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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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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
2	The Dead Planet	The Daleks	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
10	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	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
13	The Web Planet	The Web Planet	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
16	The Chase	The Chase	DWM 21
17	The Time Meddler^[2]	The Time Meddler	DWM 22
17	The Time Meddler^[2]	The Time Meddler	DWM 23
18	Galaxy Four^[3]	Galaxy 4	DWM 24
18	Galaxy Four^[3]	Galaxy 4	DWM 25

Return and Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]

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	DWM 44
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	DWM 47
The Massacre	The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve	DWM 49
The War Games	The War Games	DWM 50
The War Games	The War Games	DWM 51

The Doctor Who Archives[[edit] | [edit source]]

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	DWM 69
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
Arc of Infinity	Arc of Infinity	DWM 100
Frontios	Frontios	DWM 101

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ 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.
↑ The two parts are called The Meddling Monk and The Monk's Dastardly Plan in the "Next week" boxes of the previous issues.
↑ According to the "Next week" box in issue 24, the second part is The Rills Attack!
↑ This adaptation begins with 5 and a half paragraphs of out-of-universe material.
↑ Title given in table of contents.
↑ A review, not a short story, but still labelled as The Doctor Who Archives.
↑ Called just Dalek Master Plan in the table of contents.

[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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