Seventh Doctor comic stories

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Somewhat after the broadcast of Time and the Rani, Doctor Who Magazine changed the Doctor in their comic strip from the Sixth Doctor to the Seventh Doctor. While the cancellation of the television series was undoubtedly bad news for Sylvester McCoy's longevity in the role, it was an unexpected boon to the Seventh Doctor's comic life. With no new Doctor on the horizon, the Seventh Doctor lived on in the pages of DWM for years after the transmission of his final televised adventure.

In fact, the Seventh Doctor became the first incarnation of the Doctor to be in two regular comic publications simultaneously. Pre-figuring the Tenth Doctor's later "double-duty" in DWM and Doctor Who Adventures, the Seventh Doctor was, briefly, in both DWM and The Incredible Hulk Presents, another Marvel publication.

Several different approaches were taken by DWM during this era. At first, they told stories which had no obvious connection to the television series. Frobisher briefly ushered in the new Doctor's era, before scampering off. The Doctor then travelled around either on his own or with one-off companions.

After the television series ended, and the Virgin New Adventures series began, there was an effort to try to fit the comic stories into the novels' continuity. This period, though, came to a definitive end when DWM killed off Ace in Ground Zero — and act that deliberately returned DWM to its own, separate continuity.

Comic Strip xompanions of the Seventh Doctor

Seventh Doctor comic strip stories

Doctor Who Magazine (DWM)

Doctor Who Magazine Specials (DWMS)

Death's Head Vol 1

The Incredible Hulk Presents (IHP)

Annuals (DWY)

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