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Eighth Doctor comic stories

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Eighth Doctor comic stories are two ranges of comic series that featured the adventures of the eighth incarnation of The Doctor, the protagonist of the hit sc-fi series, Doctor Who.

Two separate series of original comic strips featuring the Eighth Doctor (and thus the likeness of actor Paul McGann) were published during the character's original tenure. Radio Times published a weekly comic strip for a time. There was also the standard Doctor Who Magazine strip. The two series introduced brand-new companions, although the Eighth Doctor's only on-screen companion, Grace Holloway, also appeared twice. There were also cameo appearances by companions from past DWM series, and The Master was resurrected.

During the latter period of the DWM's comic stories, the stories switched from black and white strips to full colour.

One of the strip's most noted fans was Russell T Davies, the future executive producer and head writer of the revived Doctor Who series. Davies had proposed that the Magazine's strip regenerate McGann's Doctor at the conclusion of "The Flood". Whilst a draft was prepared to include the regeneration, the idea was abandoned as the Magazine team had reservations about taking such an important element from the television series should McGann ever be used in the series for flashback purposes. Eventually, the decision was taken to simply end "The Flood" on a note similar to Survival, with the Eighth Doctor and Destrii's later adventures left a mystery to the readers.

It has been speculated that Davies loosely adapted elements from "The Flood" in his later Doctor Who storylines "The Parting of the Ways" and "Army of Ghosts" (in particular the Doctor absorbing the time/space vortex to save Rose Tyler's life, triggering his regeneration, and the ghost-shifting infiltration of the Cybermen on an unsuspecting public).

Stories

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Doctor Who Magazine

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# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1"Endgame"Izzy Sinclar and Maxwell Edison, and the Celestial ToymakerAlan Barnes23 October 1996 - 15 January 1997
2"The Keep"IzzyAlan Barnes12 February - 12 March 1997
3"A Life of Matter and Death"Izzy, Sir Justin, Shayde and Dr Ivan AsimoffAlan Barnes9 April 1997
4"Fire and Brimstone"Izzy and the DaleksAlan Barnes7 May - 27 August 1997
5"By Hook or By Crook"IzzyScott Gray24 September 1997
6"Tooth and Claw"Izzy and Fey Truscott-SadeAlan Barnes22 October 1997 - 14 January 1998
7"The Final Chapter"Izzy, Fey, Shayde and the Time LordsAlan Barnes11 March - 3 June 1998
8"Wormwood"Izzy, Fey and ShaydeScott Gray1 July - 18 November 1998
9"Happy Deathday"Izzy, and all eight Doctors, Daleks, Davros, Sontarans, Silurians and Ice WarriorsScott Gray16 December 1998
10"The Fallen"Izzy, Dr Grace Holloway and Leighton WoodrowScott Gray13 January - 7 April 1999
11"The Road to Hell"IzzyScott Gray2 June - 22 September 1999
12"TV Action!"IzzyAlan Barnes20 October 1999
13"The Company of Thieves"Izzy and Kroton, and the CybermenScott Gray17 November 1999 - 12 January 2000
14"The Glorious Dead"Izzy and Kroton, and the MasterScott Gray9 February - 18 October 2000
15"The Autonomy Bug"IzzyScott Gray15 November 2000 - 10 January 2001
16"Ophidius"Izzy and DestriiScott Gray7 February - 2 May 2001
17"Beautiful Freak"IzzyScott Gray30 May 2001
18"The Way of All Flesh"IzzyScott Gray19 September - 14 November 2001
19"Children of the Revolution"Izzy and the DaleksScott Gray9 January - 29 May 2002
20"Me and My Shadow"Fey Truscott-Shade and ShaydeScott Gray26 June 2002
21"Uroboros"Feyde and DestriiScott Gray24 July - 16 October 2002
22"Oblivion"Izzy, Feyde and DestriiScott Gray13 November 2002 - 2 April 2003
23"Where Nobody Knows Your Name"FrobisherScott Gray30 April 2003
24"The Nightmare Game"TBAGareth Roberts28 May - 23 June 2003
25"The Power of Thoueris"TBAScott Gray20 August 2003
26"The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack"TBAScott Gray17 September - 12 November 2003
27"The Land of Happy Endings"John and GillianScott Gray10 December 2003
28"Bad Blood"DestriiScott Gray7 January - 28 April 2004
29"Sins of the Father"DestriiScott Gray26 May - 21 July 2004
30"The Flood"Destrii and Leighton Woodrow, and the CybermenScott Gray18 August 2004 - 2 March 2005

Radio Times

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# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1"Dreadnought"Stacy Townsend, and the CybermenGary Russell1–9 August 1996
2"Descendance"Stacy and Ssard, and the Ice WarriorsGary Russell10–18 October 1996
3"Ascendance"Stacy and SsardGary Russell19 October 1996 - 3 January 1997
4"Perceptions"Stacy and SsardGary Russell10 January - 14 March 1997
5"Coda"Stacy and SsardGary Russell21–28 March 1997

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor (Titan Comics)

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# Title Featuring Writer Release Date
1"The Pictures of Josephine Day"JosieGeorge Mann4 November 2015
2"Music of the Spherions"JosieGeorge Mann9 December 2015
3"The Silvering"JosieGeorge Mann13 January 2016
4"Briarwood"Josie, Clara, and the Twelfth DoctorGeorge Mann17 February 2016
5"A Matter of Life and Death"Josie, Clara, and the Twelfth DoctorGeorge Mann16 March 2016

See also

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