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| Doctor Who (1984) Search for 'Doctor Who' on eBay Publisher: Marvel Publication Date: October 1984 - August 1986 Country: United States Language: English Notes: A short-lived comic published in America celebrating the British television show, Doctor Who. The title character is sort of not a title character, in that no one actually calls him, "Doctor Who", but, rather more simply, "The Doctor". He is a Time Lord who travels through time and space via his space-craft, the TARDIS. He has no super powers, as such, but does have a number of "super human" qualities. Chief among these are his genius-level intellect and his ability to "regenerate". "Regeneration" was a concept devised in 1966 to allow the aging actor who then played the role a way to exit the show, and yet still be able to continue. Basically, the Doctor can live a very long (though not infinite) time, because as his body wears down or encounters irresolvable trauma, it will "die", but be resurrected in a totally different form. Hence, you will see two very different people on the covers. Unlike, say, Starman, who has a "legacy" carried on by different people throughout the decades, the Doctor has many different bodies, but they're alll the same person.Of note about this particular series is that the publication dates don't mesh with the the actor who was currently playing the part in initial broadcast in England. At the time of issue #1's publication, the actor drawn on the cover had departed the role about three years previously. Indeed, at no time did the comic feature a "current" Doctor on its cover--though the current Doctor was eventually intrviewed by the title's staff.The reason for this odd time lapse probably had everything to do with the fact that the book was being sold and marketed to Americans, who, due to the patchwork way the show was broadcast on public television stations, were much more familiar with the two actors featured on the covers than they ever were with the "current-in-England" actors. The other reason that the comic featured so-called "past Doctors" was that it was comprised of entirely reprinted adventures, with only a few, mostly text pages containing "new" material. To make it appeal more to the American audiences, though, the original black-and-white panels were colored. Subsequent re-printings of these stories, most notably in Panini's line of graphic novels, have restored these stories to their original black-and-white foundations. |
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| 23 |
An Unearthly Child (The U... |
August 1986 |
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| Voyage to the Edge of the... |
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| Lunar Lagoon |
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| 22 |
The Stockbridge Horror |
July 1986 |
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| The Fires Down Below |
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| Skywatch 7 |
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| 21 |
The Gods Walk Amongst Us |
June 1986 |
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| Skywatch 7 |
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| The Stockbridge Horror |
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| 20 |
The Greatest Gamble |
May 1986 |
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| The Outsider (Doctor W... |
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| The Stockbridge Horror |
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| 19 |
The Outsider (Doctor W... |
April 1986 |
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| The Touchdown on Deneb 7 |
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| Stars Fell on Stockbridge |
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| 18 |
Twilight of the Silurians |
March 1986 |
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| Timeslip |
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| The Tides of Time |
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| 17 |
Crisis on Kaldor |
February 1986 |
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| Devil of the Deep |
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| The Tides of Time |
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| 16 |
The Ship of Fools |
January 1986 |
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| The Tides of Time |
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| 15 |
The Tides of Time |
December 1985 |
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| Business as Usual |
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| 14 |
Black Legacy |
November 1985 |
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| The Fabulous Idiot |
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| A Ship Called Sudden Deat... |
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| The Neutron Knights |
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| 13 |
Yonder . . . the Yeti |
October 1985 |
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| Junkyard Demon |
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| 12 |
Star Tigers II |
September 1985 |
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| End of the Line |
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| The Free-Fall Warriors |
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| 11 |
Star Tigers II |
August 1985 |
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| End of the Line |
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| The Deal (Doctor Who) |
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| 10 |
Star Tigers |
July 1985 |
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| War of the Words |
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| Spider-God |
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| 9 |
The Life Bringer |
June 1985 |
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| Star Tigers |
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| 8 |
Abslom Daak—Dalek Killer |
May 1985 |
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| Dreamers of Death |
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| The Collector |
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| 7 |
Abslom Daak—Dalek Killer |
April 1985 |
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| Dragon's Claw |
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| 6 |
Abslom Daak—Dalek Killer |
March 1985 |
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| Deathworld |
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| Dragon's Claw |
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| 5 |
Warlord of the Ogrons |
February 1985 |
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| The Time Witch |
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| 4 |
The Dogs of Doom |
January 1985 |
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| The Stolen TARDIS |
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| 3 |
Throwback: The Soul of a ... |
December 1984 |
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| The Final Quest |
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| The Dogs of Doom |
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| 2 |
Throwback: The Soul of a ... |
November 1984 |
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| The Star Beast |
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| 1 |
The Return of the Daleks ... |
October 1984 |
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| The Star Beast |
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