TV Tornado

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TV Tornado, briefly known as TV Tornado and Solo after absorbing Solo, was an English publication which printed articles and tie-in comic strips to popular children's series. It was published across eighty-eight issues from 1967 through 1968, as well as several annuals. It was then merged into TV21, which was renamed TV21 and Tornado for fifty-one issues before the title reverted to TV21.

Unlike other City Magazines-published titles TV Century 21 and Lady Penelope, TV Tornado printed no Doctor Who universe stories which this Wiki considers valid, but it hosted Doctor Who-related non-ficton articles and features on a semi-regular basis.

TV Tornado also contributed to the expanded Gerry Anderson supermarionation universe (of which The Daleks had previously been a part) when The Mysterons comic strip, a prequel series to Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, started in the thirty-sixth issue. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. featured as text stories from the first issue and had been absorbed into this universe in Lady Penelope but was not conceived as such upon its inception as a television series.

Issues containing Doctor Who content

Title Issue Notes Cover date
New Shape Sky Ray 21 Advert for Dr Who's Space Adventure Book featuring the Second Doctor and the Daleks 3 June 1967
Sky Ray brings you... 24 24 June 1967
27 15 July 1967
Untitled comic story 31 A four-panel story featuring the Second Doctor, the Daleks and the TARDIS which advertised Dr Who's Space Adventure Book and doubled as a competition 12 August 1967
34 2 September 1967
Flashpoint by Ed Storm 42 Article on Patrick Troughton mentioning his role as the Doctor 28 October 1967
50 Article on David Baron mentioning his role as Ralpachan 23 December 1967
Star Spot 53 Article on Patrick Troughton mentioning his role as the Doctor 13 January 1968
Dr Who and the Monsters 58 Article featuring promotional shots from The Daleks, The Sensorites, The Abominable Snowmen and The Ice Warriors, as well as a picture of Bernard Bresslaw in costume as the Ice Warrior leader 17 February 1968
Cover Man 59 Cover featuring the Second Doctor, an Ice Warrior and the TARDIS, with a photograph of Troughton in character inside 24 February 1968
Flashpoint by Ed Storm 66 Article on Frazer Hines about his role as Jamie McCrimmon 13 April 1968
TV quiz on Dr. Who 77 Work out the five creatures from their first letters, with the answers given upside down. They are Yeti, Cybermen, Daleks, Ice Warriors and Macra Terror 29 June 1968
Star Spot 78 Article on Jack Watling mentioning his role as Edward Travers and his daughter Deborah Watling's role as Victoria Waterfield 6 July 1968
Flashpoint by Ed Storm 80 Article on William Hartnell about typecasting mentioning his role as the First Doctor 20 July 1968
83 Article on Barry Noble mentioning his role as a Cyberman 10 August 1968
86 Article about Terry Nation's invention of the Dalek name, the broadcast of the series in foreign countries and its dubbing into Arabic and Spanish. It also mentioned a host of monsters, including the most recent, the Quarks 31 August 1968