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Somewhat after the broadcast of the Doctor Who television story Time and the Rani, Doctor Who Magazine's Seventh Doctor comic stories began. While the cancellation of the Doctor Who television series was undoubtedly bad news for Sylvester McCoy's longevity in the role, it was an unexpected boon to the Seventh Doctor's comic life. With no new Doctor on the horizon, the Seventh Doctor lived on in the pages of DWM for years after the transmission of McCoy's final regular appearance on TV in Survival in 1989.

In fact, the Seventh Doctor became the first incarnation of the Doctor to be in two regular comic publications simultaneously. Pre-figuring the Tenth Doctor's later "double-duty" in DWM and Doctor Who Adventures, the Seventh Doctor was, briefly, in both DWM and The Incredible Hulk Presents, another Marvel publication.

Several different approaches were taken by DWM during this era. At first, they told stories which had no obvious connection to the television series. Frobisher briefly ushered in the new Doctor's era, before scampering off. The Doctor then travelled around either on his own or with one-off companions.

After the television series ended, and the Virgin New Adventures series began, there was an effort to try to fit the comic stories into the novels' continuity. This period, though, came to a definitive end when DWM killed off Ace in Ground Zero — an act that deliberately returned DWM to its own, separate continuity.

By this stage, however, DWM had taken the editorial decision to consider the Seventh Doctor as a "past" incarnation. They began to use the comic space to tell stories of the other incarnations, which gave modern artists and writers the chance to feature Doctors and companions who hadn't really been a part of the DWM strip before. Thus, though the Seventh Doctor had a much longer reign in comics than television, it was a few years shorter than the gap between Survival and the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, where the Seventh Doctor regenerated into the Eighth on-screen. By contrast, the Eighth Doctor's era ended only when the Ninth Doctor's began in the 2005 episode Rose.

Comic strip companions of the Seventh Doctor[]

Regular[]

One-off[]

Seventh Doctor comic stories[]

Doctor Who Magazine[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
A Cold Day in Hell! Simon Furman Frobisher, Olla, Ice Warriors 133-133 8 October 1987-14 October 1988
Redemption! Olla 134 11 February 1988
The Crossroads of Time Death's Head 135 10 March 1988
Claws of the Klathi! Mike Collins 136-138 14 April-19 June 1988
Culture Shock! Grant Morrison 139 14 July 1988
Keepsake Simon Furman 140 11 August 1988
Planet of the Dead John Freeman First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Katarina, Sara, Jamie, Adric 141-142 8 September-8 October 1988
Echoes of the Mogor! Dan Abnett 143-144 10 November-8 December 1988
Time and Tide Richard Alan and John Carnell 145-146 12 January-19 February 1989
Follow That TARDIS! John Carnell The Monk 147 9 March 1989
Invaders from Gantac! Alan Grant 148-150 13 April-8 June 1989
Nemesis of the Daleks Richard Alan and Steve Alan Abslom Daak, Daleks 152-155 10 August-9 November 1989
Stairway to Heaven Paul Cornell and John Freeman 156 14 December 1989
Hunger from the Ends of Time! Dan Abnett 157-158 11 January-8 February 1990
Train-Flight Andrew Donkin and Graham S. Brand Sarah 159-161 8 March-10 May 1990
Doctor Conkerer! Ian Rimmer 162 14 June 1990
Fellow Travellers Andrew Cartmel Ace 164-166 9 August-4 October 1990
Distractions Dan Abnett 168 29 November 1990
The Mark of Mandragora Ace, Captain Muriel Frost, The Brig, UNIT, Mandragora Helix 169-172 27 December 1990-21 March 1991
Party Animals Gary Russell Fourth Doctor, Ace, Death's Head, Dr Ivan Asimoff, Freefall Warriors 173 18 April 1991
The Chameleon Factor Paul Cornell Ace, Second Doctor, Ben, Polly 174 16 May 1991
The Good Soldier Andrew Cartmell Ace, Cybermen 175-178 13 June-5 September 1991
A Glitch in Time John Freeman Ace 179 3 October 1991
Evening's Empire (incomplete) Andrew Cartmel Ace, Colonel Muriel Frost, UNIT 180 31 October 1991
The Grief Dan Abnett Ace 185-187 19 March-14 May 1992
Ravens Andrew Cartmel 188-190 11 June-6 August 1992
Memorial Scott Gray Ace 191 3 September 1992
Cat Litter Marc Platt 192 1 October 1992
Pureblood Dan Abnett Benny, Sontarans 193-196 29 October 1992-21 January 1993
Emperor of the Daleks! Paul Cornell Sixth Doctor, Peri, Benny, Abslom Daak, Daleks, Davros 197-202 18 February-8 July 1993
Final Genesis Scott Gray Ace, Benny, Silurians 203-206 5 August-28 October 1993
Time & Time Again Paul Cornell First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Frobisher, Ace, Benny, White Guardian, Black Guardian 207 25 November 1993
Cuckoo Dan Abnett Ace, Benny 208-210 23 December 1993-17 February 1994
Uninvited Guest Scott Gray 211 17 March 1994
Ground Zero Ace, Susan, Sarah, Peri, Threshold 238-242 11 April-1 August 1996
The Last Word Gareth Roberts Ace, Benny, Timewyrm 305 31 May 2001

Doctor Who Magazine specials[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in
Plastic Millenium Gareth Roberts Mel, Nestene Consciousness, Autons DWMS Winter 1994
Seaside Rendezvous Paul Cornell Ace, Ogri DWMS Summer 1991
Evening's Empire Andrew Cartmel Ace, Col. Muriel Frost, UNIT DWCC Autumn Holiday Special
Flashback Scott Gray Benny, First Doctor DWMS Winter 1992
Younger and Wiser Benny DWMS Summer 1994

Death's Head Vol 1[]

The Incredible Hulk Presents[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
Once in a Lifetime John Freeman TIHP 1 7 October 1989
Hunger from the Ends of Time! Dan Abnett TIHP 2-3 14 - 21 October 1989
War World! John Freeman TIHP 4 28 October 1989
Technical Hitch Dan Abnett TIHP 5 4 November 1989
A Switch in Time! John Freeman TIHP 6 11 November1989
The Sentinel! John Tomlinson TIHP 7 18 November 1989
Who's That Girl! Simon Furman TIHP 8-9 25 November - 2 December 1989
The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise Simon Jowett Ly-Chee TIHP 10 9 December 1989
Slimmer! Mike Collins, Tim Robins TIHP 11 16 December 1989
Nineveh! John Tomlinson TIHP 12 23 December 1989

Doctor Who Yearbook[]

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
Under Pressure Dan Abnett Ace, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Jo Doctor Who Yearbook 1992 1 October 1991
Metamorphosis Paul Cornell Ace, Daleks Doctor Who Yearbook 1993 September 1992
A Religious Experience Tim Quinn First Doctor, Ian, Barbara Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 September 1993

 IDW Publishing[]

Miniseries[]

  • The Forgotten (TF 4 featuring Ace, the first ten Doctors (save the War Doctor), and numerous other companions)

Doctor Who (2012)[]

  • Dead Man's Hand (DW12 15 featuring Matrix projections of the first eleven Doctors and the War Doctor)

Prisoners of Time[]

Titan Comics[]

Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor[]

Back-up strips[]

Miniseries[]

External links[]

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