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The Beano, also known as just Beano, is a comic book magazine published by DC Thomson, which began with its first issue on 30 July 1938. The magazine has featured several successful comic strips, including Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, Biffo the Bear, Big Eggo, The Bash Street Kids, Billy Whizz, and Calamity James. Some of these have gained television adaptations, especially Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, which has had several.

The magazine, primarily aimed towards children, often featured pop cultural references to various series, including Star Wars, Despicable Me, and Doctor Who.

Collaborations
On some occasions, The Beano has officially collaborated with the Doctor Who franchise, crossing its series over with the Doctor Who universe.

The earliest one of these was in 1991, with the massive crossover comic The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic, which featured elements of Beano series Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and The Bash Street Kids, along with The Dandy 's Desperate Dan. For this, The Beano team were credited as writers and artists.

Within the same decade, a Children in Need promotional video was put out entitled Future Generations, which involved elements of the Doctor Who series, as well as featuring Dennis the Menace and Gnasher travelling past the video's protagonist.

Finally, the very first issue of BeanoMAX was a Comic Relief special, involving use of two Daleks, the Tenth Doctor, and the TARDIS in the plot of some of its comics. These comics were Dennis the Menace in Balloonatics, Dennis meets Jonathan Ross, and The Invasion of Bash Street. These crossed over with Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, Ivy the Terrible, Billy Whizz, Calamity James, and The Bash Street Kids.