Doctor Who Weekly Vol 1 40

Part of the Business as Usual arc
Doctor Who Weekly #40
Previous Issue	Doctor Who Weekly #39
Next Issue	Doctor Who Weekly #41
Cover artist not yet listed
Release Date	July 10, 1980
Cover Date	July, 1980
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Paul Neary

1. "Dragon's Claw"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Steve Moore
Penciler(s)	Dave Gibbons
Inker(s)	Dave Gibbons
2. "Business as Usual"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Alan Moore
Penciler(s)	David Lloyd
Inker(s)	David Lloyd
3. "Dr. Who's Time Tales"
Appearances · Synopsis
Reprint of the 5th story from Journey Into Mystery #63 (originally printed as I Took a Journey into Fear!) (original credits are italicized)
Writer(s)	Stan Lee
Penciler(s)	Steve Ditko
Inker(s)	Steve Ditko
Colorist(s)	Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Artie Simek
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
4. "The Dalek Tapes: The Plague of Death"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	David Whitaker
Penciler(s)	Richard Jennings
Inker(s)	Richard Jennings
Editor(s)	Gary Russell
5. "The Dalek Tapes: The Menace of the Monstrons"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	David Whitaker
Penciler(s)	Richard Jennings
Inker(s)	Richard Jennings
Editor(s)	Gary Russell

Appearing in "Dragon's Claw"

Featured Characters:

• ⏴ The Doctor ⏵

Supporting Characters:

• K-9
• Sharon Davies

Races and Species:

Locations:

• Earth-5556 (Doctor Who Universe)

Synopsis for "Dragon's Claw"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Business as Usual"

Featured Characters:

• Winston Blunt (First appearance; dies)
• Max Fischer ⏵ (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• ⏴ The Doctor ⏵ (Host)

Antagonists:

• Galaxy Plastics Inc ⏵ (First appearance)
  • Autons ⏵
    • Mr. Dolman ⏵ (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Interchem (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Autons ⏵

Locations:

• Earth-5556 (Doctor Who Universe) (1989 and 1990)
  • Earth
    • Easthampton
      • Galaxy Plastics Inc ⏵ (First appearance)

Items:

• Energy units

Synopsis for "Business as Usual"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Dr. Who's Time Tales"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Journey Into Mystery #63
(originally printed as I Took a Journey into Fear!)

Featured Characters:

• Otto Bruger

Supporting Characters:

• Numerous unnamed colleagues of Otto Bruger

Other Characters:

• Unidentified Police Department
• Unnamed Doctor
• Unnamed Nurse

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Unnamed Mental Hospital

Synopsis for "Dr. Who's Time Tales"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Journey Into Mystery #63
(originally printed as I Took a Journey into Fear!)

A man thinks he has traveled through time with the "time machine" he built but the shock he receives from it when he throws the switch unhinges his mind and when the men with the white coats come to take him away he perceives them as barbarians of an earlier age.

Appearing in "The Dalek Tapes: The Plague of Death"

Featured Characters:

• Daleks

Synopsis for "The Dalek Tapes: The Plague of Death"

Originally presented in TV Century 21 #37-39.

Appearing in "The Dalek Tapes: The Menace of the Monstrons"

Featured Characters:

• Daleks

Synopsis for "The Dalek Tapes: The Menace of the Monstrons"

Originally presented in TV Century 21 #40.

Notes

• The four parts of "Business as Usual" was reprinted as a single story, in colorized version, in Doctor Who #15 (December, 1985).

See Also

• 1 image(s) from Doctor Who Weekly Vol 1 40
• 10 reprint(s) of Doctor Who Weekly Vol 1 40