) were published during the character's original tenure. The Radio Times published a weekly comic strip for a time, and there was also the standard Doctor Who Magazine strip. The two series introduced a number of brand-new companions, although the Eighth Doctor's only on-screen companion, Grace Holloway, also appeared on two occasions, and there were also cameo appearances by companions from past DWM series. The Master was also ressurected. During this time, the strips were restored 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. Davies had proposed that the Magazine's strip regenerate McGann's Doctor at the conclusion of the strip adventure (DW: The Flood), with a Year One approach proposed by the Magazine's editorial team themselves that would allow them to close off plot points such as Destri's continued involvement with the series. Whilst a draft was prepared to include the regeneration, the idea was eventually abandoned as the Magazine team had reservations regarding taking such an important element from the television series should McGann ever be used in the series for flashback purposes. After a secondary proposal by Davies, where The Doctor would regenerate, but would be reduced to a perpetually enflamed head and arms for as long as the "Year One" strip lasted, was turned down, the option was made 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.
It is speculated that Davies loosely adapted elements from The Flood in his later DW storylines The Parting of the Ways and Army of Ghosts (in particular the Doctor absorbing the time/space vortex to save Rose Tyler's life, triggering his regeneration, and the ghost-shifting infiltration of The Cybermen on an unsuspecting public)
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Eighth Doctor Comic Strip Stories
Radio Times comic strips
Doctor Who Magazine
- End Game (DWM 244-247 with Max and Izzy)
- The Keep (DWM 248-249 with Izzy)
- A Life of Matter and Death ((DWM 250 with Izzy)
- Fire and Brimstone (DWM 251-255 with Izzy)
- By Hook or By Crook (DWM 256 with Izzy)
- Tooth and Claw (DWM 257-260 with Izzy and Fey)
- The Final Chapter (DWM 262-265 Izzy, Fey and Shayde)
- Wormwood (DWM 266-271 with Izzy, Fey and Shayde)
- Happy Deathday (DWM 272 with Izzy)
- The Fallen (DWM 273-276 with Izzy)
- The Road to Hell (DWM 278-282 with Izzy)
- TV Action! (DWM 283 with Izzy)
- The Company of Thieves (DWM 284-286 with Izzy and Kroton)
- The Glorious Dead (DWM 287-296 with Izzy and Kroton and featuring Grace)
- The Autonomy Bug (DWM 297-299 with Izzy)
- Ophidius (DWM 300-303 with Izzy)
- Beautiful Freak (DWM 304 with Izzy)
- The Way of All Flesh (DWM 306, 308-311 with Izzy)
- Children of the Revolution (DWM 312-317 with Izzy)
- Me and My Shadow (DWM 318 with Feyde)
- Uroboros (DWM 319-322 with Izzy)
- Oblivion (DWM 323-328 with Izzy)
- Where Nobody Knows Your Name (DWM 329 featuring Frobisher)
- Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (DWM 330-332 with Billy)
- The Power of Thoueris! (DWM 333 travelling alone)
- The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack (DWM 334-336 with Penny)
- The Land of Happy Endings (DWM 337 with John and Gillian)
- Bad Blood (DWM 338-342 with Destrii)
- Sins of the Fathers (DWM 343-345 with Destrii)
- The Flood (DWM 346-353 with Destrii)
