Doctor Who Ongoing

Announced at the February 2009 New York Comic Con, Doctor Who Ongoing is a monthly comic book by the American publisher IDW Publishing, which is scheduled to commence in July 2009. The cover title is simply "Doctor Who", with the "Ongoing" dropped.

Whereas previous IDW releases have been limited-run story arcs (except for reprint series), or standalone one-shots such as The Time Machination, Doctor Who Ongoing, as the title suggests, is planned as a monthly "anthology" similar to standard comic books. Initially written by Tony Lee, IDW is planning the series to run for at least 18 issues, announcing that the New York Comic Con that the 18th issue, scheduled for publication in December 2010, will hopefully feature the start of original comic book adventures featuring the Eleventh Doctor.

Initially, the series will focus on the adventures of the Tenth Doctor, pairing him with new characters created for the comic book, much like the 2009 specials.

It has not yet been announced whether Doctor Who Ongoing will be available outside of North America.

Stories

 * 1) Silver Scream (2 parts)
 * 2) Fugitive (4 parts)
 * 3) In a Newsarama interview, Tony Lee said "That said, we do have stand alone stories set on colony worlds, Lovecraftian horrors in Oxford, UNIT in modern day Greenwich, and a two parter set in the TARDIS."

Continuity

 * In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Tony Lee said that the Tenth Doctor's adventures in the ongoing are most likely set directly before the final two specials, presumably referring to the two specials following The Waters of Mars. Lee confirmed that this is where he personally sets them in his Newsarama interview.