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==== ''Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor'' ====
 
==== ''Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor'' ====
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* [[Vortex Butterflies (comic story)|''Vortex Butterflies'']] ([[10DY3 6]])
 
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* ''[[The Good Companion (comic story)|The Good Companion]]'' ([[10DY3 14]])
 
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! Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in || Released
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|''[[Vortex Butterflies (comic story)|Vortex Butterflies]]''
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|rowspan=2|[[Nick Abadzis]]
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|[[Tenth Doctor]], [[Gabby Gonzalez|Gabby]], [[Cindy Wu|Cindy]], [[Anubis|Noobis]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
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|[[10DY3 6]] - [[10DY3 8|8]], [[10DY3 10|10]]
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|[[21 June (releases)|21 June]] - [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
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|''[[The Good Companion (comic story)|The Good Companion]]''
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|Tenth Doctor, Gabby, Cindy, Noobis, [[Cleopatra Hunsicker|Cleo]]
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|[[10DY3 11]] - [[10DY3 14|14]]
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|[[22 November (releases)|22 November]] 2017 - [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
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|}
   
 
==== Back-up strips ====
 
==== Back-up strips ====

Revision as of 00:18, 1 May 2019

The Twelfth Doctor's era of comics was notable for having several regularly-published titles: Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures and Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor.

The first comic to feature the Twelfth Doctor, a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip entitled The Eye of Torment, was released in part before the airing of TV: Deep Breath, although the Doctor did not feature prominently in the DWM comic strip until the second part. Much of the story's first part instead featured his televised travelling companion Clara Oswald, who was already a regular character in the magazine's strip for some time prior.

Road Rage, a DWA comic, and Terrorformer, a Titan comic, would premiere over the following two months. Titan had recently purchased the rights to Doctor Who, and had begun publishing with comics featuring the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. Doctor Who Adventures would shut down in 2017, due to a drop in sales.

The Twelfth Doctor's era of comic stories was noted for being fitted with a sense of freedom, which allowed the era to resurrect a variety of ideas from the television show without heavy intervention from the BBC or those in charge of the television program. Like the Eighth Doctor's set of stories, there was also higher chances for comics to create their own story lines and characters set in-between gaps in the televised stories.

The Doctor Who Magazine story Doorway to Hell illustrated the Twelfth Doctor meeting the Master as previously played by Roger Delgado, and the Titan back-up comic The Abominable Showmen and The Five Masters illustrated the Doctor meeting several incarnations of the rival Time Lord. This would have been nearly impossible in the days of comics under the Tenth Doctor, given the then-taboo nature of discussing the existence of Time Lords after the destruction of Gallifrey.

Doctor Who Magazine also celebrated its 500th issue with The Stockbridge Showdown, which was set in the recurring DWM location of Stockbridge, and featured several former companions from the magazine's comic strip and the defeat of returning villain Josiah W. Dogbolter.

Four Doctors was not only a Multi-Doctor story, but it also featured an appearance by an alternate Twelfth Doctor from the future of a version of TV: Dark Water. Printed with a special thanks notice to Steven Moffat, the story heavily foreshadowed the finale of Series 9 by illustrating how the Twelfth Doctor would react to the death of Clara Oswald. Supremacy of the Cybermen, meanwhile, served as a direct sequel to Hell Bent, showing Rassilon's return after being exiled from Gallifrey. Ghost Stories followed up on the narrative featured in TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio. The Lost Dimension was another Multi-Doctor story set during the Doctor's time at St Luke's University with Nardole and Bill Potts.

Comic strip companions of the Twelfth Doctor

Regular

One-off

List

Doctor Who Magazine

Travelling with Clara Oswald
Travelling alone
Living with Jess Collins and her family
Travelling with Bill Potts

Doctor Who Adventures

Immediate Media Company

Travelling with Clara Oswald

Panini

Travelling with Clara Oswald
Travelling alone
Travelling with Jata
Travelling with Gaz

Titan Comics

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
Terrorformer Robbie Morrison Clara 12D 1 - 2 15 October - 12 November 2014
The Swords of Kali 12D 3 - 5 10 December 2014 - 25 February 2015
The Fractures Clara, Kate 12D 6 - 8 18 March - 3 June 2015
Gangland Clara 12D 9 - 10 1 July - 29 July 2015
Unearthly Things George Mann Clara, Charlotte Brontë 12D 11 9 September 2015
The Hyperion Empire Robbie Morrison Clara, Kate 12D 12 - 15 30 September - 24 December 2015
Relative Dimensions George Mann, Cavan Scott Clara, Celestial Toymaker 12D 16 9 December 2015
Clara Oswald and the School of Death Robbie Morrison Clara, Kate, Osgood, Sea Devils 12DY2 1 - 4 6 January - 6 April 2016
The Fourth Wall Clara, Boneless 12DY2 5 11 May 2016
The Twist George Mann Hattie 12DY2 6 - 8 25 May - 10 August 2016
Playing House 12DY2 9 - 10 28 September - 19 October 2016
Terror of the Cabinet Noir Robbie Morrison Julie 12DY2 11 - 13 16 November 2016 - 11 January 2017
Invasion of the Mindmorphs ValSonny 12DY2 14 - 15 1 February - 22 March 2017
Beneath the Waves George Mann Hattie 12DY3 1 - 4 12 April - 7 June 2017
Interlude: The Boy With the Displaced Smile James Peaty 12DY3 2 26 April 2017
The Wolves of Winter Richard Dinnick Bill, Ice Warriors, the Flood, Haemovore, Fenric 12DY3 5 - 7 5 July - 27 September 2017
The Lost Dimension: The Twelfth Doctor George Mann Bill, Nardole, Kate, Osgood, Tenth Doctor, Jenny, Gabby, Cindy, Ninth Doctor 12DY3 8 18 October 2017
The Great Shopping Bill Richard Dinnick Bill, Nardole, Missy, Heather 12DY3 9 15 November 2017
A Confusion of Angels Bill, Nardole, Missy, Weeping Angels, Heavenly Host 12DY3 10 - 13 6 December 2017 - 14 March 2018

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
Briarwood George Mann Eighth Doctor, Josie, Clara 8D 4 17 February 2016
A Matter of Life and Death 8D 5 16 March 2016

Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor

Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
Vortex Butterflies Nick Abadzis Tenth Doctor, Gabby, Cindy, Noobis, Sarah 10DY3 6 - 8, 10 21 June - 18 October 2017
The Good Companion Tenth Doctor, Gabby, Cindy, Noobis, Cleo 10DY3 11 - 14 22 November 2017 - 7 March 2018

Back-up strips

Travelling with Clara Oswald

Miniseries

Specials

Free Comic Book Day
San Diego Comic Con
Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor

Doctor Who annuals

Travelling with Clara Oswald
Travelling alone
Travelling with Bill Potts and Nardole
With Grant/The Ghost