Doctor Who charity zine, “The History Between Us” cover reveal

By John Freeman on January 19, 2023

Coming later this year for Doctor Who fans: The History Between Us, a charity zine chronicling The Doctor and The Master’s adventures through time and space and heartbreak, exploring the rage and pain and far, far beyond – all through the lens of a very grudging couple’s therapy session!

The 77 Years Team, the group behind the project administered by industrious writer, producer Who Knew? Podcast host and zine-maker Katherine Wheeler, have just revealed the striking cover for the project, by Rougerigatoni, which will feature a huge range of contributions solicited through social media. They received over a hundred before solicitations closed.

The History Between Us - Doctor Who Charity Zine cover, art by Rougerigatoni — For those asking – the figures on the far edges of each side of this eye catching cover by Rougerigatoni are Theta Sigma/Koschei Oakdown, aka The Doctor and The Master in their Academy days. This zine goes all the way to the beginning…

Featuring fights and confessions across space-time, love and hatred through the ages, and… couple’s therapy… You won’t want to miss this.

Proceeds from the sale of this Doctor Who-inspired zine, due for release this autumn in time for the show’s 60th anniversary, will all be going to Micro Rainbow, a charity providing safe housing for LGBTQ+ refugees in the UK.

This isn’t the team’s first charity zine, previous releases raising substantial amounts for charity, and the standard of art on previous releases looks terrific, so I think it’s well worth keeping an eye on this project.

• Updates, including information about preorders for The History Between Us will feature on The77Team Twitter account | Instagram linktr.ee

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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.