Sixth Doctor comic stories

The Sixth Doctor comic stories is a range of off-screen adventures featuring the sixth incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the hit sci-fi series Doctor Who. Continuing the themes of the televised series, every story sees the Doctor travelling to a new destination and fighting evil and righting wrongs.

History

DWM launched the Sixth Doctor's comic strip adventures with the Doctor travelling on his own. His first story introduced a new companion, Frobisher — the shape-changing Whifferdill who often assumed the form of a penguin. Image rights were later obtained for Nicola Bryant, which allowed Peri to become the first humanoid televised companion regularly used in the pages of DWM. The writers even went to the trouble of trying to explain her earlier absence. Apparently, she took time away from the TARDIS to explore New York City. Since she remained the companion up to the final story of the regular run, the 1980s Sixth Doctor comics all happened somewhere between The Twin Dilemma and Mindwarp.

Because the Sixth Doctor's era began at the end of season 21, and the Seventh Doctor's DWM start was delayed by Grant Morrison's epic death-of-Jamie McCrimmon story line, the Sixth Doctor's regular era in DWM comics contains significantly more stories than his televised run. Moreover, he has a few additional stories which were published after Colin Baker was no longer incumbent in the role.

Nevertheless, the Sixth Doctor has one of the briefer comic canons of all the Doctors, with only the Fifth Doctor and Ninth Doctor appearing in fewer total comic stories.

Comics

Doctor Who Magazine

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"The Shape Shifters"	Frobisher	Steve Parkhouse	May - June 1984
2	"Voyager"	Frobisher, and the Time Lords	Steve Parkhouse	July - November 1984
3	"Polly the Glot"	Frobisher, and Dr Ivan Asimoff	Steve Parkhouse	December 1984 - February 1985
4	"Once Upon a Time Lord"	Frobisher	Steve Parkhouse	March - APril 1985
5	"War Game"	Frobisher	Alan McKenzie	May - June 1985
6	"Funhouse"	Frobisher	Alan McKenzie	July - August 1985
7	"Kane's Story (Part 1 of 4)"	Frobisher and Peri Brown	Alan McKenzie	September 1985
8	"Abel's Story (Part 2 of 4)"	Frobisher and Peri	Alan McKenzie	October 1985
9	"The Warriors Story (Part 3 of 4)"	Frobisher and Peri	Alan McKenzie	November 1985
10	"Frobisher's Story (Part 4 of 4)"	Frobisher and Peri	Alan McKenzie	December 1985
11	"Exodus (Part 1 of 3)"	Frobisher and Peri, and the Cybermen	Alan McKenzie	January 1986
12	"Revelation (Part 2 of 3)"	Frobisher and Peri, and the Cybermen	Alan McKenzie	February 1986
13	"Genesis (Part 3 of 3)"	Frobisher and Peri, and the Cybermen	Alan McKenzie	March 1986
14	"Nature of the Beast"	Frobisher and Peri	Simon Furman	April - June 1986
15	"Time Bomb"	Frobisher and Peri	Jamie Delano	July - September 1986
16	"Salad Daze"	Peri	Simon Furman	October 1986
17	"Changes"	Frobisher and Peri	Grant Morrison	November - December 1986
18	"Profit of Doom"	Frobisher and Peri	Mike Collins	January - March 1987
19	"The Gift"	Frobisher and Peri	Jamie Delano	April - July 1987
20	"The World Shapers"	Frobisher, Peri, Jamie McCrimmon and the Cybermen	Grant Morrison	August - October 1987

Graphic novels

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"The Age of Chaos"	Frobisher and Peri	Colin Baker	October 1994

Short stories

Doctor Who annuals

#	Title	Featuring	Writer	Release Date
1	"Battle Planet"	Peri	TBA	1985
2	"Day of the Dragon"	Peri	TBA	1985
3	"The Real Hereward"	Peri	TBA	1985
4	"The Deadly Weed"	Peri	TBA	1985
5	"Vorton's Revenge"	Peri	TBA	1985
6	"The Time Savers"	Peri, the Master	TBA	1985
7	"The Mystery of the Rings"	Peri	TBA	1985
8	"The Fellowship of Quan"	Peri, the Master	TBA	1986
9	"Time Wake"	Peri	TBA	1986
10	"Interface"	Peri	TBA	1986
11	"Beauty and the Beast"	Peri	TBA	1986
12	"Retribution"	Peri	TBA	1986
13	"Davarrk's Experiment"	Peri	TBA	1986
14	"The Radio Waves"	Peri, the Master	TBA	1986