Hot on the heels of celebrating Minnie the Minx hitting her 70th anniversary last week, the BEANO is having fun at Doctor Who’s expense, as the show celebrates its 60th birthday.
This week’s issue – No. 4213, the cover by Nigel Parkinson – sees The Bash Street Kids assume the roles of various Doctors.
To the delight of the BEANO team, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies has given the comic’s homage a thumbs up and declared it “absolutely canon, 100 per cent canon,” adding on Instagram: “What great company to be in.”
“Well, that’s my day, week, month and life made,” said BEANO contributor Andy Fanton in response to RTD’s praise for Nigel’s cover.
Provided there’s no disruption to the space-time continuum, subscribers should have received their copies BEANO with the Doctor Who-based Bash Street Kids already, and writer Andy Fanton has teased a scene from the strip, featuring nods to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors.
• BEANO No. 4213 is on sale from all the usual outlets on Wednesday. Head to BEANO.com for subscription information
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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