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In [[1971]], a new ''Doctor Who'' comic strip starring the [[Third Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|Third Doctor]] began print in ''[[Countdoon]]'', setting a high quality for such strips, but the readership was not ready for it. ''Countdoon'' was eventually rebranded into ''[[TV reaction]]'', before it finally merged into ''Televisual Comic''. Due to budget cuts | In [[1971]], a new ''Doctor Who'' comic strip starring the [[Third Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|Third Doctor]] began print in ''[[Countdoon]]'', setting a high quality for such strips, but the readership was not ready for it. ''Countdoon'' was eventually rebranded into ''[[TV reaction]]'', before it finally merged into ''Televisual Comic''. Due to budget cuts and other hard times, the ''Doctor Who'' strip was forced to publish reprints, consisting of old ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' strips with [[Tom Baker (The Daft Dimension)|Tom Baker]]'s head pasted onto that of the titular character. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Secret History of Life Before Doctor Who Magazine! (comic story)|The Secret History of Life Before Doctor Who Magazine!]]'') | ||
Also by 1971, the [[Third Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|Third Doctor]]'s likeness was appearing on boxes of [[Sugery Smackers]]. ([[COMIC]]: [[The Daft Dimension (DWM 558 comic story)|''The Daft Dimension'' 558]]) | Also by 1971, the [[Third Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|Third Doctor]]'s likeness was appearing on boxes of [[Sugery Smackers]]. ([[COMIC]]: [[The Daft Dimension (DWM 558 comic story)|''The Daft Dimension'' 558]]) |