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Doctor Who 1980 Summer Special
In Britain it was common for weekly comics to publish seasonal specials to tie in with various school holidays, taking advantage of parents who wanted to give their child something that would keep them quiet for a couple of hours.
From 1980 through to 1996 a variety of seasonal specials were released in connection with Doctor Who Magazine by Marvel UK. The formatting varied widely over the years, with early issues reprinting comic strips from past issues of Doctor Who Weekly, and the exact titles shifted between being Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn Specials, as well as some Anniversary Specials celebrating significant anniversaries of the TV show Doctor Who.
In the Summer of 1980 the first of these Specials was released by The Doctor Who Magazine and was calld 'Summer Special' magazine. This was a 52 page special that cost 40 pence and had content that complimented the ongoing Monthly publication.
In 1981 the magazine published another Summer special but this time it was followed by a Winter Special Edition.
The Summer 1984 Special was a merchandise special, and did not include any comic strips nor prose fiction, while the Winter Special 1984 similarly had neither comics nor prose fiction, instead having features recounting the details of past Doctor Who TV stories; as such, neither has been included in this listing.
This continued, with other editions such as the Holiday Edition, until 1996 when this practice stopped.
After 1996 and Panini's takeover of Doctor Who Magazine there were no new specials until Doctor Who was relaunched on TV. From 2002 Panini began publishing Doctor Who Magazine Special Editions, on an irregular bases. These were stand alone magazines, themed around a specific topic and carrying a much higher page count than the regular magazine and did not feature comic material.
Doctor Who 1995 Spring Special
You will find links below to the pages of these specials were you can click on each special to read the full magazine (As I get them done.
Click the links below to take you to the pages.