Nestle milk chocolate bars - picture 11

Today it’s picture eleven of Doctor Who Fights Masterplan “Q” - the 15-part adventure on the backs of the Nestlé Doctor Who Milk Chocolate bars.

En route to find authorities to help them, The Doctor and Jo realise they are being pursued by a lumbering beast.
Reaching to a button on Bessie’s dashboard, The Doctor has a plan.

As well as complaints from Jon Pertwee about how he was depicted on the packaging, there were also objections over the depiction of Bessie on the counter display box. Bessie’s number plate is well known as WHO 1. But at the time it was owned by a member of the public, so Bessie's real
number plate, MTR 5 would be switched to WHO 1 when filming. The owner didn’t like his number plate appearing on the packaging, but the BBC said nothing could be done to change it.

Here is a slightly different version of the box side, with the Doctor Who logo stacked horizontally.

COUNTDOWN The Space-age comic! -November 1971

Exactly forty years ago this month, Countdown comic had The Doctor concluding Backtime, before starting a new adventure, The Eternal Present!

Click the issue title to view
the complete comic in PDF format.

Issue 38

Contains comic strips of
Doctor Who - Backtime pt 6
art by Frank Langford

also The Persuaders!, Fireball XL5, Stingray, UFO, Countdown, Dastardly And Muttley

Issue 39

Contains comic strips of
Doctor Who - Backtime pt 7
art by Frank Langford

also The Persuaders!, Dastardly And Muttley, Stingray, UFO, Countdown, Fireball XL5

Issue 40

Contains comic strips of
Doctor Who -
The Eternal Present pt 1
art by Harry Lindfield

also The Persuaders!, Stingray, Dastardly And Muttley, UFO, Countdown, Fireball XL5

Issue 41

Contains comic strips of
Doctor Who -
The Eternal Present pt 2
art by Harry Lindfield

also The Persuaders!, Fireball XL5, Dastardly And Muttley, UFO, Countdown, Stingray