The Next 20 Years (comic story)

 was a comic story by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett included in the DWMS Summer 1983.

Summary
For the Doctor's twentieth anniversary, everybody is taking a look back at his programme. However, borrowing the TARDIS affords a much more interesting view: the next twenty years.

Characters

 * Second Doctor
 * Third Doctor
 * Fourth Doctor
 * Fifth Doctor
 * Sixth Doctor
 * Seventh Doctor
 * Eighth Doctor
 * Ninth Doctor
 * Tenth Doctor
 * Eleventh Doctor
 * Twelfth Doctor
 * The Doctor
 * Adric
 * Adric's mother
 * The Master
 * Dalek
 * Cyberman
 * Mechonoid
 * K1
 * Patrick Troughton
 * Companion
 * Decorator
 * Writer
 * Auctioneer

Worldbuilding

 * In 1985, Adric returns after the BBC finally give in to pressure from the Bring Back Adric Fan Club which consists solely of his mother.
 * 1988 marks the appearance of the first female Dr Who. She orders new wallpaper and carpet to be installed into her TARDIS and one decorator uses pink paint.
 * 1990 sees the Master's most cunning disguise to date which fools even their companion into believing the Master is the Doctor.
 * In 1993, a Dalek, Cyberman, Mechonoid and Giant Robot team-up to form the heaviest Heavy Metal band ever.
 * In 1995, there are twelve incarnations of the Doctor around.
 * In 1998, the third Dr Who movie, made by Stan Demile Productions Ltd, finally gets underway at the script session. The writers suggest to each other that they could write-out the TARDIS and make the Doctor a surgeon in a Birmingham hospital and also bring in a wombat to show it's a family film.
 * In 2000, the Doctor Who Cottage (Police Box) Industries is formed. The Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors are involved and announce that recorders, sonic screwdrivers, hand-knitted scarfs and willow cricket bats respectively are available to purchase.
 * In 2003, as the mania for Doctor Who-related merchandise grew, Patrick Troughton is sold for eighty-eight million pounds at a convention.