TV Comic

TV Comic
Publisher:	Polystyle Publications, Ltd.
Type:	Magazine
Release date:	1964 - 1979

TV Comic was a weekly magazine published in Britain from 1951 to 1984. It printed Doctor Who strips from 1964 to 1979 except for 1971 to 1973. During those years, publisher Polystyle Publications, Ltd. opted to use the Doctor Who strip to anchor their then-new magazine, TV Action/Countdown, instead.

TVC	Title	Doctor	featuring
674-683	The Klepton Parasites	1st	John Who, Gillian Who
684-689	The Therovian Quest
690-692	The Hijackers of Thrax
693-698	On the Web Planet		John Who, Gillian Who, Zarbi
699-704	The Gyros Injustice		John Who, Gillian Who
705-709	Challenge of the Piper		John Who, Gillian who, Dragons
710-712	Moon Landing		John Who, Gillian who
713-715	Time in Reverse
716-719	Lizardworld
720-723	The Ordeals of Demeter
724-727	Enter: The Go-Ray
728-731	Shark Bait
732-735	A Christmas Story		John Who, Gillian Who, Santa Claus
736-739	The Didus Expedition		John Who, Gillian Who
740-743	Space Station Z-7
744-747	Plague of the Black Scorpi
748-752	The Trodos Tyranny		John Who, Gillian Who, Trods
753-757	The Secret of Gemino		John Who, Gillian Who
758-762	The Haunted Planet
763-767	The Hunters of Zerox
768-771	The Underwater Robot
772-775	Return of the Trods		John Who, Gillian who, Trods
776-779	The Galaxy Games		John Who, Gillian Who
780-783	The Experimenters
784-787	The Extortioner	2nd
788-791:	The Trodos Ambush		John, Gillian, Trods, Daleks
792-795	The Doctor Strikes Back		John, Gillian, Daleks
796-798	The Zombies		John, Gillian
799-802	Master of Spiders
803-806	The Exterminator		John, Gillian, Daleks
807-811	The Monsters from the Past		John, Gillian, Dinosaurs
812-815	The TARDIS Worshippers		John, Gillian
816-819	Space War Two
820-823	Egyptian Escapade
824-827	The Coming of the Cybermen		John, Gillian, Cybermen
828-831	The Faithful Rocket Pack		John, Gillian
832-836	Flower Power		John, Gillian, Cybermen
837-841	The Witches		John, Gillian
842-845	Cyber-Mole		John, Gillian, Cybermen
846-849	The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas		John, Gillian
850-853	The Cyber Empire		John, Gillian, Cybermen
854-858	The Dyrons		John, Gillian
859-863	Dr. Who and the Space Pirates
864-867	Car of the Century
868-871	The Jokers
872-876	Invasion of the Quarks		John, Gillian, Jamie, Quarks
877-880	The Killer Wasps		Jamie, Quarks
881-884	Ice Cap Terror		Jamie
885-889	Jungle of Doom		Jamie, Quarks
890-893	Father Time		Jamie, Father Time
894-898	Martha the Mechanical Housemaid		Jamie, Quarks
899-902	The Duellists		Quarks
903-906	Eskimo Joe		Cybermen
907-910:	Peril at 60 Fathoms
911-915	Operation Wurlitzer
916-920	Action in Exile
921-924	The Mark of Terror
925-928	The Brotherhood
929-933	U.F.O.		"specs" grabshaw
934-936	The Night Walkers		Time Lords

Third Doctor

• 944-949: The Arkwood Experiments
• 950-954: The Multi-Mobile
• 955-959: Insect
• 960-964: The Metal Eaters
• 965-969: The Fishmen of Carpantha
• 970-976: Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus
• 977-984: Doctor Who and the Robot
• 985-991: Trial of Fire
• 992-999: The Kingdom Builders

After TVC 999, the Doctor Who strip was moved to Countdown (ultimately called TV Action) for a couple of years, returning to TVC only in issue 1133.

• 1133-1138: Children of the Evil Eye
• 1139-1147: Nova
• 1148-1154: The Amateur
• 1155-1159: The Disintegrator
• 1160-1169: Is Anyone There?
• 1170-1176: Size Control
• 1177-1183: The Magician
• 1184-1190: The Metal-Eaters
• 1191-1198: Lords of the Ether
• 1199-1203: The Wanderers

Fourth Doctor

• 1204-1214: Death Flower
• 1215-1222: Return of the Daleks
• 1223-1231: The Wreckers
• 1232-1238: The Emperor's Spy
• 1239-1244: The Sinister Sea
• 1245-1250: The Space Ghost
• 1251-1258: The Dalek Revenge
• 1259-1265: Virus
• 1266-1272: Treasure Trail
• 1273-1279: Hubert's Folly
• 1280-1286: Counter-Rotation
• 1287-1290: Mind Snatch
• 1291: The Hoaxers
• 1292-1297: The Mutant Strain
• 1298-1304: Double Trouble
• 1305-1311: Dredger
• 1312-1317: The False Planet
• 1318-1325: The Fire Feeders
• 1326-1333: Kling Dynasty
• 1334-1340: The Orb
• 1341-1347: The Mutants
• 1348-1352: The Devil's Mouth
• 1353-1360: The Aqua-City
• 1361-1365: The Snow Devils
• 1366-1370: The Space Garden
• 1371-1372: The Eerie Manor
• 1373-1379: Guardian of the Tomb
• 1380-1385: The Image Makers

Edited reprints

(mostly Third Doctor stories, these were altered to feature the Fourth Doctor)

• Mighty Midget Doctor Who comic (included with TVC 1292) - Doomcloud
• 1386-1389: The Duellists
• 1390-1396: The Amateur
• 1397-1403: The Magician
• 1404-1408: The Wanderers
• 1409-1415: The Metal-Eaters
• 1416-1423: Moon Exploration (Lords of the Ether)
• 1424-1430: Size Control

Other uses

TV Comic used the Doctor and the Daleks in four known back-up comics, featured in a section titled "Pick of the Jokes." One notable aspect was that these jokes appear to follow licensing restrictions: for instance, Daleks did not appear in these comics until TV Comic obtained permission to put them in comics.

These comics are:

The Doctor fights with a police officer, wanting to get to his TARDIS.

Two Daleks talk, in TV Comic 798.

• TVC 696, the Doctor attempts to get back to the TARDIS, or perhaps just a police box, but is blocked by an officer.
• TVC 740: the Doctor enters a police box, only to find an officer exiting. The Doctor responds "Oops! Sorry! Wrong box!"
• TVC 794: In an otherwise non-Who strip, a child carried a small Dalek on a leash.
• TVC 798: Two Daleks talk, one speaking of their Trans-sister

Special issues

TV Comic Holiday

First Doctor

• TV Comic Holiday 1965: Prisoners of Gritog
• TV Comic Holiday 1966: Guests of King Neptune and The Gaze of the Gorgon

Second Doctor

• TV Comic Holiday 1967: Barnabus and Jungle Adventure
• TV Comic Holiday 1968: Return of the Witches and Masquerade
• TV Comic Holiday 1969: The Champion and The Entertainer

Third Doctor

• TV Comic Holiday 1970: Assassin from Space and Undercover

• TV Comic Holiday 1973: The One Second Hour (short story)
• TV Comic Holiday 1974: Signal S.O.S. (short story)

Fourth Doctor

• TV Comic Holiday 1975: The Magic Box (short story)
• TV Comic Holiday 1976: Which Way Out? (short story)
• TV Comic Holiday 1977: The Sky Warrior

TV Comic Annual

First Doctor

• TV Comic Annual 1966: Prisoners of the Kleptons and The Caterpillar Men
• TV Comic Annual 1967: Deadly Vessel and Kingdom of the Animals

Second Doctor

• TV Comic Annual 1968: Attack of the Daleks and Pursued by the Trods
• TV Comic Annual 1969: The Time Museum and The Electrodes
• TV Comic Annual 1970: Death Race and Test Flight

Third Doctor

• TV Comic Annual 1971: Castaway and Levitation
• TV Comic Annual 1975: Petrified

Fourth Doctor

• TV Comic Annual 1976: Woden's Warriors
• TV Comic Annual 1977: The Tansbury Experiment
• TV Comic Annual 1978: Master of the Blackhole and Jackals of Space
• TV Comic Annual 1979: The Sea Devil and Milena

External links

• TV Comic Strips - First Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• TV Comic Strips - Second Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• TV Comic Strips - Third Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• TV Comic Strips - Fourth Doctor at the Doctor Who Reference Guide