TV Action! (comic story)

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TV Action! is a Doctor Who Magazine comic story featuring the Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair. The story was created to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who Magazine.

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The Eighth Doctor and Izzy have a brief meeting with an old enemy of the Doctor's known as Beep the Meep in a parallel universe, one where the adventures of the Doctor are nothing more than televised programmes and science fiction.

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  • TV Action! marked the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who Magazine. The story is set on the very day Doctor Who Weekly first saw print and ends with a confused Doctor looking at the first issue.
  • The strip's title is a nod to TV Action, which published the Doctor Who comic strip prior to the launch of Doctor Who Magazine.
  • The alien reporter Krl Vrdrmn is a reference to Carol Vorderman.
  • Tom Baker's rambling lines are taken from actual interviews with Baker:
    • "Would you like me to be someone else? I was mistaken for Shirley Williams once-- --or was it Gertrude Stein?" (paraphrased from Who on Earth is Tom Baker?)
    • "Here's a thing. I counted four hundred and thirty varicose veins on the way here today, four hundred and thirty, can you believe that? It says a lot about life, doesn't it, when you're reduced to counting varicose veins..." (DWM 179)
    • "So you're the monster, are you? I adored the Krynoid -- the giant walking vegetable and I also liked the Wirrrn [sic]. They were both fun. Then there was the giant rat -- I thought that looked rather good..." (DWM 92)
    • "...as you know naturalism's not my strong point -- I can't even come through a door convincingly! -- But perhaps one can come through a door interestingly, dare I say amusingl--" (DWM 179)
  • Many references are made to 1979 BBC shows, with cameo appearances by actors who refer to themselves by their characters' names: the TARDIS lands in the Blue Peter garden, near the memorial statue to Petra the dog, the first people met are extras in Blake's 7 Federation soldier costumes, brainwashed servants of Meep include actors from The Onedin Line (1971-1980), Grange Hill (1978-2008), Are You Being Served? (1972, 1973-79, 1981-85) and Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979), as well as the puppet character Basil Brush, and BBC Outside Broadcast vans are used to transmit black star energy.

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