The Third Doctor regenerates in a brand new comic book series as Titan Comics evolves their Whovian line going back even to the Jon Pertwee era.
BBC Worldwide North America and Titan Comics announced the return of the Third Doctor in a new comic book. This brand-new five-part comic series, written by fan-favorite Doctor Who scribe Paul Cornell, stars the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee, with companions Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) in classic Doctor Who adventures.
Doctor Who: The Third Doctor expands Titan Comics’ popular and acclaimed Doctor Who comics, which include adventures from the Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors.
Following up Four Doctors, Paul Cornell returns to team up with artist Christopher Jones to bring unexpected twists and turns to the lives of the Third Doctor and his companions in an all-new story, “The Heralds Of Destruction.”
Actor Jon Pertwee starred as the Third Doctor in 128 episodes from 1970 to 1974. Pertwee’s portrayal of the Doctor was a suave, dapper, and technologically oriented man of action, who spent his time stranded on Earth, working with the international military group UNIT. Classic Doctor Who villains The Master, Autons, Silurians and Sea Devils all first appeared during the Pertwee era.
Here’s the official description of the new story:
When something enormous and extraterrestrial crashes into Bedfordshire, the Doctor, Jo Grant, and the forces of UNIT under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart mobilize immediately to investigate – and find themselves in the middle of a pitched battle against a terrifying invader! But the shocking face that awaits their return to base may tip their whole world off its axis.
The debut issue comes with five variant covers to collect: three art covers by artists Josh Burns, Simon Myers, and Paul McCaffrey, a photo cover, and a blank sketch cover.
Doctor Who: The Third Doctor arrives August 31st.
By Editor