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The Doctor is an alien, the last of thepowerful Time Lords. He is an intrepidtraveller through time and space, armed onlywith his incredible intelligence and his fix-anything sonic screwdriver. He travels aloneexcept for the human companions hebefriends, briefly sharing his life with themand showing them the astonishing wondersof the universe.

Written by Andy DiggleArt by Mark BuckinghamColors by Charlie KirchoffLettering by Shawn Lee

Edited by Denton J. Tipton

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DOCTOR WHO VOLUME 3 #1. SEPTEMBER 2012. FIRST PRINTING. BBC, DOCTOR WHO (word marks, logos and devices) and TARDIS are trade marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under license.BBC logo © BBC 1996. Doctor Who logo © BBC 2009. TARDIS image © BBC 1963. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices:5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for reviewpurposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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