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Stripped for Action: The First Doctor

Stripped for Action: The First Doctor

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2008
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A look at the First Doctor's comic strip adventures. Featuring interviews with artist Bill Mevin, comics historians Jeremy Bentham and John Ainsworth, and former Doctor Who Magazine editors Gary Russell and Alan Barnes.

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