| Doctor Who Weekly Issue 1 | |
| Cover Date: | Oct.17 1979 |
| Price: | 12p |
| Format: | 28pp stapled |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics UK |
| Editor: | Dez Skin |
Contents
Articles
- `The Monsters of Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks' by B.Aldrich and G. Blows <Daleks>
Comic Strip/s
- The Iron Legion (Part One)
- Return of the Daleks
- Tales From The TARDIS: War of The Worlds by H.G.Wells
Fiction
- Journal Entry 2481/B-3: The Doctor's escape from the Vogan Space Platform
- Journal Entry 3512/A-7: The Doctor escape from Magnon 5
Archives
- `The Story of Doctor Who'
Interviews / Profiles
- William Hartnell (Photofile Number 1)
Previews
Reviews
A4 Pin-ups
Also Featuring
- A Letter From the Doctor
- Crazy Caption Competition (£5 to be won)
Further Information
- After noticing the popularity of Doctor Who related content in the Marvel UK magazine Starburst, the then editor Dez Skin created Doctor Who Weekly.
- The main comic strip (featuring the Doctor) was to be treated as serious science-fiction and not as juvenille adventures as previously had appeared in Polystyles TV Comic.
- The supporting comic strip presented under the heading `Tales From the TARDIS' featured previously issued material with opening and closing boxes redrawn and tailored specifically for inclusion in the pages of Doctor Who Weekly.
- Unlike previous Doctor Who comic strips the lead character was to be referred to as `the Doctor' and not `Doctor Who'.
- This Fantastic First issue had free transfers selotaped to the cover that could be used on Dave Gibbon's full-colour page panoras on the inside cover.
- The photo-file feature on William Hartnell carries a note that reads "to the memory of whom this first issue is respectfully dedicated."