As with the television series, the William Hartnell's First Doctor was the original comic strip Doctor.
The first Doctor Who comics to be printed were those featured in TV Comic. Consistently labeled as little more than the series' title for the entire run, all but one of the original First Doctor stories were given titles much later by comic strip and Who historians. The original comics introduced the characters of the Doctor's grandchildren, John and Gillian, who served as the strip's replacements to Susan Foreman. The strip introduced them as having lived on 20th century Earth before meeting their grandfather, but never expounded on their origins before the comic, nor their relation to Susan. Because of this, stories exploring the Doctor's family or history on Gallifrey have almost consistently "forgotten" about John and Gillian, and the lack of an acceptable "gap" for these stories to take place has often confounded fans interested in the timeline of the Doctor's life (an issue that would continue on through the Fourth and Fifth Doctor's comic adventures). Despite this, John and Gillian's adventures have not gone totally ignored by other stories, being briefly mentioned in such things as the BBC Audio story A Sting in the Tale and the Short Trips story The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas.
The First Doctor also appeared in a series of Give-a-Show Projector stories in 1965, which featured the only comics to date of him battling the Daleks. He would later be featured in Doctor Who Magazine adventures both in their main series and in specials.
Comic strip companions of the First Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Many of the early comic strip stories did not have individual story titles so there is no "correct" title for many of the strips. Commentary and listings from older sources may use variant titles.
- The titles given below conform to widely accepted titles (as referenced by Jean-Marc Lofficier and revised by John Ainsworth (comic historian)). The titles below were also adopted and used by Doctor Who Magazine and throughout Doctor Who Classic Comics (to which John Ainsworth was a major contributer).
- The titles used below are firstly taken from the strip itself or from titles given by the preceding issue. In some cases the writer/artist has been able to provide a title for a given piece of work.
The listing below shows first publication details only. Reprint details can be found by following the story links.
| Title |
Featuring |
Printed in |
Released
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| The Klepton Parasites
|
John, Gilliam, Kleptons
|
674-683
|
9 November 1964-11 January 1965
|
| The Therovian Quest
|
John, Gillian
|
684-689
|
16 January - 22 February 1965
|
| The Hijackers of Thrax
|
690-692
|
1 - 15 March 1965
|
| On the Web Planet
|
John, Gillian, Zarbi
|
693-698
|
22 March - 26 April 1965
|
| The Gyros Injustice
|
John, Gillian
|
699-704
|
3 May - 7 June 1965
|
| Challenge of the Piper
|
705-709
|
14 June - 12 July 1965
|
| Moon Landing
|
710-712
|
19 July - 2 August 1965
|
| Time in Reverse
|
713-715
|
9 - 23 August 1965
|
| Lizardworld
|
716-719
|
30 August - 20 September 1965
|
| The Ordeals of Demeter
|
720-723
|
27 September - 18 October 1965
|
| Enter: The Go-Ray
|
724-727
|
25 October - 15 November 1965
|
| Shark Bait
|
728-731
|
22 November - 13 December 1965
|
| A Christmas Story
|
732-735
|
20 December 1965 - 10 January 1966
|
| The Didus Expedition
|
736-739
|
22 January - 12 February 1966
|
| Space Station Z-7
|
740-743
|
19 February - 12 March 1966
|
| Plague of the Black Scorpi
|
744-747
|
19 March - 9 April 1966
|
| The Trodos Tyranny
|
John, Gillian, Trods
|
748-752
|
16 April - 14 May 1966
|
| The Secret of Gemino
|
John, Gillian
|
753-757
|
21 May - 18 June 1966
|
| The Haunted Planet
|
758-762
|
25 June - 23 July 1966
|
| The Hunters of Zerox
|
763-767
|
30 July - 27 August 1966
|
| The Underwater Robot
|
768-771
|
3 - 24 September 1966
|
| Return of the Trods
|
John, Gillian, Trods
|
772-775
|
1 - 22 October 1966
|
| The Galaxy Games
|
John, Gillian
|
776-779
|
29 October - 19 November 1966
|
| The Experimenters
|
780-783
|
26 November - 17 December 1966
|
| Title |
Writer |
Featuring |
Printed in |
Released
|
| Timeslip
|
Dez Skinn
|
Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, K9 Mark II
|
17-18
|
31 January - 7 February 1980
|
| Funhouse
|
Alan McKenzie
|
Sixth Doctor, Frobisher
|
102-103
|
13 June - 11 July 1985
|
| Time & Time Again
|
Paul Cornell
|
Seventh Doctor, Ace, Benny, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Adric, Frobisher, White Guardian, Black Guardian
|
207
|
25 November 1993
|
| Food for Thought
|
Nicholas Briggs
|
Ben, Polly
|
218-220
|
29 September - 24 November 1994
|
| Operation Proteus
|
Gareth Roberts
|
Susan
|
231-233
|
28 September - 23 November 1995
|
| Happy Deathday
|
Scott Gray
|
Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Izzy Sinclair
|
272
|
19 November 1998
|
| Death to the Doctor!
|
Jonathan Morris
|
Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Steven, Dodo, Jo, the Brig, Romana I, K9 Mark II, Frobisher, Izzy, Rose, Martha
|
390
|
13 December - 2007
|
| Title |
Writer |
Featuring |
Printed in |
Released
|
| The Forgotten
|
Tony Lee
|
Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Jo, The Brig, Benton, Yates, Romana II, Tegan, Turlough, Peri, Ace, Rose, Martha, Autons, Judoon, Clockwork Droids, Kaldor androids, Es'Cartrss
|
TF 1 - 6
|
20 August 2008 - 21 January 2009
|
- Dead Man's Hand (DW12 15 featuring Matrix projections of the first eleven Doctors and the War Doctor)
| Title |
Writer |
Featuring |
Printed in |
Released
|
| Unnatural History
|
Scott & David Tipton
|
Ian, Barbara, Vicki, Zarbi, The Animus
|
POT 1
|
28 February 2013
|
| Endgame
|
Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, all captured companions, Adam, The Tremas Master
|
POT 12
|
20 November 2013
|
First Doctor comic stories |
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| First Doctor TVC comic stories |
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| | Neville Main era
(November 1964 -
September 1965) |
| Weekly strip | | | | Holiday stories | | | | Annual stories | | | | Pick of the Jokes | | | | TV Terrors | |
| | Bill Mevin era
(September 1965 -
April 1966) |
| Weekly strip | | | | Pick of the Jokes | |
| | John Canning era
(April 1966 -
December 1966) |
| Weekly strip | | | | Holiday special | | | | Annual | | | Canning's run on TVC continues until 1971,
with a second run 1975-1979. |
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