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Doctor Who cover: William Hartnell, February 1964 February 1964
Doctor Who cover: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, 1964 November 1964
Doctor Who cover: The Web Planet, 1965 February 1965
Daleks on the November 1966 cover of Radio Times November 1966
Cybermen on the September 1967 cover of Radio Times September 1967
Patrick Troughton on the January 1968 cover of Radio Times January 1968
Jon Pertwee on the January 1970 cover of Radio Times January 1970
The Master on the January 1971 cover of Radio Times January 1971
Doctor Who and the Daleks on the January 1972 cover of Radio Times. January 1972
The Three Doctors on the December 1972 cover of Radio Times. December 1972
John Pertwee, Michael Parkinson, Paul Jones and Vanessa Miles on this December 1973 cover of Radio Times. December 1973
The Five Doctors on a November 1983 cover of Radio Times. November 1983
peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker on the cover of Radio Times. November 1993
Paul McGann as the Doctor on a May 1996 cover of Radio Times. May 1996
A Dalek on a November 1999 cover of Radio Times. November 1999
A Sea Devil, Colin Baker as the Doctor and a Dalek on the cover of Radio Times. November 2003
David Tennant as Casanova on the cover of Radio Times. March 2005
The Tardis on a March 2005 cover of Radio Times. March 2005
A Dalek on the cover of Radio Times. April 2005
The Tardis in a snow globe on the Christmas 2005 cover of Radio Times. Christmas 2005
David Tennant and Billie Piper on the cover of Radio Times. April 2006
A Cyberman on the cover of Radio Times. May 2006
Billie Piper on the cover of Radio Times. July 2006
Cybermen on the cover of Radio Times. July 2006
Daleks on the cover of Radio Times. July 2006
Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones and David Tennant as the Doctor. July 2006
Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones and David Tennant as the Doctor. April 2007
Hybrid Dalek Sec on the cover of Radio Times. April 2007
John Simm as the Master on the cover of Radio Times. July 2007
David Tennant as the Doctor on the cover of Radio Times. July 2007
Fifth Doctor Peter Davison and Tenth Doctor David Tennant on the cover of Radio Times. November 2007
Kylie Minogue and David Tennant on a December 2007 cover of Radio Times. December 2007
Sarah Lancashire, David Tennant and Catherine Tate on the cover of Radio Times. April 2008
David Tennant and Catherine Tate on the cover of Radio Times. April 2008
David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Ood and Tim McInnerny on the cover of Radio Times. April 2008
David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Felicity Kendal and Fenella Woolgar on the cover of Radio Times. April 2008
A Sontaran on an April 2008 cover of Radio Times. April 2008
Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Billie Piper and David Tennant on the cover of Radio Times. June 2008
Davros on a July 2008 cover of Radio Times. July 2008
For four decades Doctor Who and Radio Times have been inseparable, with each key moment in the series marked by famous RT covers that have since become collectors' items. No other magazine in the world has this history with the show and no other covers are so prized.

Now, for the very first time online, you can view RT's collection: click through to see every Doctor Who cover scanned from our archives.
Doctor Who cover: William Hartnell, February 1964
The first Doctor (William Hartnell) and the first Radio Times cover - but not the first Doctor Who story. That first tale the previous November could have made the cover, and RT was at the very least considering it, but in those days the magazine was the journal of the BBC - and the BBC was having cold feet about little Doctor Who.

However, the show was practically an instant hit and the Doctor's fourth story, Marco Polo, won the cover. Even so, there was trouble: Hartnell was shown with guest stars and the main cast weren't happy. William "Ian" Russell's agent complained to the BBC's Donald Wilson, who apologised but said RT makes its own decisions about which photos to use. (Picture - Radio Times copyright)
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