Doctor Who Magazine/Doctor Who Weekly

Doctor Who Weekly began in 1979 under the editorship of Dez Skinn. Skinn was editorial director of Marvel Comics' UK division and had been hired to expand the company. He had been trying to launch a Doctor Who title alongside his House of Hammer and Starburst for over three years but could not get the BBC license because of an existing single page Doctor Who comic strip in TV Comic.
Skinn made the initial announcement of the pending launch at the August 1979 Doctor Who convention - launch photo here before a September promotional tour which included the 1979 Worldcon SF convention at Brighton alongside Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor at the time, photos here) as well as various retail and wholesale meetings to promote the first issue to the trade.Matt's Place - Doctor Who Magazine Introduction accessed 18th February, 2011
Doctor Who Weekly was first released on 17 October 1979 published by Marvel Comics Ltd on a Thursday, with a cover price of 12 pence in the United Kingdom. It continued to be published in the standard weekly format until September 1980 when it changed to a monthly format, and was retitled Doctor Who Monthly.
== Covers and issues ==
=== 1979 ===
File:DWM_001.jpg|DWM 1
File:DWM_002.jpg|DWM 2
File:DWM_003.jpg|DWM 3
File:DWM_004.jpg|DWM 4
File:DWM_005.jpg|DWM 5
File:DWM_006.jpg|DWM 6
File:DWM_007.jpg|DWM 7
File:DWM_008.jpg|DWM 8
File:DWM_009.jpg|DWM 9
File:DWM_010.jpg|DWM 10
File:DWM_011.jpg|DWM 11
=== 1980 ===
File:DWM_012.jpg|DWM 12
File:DWM_013.jpg|DWM 13
File:DWM_014.jpg|DWM 14
File:DWM_015.jpg|DWM 15
File:DWM_016.jpg|DWM 16
File:DWM_017.jpg|DWM 17
File:DWM_018.jpg|DWM 18
File:DWM_019.jpg|DWM 19
File:DWM_020.jpg|DWM 20
File:DWM_021.jpg|DWM 21
File:DWM_022.jpg|DWM 22
File:DWM_023.jpg|DWM 23
File:DWM_024.jpg|DWM 24
File:DWM_025.jpg|DWM 25
File:DWM_026.jpg|DWM 26
File:DWM_027.jpg|DWM 27
File:DWM_028.jpg|DWM 28
File:DWM_029.jpg|DWM 29
File:DWM_030.jpg|DWM 30
File:DWM_031.jpg|DWM 31
File:DWM_032.jpg|DWM 32
File:DWM_033.jpg|DWM 33
File:DWM_034.jpg|DWM 34
File:DWM_035.jpg|DWM 35
File:DWM_036.jpg|DWM 36
File:DWM_037.jpg|DWM 37
File:DWM_038.jpg|DWM 38
File:DWM_039.jpg|DWM 39
File:DWM_040.jpg|DWM 40
File:DWM_041.jpg|DWM 41
File:DWM_042.jpg|DWM 42
File:DWM_043.jpg|DWM 43
File:DWM_044b.jpg|DWM 44
== Footnotes ==
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Category:DWM cover galleries
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