Third Doctor comic stories

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Third Doctor comic stories appeared in Doctor Who annuals, TV Comic, TV Action, Doctor Who Magazine, and Doctor Who: The Third Doctor.

Comic strip companions of the Third Doctor

Regular

• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (TV Comic, Doctor Who Magazine, Prisoners of Time, Doctor Who: The Third Doctor)
• Liz Shaw (TV Comic, Doctor Who Magazine, Prisoners of Time)
• Sarah Jane Smith (Polystyle Holiday Special, Prisoners of Time)
• Arnold (TV Comic)
• Jo Grant (Doctor Who Annual, Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who: The Third Doctor)
• Sergeant Benton (Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who: The Third Doctor)
• Captain Yates (Doctor Who: The Third Doctor)

One-off

• Finney (TV Action)
• Brod (TV Action)
• Davie Jenkins (TV Action)
• Professor Lammers (TV Action)

Third Doctor comic stories

• Many of the early comic strip stories didn't have individual story titles, so there is no "correct" title for many of the strips. Commentary and listings from older sources may use variant titles.
• The titles given below conform to widely accepted titles (as referenced by Jean-Marc Lofficier and revised by John Ainsworth (comic historian)). The titles below were also adopted and used by Doctor Who Magazine and throughout Doctor Who Classic Comics (to which John Ainsworth was a major contributer).
• The titles used below are firstly taken from the strip itself or from titles given by the preceding issue. In some cases the writer/artist has been able to provide a title for a given piece of work.
• The listing below shows first publication details only. Reprint details can be found by following the story links.

TV Comic / Countdown / TV Action

Title	Featuring	Magazine	Issues	Released
The Arkwood Experiments	The Brig, UNIT	TV Comic	944-949	17 January - 21 February 1970
The Multi-Mobile			950-954	28 February - 28 March 1970
Insect			955-959	4 April - 2 May 1970
The Metal Eaters	Liz, UNIT		960-964	9 May - 6 June 1970
The Fishmen of Carpantha	Liz, The Brig, UNIT		965-969	13 June - 11 July 1970
Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus			970-976	18 July - 29 August 1970
Doctor Who and the Robot			977-984	5 September - 24 October 1970
Trial of Fire			985-991	31 October - 12 December 1970
The Kingdom Builders			992-999	19 December 1970 - 6 February 1971
Gemini Plan		Countdown	1-5	20 February - 20 March 1971
Timebenders			6-13	27 March - 15 May 1971
The Vogan Slaves			15-22	29 May - 17 July 1971
The Celluloid Midas			23-32	24 July - 25 September 1971
Backtime			33-39	2 October - 13 November 1971
The Eternal Present			40-46	20 November 1971 - 1 January 1972
*Sub Zero	Daleks		47-54	8 January - 26 February 1972
The Planet of the Daleks	Finney, Daleks		55-58	4 March - 22 April 1972
		TV Action + Countdown	59-62
A Stitch in Time	Brod		63-70	29 April - 17 June 1972
The Enemy from Nowhere	Davie Jenkins		71-78	24 June - 12 August 1972
The Ugrakks	Professor Lammers		79-88	19 August - 21 October 1972
Steelfist			89-93	28 October - 25 November 1972
Zeron Invasion			94-100	2 December 1972 - 13 January 1973
Deadly Choice		TV Action	101-103	20 January - 3 February 1973
Who is the Stranger			104	10 February 1973
The Glen of Sleeping	The Master		107-111	3 March - 31 March 1973
The Threat from Beneath			112	7 April 1973
Back to the Sun			116-119	5 May - 26 May 1973
The Labyrinth			120	2 June 1973
The Spoilers			123	23 June 1973
The Vortex			125-129	7 July - 4 August 1973
The Unheard Voice			131	18 August 1973
Children of the Evil Eye	Arnold	TV Comic	1133-1138	1 September - 6 October 1973
Nova			1139-1147	13 October - 8 December 1973
The Amateur			1148-1154	15 December 1973 - 26 January 1974
The Disintegrator			1155-TVC 1159	2 February - 2 March 1974
Is Anyone There?			1160-1169	9 March - 11 May 1974
Size Control			1170-1176	18 May - 29 June 1974
The Magician			1177-1183	6 July - 17 August 1974
The Metal-Eaters			1184-1190	24 August - 5 October 1974
Lords of the Ether			1191-1198	12 October - 30 November 1974
The Wanderers			1199-1203	7 December 1974 - 4 January 1975

TV Comic Specials

TV Comic Holiday

Title	Featuring	Printed in
Assassin from Space		TV Comic Holiday Special 1970
Undercover	The Brig
Fogbound	The Brig, The Master	TV Comic Holiday Special 1973

TV Comic Annual

Title	Featuring	Printed in
Castaway	The Brig	TV Comic Annual 1971
Levitation
Petrified		TV Comic Annual 1975

TV Action Annual

Title	Featuring	Printed in
The Plant Master		Countdown Annual 1972
Ride to Nowhere		Countdown Annual 1973
The Hungry Planet		TV Action Annual 1974

Polystyle specials

Title	Featuring	Printed in
Secret of the Tower	The Brig	Doctor Who Holiday Special 1973
Doomcloud	Sarah, The Brig	Doctor Who Holiday Special 1974
Perils of Paris	Sarah
Who's Who?

Doctor Who Magazine

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
Time & Time Again	Paul Cornell	Seventh Doctor, Ace, Benny, First Doctor, Second Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Adric, Frobisher, White Guardian, Black Guardian	207	25 November 1993
Change of Mind	Kate Orman	Liz, The Brig, Benton	221-223	22 December 1994 - 16 February 1995
Target Practice	Gareth Roberts	Jo, The Brig, Benton	234	21 December 1995

DWM Specials

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in
The Man in the Ion Mask	Dan Abnett	The Brig, Benton, The Master	DWMS Winter 1991

Doctor Who annuals

Title	Featuring	Printed in
The Time Thief	Jo	Doctor Who Annual 1974
Menace of the Molags
Dead on Arrival	Jo, The Brig	Doctor Who Annual 1975
After the Revolution	Jo
Under Pressure	Fourth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Jo, Ace	Doctor Who Yearbook 1992

IDW Publishing

Miniseries

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
The Forgotten	Tony Lee	First Doctor, Second Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Jo, The Brig, Benton, Yates, Romana II, Tegan, Turlough, Peri, Ace, Rose, Martha, Autons, Judoon, Clockwork Droids, Kaldor androids, Es'Cartrss	TF 1 - 6	20 August 2008 - 21 January 2009

Doctor Who (2012)

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

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
In With the Tide	Scott & David Tipton	Sarah, Liz, The Brig	20 March 2013
Endgame		First Doctor, Second Doctor, Fourth 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 Comics

Doctor Who: The Third Doctor

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
The Heralds of Destruction	Paul Cornell	Jo, The Brig, Yates, Benton, Osgood, The Master, Second Doctor	3D 1 - 5	14 September 2016 - 22 February 2017

Miniseries

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
The Lost Dimension	George Mann, Cavan Scott, Nick Abadzis		TLD 1, 3, 8	14 September 2016 - 22 February 2017

Back-up strips

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
Prologue: The Third Doctor	George Mann, Cavan Scott	The Master, Cyberman	2016 Convention Special	21 July 2016

The Many Lives of Doctor Who

Title	Writer	Featuring	Printed in	Released
Invasion of the Scorpion Men	Richard Dinnick	Sarah, Dahensa	13D 0	26 September 2018

External links

• Altered Vistas - In the Comics - The Third Doctor
• Third Doctor in Doctor Who Magazine at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• Third Doctor in TV Action at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• Third Doctor in TV Comic at the Doctor Who Reference Guide