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The Fifth Doctor comic stories is a collection of the off-screen adventures of the fifth incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the hit syfy series, Doctor Who. It focuses on the medical and Syfy genre making it a grey's anatomy meets star trek.
The Doctor Who Magazine launched the Fifth Doctor's comic strip adventures with the Doctor travelling on his own. Later a number of new and familiar characters were included. (These decisions were largely determined by the issue of image rights).
While most of the adventures occur within their own continuity, direct references to the television series make placing these adventures into on-screen continuity problematic.
While Doctor Who Magazine mostly used the current Doctor in the regular comic strip adventures, Fifth Doctor comic strip stories have appeared from time to time in the regular magazine, specials and in other publications since his television retirement.
| # | Title | Featuring | Writer | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Tides of Time" | Sir Justin and Shayde, and Lord Rassilon | Steve Parkhouse | February - August 1982 |
| 2 | "Stars Fell on Stockbridge" | Maxwell Edison | Steve Parkhouse | September - October 1982 |
| 3 | "The Stockbridge Horror" | Shayde and the Time Lords | Steve Parkhouse | November 1982 - April 1983 |
| 4 | "Lunar Lagoon" | Fuji | Steve Parkhous | May - June 1983 |
| 5 | "4-Dimensional Vistas" | Gus Goodman, the Time Meddler and the Ice Warriors | Steve Parkhouse | July - December 1983 |
| 6 | "The Moderator" | Gus | Steve Parkhouse | January - April 1984 |
| 7 | "The Lunar Strangers" | Tegan and Turlough | Gareth Roberts | August - September 1994 |
| 8 | "The Curse of the Scarab" | Peri Brown | Alan Barnes | August - September 1995 |
| # | Title | Featuring | Writer | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blood Invocation" | Nyssa and Tegan, and the Time Lords | Paul Cornell | 1995 |
| # | Title | Featuring | Writer | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "On the Planet Isopterus" | Adric, Nyssa and Tegan | NA | 1983 |
| # | Title | Featuring | Writer | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Keys of Vaga" | Adric | TBA | September 1981 | |
The TARDIS arrives on Vaga, a planet the Doctor has been watching over throughout his life. But when the planet is bombarded with pyron space-sharks, the Doctor and Adric must race to protect the population, the Vagans. | |||||
| 2 | "Planet of Fear" | Adric | TBA | September 1981 | |
| 3 | "Danger Down Below" | Tegan | TBA | September 1982 | |
| 4 | "The God Machine" | Tegan and Nyssa | TBA | September 1982 | |
| 5 | "The Armageddon Crysalis" | Tegan and Nyssa | TBA | September 1982 | |
| 6 | "The Haven" | Tegan and Nyssa | TBA | September 1982 | |
| 7 | "The Penalty" | Tegan and Nyssa | TBA | September 1982 | |
| 8 | "Night Flight to Nowhere" | Tegan and Nyssa | TBA | September 1982 | |
| 9 | "The Oxaqua Incident" | Tegan and Turlough | TBA | September 1983 | |
| 10 | "Winter on Mesique" | Tegan and Turlough | TBA | September 1983 | |
| 11 | "The Creation of Camelot" | Tegan and Turlough | TBA | September 1983 | |
| 12 | "Class 4 Renegade" | Tegan and Turlough | TBA | September 1983 | |
| 13 | "The Volcanis Deal" | Tegan and Turlough | TBA | September 1983 | |
| 14 | "The Nemertimes" | Tegan and Turlough | TBA | September 1983 | |
| 15 | "Fungus" | TBA | TBA | September 1983 | |
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