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Fourth Doctor First Appearances

The first appearances of the Fourth Doctor across several publishers -- Death Flower in TV Comic, Doctor Who and the Iron Legion in Doctor Who Weekly, and Gaze of the Medusa by Titan Comics.

The first Fourth Doctor comic story was Death Flower, printed within TV Comic. Other than the main TV Comic magazine, stories would also be printed within the TV Comic annuals and the regular Doctor Who annuals.

Starting with The Duellists in 1978, all comic stories featuring the Fourth Doctor published in TV Comic were simply reprints of older comics from the range with the art altered to resemble Tom Baker. TV Comic ceased to feature Doctor Who comics in May 1979.

Five months after TV Comic stopped releasing Doctor Who comics, Doctor Who Weekly took over as the ongoing regular comic strip. The Doctor Who Weekly 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, although the writers of said comics were fond of the idea of writing the Doctor on his own.

While stories to feature the Fourth Doctor stagnated after the exit of Tom Baker from the programme, he has been occasionally featured in publications released much later. This has most recently included a five-issue comic series printed by Titan Comics.

Comic strip companions of the Fourth Doctor[]

Regular[]

One-off[]

Fourth Doctor comic stories[]

TV Comic[]

Title Featuring Printed in Released
Death Flower Sarah 1204-1214 11 January - 22 March 1975
Return of the Daleks Sarah, Daleks 1215-1222 29 March - 17 May 1975
The Wreckers Sarah 1223-1231 24 May - 19 July 1975
The Emperor's Spy 1232-1238 26 July - 6 September 1975
The Sinister Sea 1239-1244 13 September - 18 October 1975
The Space Ghost 1245-1250 25 October - 29 November 1975
The Dalek Revenge Sarah, Daleks 1251-1258 6 December 1975 - 24 January 1976
Virus Sarah 1259-1265 31 January - 13 March 1976
Treasure Trail 1266-1272 20 March - 1 May 1976
Hubert's Folly 1273-1279 8 May - 19 June 1976
Counter-Rotation 1280-1286 26 June - 7 August 1976
Mind Snatch 1287-1290 14 August - 4 September 1976
The Hoaxers 1291 11 September 1976
The Mutant Strain 1292-1297 18 September - 23 October 1976
Double Trouble 1298-1304 30 October - 11 December 1976
Dredger 1305-1311 18 December 1976 - 29 January 1977
The False Planet Andric 1312-1317 5 February - 12 March 1977
The Fire Feeders 1318-1325 19 March - 7 May 1977
Kling Dynasty 1326-1333 14 May - 2 July 1977
The Orb Leela 1334-1340 9 July - 20 August 1977
The Mutants 1341-1347 27 August - 8 October 1977
The Devil's Mouth 1348-1352 15 October - 12 November 1977
The Aqua-City 1353-1360 19 November 1977 - 7 January 1978
The Snow Devils 1361-1365 14 January - 11 February 1978
The Space Garden 1366-1370 18 February - 18 March 1978
The Eerie Manor 1371-1372 25 March - 1 April 1978
Guardian of the Tomb 1373-1379 8 April - 20 May 1978
The Image Makers 1380-1385 27 May - 1 July 1978

Reprint stories[]

TV Comic annuals[]

Title Featuring Printed in Released
Woden's Warriors Annual 1976 1 September 1975
The Tansbury Experiment Sarah Annual 1977 1 September 1976
The Sky Warrior Holiday Special 1977 1 July 1977
Jackals of Space Sarah Annual 1978 1 September 1977
The Sea Devil Miss Young Annual 1979 1 September 1978

Doctor Who Annuals[]

Title Featuring Printed in
The Psychic Jungle Sarah, Harry Doctor Who Annual 1976
Neuronic Nightmare
The Body Snatcher Doctor Who Annual 1977
Menace on Metalupiter
The Rival Robots Sarah Doctor Who Annual 1978
The Traitor
The Power Leela Doctor Who Annual 1979
Emsone's Castle
Terror on Xaboi Romana I, K9 Mark II Doctor Who Annual 1980
The Weapon
Every Dog Has His Day Romana II, K9 Mark II Doctor Who Annual 1981
Plague World Adric, K9 Mark III Doctor Who Annual 1982

Doctor Who Weekly / Doctor Who Monthly / Doctor Who Magazine[]

Title Writer Featuring Magazine Printed In Released
Doctor Who and the Iron Legion Pat Mills and John Wagner Doctor Who Weekly 1-8 11 October-29 November 1979
City of the Damned 9-16 9 December 1979-24 January 1980
Timeslip Dez Skinn and Paul Neary First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, K9 Mark II 17-18 31 January-7 February 1980
Doctor Who and the Star Beast Pat Mills and John Wagner Sharon, K9 Mark II, Beep the Meep 19-26 14 February-3 April 1980
Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom Sharon, K9 Mark II, Daleks 27-34 10 April-29 May 1980
Doctor Who and the Time Witch Steve Moore Sharon, K9 Mark II 35-38 5-26 June 1980
Dragon's Claw Sharon, K9 Mark II, Sontarans 39-43 3 July-11 September 1980
Doctor Who Monthly 44-45
The Collector Sharon, K9 Mark II 46 9 October 1980
Dreamers of Death 47-48 13 November-11 December 1980
The Life Bringer! K9 Mark II 49-50 8 January-12 February 1981
War of the Words 51 12 March 1981
Spider-God 52 9 April 1981
The Deal Steve Parkhouse 53 7 May 1981
End of the Line 54-55 11 June-9 July 1981
Doctor Who and The Free-Fall Warriors Dr Ivan Asimoff, Freefall Warriors 56-57 13 August-10 September 1981
Junkyard Demon FlotsamJetsam, Cyberman 58-59 8 October-12 November 1981
The Neutron Knights King Arthur, Merlin the Wise 60 10 December 1981
Party Animals Gary Russell Seventh Doctor, Ace, Death's Head, Dr Ivan Asimoff, Freefall Warriors Doctor Who Magazine 173 18 April 1991
Time & Time Again Paul Cornell First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Frobisher, Ace, Benny, White Guardian, Black Guardian 207 25 November 1993
Victims Dan Abnett Romana II 212-214 14 April-9 June 1994
Black Destiny Gary Russell Sarah, Harry 235-237 18 January-14 March 1996
Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time Sean Longcroft Sean 243 29 August 1996
Death to the Doctor! Jonathan Morris First Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Steven, Dodo, Jo, The Brig, Romana I, K9 Mark II, Frobisher, Izzy, Rose, Martha 390 13 December 2007

Backup[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
K-9's Finest Hour Steve Moore K9 Mark II DWM 12 27 December 1979
The Touchdown on Deneb-7 Paul Neary DWM 48 11 December 1980

Doctor Who Yearbooks[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in
Under Pressure Dan Abnett Third Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Liz, Jo, Ace, Sea Devils Doctor Who Yearbook 1992
Rest and Re-Creation Scott Gray Leela, Zygons Doctor Who Yearbook 1994
The Naked Flame Sarah, Menoptera Doctor Who Yearbook 1995
Star Beast II Gary Gillatt K9 Mark II, Beep the Meep Doctor Who Yearbook 1996
Junkyard Demon II Alan Barnes FlotsamJetsam, Cybermen

Doctor Who Magazine specials[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in
The Seventh Segment Gareth Roberts Romana I, K9 Mark II DWMS Summer 1995

IDW publishing[]

Mini-series and one-shots[]

Doctor Who (2012)[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
Dead Man's Hand Tony Lee Eleventh Doctor, Clara DW12 13 - 16 18 September - 4 December 2013

Prisoners of Time[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
A Rare Gem Scott & David Tipton Leela, K9 Mark I, Judoon POT 4 20 March 2013
Endgame First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, all captured companions, Adam, The Tremas Master POT 12 20 November 2013

Titan Publishing Group[]

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor[]

Backup[]

Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor[]

Main[]
Backup[]

Miniseries[]

External links[]

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