Second Doctor comic stories

The Second Doctor comic stories is a range of offscreen adventures featuring the second incarnation of the Doctor, the hero of BBC 1's longrunning science fiction series Doctor Who. They initially appeared in TV Comic.

History

The TV Comic version of the First Doctor had had as companions John and Gillian. In 1966, when the Doctor changed his appearance on television and in comics, TV Comic has these characters traveling with the "new" Doctor. They were soon replaced with Jamie McCrimmon, to better match televised Doctor Who.

After the concluding Second Doctor television series aired, The War Games, TV Comic continued to print comics featuring the Second Doctor. The stories followed on from the end of that serial, in which the Doctor's people, the Time Lords had exiled him to the 20th century and deemed that he should change his appearance. These stories ignored the second part of the sentence and had the Second Doctor living on Earth with his old body, at least until the concluding story, in which agents of the Time Lords forced the Doctor to regenerate.

Fans would later use these stories as evidence for a fan theory concerning "Season 6B", first discussed for a wide audience in the 1995 episode guidebook The Discontinuity Guide written by Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping.

The Second Doctor has returned for comics printed in Doctor Who Magazine, IDW Publishing and Titan Comics.

Polystyle comic strips

TV Comic
# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1 "The Extortioner" Featuring John and Gillian as the Second Doctor's companions. Like other TV Comics stories, this has no official title as the original printing did not contain any. Roger Noel Cook 24 December 1966 - 14 January 1967
2 "The Trodos Ambush" Roger Noel Cook 21 January - 11 February 1967
3 "The Doctor Strikes Back" Roger Noel Cook 18 February - 11 March 1967
4 "The Zombies" Roger Noel Cook 18 March - 1 April 1967
5 "Master Of Spiders" Roger Noel Cook 8 -29 April 1967
6 "The Exterminator" Roger Noel Cook 6 - 27 May 1967
7 "The Monsters From The Past" Roger Noel Cook 3 June - 1 July 1967
8 "The TARDIS Worshippers" Roger Noel Cook 8 - 29 July 1967
9 "Space War Two" Roger Noel Cook 5 - 26 August 1967
10 "Egyptian Escapade" TBA 2 - 23 September 1967
11 "The Coming Of The Cybermen" The first appearance of the Cyberman in comics form and the first original Doctor Who comics in full color. (An American comic book adaptation of the Peter Cushing film Dr. Who and the Daleks produced by Dell Comics had also used full color but did not tell an original story.) Roger Noel Cook 30 September - 21 October 1967
12 "The Faithful Rocket Pack" TBA 28 October - 18 November 1967
13 "Flower Power" The Cybermen return. The first comiics appearance of a Cybermat. TBA 25 November - 23 December 1967
14 "The Witches" Roger Noel Cook 30 December 1967 - 27 January 1968
15 "Cyber-Mole The Cybermen return. John Canning 3 - 24 February 1968
16 "The Sabre Toothed Gorillas" TBA 2 - 23 March 1968
17 "The Cyber Empire" The Cybermen return. TBA 30 March - 20 April 1968
18 "The Dryons" TBA 27 April - 25 May 1968
19 "Dr. Who And The Space Pirates" A story unrelated to the television serial The Space Pirates. TBA 1 - 29 June 1968
20 "Car Of The Century" Roger Noel Cook 6 - 27 July 1968
21 "The Jokers" TBA 3 - 24 August 1968
22 "Invasion Of The Quarks" John and Gillian leave the Doctor to go to university. The Doctor meets his old friend Jamie, who replaces John and Gillian as the Doctor's companion. TBA 31 August - 28 September 1968
23 "The Killer Wasps" TBA 5 - 26 October 1968
24 "Ice Cap Terror" The comics return to black and white. TBA 2 - 23 November 1968
25 "Jungle Of Doom" TBA 30 November - 28 December 1968
26 "Father Time" TBA 4 - 25 January 1969
27 "Martha The Mechanical Housemaid" TBA 1 February - 1 March 1969
28 "The Duellists" TBA 8 - 29 March 1969
29 "Eskimo Joe" The Doctor finds a Cyberman base. TBA 5 - 26 April 1969
30 "Peril At 60 Fathoms" TBA 3 - 24 May 1969
31 "Operation Wurtlizer" TBA 31 May - 28 June 1969
32 "Action In Exile" The Doctor now lives on Earth following his exile by the Time Lords. The first of a series of stories which helped to inspire the "Season 6B" fan theory. TBA 5 July - 2 August 1969
33 "The Mark Of Terror" TBA 9 - 30 August 1969
34 "The Brotherhood" TBA 6 - 27 September 1969
35 "U.F.O." TBA 4 October - 1 November 1969
36 "The Night Walkers" The Doctor is again found by the Time Lords and is forced to regenerate. Roger Noel Cook 8 - 22 November 1969

TV Comic Holiday Special
# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1 "Barnabus" Roger Noel Cook 1967
2 "Jungle Adventure" Roger Noel Cook 1967
3 "Return Of The Witches" TBA 1968
4 "Masquerade" The Doctor and his grandchildren John and Gillian are captured by the Cybermen. TBA 1968
5 "The Champion" TBA 1969
6 "The Entertainer" TBA 1969

TV Comic Annuals
# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1 "Attack Of The Daleks" TBA 1968
2 "Pursued By The Trods" TBA 1968
3 "The Time Museum" TBA 1969
4 "The Electrodes" TBA 1969
5 "Death Race" TBA 1970
6 "Test Flight" The Cybermen return. TBA 1970

Doctor Who Annuals
# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1 "The Tests Of Trefus" Ben and Polly TBA 1968
2 "World Without Night" Ben and Polly TBA 1968
3 "Freedom By Fire" Jamie and Polly TBA 1969
4 "Atoms Infinite" Jamie and Victoria TBA 1969
5 "The Vampire Plants" Jamie and Zoe TBA 1970
6 "The Robot King" Jamie and Zoe TBA 1970

Doctor Who Magazine comic strips

Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who Magazine Specials
# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1 "Bringer of Darkness" Jamie and Victoria, the Daleks TBA
2 "Land of the Blind" Jamie and Zoe TBA

Special Appearance
# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1 "Time and Time Again" Jamie and Zoe 1967

See also
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