Article:

• » "Where are they now?" From the Radio Times", "This Week" section, Wendy Padbury. Radio Times. 17 - 23 February 1996. [view]

The Radio Times Eighth Doctor Comic Strip:

This strip started it's run in the Radio Times the week after the BBC1 airing of the McGann TVM. The first part was in the issue dated 1 - 7 June 1996, the last part was in the issue dated 22 - 2 March 1997, a total run of 42 issues.

There were 5 stories; "Dreadnought" (10 episodes), "Descendance" (10 episodes), "Ascendance" (10 episodes), "Perceptions" (10 episodes) and "Coda" (2 episodes).

All of the stories were scripted by Gary Russell with Art by Lee Sullivan, Colour by Alan Craddock and Lettering by Alitta Fell.

Grateful thanks are due to Gary Russell for his kind permission to display this comic strip here.

Each of the pages below has a link to the following page and one back to this page.

The run of stories was, sadly, curtailed due to a change of management at Radio Times. The new management slowly downgraded the Sci-Fi Page until it was eventually dropped later that year!

Originally the strip was planned to last for 60-parts, the fifth story was to be called "Deceptions" but in the event the two part "Coda" was substituted and ended it's 42 week run.

The Radio Times Sci-Fi Page:

Most of the Articles below are from the Radio Times Sci-Fi page. This was a feature of the magazine from immediately after the McGann Television Movie, the week of the 1st to the 7th of June 1996, until the radio Times dated 22-28 March 1997.

You will find some other articles and listings interspersed between the Sci-Fi Page articles, all of the details below are presented in chronological order.

Sci-Fi Page articles:

• » Sci-Fi Page: Main article. Details of the future of Doctor Who and introduction to the comic strip. Radio Times 01-07 June 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of Castrovalva airing on UK Gold. Radio Times 08-14 June 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Main article. "Way To Go!", details of how major sci-fi programmes have changed lead characters. Radio Times 06-12 July 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of Colin Baker's appearance in "Ark of Infinity", airing this week on UK Gold. Radio Times 20-26 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Main article. "Doctor, Doctor...", details of UK Gold's broadcast of "The Five Doctors", mention of Fox's procrastination over the future of Doctor Who after the TVM and a mention of Peter Davison's appearance in the Tomorrow People, airing on the Sci-Fi Channel. Radio Times 24-30 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of "Resurrection of the Daleks, airing on UK Gold this week. Radio Times 14-20 September 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of "The Caves of Androzani", airing on UK Gold this week. Radio Times 28 September-04 October 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of Colin Baker's debut in the series. Radio Times 05-11 October 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of the damage to the Longleat Doctor Who Exhibition after a fire. Radio Times 05-11 October 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of "Vengeance on Varos", airing on UK Gold this week. Radio Times 19-25 October 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of the BBC Radio 4 programme "Radio Lives", covering the life and career of Jon Pertwee. Radio Times 26 October- 01 November 1996. [view]
• » Radio Listing: "Radio Lives - The CPO, the Scarecrow and the Doctor", covering the life and career of Jon Pertwee. Radio Times 26 October- 01 November 1996.[view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of Patrick Troughton's appearance in "The Two Doctors", airing on UK Gold this week. Radio Times 02-08 November 1996. [view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of "Revelation of the Daleks", airing this week on UK Gold. Radio Times 16-22 November 1996.[view]
• » Sci-Fi Page: Small article ("Out There This Week" Section). Details of the BBC Radio 4 programme "Everybody Down! A Tribute to Jon Pertwee". Radio Times 07-13 December 1996. [view]

Radio Listing:

• » Radio Listing: "Everybody Down! A Tribute to Jon Pertwee". Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday 07 December 1996. Radio Times 07-13 December 1996. [view]

Sci-Fi Page article:

• » Sci-Fi Page: Main article. "Doctor On The Air", details of the repeat run of "The Ghosts of N Space" on BBC Radio 2. Radio Times 14-20 December 1996. [view]

The Sci-Fi Page articles are continued on the 1997 page

Radio Listing:

• » Radio Listings: "The Ghosts of N Space" (Repeat). Episodes 1 to 6. Radio Drama broadcast on BBC Radio 2. Various Radio Times from 17 December 1996 to 28 January 1997. [view]