Sunday 3 February 2013

TV Action - February 1973

Exactly forty years ago this month, the recently renamed TV Action comic had The Doctor concluding Deadly Choice, before an unusual seven-page self-contained story in issue 104 (warranting a return to the cover).
Missing two weeks, The Doctor would return in issue 107.

Issue 105 has a small feature on the men inside the Daleks, with a photograph of John Scott Martin sitting in a Dalek base between takes on the closing scenes of Frontier In Space.

Issue 106 carried a letter from reader James Russell in London, changeling the letter in issue 101.

The original letter asked how the voices of the Daleks were achieved, and the answer referred to a photograph the publishers forgot to include! This omission was corrected alongside the new letter.

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the complete comic in PDF format.

Issue 103

Contains comic strips of
Doctor Who - Deadly Choice pt 3

art by Gerry Haylock

also Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Droopy, UFO, Alias Smith And Jones, Dad’s Army, The Persuaders!
Issue 104

Contains comic strips of
Doctor Who - Who Is The Stranger

art by Gerry Haylock

also The Protectors, Hawaii Five-O, Droopy, UFO, Alias Smith And Jones, Dad’s Army, The Persuaders!
Issue 105

No Doctor Who strip in this issue

also Hawaii Five-O, The Protectors, Cannon, Droopy, UFO, Alias Smith And Jones, Dad’s Army, The Persuaders!
Issue 106

No Doctor Who strip in this issue

also The Persuaders!, The Protectors, Cannon, Droopy, UFO, Alias Smith And Jones, Dad’s Army, Mission: Impossible