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Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time was a piece of meta-fiction printed within Doctor Who Magazine, showing the writer of the story, Sean Longcroft, discussing his childhood growing up with the show with the Fourth Doctor.

The story serves as a transition between the two comics which fell directly before and after its printing — Ground Zero (the final continuous Seventh Doctor story) and Endgame (the first continuous Eighth Doctor story). The Eighth Doctor's run on Doctor Who Magazine would be approached with a more direct and consistent manner, as they decided to form their own story-lines and their own take on the character. This was immediately marked with the introduction of Izzy Sinclair, making the story the first to have an entirely unique set of companions since Sixth Doctor companion Frobisher.

Summary[]

A writer encounters the Doctor.

Plot[]

Doctor Who fan writer and artist Sean, while trying to write a Who story for the BBC, has a visit from an old friend; the Fourth Doctor himself, who helps Sean to remember how he used to feel about Doctor Who, why he fell out of touch with the programme, and why it's so important to remember how he really feels about it.

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  • This comic is a meta-fictional effort, featuring a "real world" character watching Doctor Who and the Fourth Doctor turning up, seemingly the narrator's friend.
  • This is the first time the theme tune has been rendered in a comic, with lyrics:
Da-Lin-Da-Din
Da-Lin-Da-Din
Da-Lin-Da-Din
Wa-ooooo
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