The Monsters from the Past (comic story)

The Monsters from the Past

Doctor:

Second Doctor

Companion(s):

John and Gillian

Main enemy:

a scientist

Main setting:

New York City

Key crew

Writer:

Roger Noel Cook

Artist:

John Canning

Release details

Printed in:

TV Comic 807-811

Release date:

3 June - 1 July 1967

Format:

Comic - 5 parts (13 pages)

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The Monsters from the Past was a TV Comic story starring the Second Doctor.

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Starting with part 4 of this story, each part is decreased from three pages to two.
Gillian shoots the villain dead at the story's end. This unusually violent ending for a Doctor Who story marks one of the few times a companion is shown killing someone, particularly in a comic strip.
From Issue 809, the comic strip's title changes back from Doctor Who and the Daleks, as it had been from Issue 788, to just Doctor Who.

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Second Doctor TVC comic stories

1966

Weekly strip

The Extortioner

1967

Weekly strip	The Extortioner • The Trodos Ambush • The Doctor Strikes Back • The Zombies • Master of Spiders • The Exterminator • The Monsters from the Past • The TARDIS Worshippers • Space War Two • Egyptian Escapade • The Coming of the Cybermen • The Faithful Rocket Pack • Flower Power • The Witches

Holiday Special	Barnabus • Jungle Adventure • TV Comic's Counter Game

Annual stories	Attack of the Daleks • Pursued by the Trods

All stories feature John and Gillian.

1968

Weekly strip	The Witches • Cyber-Mole • The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas • The Cyber Empire • The Dyrons • Dr. Who and the Space Pirates • Car of the Century • The Jokers • Invasion of the Quarks • The Killer Wasps • Ice Cap Terror • Jungle of Doom

Holiday Special	Return of the Witches • Masquerade • TV Comic's Counter Game

Annual stories	The Time Museum • The Electrodes • Test Flight

John and Gillian feature until Invasion of the Quarks, when they are replaced by Jamie.

1969

Weekly strip	Father Time • Martha the Mechanical Housemaid • The Duellists • Eskimo Joe • Peril at 60 Fathoms • Operation Wurlitzer • Action in Exile • The Mark of Terror • The Brotherhood • U.F.O. • The Night Walkers

Holiday Special	The Champion • The Entertainer • Basil Brush goes Rent Collecting

Annual stories	Death Race • Test Flight

Jamie disappears after Martha the Mechanical Housemaid, leaving the Doctor alone. The Doctor's exile begins in Action in Exile.

All weekly stories drawn by John Canning, continuing his creative run from the First Doctor in 1966 to the Third Doctor in 1971.

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