Radio Times comic stories

The Radio Times comic strips were a series of five comic stories featuring the Eighth Doctor, printed in the Radio Times, that ran for 42 issues. They started the week after Doctor Who: The TV Movie was first broadcast on BBC1. The first part of the story Descendance was printed in the Radio Times dated 1 - 7th June 1996. The first story, Dreadnought, featured the Cybermen.

All of the stories were scripted by Gary Russell, art by Lee Sullivan, with colour by Alan Craddock and lettering by Alitta Fell.

The stories were ended early due to a change of management at the Radio Times. It was originally planned to last for 60 issues and the fifth story was to be called Deceptions, but Coda was made to finish it, rather abruptly.

Continuity
In terms of continuity, these probably take place between The Eight Doctors and The Dying Days. The strips also introduced two new companions, Stacy Townsend and Ssard. The pair later would later appear in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventure Novel Placebo Effect, a sequel to the comic strips.

Comic Stories

 * Dreadnought (10 Parts)
 * Descendance (10 Parts) 1 - 7 June 1996 -
 * Ascendance (10 Parts)
 * Perceptions (10 Parts)
 * Coda (2 Parts)
 * Deceptions (abandoned)