First launched in the pages of TV Comic in November 1964, the comic strip version of Doctor Who is just one year younger than the television series on which it is based. This is its story.
This volume chronicles the first 15 years of the Doctor Who comic strip from its origin in TV Comic to just before the ongoing strip was launched as a regular feature in Doctor Who Weekly in 1979. During this time more than 200 comic strip stories were published in the pages of TV Comic, Countdown, TV Action, TV Century 21, The Dr Who Annual and the Dalek books.
Every strip is covered in depth, including plot details, continuity, points of interest and analysis. For the first time, details about the creation and development of the adventures are documented, alongside comments from some of the original writers and artists.
Follow the exploits of the Doctor in his first four incarnations alongside John, Gillian, Jamie, Sarah and Leela as he battles Daleks, Cybermen, Quarks, Kleptons, Trods, Sarracoids and the Ugrakks!
The Comic Strip Companion is your comprehensive guide to Doctor Who in the comics.
Please note that this book does not reproduce any of the comic strips. It is a companion to them, not a reprint of them.
This is an updated edition, revised and corrected by the author from the original edition.
REVIEWS
‘A fantastic read that delves deeply into an area of Doctor Who that isn’t often touched upon. Expertly written and wonderfully detailed, this book is a joy to read’ Will Barber-Taylor, theconsultingdetectivesblog
‘An extraordinary and impressive … piece of work and it finally provides an exhaustive analysis of a rather large piece of Doctor Who history which has gone unrecorded for far too long.’ Starburst
‘The book is saved from being a dry compilation of facts and figures by the extras that Scoones has discovered, including a load of paperwork from the BBC archives, which explain how some even worse atrocities were prevented – and makes you wonder why some of them were allowed, given the notes made on others. With added material on the Dalek strips in TV 21 and the Annuals, this is a fascinating glimpse at an often-overlooked part of the Doctor Who story.’ Paul Simpson, SciFi Bulletin
‘Impressively, it also draws on documentation from the BBC’s Written Archives (although sadly the paperwork has gone AWOL after 1970), lifting the lid on disputes about rights, unearthing storylines that were rejected by the Beeb, and comparing the synopses submitted to the published strips.’ Ian Berriman, SFX/Games Radar
‘Intelligent, meticulously researched’ Zenorac, Amazon review
‘A marvellous guide to an often neglected area of Doctor Who‘ Professor Chronotis, Amazon Review
‘More than a collection of story summaries. Each story is analysed, where possible, original production paperwork is discussed, as is the context of each strip. In many ways, it helps to challenge the view that the TV Comic strips are a poor collection of stories that do not deserve a second airing.’ S Simmons, Amazon Review
‘An exhaustive account of the Doctor’s comic strip adventures, both in TV Comic and later in Countdown and TV Action, as well as the World Distributors annuals, not to mention the Dalek Strips in TV21.’ Archive Television Musings, Amazon Review
‘A one-stop go-to for all knowledge on this subject … this is the book for you.’ Evan Marshall
‘A fascinating guide … exhaustively thorough …’ Colin Brockhurst, Vworp Vworp #4
561pp approx. 6×9 paperback book. Contains an eight page colour section of selected magazine covers in editions ordered from Amazon UK or Telos’ own website. Editions ordered from Amazon overseas (America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe etc) will NOT have the eight page section in colour. It will be in black and white.
ISBN 978-1-84583-262-9 (UK Edition – Colour photo section)
ISBN 978-1-84583-263-6 (Overseas Edition – Black and White photo section)
Published TBA
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Scoones was born in London, England in 1968 and moved to Auckland, New Zealand in 1973. His earliest memory of Doctor Who is from March 1975 when Jon Pertwee’s Doctor made his New Zealand television debut in the first episode of ‘Spearhead from Space’. He became completely hooked on the series five years later when he started collecting Target novelisations.
He created and edited the internationally acclaimed fanzine TSV (Time Space Visualiser) and runs the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club (www.doctorwho.org.nz). He helped discover a film of the previously-lost Doctor Who episode ‘The Lion’ (episode 1 of ‘The Crusade’) and arranged its return to the BBC in 1999. He has written production information subtitles for Doctor Who DVDs. Paul can also be seen on several Doctor Who DVDs, discussing finding the lost episode and commenting on the comic strips. He has had articles published in Doctor Who Magazine, In-Vision, The Handbook and Talkback. This was his first professionally published book.
Paul has a BA degree in History from the University of Auckland, and a Diploma of Teaching. He has worked in a bookshop, managed online retail stores, and edited websites for an electronic appliances retail chain.
Paul lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife Rochelle and their three cats, and when he isn’t writing he helps Rochelle run Retrospace (www.retrospace.co.nz), a science fiction collectibles store.
He can be found online at www.paulscoones.com.
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