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Making increasingly esoteric and obscure posts about Doctor Who and Star Trek
The humor of the Marx Brothers is so much of the time absolutely timelessly funny
April 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I had been wondering why the final needle drop in the Severance season 2 finale had sounded so familiar, as I hadn’t heard the original version before. Then I remembered it was cause I’d seen it on The Muppet Show
March 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Galidor has been referenced in currently the 4th most trending gaming based YouTube video… what a world we live in
March 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
And finally, two Pt. 3’s of Doctor Who Magazine stories featuring noted figures from Earth’s past- 2004’s #340 sees the 8th Doctor & Destrii meet Sitting Bull in “Bad Blood”, & 2021’s #561 has 13 & the fam fighting alongside Bruce Lee in “The White Dragon”. (4/4)
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Two TV Comic stories reach their penultimate part- the 2nd Doctor’s showdown with the Daleks “The Trodos Ambush” with Pt 3. in 1967’s #790, & 4th Doctor solo adventure “The Snow Devils” with Pt. 4 in 1978’s #1354. (3/4)
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Similarly, the magazines shared a release date 6 years earlier, where Doctor Who Adventures #152 featured the 4-part 10th Doctor & Heather tale “Dead-line”, while Doctor Who Magazine #418 had the 3rd part of that Doctor’s last comic in the publication, “The Crimson Hand”. (2/4)
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ON THIS DAY IN DOCTOR WHO COMICS HISTORY:

2016 sees 2 new 1 part 12th Doctor releases: Doctor Who Magazine 496 had “Theater of the Mind” featuring Clara Oswald & Harry Houdini, and the 11th issue of Panini’s relaunch of Doctor Who Adventures had “The Spice Route” (1/4)
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Finally, Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Year #13 is published in 2018, featuring the 3rd & penultimate part of the final story in Titan’s ongoing titles starring the titular incarnation, as well as a 1 page untitled comedy backup strip. (5/5)
January 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
and 2013’s #305 features the 11th Doctor & Decky Flamboon in the one part “Pet Panic”. The 3rd Doctor’s first comic story, “The Arkwood Experiments” has its 3rd part published in 1970 in TV Comic #946. (4/5)
January 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
3 issues of Doctor Who Adventures release in this date: 2007’s #22 features Pt. 1 of 10th Doctor adventure “13 O’Clock”, the following year’s #49 prints the 2nd & final part of another 10th Doctor tale, “Hot Metal”, (3/5)
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
introducing the titular fan favorite character. The issue’s last feature is Pt. 1 of Tales from the TARDIS adaptation of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”. Also having a Pt. 1 is 4th Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith adventure “Virus” in 1976 in TV Comic #1259. (2/5)
January 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ON THIS DAY IN DOCTOR WHO COMICS HISTORY:

1980’s Doctor Who Weekly #17 features 3 Pt. 1s: that of 4th Doctor adventure “Timeslip”, featuring the franchise’s first ever take on reversed regeneration. Even more notable is the backup story, “Abslom Daak… Dalek Killer”, (1/5)
January 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Additionally, 1965’s TV Century 21 #2 featured the second installment of the Daleks’ debut comic story “Genesis of Evil”, and in 1971 the seventh and penultimate part of 3rd Doctor tale “The Kingdom Builders” was printed in TV Comic 998. (2/2)
January 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ON THIS DAY IN DOCTOR WHO COMICS HISTORY:

In 2017, Titan Comics digitally releases the 3rd issue of their “Ghost Stories” miniseries, featuring the 3rd part of the titular story, starring the 12th Doctor alongside the supporting cast of The Return of Doctor Mysterio. (1/2)
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You would never expect all but forgotten early 80s picture book K9 and the Zeta Rescue to feature the Time Lords with these radical, surreal, larger than life redesigns but I kind of vibe with them, there’s an experimental 60s animation feel to them that I really like
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I love the 6th Doctor & Peri’s relationship so much, the way they see past the outer fronts that others judge them for and care so deeply for everything the other person is, their bickering becoming just their way of showing that… they make me insane sometimes
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
1967’s TV Comic #789 featured Pt. 2 of 2nd Doctor, John, & Gillian tale “The Trodos Ambush”, the first comic to fit the Doctor against the Daleks. Lastly, 1978’s #1363 features Pt. 3 of 4th Doctor adventure “The Snow Devils”. (3/3)
January 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
2015 also sees the release of Titan’s Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #8, featuring the 3rd & penultimate part of “The Weeping Angels of Mons” and Pt. 5 of comedy backup feature “A Rose By Any Other Name”. (2/3)
January 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
ON THIS DAY IN DOCTOR WHO COMICS HISTORY:

We begin with 2 1 part Doctor Who Adventures stories- 10th Doctor & Heather adventure “Junk Food” from 2010’s #151, & 12th Doctor & Clara tale “The Wheelers” from 2015’s #361. (1/3)
January 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I don’t want to know how many hours I’ve spent just looking at random Classic Who production photos on Tragical History Tour… one of the best sites ever created
January 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1975’s TV Comic #1206 featured the 3rd installment of the 4th Doctor’s first comic story “Death Flower”. Lastly, Pt. 4 of 8th Doctor, Stacy & Ssard historical “Perceptions” is printed in 1997 in Radio Times #3808. (2/2)
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
ON THIS DAY IN DOCTOR WHO COMICS HISTORY:

The 4th & final part of 2nd Doctor & Jamie tale “Father Time” is released in TV Comic #893 in 1969, while Pt. 2 of the 2nd comic starring the Doctor, “The Therovian Quest”, is published in 1965 in TV Comic #685. (1/2)
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
1991’s Doctor Who Magazine 170 would host Pt 2 of 7th Doctor Adventure “The Mark of Mandragora”, and lastly in 2007 the 10th issue of Doctor Who: Battles in Time published “Enemy Mine”, the 3rd story in a 4 story long arc. (5/5)
January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Doctor Who Weekly #16 releases in 1980, featuring the 8th & final part of another 4th Doctor tale, “City of the Damned”, as well as the 2nd & final part of Ice Warrior backup “Deathworld” and Pt. 5 of Tales from the TARDIS retelling of “The Invisible Man”. (4/5)
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This date in 1970 saw the 2nd installment of the 3rd Doctor’s comic debut “The Arkwood Experiments” in TV Comic #945, and TV Comic #1258 saw the conclusion of the 8 part “The Dalek Revenge” starring the 4th Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith in 1976. (3/5)
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM