Doctor Who Adventures Ceases Publication

Earlier this week it was announced that Doctor Who Adventures magazine will cease publication with issue 24 which was just released. John Freeman posted the following on his excellent website downthetubes.net:

Panini UK has announced Doctor Who Adventures has gone on hiatus, effective immediately, although we’re told it may be re-launched with the arrival of a new series lead in 2018.

The company has published over 24 issues of the title, the last (Issue 24) on sale this week; taking it over from Immediate Media. However, recent ABC sales data has indicated numbers have been disappointing and a far cry from the title’s early success.

The decline in sales in recent years has in part been attributed by some to the erratic schedule of the show in recent years.

(The Audit Bureau of Circulation twice yearly, February 2008, report gave the Doctor Who Adventures title a circulation figure of 150,763 a rise of some 44 per cent on the previous six months, making it one of the top performing titles published in the UK, and positioned it top in the children’s sector, and the 52nd top title overall from all categories).

The full statement from Panini, posted on the company website on 16th June 2017,  is as follows:

"We are pausing the publication of Dr Who Adventures magazine and will not be publishing regular issues in the near future. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your loyalty to the magazine, which we greatly appreciate and we hope that you have enjoyed the title as much as we have. Current subscribers will be contacted in due course with regards to refunds."

First published by BBC Magazines, from Issue 248, Doctor Who Adventures – whose frequency has varied throughout its shelf life since it launched in 2006 – was published under licence from BBC Worldwide by Immediate Media. The title was aimed squarely at younger Who fans with a mix of comic strips, features and text stories, supported by a range of cover mounted gifts.

After Issue 363, DWA was relaunched with a new issue 1,  published by Panini edited by Jason Quinn. The lead strip was drawn by Russ Leach and written by several creators, including former Doctor Who TV series script editor Andrew Cartmel and Tommy Donbavand.

Jason and Russ are now working together on Panini’s Ben 10 title.

The Soul Garden Part One - Now With Words!

If you get your Doctor Who Magazine digitally your first page of Part One of The Soul Garden from issue 512 may be missing the word balloons - I know mine was! Thanks to artist Martin Geraghty here is the first page of that story (which I reviewed in the latest Panel to Panel podcast) with the words.

June Previews Listings

Here are scans of all the Doctor Who comic listings from the June issue of Previews - including The Lost Dimension! Be sure and let your comic retailer know what books you want!

Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Coming Soon from Titan Comics!!

A NEW ERA FOR DOCTOR WHO COMICS BEGINS WITH THE LOST DIMENSION on AUGUST 30, 2017!

All-new event kicks off 2017’s Doctor Who Comics Day!

Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor is battling the universe’s darkest forces in the latest season of Doctor Who currently airing Saturdays at 9/8c on BBC AMERICA in the U.S., and at 9 p.m. ET on Space in Canada – but, the menace continues for the Doctor on August 30, 2017 with the multi-Doctor storyline, DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST DIMENSION, from Titan Comics!

This Alpha issue kick-starts Titan’s DOCTOR WHO COMICS DAY global event (Saturday September 2, 2017) and continues in the Ninth Doctor special that same week - so retailers are encouraged to sign up and stock up for the celebrations.

DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST DIMENSION, is an epic event – comprised of eight chapters over three months - crossing over all four ongoing series (Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctor comics). The event will begin a new era for Titan’s Doctor Who comics, and will find the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctor playing their part to battle The Void!

The Void has always existed: “No place. The silent realm. The lost dimension.” But the Void is no longer empty. The Void is hungry, and devouring our universe – through time and space. Now, the four Doctors must join forces to save…everything!

DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST DIMENSION will begin this August with a super-accessible Alpha issue from writers George Mann (Eleventh Doctor), and Cavan Scott (Ninth Doctor), with art by Rachael Stott (Twelfth Doctor) and Rod Fernandes!

With three phenomenal covers including a very special embossed foil TARDIS cover, a photo cover by Will Brooks, and a multi-Doctor mash-up by Rachael Stott and Luis Guerrero, this is one event Whovians will not want to miss!

Look out for more exciting reveals as to special guest characters, all-new writers and artists making their mark on the storyline, and more hints to the future, in the days and weeks to come!

Collected Doctor Who Comics for 2017

As I mentioned in Episode #77, Amazon has listed all of the upcoming hardcovers and trade paperbacks coming out from both Titan Comics and Panini for the rest of 2017. If you want to update your calendars, here are the listings. Do note that these may change do to printing and shipping delays from the publisher.

June 13 - Ninth Doctor Vol 3 HC

July 18 - Third Doctor mini-series HC

August 1 - Eleventh Doctor: The Sapling Vol 1 HC
August 1 - Twelfth Doctor Vol 6 HC
August 8 - Emperor of the Daleks GN (Panini - released in the US)
August 22 - Tenth Doctor: Facing Fate Vol 1 HC
August 29 - Torchwood Vol 2 Station Zero TP

September 26 - Twelfth Doctor: Time Trials VOL 1 HC

October 10 - Torchwood Archives Vol 2 TP
October 24 - Ghost Stories HC

November 7 - Tenth Doctor Complete Year One HC
November 7 - Eleventh Doctor Complete Year One HC
November 21 - Ninth Doctor Vol 4 HC

December 5 - Eleventh Doctor: The Sapling Vol 2 HC
December 5 - Twelfth Doctor Complete Year One HC

Doctor Who Comics Day News!

 

Titan Comics Announces

The 2017 Doctor Who Comics Day!

London – April 5 – With Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor vworping to BBC One on Saturday, April 15, fans get a chance to continue their celebration of all things Doctor Who with Titan Comics’ Doctor Who Comics Day on Saturday, September 2, 2017.

Doctor Who Comics Day is a global event inspired by Titan Comics’ Doctor Who comic books. 2017 marks the fourth annual Doctor Who Comics Day, set to be bigger than ever before with new comics and collections, merchandise, variant covers, signings, and events across the world at comic shops, bookstores, retail chains, libraries, and on digital platforms.  Fans can even register for an event kit to hold their own reading group parties. 

 

Last year’s event tied in with the release of the brand-new, five-part Doctor Who comics and Supremacy of the Cybermen series crossover, in celebration of the Cybermen’s 50th anniversary. Written by superstar Doctor Who comics writers Cavan Scott and George Mann, with art by Ivan Rodriguez, Walter Geovanni, and Alessandro Vitti, this release gave readers the chance to celebrate Doctor Who Comics Day at over 2,000 locations.

 

This year's thrilling event will present a story crossing over all four ongoing series (Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctor comics), kicking off with a super-accessible Alpha issue, drawn by Rachael Stott (Twelfth Doctor), on Doctor Who Comics Day itself.

 

Join in the global excitement with the Alpha issue - and look out for more thrilling details about the story and the creative teams to be revealed in the coming weeks.

 

“People have been clamoring for information about our next Doctor Who Comics Day for a while, so it’s great to finally reveal the date for this year’s cel-Who-bration!” said Titan Comics’  Brand Manager, Chris Thompson, “With the Doctor returning to screens for his most stunning adventures yet in Season 10, we want to up the ante and make this year’s Doctor Who Comics Day bigger than ever before! So, grab your Sonic Screwdriver and keep your eyes peeled for more details of this year’s special event. Allons-y!” 

More details about the 2017 Doctor Who Comics Day event will be released soon!

April Previews Listings

After some technical difficulties last month, here at long last are the Doctor Who comic and magazine listings from the April issue of Previews. Let your local comic shop know what you need!