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'''''Doctor Who Weekly''''' began in [[1979]] under the editorship of [[Dez Skinn]]. Skinn was editorial director of [[Marvel Comics]]' UK division and had been hired to expand the company. He had been trying to launch a ''Doctor Who'' title alongside his ''House of Hammer'' and ''Starburst'' for over three years but could not get the BBC license because of an existing single page Doctor Who comic strip in ''TV Comic''.

Skinn made the initial announcement of the pending launch at the August 1979 Doctor Who convention - [http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=694168012&aid=160700#!/photo.php?fbid=204991828012&set=a.204988233012.160700.694168012&theater launch photo here] before a September promotional tour which included the 1979 Worldcon SF convention at Brighton alongside [[Tom Baker]] (the [[Fourth Doctor]] at the time, photos [http://dezskinn.com/Marvel-UK-4/#travels here]) as well as various retail and wholesale meetings to promote the first issue to the trade.<ref>[http://www.martynalner.f9.co.uk/Who/DWM/Intros/79intro.htm Matt's Place - ''Doctor Who Magazine'' Introduction] <small>accessed 18th February, 2011</small></ref>

''Doctor Who Weekly'' was first released on [[17 October|17]] [[October]] [[1979]] published by Marvel Comics Ltd on a Thursday, with a cover price of 12 pence in the United Kingdom. It continued to be published in the standard weekly frequency until [[September]] [[1980]] when it changed to a monthly format, and it was retitled [[Doctor Who Magazine/Doctor Who - A Marvel Monthly|Doctor Who Monthly]].