Vworp Vworp!
Vworp Vworp! is a fanzine dedicated to celebrating the comic strips of Doctor Who Magazine and thirty years of the magazine itself.
The first issue was released, after much planning, in February 2010. It came with two different covers. One showed all eleven Doctors by different artists. This variant was limited to a thousand copies. The other cover, limited to a hundred copies, showed the Fourth Doctor. It included a set of free transfers, mirroring the first ever issue of Doctor Who Magazine (then Doctor Who Weekly).
Issue 2 was scheduled for release in late August 2011. It featured the return of notorious Dalek killer, Abslom Daak. The main cover featured an picture of Daak by Mike Collins, while the variant cover was a pastiche of Doctor Who Monthly's early covers, again featuring the Fourth Doctor, this time with the Junkyard Demon. These covers were again limited to one thousand and one hundred copies respectively. The magazine also included an interview with former Doctors Tom Baker and Colin Baker on their comic strip selves. It came with a free "Vworpabix" board game, parodying the Weetabix game from the 1970s.
Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
Volume | Topics covered | Free gift | Released |
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Volume 1 | tba | Transfers | February 2010 |
Volume 2 | tba | Vworpabix game | August 2011 |
Volume 3 | TV Century 21's The Daleks | The Mechanical Planet: CD (Cover A & B) or vinyl (Cover C) |
March 2017 |
Volumes 1 & 2 Collected | tba | 2 double-sided posters 1 double-sided poster |
June 2020 August 2023 |
Volume 4 | tba | Sugar Pats cereal and stickers | September 2021 |
Volume 5 | Animated Doctor Who projects (especially The 'New' Doctor Who – An Animated Series), the Voyaga saga, who wrote The Daleks and The Curse of the Daleks, Phil Bevan, Abslom Daak | Rowen audio drama | January 2023 |
Volume 6 | tba | A Meeting on the Common and other stories DVD | November 2023 |
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Volume 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
VV 1 Cover A by Ben Willsher
VV 1 Cover B by Gavin Rymill, Dez Skinn, and Colin Brockhurst (front) and Ben Templesmith (back)
Ttransfers by Paul Grist & James Offredi
- Cover A artists: Baxter Sullivan (1st), Roger Langridge (2nd), Ben Willsher (3rd & K9), Adrian Salmon (4th), Dan McDaid (5th), Sean Longcroft (6th), Lee Sullivan (7th), Martin Geraghty (8th), Mike Collins (9th), Rob Davis (10th), Leighton Noyes (11th), John Ridgway (Frobisher), Dave Gibbons (TARDIS & Maxwell Edison), and Dicky Howett (Dalek)
Volume 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
VV 2 Cover A by Mike Collins
VV 2 Cover B by Gavin Rymill, Jim Trenowden, & Lee Johnson (front) and Ben Willsher, Jason Fletcher, & Westley Smith (back)
Volume 3[[edit] | [edit source]]
VV 3 Cover A by Martin Geraghty (Business As Usual)
VV 3 Cover B by Adrian Salmon (Black Legacy)
VV 3 Cover C by Gavin Rymill, Phil Stevens, James O'Neill, Andrew Orton and Colin Brockhurst (TV Century 21)
Volumes 1 & 2 Collected[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 2020 new artists: Daryl Joyce (Dr. Who), John Ridgway (War), John Ross (12th), Scott Gray (13th), Brian Williamson (Fugitive)
- 2023 new artists: Russ Leach (14th) and Robert Hack (15th)
Volume 4[[edit] | [edit source]]
VV 4 Cover A by Stephen B. Scott & Andrew Orton
VV 4 Cover B by Colin Brockhurst & Phil Stevens (front) and Adrian Salmon (back)
VV 4 Cover C by Paul Watts & Robert Hack
Volume 5[[edit] | [edit source]]
VV 5 Cover A by Adam Moore (Voyager)
VV 5 Cover B by Ted Bastien and Charlie Kirchoff (Nelvana) and Tim Keable (Mondas)
VV 5 Cover C by Will Brooks and Phil Stevens (The Iron Empire) and Smuzz (The Curse of the Daleks)
Volume 6[[edit] | [edit source]]
VV 6 Cover A by Robert Hack
VV 6 Cover B by Jeff Cummins
VV 6 Cover C by Andrew Orton & Colin Brockhurst
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official website
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- Vworp Vworp! Compendium available for pre-order
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- Happy New Year! Pre-orders open for Vworp Vworp! #5, the premiere Doctor Who fanzine
- Vworp Vworp! Issue 6 full details revealed – available to order now