Doctor Who (1984)

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Doctor Who was a monthly comic book published from October 1984 to August 1986 by Marvel Comics. It re-printed Doctor Who Magazine comic stories featuring the Fourth and Fifth Doctors. Until the advent of IDW's 2008 Doctor Who title, it was the only Doctor Who comic published in the United States. For this reason, many fans consider it "the American Doctor Who comic book", even though it is no longer the only such publication. All the stories featured in this series have since been reprinted by IDW in its Doctor Who Classics line.

Following the positive feedback to the Doctor's comic strip stories as featured in issues 57 through 60 of Marvel Premiere, a separate, "glossy format" title, rather than Marvel Premiere's traditional comic book format, was premiered. The magazine reprinted the Doctor's comics adventures from Doctor Who Weekly and Monthly stories with new colouring (the original comics had appeared in black and white), new covers by original Doctor Who Weekly artist Dave Gibbons, new articles and features and a letter column. It ran for twenty-three issues. Its first issue featured the first instalment of Doctor Who and the Star Beast, featuring the Fourth Doctor. The series concluded with Lunar Lagoon featuring the Fifth Doctor and introducing Gus.

For the first fourteen issues, the publication used a unique version of the Doctor Who logo which combined the "diamond" motif of the Fourth Doctor era with the lettering used from 1963-66. Beginning with issue 15, the comic switched to using the then-current "neon tube" logo of the Fifth Doctor.

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#	Title	Writer	Doctor	Featuring	Printed in
1	Doctor Who and the Star Beast	Pat Mills, John Wagner	4th	Sharon, K9 Mark II, Beep	DW84 1 - 2
2	Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom	Pat Mills, John Wagner		Sharon, K9, Daleks	DW84 3 - 4
3	Doctor Who and the Time Witch	Steve Moore		Sharon, K9	DW84 5
4	Dragon's Claw			Sharon, K9, Sontarans	DW84 6 - 7
5	The Collector			Sharon, K9	DW84 8
6	Dreamers of Death			Sharon, K9	DW84 8
7	The Life Bringer!			K9	DW84 9
8	War of the Words			K9	DW84 10
9	Spider-God				DW84 10
10	The Deal	Steve Parkhouse			DW84 11
11	End of the Line				DW84 11 - 12
12	Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors			Ivan	DW84 12
13	Junk-Yard Demon			Cybermen	DW84 13
14	The Neutron Knights			Catavolcus, Merlin the Wise	DW84 14
15	The Tides of Time		5th	Justin, Shayde	DW84 15 - 18
16	Timeslip	Dez Skinn, Paul Neary	4th	First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor	DW84 18
17	Stars Fell on Stockbridge	Steve Parkhouse	5th	Max	DW84 19
18	The Stockbridge Horror			Shayde	DW84 20 - 22
19	Lunar Lagoon			Gus	DW84 23

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#	Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in
1	The Return of the Daleks	Steve Moore	Daleks	DW84 1
2	Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman		Cybermen	DW84 2-3
3	The Final Quest		Sontarans	DW84 3
4	The Stolen TARDIS			DW84 4
5	Warlord of the Ogrons		Ogrons	DW84 5
6	Deathworld		Ice Warriors, Cybermen	DW84 6
7	Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer		Abslom Daak, Daleks	DW84 6-8
8	Star Tigers		Abslom Daak, Daleks	DW84 9-12
9	Yonder... The Yeti		Great Intelligence, Robot Yeti	DW84 13
10	A Ship Called Sudden Death	Steve Parkhouse	Freefall Warriors	DW84 14
11	The Fabulous Idiot	Steve Parkhouse	Ivan
12	Black Legacy	Alan Moore	Cybermen, Sontarans
13	Business as Usual	Alan Moore	Nestene Consciousness, Autons	DW84 15
14	Ship of Fools	Steve Moore	Kroton	DW84 16
15	Devil of the Deep	John Peel	Sea Devils	DW84 17
16	Crisis on Kaldor	Steve Moore	Sandminer robots	DW84 17
17	Twilight of the Silurians	Steve Moore	Silurians	DW84 18
18	The Touchdown on Deneb-7	Paul Neary	Fourth Doctor, K9 Mark II	DW84 19
19	The Outsider	Steve Moore	Sontarans	DW84 19-20
20	The Greatest Gamble	John Peel	Celestial Toymaker	DW84 20
21	Skywatch-7	Maxwell Stockbridge	UNIT, Zygons	DW84 21-22
22	The Gods Walk Among Us	John Peel	Sontarans	DW84 21
23	The Fires Down Below	John Peel	UNIT, Quarks, Dominators	DW84 22
24	Voyage to the Edge of the Universe	Paul Neary	Dæmons	DW84 23

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Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (DWM 3 / MP 57)

Comics printed in Doctor Who Weekly included a recap segment that covered up part of the original artwork. The recap was not included in the Marvel Premiere and Doctor Who (1984) reprints, restoring the original artwork.^[1]
- Reprints in Doctor Who Classic Comics, graphic novels, and Doctor Who Classics kept the recaps.