Doctor Who spin-offs

Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Comics

Comic strip adventures of the Doctor appeared almost from the beginning of the television series, first in the 1960s publication TV Comic, and during the 1970s in the mainly Gerry Anderson related comic Countdown. The two comics later merged to become TV Action plus Countdown, where the strip continued to be featured.

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1960s - TV Comic - 1970s - Gerry Anderson - Countdown - TV Action plus Countdown

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A comic strip also regularly appeared in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. This began in its first issue in 1979, and the magazine continued to be published despite the programme ceasing production in 1989. The comic strip features the current Doctor in a series of adventures independent of the novels and the audios, and with another companion, though crossovers with the worlds of the audio and literary Doctor Who and the comics often occurred. Selected stories were reprinted in North America by Marvel Comics, which was also the publisher of Doctor Who Magazine at the time.

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Doctor Who Magazine - 1979 - 1989 - North America - Marvel Comics

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Those that have worked on the DWM strip have included such notables as writer Alan Moore and artists Dave Gibbons, Mike McMahon and John Ridgway. Two semi-official spin-off series, Miranda from Comeuppance Comics and Faction Paradox from Mad Norwegian Press have also appeared, both featuring characters who had debuted in the BBC Novels series.

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Alan Moore - Dave Gibbons - Mike McMahon - John Ridgway - Miranda - Faction Paradox - Mad Norwegian Press

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Doctor Who Magazine, which is now owned by Panini Comics who bought it from Marvel in 1995, continues to produce new comic strip adventures. Panini has also begun to reprint the early DWM strips in trade paperback format.

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Panini Comics - 1995 - Trade paperback

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At the height of "Dalekmania" in the 1960s, a comic strip featuring the Daleks written by David Whitaker but credited to Terry Nation appeared in the Gerry Anderson TV Century 21 comic magazine. The BBC also published a number of Dalek annuals, written by Whitaker and Nation that contained a mixture of comic strips and short stories. Although much of the material in these strips directly contradicted what was shown on television later, some concepts like the Daleks using humanoid duplicates and the design of the Dalek Emperor did show up later on in the programme. The strip also featured the Mechanoids, seen in The Chase, and one annual featured Sara Kingdom and the Space Security Service.

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1960s - David Whitaker - Terry Nation - TV Century 21 - Dalek Emperor - The Chase - Sara Kingdom

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Although there is no official connection, multiple hints in the 2000AD strip Caballistics, Inc. by Gordon Rennie suggest that it is taking place within the Doctor Who universe.

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2000AD - Caballistics, Inc. - Gordon Rennie

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