Comic Relief

Comic Relief is a British charity organization. The BBC is one of the main supporters of Comic Relief and airs TV specials during Red Nose Day, a donation campaign is held every other March with the sale of variant Red Noses a key feature of the fundraising.

Comic Relief Comic (1991)
In March 1991 Fleetway Publications for Comic Relief, an operating name of Charity Projects Ltd, published a ‘Comic Relief comic’, a 60 page full colour multi-character, linked series of strips featuring too many characters to mention, by numerous (uncredited) artists. Basically the strip told of the Doctors arriving to save the day with a supply of Red Noses for the Treen colony, when Dan Dare runs out and the Mekon isn’t happy! Characters included; Ice Warrior, Draconian, Cyberman, Sontaran, TARDIS, Doctors 1-7, and companions K-9, Leela, Susan, Tegan, Victoria and Ace. A Dalek is heard to ‘EX-TERM-IN-ATE’ and the TARDIS arrives to the ‘Diddly dum’ Doctor Who theme tune.
 * Lenny Henry wrote an introduction inside the front cover and Elitta Fell was credited with a last minute thanks
 * ISBN 1-85386-258-4 priced £1.50 (UK) with all profits going to Comic Relief.

Doctor Who-related Red Nose Day Broadcasts

 * On 12th March 1999 - the BBC aired an original Doctor Who parody story, The Curse of Fatal Death.
 * On 16th March 2007 - David Tennant and Catherine Tate appeared in a televised skit which included numerous Doctor Who in-jokes.
 * On 13th March 2009 - From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love, a mini-episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures guest-starring Ronny Corbett, was aired.