TV Comic/Covers
The covers for TV Comic featured some combination of the title of the magazine, elements included inside the issue, the publishing dates of said issue, and the issue number itself. The printing of Doctor Who lasted across 756 non-consecutive issues, totally almost 15 years of coverage.
The following sub-sections have galleries illustrating the changes in font and format that the TV Comic covers went through. Unless noted otherwise, certain gaps in this page's catalogue are caused by the scarcity of quality images of some of the covers.
Covers and issues[[edit] | [edit source]]
First Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
At the time of Doctor Who's introduction to the magazine in 1964, the common tactic for the magazine was to feature a popular strip on the bottom half of the page (usually Popeye), and a banner briefly advertising other stories included inside. These often would mention Doctor Who. Because of the lack of a need of Popeye content on this wiki, these galleries will mainly function to cover the top banner of the issue.
TVC 674
TVC 675
TVC 676
TVC 677
TVC 678
TVC 679
TVC 680
TVC 681
TVC 682
TVC 683
TVC 684
TVC 685
TVC 686
TVC 687
TVC 688
TVC 689
TVC 690
TVC 691
TVC 692
TVC 693
TVC 694
TVC 695
TVC 696
- TVC 697 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg
TVC 697
TVC 698
TVC 699
TVC 700
TVC 701
TVC 702
TVC 703
TVC 704
TVC 705
TVC 706
TVC 707
TVC 709
TVC 711
TVC 716
TVC 720
TVC 721
TVC 722
TVC 726
TVC 727
TVC 728
TVC 735
TVC 736
TVC 752
TVC 768
TVC 780
Second Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The very first story of the Second Doctor's comic era continued the previous trend of a brief banner over a non-DWU comic.
After this story, Doctor Who itself took over the magazine's first page. In these cases, the first panel of said story would serve as the cover instead of a banner.
TVC 788
TVC 789
TVC 790
TVC 791
TVC 792
TVC 793
TVC 794
TVC 795
TVC 796
TVC 797
TVC 798
TVC 799
TVC 800
TVC 801
TVC 802
However, the magazine soon returned to the previous status-quo.
TVC 810
TVC 818
TVC 824
TVC 828
TVC 880
TVC 933
Third Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
After the Second Doctor regenerated at the end of COMIC: The Night Walkers, a two-month gap occurred where no Doctor Who content was featured in TV Comic. This started after TVC 936 and ended with the publication of TVC 944.
TVC 944
TVC 999
Issue 999 was the final TVC issue to feature Doctor Who material up until 1973; during this time stories were instead printed in TV Action. Issues to feature DWU material would continue in TVC 1133.
TVC 1133
Fourth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Initial issues featuring Fourth Doctor fiction features covers to form with previously noted instances.
TVC 1148
TVC 1232
TVC 1291
After issue 1291, TV Comic transitioned into Mighty TV Comic, with the adjective "NEW" added to initial publications. Alongside a thicker volume, the rejuvenated Mighty TV Comic featured a cover more common with modern publications.
TVC 1292
TVC 1318
Starting with issue 1323, Mighty TV Comic returned to the previous standard of a simple banner printed on the top of one of its regular strips. However, shortly after this the magazine also began to include additional non-comic information on a side-panel, creating a merge of a regular cover and a preview of the comics inside.
TVC 1337
TVC 1342
While technically not relevant relevant to the covers of the magazine, it should be noted that TVC 1385 was the final issue to feature original content. All issues after the fact contained slightly-altered reprints, retracing Tom Baker's (vague) likeness over previous Doctor Who comics. Mighty TV Comic soon returned to the original title of TV Comic.
TVC 1393
TVC 1394
TVC 1395
TVC 1396
TVC 1400
TVC 1401
TVC 1402
TVC 1403
TVC 1406
TVC 1411
TVC 1412
TVC 1413
TVC 1416
TVC 1417
TVC 1418
TVC 1422
TVC 1424
TVC 1425
TVC 1426
TVC 1427
TVC 1428
TVC 1429
TVC 1430
Issue 1430 was the final TV Comic variation to feature any licensed elements from the DWU. Issue 1 of Doctor Who Weekly would begin printing five months later. A similar comprehensive organisation of that publication can be found here.
