Fourth Doctor comic stories

Overview

 * When Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) first began publishing in 1978, the Fourth Doctor (played by Tom Baker) was the current Doctor on television.
 * Doctor Who Magazine took over an ongoing regular comic strip presence of the Doctor's adventures from TV Comic (TC).
 * Central to the concept of Doctor Who Magazine (or Doctor Who Weekly as it was then), 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, subsequent 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 are the most reprinted of all, and the early DWM strips widely regarded as amongst the best ever.

Comic Strip Companions of the Fourth Doctor

 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * Harry Sullivan
 * Leela
 * K-9
 * Sharon
 * Romana I
 * Romana II

Fourth Doctor Comic Strip Stories

 * Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time (DWM 243)
 * Black Destiny (DWM 235-237 with Sarah Jane and Harry)
 * The Naked Flame (DWA YB 1995 with Sarah Jane Smith)
 * Rest & Re-Creation (DWA YB 1994 with Leela)
 * The Iron Legion (DWM 1-8)
 * City of the Damned (DWM 9-16)
 * Time Slip (DWM 17-18 with K9)
 * Star Beast (DWM 19-26 with K9 and Sharon)
 * Dogs of Doom (DWM 27-34 with K9 and Sharon)
 * Time Witch (DWM 35-38 K9 and Sharon)
 * Dragons Claw (DWM 39-45 with K9 and Sharon)
 * The Collector (DWM 46 with K9 and Sharon)
 * Dreamers of Death (DWM 47-48 with K9 and Sharon)
 * Star Beast II (DWA YB 1996 with K9)
 * The Life-Bringer (DWM 49-50)
 * War of the Words (DWM 51)
 * Spider God (DWM 52)
 * The Deal (DWM 53)
 * End of the Line (DWM 54-55)
 * Free-Fall Warriors (DWM 56-57)
 * Junkyard Demon (DWM 58-59)
 * Junkyard Demon II (DWA YB 1996)
 * The Neutron Knights (DWM 60)
 * The Seventh Segment (DWMS with Romana I)
 * Victims (DWM 212-214 with Romana II)

Continuity

 * The Fourth Doctor also 'guest stars' in DWA: Under Pressure and DWM: Time & Time Again, both part of the Seventh Doctor Comic Strip Stories.