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 edit

When Doctor Who Weekly began publishing in 1978, the Fourth Doctor (played by Tom Baker) was the current Doctor on television.

Doctor Who Weekly took over an ongoing regular comic strip presence of the Doctor's adventures from TV Comic. Central to the concept of Doctor Who Weekly (later renamed as Doctor Who Magazine), was to offer more mature comic strip adventures than had previously appeared.

The Doctor Who Magazine comic strip launched with the Doctor travelling on his own. Later a number of new as well as more familiar characters were included. (These decisions were largely determined by the issue of image rights).

While most of the adventures occur within their own continuity, direct references to the television series make placing these adventures into on-screen continuity problematic.

While Doctor Who Magazine mostly uses the current Doctor in the regular comic strip adventures, later Fourth Doctor comic strip stories have appeared from time to time in the regular magazine, specials and in other publications. The Fourth Doctor's comic strip adventures have gone through the most reprints and his early DWM strips are widely regarded as among the best.

Polystyle comic strips edit

TV Comic edit

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"Death Flower"	Sarah Jane Smith	TBA	January–March 1975
2	"Return of the Daleks"	Sarah Jane, the Daleks and the Time Lords	TBA	March–May 1975
3	"The Wreckers!"	Sarah Jane	Dennis Hooper	May–July 1975
4	"The Emperor's Spy"	Sarah Jane	TBA	July–September 1975
5	"The Sinister Sea"	Sarah Jane	TBA	September–October 1975
6	"The Space Ghost"	Sarah Jane	TBA	October–November 1975
7	"The Dalek Revenge"	Sarah Jane and the Daleks	TBA	December 1975 – January 1976
8	"Virus"	Sarah Jane	TBA	January–March 1976
9	"Treasure Trail"	Sarah Jane and the Time Lords	TBA	March–May 1976
10	"Hubert's Folly"	Sarah Jane	TBA	May–June 1976
11	"Counter-rotation"	Sarah Jane	TBA	June–August 1976
12	"Mind Snatch"	Sarah Jane	TBA	August–September 1976
13	"The Hoaxers"	Sarah Jane	TBA	September 1976
14	"The Mutant Strain"	Tom Lambert	TBA	September–October 1976
15	"Double Trouble"	The Time Lords	TBA	October–December 1976
16	"Dredger"	Sarah Jane	Geoff Cowan	December 1976 – January 1977
17	"The False Planet"	TBA	TBA	February–March 1977
18	"The Fire Feeders"	Inspector Keel	TBA	March–May 1977
19	"Kling Dynasty"	TBA	TBA	May–July 1977
20	"The Orb"	Leela	TBA	July–August 1977
21	"The Mutants"	Leela and the Time Lords	TBA	August–October 1977
22	"The Devil's Mouth"	Leela	Geoff Cowan	October–November 1977
23	"The Aqua-City"	Leela	Geoff Cowan	November 1977 – January 1978
24	"The Snow Devils"	TBA	TBA	January–February 1978
25	"The Space Garden"	TBA	TBA	February–March 1978
26	"The Eerie Manor"	TBA	TBA	March–April 1978
27	"Guardians of the Tomb"	TBA	TBA	April–May 1978
28	"The Image Makers"	The Time Lords	TBA	May–June 1978
29 †	"The Duellists"	TBA	TBA	July 1978

† indicates a reprinted story with the artwork altered to show the Fourth Doctor in place of the Doctor in the original story

Doctor Who Magazine comic strips edit

Doctor Who Weekly edit

Two of the early strips ("The Iron Legion" and "The Star Beast") were adapted as audio stories under The Comic Strip Adaptations by Big Finish Productions in 2019.^[1] "The Star Beast" was then adapted into a television episode in 2023.^[2]

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"The Iron Legion"	none	Pat Mills and John Wagner	October–December 1979
2	"City of the Damned"	none	John Wagner and Pat Mills	December 1979 – January 1980
3	"Timeslip"	K9	Dez Skinn	February 1980
4	"The Star Beast"	Sharon and K9	Pat Mills and John Wagner	February–April 1980
5	"The Dogs of Doom"	Sharon and K9, and the Daleks	John Wagner and Pat Mills	April–June 1980
6	"The Time Witch"	Sharon and K9	Steve Moore	June–July 1980
7	"Dragon's Claw"	Sharon and K9, and the Sontarans	Steve Moore	July–October 1980
8	"The Collector"	Sharon and K9	Steve Moore	November 1980
9	"Dreamers of Death"	Sharon and K9	Steve Moore	December 1980 – January 1981
10	"The Life Bringer"	K9	Steve Moore	February–March 1981
11	"War of the Words"	none	Steve Moore	April 1981
12	"Spider God"	none	Steve Moore	May 1981
13	"The Deal"	none	Steve Parkhouse	June 1981
14	"The End of the Line"	none	Steve Parkhouse	July–August 1981
15	"The Free-Fall Warrior"	Dr Ivan Asimoff	Steve Parkhouse	September–October 1981
16	"Junkyard Demon"	The Cybermen	Steve Parkhouse	November–December 1981
17	"The Neutron Knights"	King Arthur Pendragon and Merlin	Steve Parkhouse	January 1982

Doctor Who Yearbook edit

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"Rest and Re-Creation"	Leela and the Zygons	Warwick Gray	1994
2	"The Naked Flame"	Sarah Jane Smith	Warwick Gray	1995
3	"Star Beast II"	Sharon and K9	Gary Gillatt	1996
4	"Junkyard Demon II"	The Cybermen	Alan Barnes	1996

Titan Comics edit

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"Gaze of the Medusa"	Sarah Jane Smith	Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby	March–September 2016

References edit

^ Gooden, Tai (25 November 2023). "Doctor Who's Beep the Meep and the Wrarth Warriors Comic and Big Finish Origins, Explained". Nerdist. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ Seale, Jack (25 November 2023). "Doctor Who: The Star Beast review – David Tennant and Catherine Tate have got this show flying again". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

[1] Gooden, Tai (25 November 2023). "Doctor Who's Beep the Meep and the Wrarth Warriors Comic and Big Finish Origins, Explained". Nerdist. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[2] Seale, Jack (25 November 2023). "Doctor Who: The Star Beast review – David Tennant and Catherine Tate have got this show flying again". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

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