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History

Comic strip adventures of the Doctor appeared almost from the beginning of the television series. The first phase has become known as the ‘Polystyle era’ (1964-1979) of ''Doctor Who'' comic strips."Scoones (2012), p. 11 Paul Scoones, a historian of the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip, writes: Both the First and Second Doctors were, for a time, shown travelling with two youngsters named John and Gillian who are identified as the Doctor's grandchildren. Their place within established continuity has challenged fans ever since, although attempts have been made to reconcile their existence in various spin-off fiction venues. The regular ''Doctor Who Annuals'' from World Distributors published comics most years from the first annual until they ceased publication in 1985. A comic strip also regularly appeared in the pages of ''
Doctor Who Magazine ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the followi ...
''. This began as a Marvel Comics publication under the name ''Doctor Who Weekly'' in 1979 (soon changing to ''Doctor Who Monthly''), and the magazine continued to be published after the programme ceased production in 1989. The comic strip has usually featured the current Doctor in a series of adventures independent of the novels and the audios, and with another companion, though several crossovers with the worlds of the audio and literary ''Doctor Who'' and the comics have occurred. Creators who have worked on the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' strip include such notables as writer Alan Moore and artists Dave Gibbons, Mike McMahon, and John Ridgway. Selected stories were reprinted in North America by Marvel Comics, which was also the publisher of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' at the time. '' Marvel Premiere'' #57 (December 1980) was the first Doctor Who comic published in North America. When ''Doctor Who Magazine'' was published by Marvel, some characters occasionally crossed over between the ''Doctor Who'' comic and other titles published by Marvel UK; these include the froglike Venusian businessman Josiah Dogbolter and the robotic bounty hunter Death's Head. In the "Flood Barriers" feature in the trade paperback ''Doctor Who: The Flood'', it is revealed the comic strip was given the opportunity to show the regeneration of the
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into the Ninth Doctor. The publishers of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' have also produced a number of special issues, annuals, and other publications containing comics. Two short-lived spin-off series, '' Miranda'' from Comeuppance Comics and ''
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'' from Mad Norwegian Press, have also appeared, both featuring characters who had debuted in ''Doctor Who'' novels. ''Doctor Who Magazine'', which is now owned by Panini Comics, continues to produce new comic-strip adventures. Panini has also begun to reprint the early ''Doctor Who Magazine'' strips in
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format. At the height of "Dalekmania" in the 1960s, a comic strip featuring the Daleks written by David Whitaker but credited to Terry Nation appeared in the Gerry Anderson '' TV Century 21'' comic magazine.Haining 1988, p 182 The BBC also published a number of Dalek annuals, written by Whitaker and Nation, that contained a mixture of comic strips and short stories. Although much of the material in these strips directly contradicted what would be shown on television, some concepts, such as the Daleks using humanoid duplicates and the design of the Dalek Emperor, were later adapted into the television programme. The strip also featured the Mechonoids seen in '' The Chase'', and one annual featured
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and the Space Security Service. In 2005 a webcomic called ''The Forge: Project Longinus'', written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright and illustrated by Bryan Coyle was produced as a spin-off from Scott and Wright's
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''Doctor Who'' audio dramas, and contained a number of unofficial references to the ''Doctor Who'' universe.


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First Doctor comic stories First Doctor comic stories refers to the comic strips devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', using the likeness of the First Doctor William Hartnell. The strip was launched in Polystyle's ''TV Comic' ...
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Second Doctor comic stories The Second Doctor comic stories is a range of offscreen adventures featuring the second incarnation of the Doctor, the hero of BBC 1's longrunning science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. They initially appeared in ''TV Comic''. History The '' ...
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Third Doctor comic stories The Third Doctor comic stories is a range of offscreen adventures featuring the third incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the hit sc-fi series, Doctor Who. History During the early 1970s, the adventures of the Third Doctor in comic ma ...
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Fourth Doctor comic stories Fourth Doctor comic stories is a collection of the offscreen and comic adventures of the fourth incarnation of The Doctor, the protagonist of the long-running, hit sc-fi series, Doctor Who. History When 'Doctor Who Magazine' began publishing in ...
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Fifth Doctor comic stories See also * List of Doctor Who comic stories * First Doctor comic stories * Second Doctor comic stories * Third Doctor comic stories * Fourth Doctor comic strips * Sixth Doctor comic stories * Seventh Doctor comic stories * Eighth Doctor comic sto ...
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Sixth Doctor comic stories The Sixth Doctor comic stories is a range of off-screen adventures featuring the sixth incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the hit sci-fi series ''Doctor Who''. Continuing the themes of the televised series, every story sees the Doctor ...
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Seventh Doctor comic stories The Seventh Doctor comic stories is a wide range of comic strip adventures featuring the seventh incarnation of The Doctor, the Time Lord protagonist of the hit sci-fi series, Doctor Who. History Doctor Who Magazine's Seventh Doctor comic stor ...
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Eighth Doctor comic stories Eighth Doctor comic stories are two ranges of comic series that featured the adventures of the eighth incarnation of The Doctor, the protagonist of the hit sc-fi series, Doctor Who. Two separate series of original comic strips featuring the Eight ...
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War Doctor comic stories War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
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Ninth Doctor comic stories Ninth Doctor comic stories are those featuring the ninth incarnation of the Doctor from the television science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. The Ninth Doctor's brief comic tenure included the involvement of Rose Tyler. No other Doctor had a run ...
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Tenth Doctor comic stories ''The Tenth Doctor'' comic stories is a wide range of adventures featuring the tenth incarnation of the Doctor, the Time Lord protagonist of the popular sci-fi series, ''Doctor Who''. The range had the unprecedented claim of appearing in no less ...
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Eleventh Doctor comic stories The Eleventh Doctor comic stories ran in several regularly published titles: Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures and the American Doctor Who (2011). All of these comic strip adventures were supported by appearances in the ''Doctor Who'' ann ...
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Twelfth Doctor comic stories The Twelfth Doctor comic stories consisted of several regularly published titles: Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures and Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor from Titan Comics. Comics Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who Adventures Immedi ...
* Thirteenth Doctor comic stories * Dalek comic strips, illustrated annuals and graphic novels


See also

* ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs * List of ''Doctor Who'' serials * List of ''Torchwood'' comics


References

General *Scoones, Paul, ''The Comic Strip Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who in Comics: 1964-1979'', Prestatyn: Telos, 2012 Specific {{Doctor Who Comics about extraterrestrial life Comics based on Doctor Who Comics set on fictional planets