The Complete History

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Doctor Who: The Complete History was a fortnightly series of partworks published in hardback format by Panini UK with Hachette Partworks.

The series was only available to purchase in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and wasn't available digitally.[1]

It featured revised instalments of Andrew Pixley's contributions to the Archive feature in Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition, covering the making of Doctor Who's stories on television, along with some cases where features have been written from scratch specifically for The Complete History. (DWM 490)

John Ainsworth was initially the sole editor, but later on he alternated his role with Mark Wright, with Ainsworth editing the even-numbered issues and Wright editing the odd-numbered ones. (DWMSE 47)

The cover artwork was illustrated by Lee Johnson. The series was billed to present "the history of every Doctor Who TV story alongside a wealth of photographs". (DWM 490) The spine of each issue was colour-coded by Doctor.

Content from issues covering episodes featuring the Twelfth Doctor was later reprinted in The Doctor Who Companion; volumes one, two, and three.

The publication order of the issues didn't match the order in which the stories were broadcast, instead going back and forth through all of the show's history in order to "reflect the variety and breadth of the series".[2]

List of released volumes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Volume Issue Story No Story name Release date
1 4 1 100,000 BC 21 October 2015
2 The Mutants (aka The Daleks)
2 32 3 Inside the Spaceship 15 June 2016
4 Marco Polo
5 The Keys of Marinus
6 The Aztecs
3 21 7 The Sensorites 16 November 2016
8 The Reign of Terror
9 Planet of Giants
4 61 10 The Dalek Invasion of Earth 27 December 2017
11 The Rescue
12 The Romans
13 The Web Planet
5 11 14 The Crusade 27 January 2016
15 The Space Museum
16 The Chase
17 The Time Meddler
6 47 18 Galaxy 4 14 June 2017
19 Mission to the Unknown
20 The Myth Makers
21 The Daleks' Master Plan
7 73 22 The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve 13 June 2018
23 The Ark
24 The Celestial Toymaker
25 The Gunfighters
8 27 26 The Savages 7 September 2016
27 The War Machines
28 The Smugglers
29 The Tenth Planet
9 34 30 The Power of the Daleks 14 December 2016
31 The Highlanders
32 The Underwater Menace
33 The Moonbase
10 49 34 The Macra Terror 12 July 2017
35 The Faceless Ones
36 The Evil of the Daleks
37 The Tomb of the Cybermen
11 20 38 The Abominable Snowmen 1 June 2016
39 The Ice Warriors
40 The Enemy of the World
41 The Web of Fear
12 67 42 Fury from the Deep 21 March 2018
43 The Wheel in Space
44 The Dominators
13 8 45 The Mind Robber 16 December 2015
46 The Invasion
47 The Krotons
14 64 48 The Seeds of Death 7 February 2018
49 The Space Pirates
50 The War Games
15 24 51 Spearhead from Space 27 July 2016
52 Doctor Who and the Silurians
53 The Ambassadors of Death
16 83 54 Inferno 31 October 2018
55 Terror of the Autons
56 The Mind of Evil
57 The Claws of Axos
17 2 58 Colony in Space 23 September 2015
59 The Dæmons
60 Day of the Daleks
18 75 61 The Curse of Peladon 11 July 2018
62 The Sea Devils
63 The Mutants
64 The Time Monster
19 43 65 The Three Doctors 19 April 2017
66 Carnival of Monsters
67 Frontier in Space
20 16 68 Planet of the Daleks 6 April 2016
69 The Green Death
70 The Time Warrior
21 54 71 Invasion of the Dinosaurs 20 September 2017
72 Death to the Daleks
73 The Monster of Peladon
74 Planet of the Spiders
22 6 75 Robot 18 November 2015
76 The Ark in Space
77 The Sontaran Experiment
23 29 78 Genesis of the Daleks 5 October 2016
79 Revenge of the Cybermen
80 Terror of the Zygons
24 25 81 Planet of Evil 10 August 2016
82 Pyramids of Mars
83 The Android Invasion
84 The Brain of Morbius
25 77 85 The Seeds of Doom 8 August 2018
86 The Masque of Mandragora
87 The Hand of Fear
26 14 88 The Deadly Assassin 9 March 2016
89 The Face of Evil
90 The Robots of Death
91 The Talons of Weng-Chiang
27 36 92 Horror of Fang Rock 11 January 2017
93 The Invisible Enemy
94 Image of the Fendahl
95 The Sun Makers
28 52 96 Underworld 23 August 2017
97 The Invasion of Time
98 The Ribos Operation
29 46 99 The Pirate Planet 31 May 2017
100 The Stones of Blood
101 The Androids of Tara
30 19 102 The Power of Kroll 18 May 2016
103 The Armageddon Factor
104 Destiny of the Daleks
31 65 105 City of Death 21 February 2018
106 The Creature from the Pit
107 Nightmare of Eden
108 The Horns of Nimon
32 41 109 The Leisure Hive 22 March 2017
110 Meglos
111 Full Circle
33 57 112 State of Decay 1 November 2017
113 Warriors' Gate
114 The Keeper of Traken
115 Logopolis
34 23 116 Castrovalva 13 July 2016
117 Four to Doomsday
118 Kinda
35 68 119 The Visitation 4 April 2018
120 Black Orchid
121 Earthshock
122 Time Flight
36 39 123 Arc of Infinity 22 February 2017
124 Snakedance
125 Mawdryn Undead
37 56 126 Terminus 18 October 2017
127 Enlightenment
128 The King's Demons
129 The Five Doctors
38 9 130 Warriors of the Deep 30 December 2015
131 The Awakening
132 Frontios
39 85 133 Resurrection of the Daleks 28 November 2018
134 Planet of Fire
135 The Caves of Androzani
40 18 136 The Twin Dilemma 4 May 2016
137 Attack of the Cybermen
138 Vengeance on Varos
41 79 139 The Mark of the Rani 5 September 2018
140 The Two Doctors
141 Timelash
142 Revelation of the Daleks
42 50 143 The Trial of a Time Lord 26 July 2017
43 30 144 Time and the Rani 19 October 2016
145 Paradise Towers
146 Delta and the Bannermen
44 59 147 Dragonfire 29 November 2017
148 Remembrance of the Daleks
149 The Happiness Patrol
45 13 150 Silver Nemesis 24 February 2016
151 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
152 Battlefield
46 69 153 Ghost Light 18 April 2018
154 The Curse of Fenric
155 Survival
47 44 156 Doctor Who (The TV Movie) 3 May 2017
48 12 157 Rose 10 February 2016
158 The End of the World
159 The Unquiet Dead
49 38 160 Aliens of London / World War Three 8 February 2017
161 Dalek
162 The Long Game
163 Father's Day
50 62 164 The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances 10 January 2018
165 Boom Town
166 Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
51 7 167 The Christmas Invasion 2 December 2015
168 New Earth
169 Tooth and Claw
52 28 170 School Reunion 21 September 2016
171 The Girl in the Fireplace
172 Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
173 The Idiot's Lantern
53 33 174 The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit 30 November 2016
175 Love & Monsters
176 Fear Her
177 Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
54 58 178 The Runaway Bride 15 November 2017
179 Smith and Jones
180 The Shakespeare Code
55 1 181 Gridlock 9 September 2015
182 Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks
183 The Lazarus Experiment
184 42
56 15 185 Human Nature / The Family of Blood 23 March 2016
186 Blink
187 Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords
57 53 188 Voyage of the Damned 6 September 2017
189 Partners in Crime
190 The Fires of Pompeii
58 63 191 Planet of the Ood 24 January 2018
192 The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
193 The Doctor's Daughter
194 The Unicorn and the Wasp
59 40 195 Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead 8 March 2017
196 Midnight
197 Turn Left
60 81 198 The Stolen Earth / Journey's End 3 October 2018
199 The Next Doctor
61 22 200 Planet of the Dead 26 June 2016
201 The Waters of Mars
62 45 202 The End of Time 17 May 2017
63 51 203 The Eleventh Hour 9 August 2017
204 The Beast Below
205 Victory of the Daleks
64 31 206 The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone 2 November 2016
207 The Vampires of Venice
208 Amy's Choice
65 66 209 The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood 7 March 2018
210 Vincent and the Doctor
211 The Lodger
66 60 212 The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 13 December 2017
213 A Christmas Carol
214 The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon
67 17 215 The Curse of the Black Spot 20 April 2016
216 The Doctor's Wife
217 The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People
68 37 218 A Good Man Goes to War 25 January 2017
219 Let's Kill Hitler
220 Night Terrors
69 87 221 The Girl Who Waited 26 December 2018
222 The God Complex
223 Closing Time
70 48 224 The Wedding of River Song 28 June 2017
225 The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
226 Asylum of the Daleks
71 5 227 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 4 November 2015
228 A Town Called Mercy
229 The Power of Three
72 42 230 The Angels Take Manhattan 5 April 2017
231 The Snowmen
232 The Bells of Saint John
73 26 233 The Rings of Akhaten 26 August 2016
234 Cold War
235 Hide
236 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
74 71 237 The Crimson Horror 16 May 2018
238 Nightmare in Silver
239 The Name of the Doctor
75 10 240 The Day of the Doctor 13 January 2016
241 The Time of the Doctor
76 3 242 Deep Breath 7 October 2015
243 Into the Dalek
77 35 244 Robot of Sherwood 28 December 2016
245 Listen
246 Time Heist
78 55 247 The Caretaker 4 October 2017
248 Kill the Moon
249 Mummy on the Orient Express
79 70 250 Flatline 2 May 2018
251 In the Forest of the Night
252 Dark Water / Death in Heaven
80 72 253 Last Christmas 30 May 2018
254 The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar
81 74 255 Under the Lake / Before the Flood 27 June 2018
256 The Girl Who Died
82 76 257 The Woman Who Lived 25 July 2018
258 The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion
83 78 259 Sleep No More 22 August 2018
260 Face the Raven
261 Heaven Sent
84 80 262 Hell Bent 19 September 2018
263 The Husbands of River Song
85 82 264 The Return of Doctor Mysterio 17 October 2018
265 The Pilot
86 84 266 Smile 14 November 2018
267 Thin Ice
268 Knock Knock
87 86 269 Oxygen 12 December 2018
270 Extremis
271 The Pyramid at the End of the World
88 88 272 The Lie of the Land 9 January 2019
273 Empress of Mars
274 The Eaters of Light
89 89 275 World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls 23 January 2019
276 Twice Upon a Time
90 90 A Shada 6 February 2019
B Dimensions in Time
C The Curse of Fatal Death
D Time Crash

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Complete History spines
  • The spines of the series show the First to Twelfth Doctors.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Hachette Partworks. FAQs - Doctor Who - The Complete History. Doctor Who - The Complete History. Retrieved on 12 February 2018.
  2. Hachette Partworks. The Collection - Doctor Who - The Complete History. Doctor Who - The Complete History. Retrieved on 12 February 2018.