TV Comic/Covers

The covers for TV Comic featured some combination of the title of the magazine, elements included inside the issue, the publishing dates of said issue, and the issue number itself. The printing of Doctor Who lasted across 756 non-consecutive issues, totally almost 15 years of coverage.
The following sub-sections have galleries illustrating the changes in font and format that the TV Comic covers went through. Unless noted otherwise, certain gaps in this page's catalogue are caused by the scarcity of quality images of some of the covers.
== Covers and issues ==
=== First Doctor ===
At the time of Doctor Whos introduction to the magazine in 1964, the common tactic for the magazine was to feature a popular strip on the bottom half of the page (usually Popeye), and a banner briefly advertising other stories included inside. These often would mention Doctor Who. Because of the lack of a need of Popeye content on this wiki, these galleries will mainly function to cover the top banner of the issue.
TVC 674 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 674
TVC 675 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 675
TVC 676 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 676
TVC 677 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 677
TVC 678 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 678
TVC 679 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 679
TVC 680 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 680
TVC 681 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 681
TVC 682 Front Cover Advertising Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 682
TVC 683 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 683
TVC 684 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 684
TVC 685 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 685
TVC 686 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 686
TVC 687 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 687
TVC 688 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 688
TVC 689 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 689
TVC 690 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 690
TVC 691 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 691
TVC 692 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 692
TVC 693 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 693
TVC 694 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 694
TVC 695 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 695
TVC 696 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 696
TVC 697 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 697
TVC 698 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 698
TVC 699 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 699
TVC 700 Front Cover Doctor Who.jpg|TVC 700
TVC 701 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 701
TVC 702 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 702
TVC 703 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 703
TVC 704 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 704
TVC 705 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 705
TVC 706.jpg|TVC 706
TVC 707.jpg|TVC 707
TVC 709 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 709
TVC 711 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 711
TVC 716 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 716
TVC 720 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 720
TVC 721 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 721
TVC 722 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 722
TVC 726 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 726
TVC 727 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 727
TVC 728 Front Cover 27 November.jpg|TVC 728
TVC 735 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 735
TVC 736 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 736
TVC 752 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 752
 TVC 768 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 768
TVC 780 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 780
=== Second Doctor ===
The very first story of the Second Doctor's comic era continued the previous trend of a brief banner over a non-DWU comic.
After this story, Doctor Who itself took over the magazine's first page. In these cases, the first panel of said story would serve as the cover instead of a banner.
TVC 788 Front Cover S.jpg|TVC 788
TVC 789 Front Cover s.jpg|TVC 789
TVC 790 Front Cover S.jpg|TVC 790
TVC 791 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 791
The Doctor Strikes Back 792 Cover-min.jpg|TVC 792
The Doctor Strikes Back 793 Cover-min.jpg|TVC 793
TVC 794 Front Cover-min.jpg|TVC 794
The Doctor Strikes Back 794 Cover-min.jpg|TVC 795
TVC 796 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 796
TVC 797 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 797
TVC 798 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 798
Master of Spiders.jpg|TVC 799
Master of Spiders TVC 800.jpg|TVC 800
Master of Spiders TVC 801.jpg|TVC 801
TVC 802 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 802
However, the magazine soon returned to the previous status-quo.
TVC 810 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 810
TVC 818 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 818
TVC 824 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 824
TVC Issue 828.jpg|TVC 828
TVC 880 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 880
TVC 933 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 933
=== Third Doctor ===
After the Second Doctor regenerated at the end of COMIC: The Night Walkers, a two-month gap occurred where no Doctor Who content was featured in TV Comic. This started after TVC 936 and ended with the publication of TVC 944.
TVC 944 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 944
TVC 999 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 999
Issue 999 was the final TVC issue to feature Doctor Who material up until 1973; during this time stories were instead printed in TV Action. Issues to feature DWU material would continue in TVC 1133.
TVC 1133 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1133
=== Fourth Doctor ===
Initial issues featuring Fourth Doctor fiction features covers to form with previously noted instances.
TVC 1148 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1148
TVC_1232_Front_Cover.jpg|TVC 1232
TVC 1291 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1291
After issue 1291, TV Comic transitioned into Mighty TV Comic, with the adjective "NEW" added to initial publications. Alongside a thicker volume, the rejuvenated Mighty TV Comic featured a cover more common with modern publications.
TVC 1292 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1292
TVC 1318 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1318
Starting with issue 1323, Mighty TV Comic returned to the previous standard of a simple banner printed on the top of one of its regular strips. However, shortly after this the magazine also began to include additional non-comic information on a side-panel, creating a merge of a regular cover and a preview of the comics inside.
TVC 1337 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1337
TVC 1342 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1342
While technically not relevant relevant to the covers of the magazine, it should be noted that TVC 1385 was the final issue to feature original content. All issues after the fact contained slightly-altered reprints, retracing Tom Baker's (vague) likeness over previous Doctor Who comics. Mighty TV Comic soon returned to the original title of TV Comic.
TVC 3993 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1393
TVC 3994 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1394
TVC 3995 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1395
TVC 3996 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1396
TVC 1400 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1400
TVC 1401 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1401
TVC 1402 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1402
TVC 1403 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1403
TVC 1406 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1406
TV Comic 1411 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1411
TV Comic 1412 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1412
TV Comic 1413 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1413
TVC 1416 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1416
TVC 1417 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1417
TVC 1418 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1418
TVC 1422 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1422
TVC 1424 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1424
TVC 1425 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1425
TVC 1426 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1426
TVC 1427 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1427
TVC 1428 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1428
TVC 1429 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1429
TVC 1430 Front Cover.jpg|TVC 1430
Issue 1430 was the final TV Comic variation to feature any licensed elements from the DWU. Issue 1 of Doctor Who Weekly would begin printing five months later. A similar comprehensive organisation of that publication can be found here.
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