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Doctor Who Magazine 1985 Issues 96 - 107

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1986
 
ISSUES 108 - 119

Doctor Who Magazine 1987 Issues 120 - 131Doctor Who Magazine 1987 Issues 120 - 131

1987 120 - 131
     

Issue 108

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January 1986

£1.00
   
page    
2 ● Pin-Up- The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) run from the Movellan ship
        [Destiny Of The Daleks]
2 ● Editor's Letter
3 ● Contents
4-5 ● Letters- To The TARDIS
5 ● Comical strip- Doctor Who? By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
6-11 ● Feature- Growing Up With The Doctor; Doctor Who has been a part of all our lives. Richard Marson examines the magic of the series
13 ● Comical strip- The Doctor Who History Tour By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
15-19 ● Interview- Martinus & Maloney; Derek Martinus and David Maloney are two of television's foremost directors, with credits covering hundred of hours of material. Both have directed some of the most memorable Who stories, Richard Marson puts some telling questions to them...
                 Interviewed: Derek Martinus
                 Interviewed: David Maloney
20-21 ● Interview- Victor Pemberton, Writing For Doctor Who; Victor Pemberton's contributions to Doctor Who range from his early days as assistant script editor during the Troughton years, to script writer and author. Here he talks to Gary Russell about his involvement with the show...
                 Interviewed: Victor Pemberton
22 ● Matrix Data Bank
23-25 ● Season Survey Results; Season Twenty-Two survey results compiled by Gary Russell
26 ● Reviews- Off The Shelf
                 Merchandise: Who Dares "Frank Hampson - The Man Who Drew Tomorrow" Reviewed
                 Merchandise: Who Dares "Timeview" Reviewed
27 ● Competition- Who Would You Choose; Tell us who you would cast in Doctor Who , for a chance to win John Nathan-Turner's The TARDIS Inside Out
29-36 ● Comic strip- Exodus
37 ● Interview- Ralph Wilton Production Manager; Jay Dyer interviews the people behind the scenes of Doctor Who. This issue Production Manager, Ralph Wilton
                 Interviewed: Ralph Wilton
38 ● Gallifrey Guardian
39 ● Pin-Up- A Marshman
        [Full Circle]
40-43 ● Feature- Alien Worlds, Part Two; in part two of our tour of the alien worlds of Doctor Who, Richard Marson continues his exploration of the otherworld settings that have made the stories so memorable…
44-47 ● Television- The Deadly Assassin; Synopsis and Fact File
   

Issue 109

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February 1986

75p
   
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2 ● Pin-Up- Turlough (Mark Strickson)
        [Mawdryn Undead]
2 ● Editor's Letter
3 ● Contents
4-5 ● Letters- To The TARDIS
5 ● Comical strip- Doctor Who? By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
6-10 ● Interview- Christopher H. Bidmead Interview; When Christopher H. Bidmead was approached about the post of script editor on Doctor Who, he confessed he didn't want the job. Here he explains his change of heart and talks about his years with the series to Richard Marson...
                 Interviewed: Christopher H. Bidmead
11 ● Gallifrey Guardian
12 ● Who's Art; Readers' Art
13 ● Matrix Data Bank
14 ● Reviews- Off The Shelf
                 Target Books: "Logopolis" Reviewed by Gary Russell
                 Target Books: "Castrovalva" Reviewed by Gary Russell
                 Target Books: "Frontios" Reviewed by Gary Russell
15-18 ● Television- Logopolis; Synopsis and Fact File
19 ● Pin-Up- Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Chela (Jonathon Morris)
        [Snakedance]
20-24 ● Feature- The Villains Of The Eighties; in the concluding part of his examination of villainy in Doctor Who, Patrick Mulkern reflects on the period from 1980 to 1985
25 ● Interview- Pat O'Leary Production Assistant; Jay Dyer interviews the people behind the scenes of Doctor Who. This issue Production Assistant, Pat O'Leary
                 Interviewed: Pat O'Leary
27-34 ● Comic strip- Revelation
35 ● Interview- The Davros Tapes; here is the first of three short interviews with the actors who have breathed life into Davros, creator of the Daleks. This month Gary Russell talks with the most recent incarnation, Terry Molloy
                 Interviewed: Terry Molloy
36-39 ● Feature- The Moral Dilemma; Amongst the most common arguments which have occurred about Doctor Who are those questioning the effect the series has on the morals of it's viewers. The producers of the show have always argued that the programme is one of the most morally concerned to be made by the BBC. In part one of a survey of who's morality, Richard Marson turns the clock back to the start of the series, to survey how the moral philosophy developed
   

Issue 110

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March 1986

75p
   
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2 ● Pin-Up- The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) sentenced to death
        [Four To Doomsday]
2 ● Editor's Letter
3 ● Contents
4-5 ● Letters- To The TARDIS
5 ● Comical strip- Doctor Who? By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
6-9 ● Feature- At The Eleventh Hour; Every year, new and original ideas are sought to make up the mix of stories which are needed to keep Doctor Who fresh and entertaining. Naturally, sometimes during the course of these selections, ideas which seem inspired at first, turn out to be gremlins, or prove unworkable. This two part article by Richard Marson charts the unusual births of some of the best - and worst- last minute scripts
11 ● Matrix Data Bank
12 ● Gallifrey Guardian
13 ● Feature- A Tribute To Valentine Dyall; Richard Marson looks back on Valentine Dyall's career
                 Obituary: Valentine Dyall
14 ● Comical strip- The Doctor Who History Tour By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
15-19 ● Television- Mawdryn Undead; Synopsis and Fact File by Richard Marson
20-24 ● Interview- Sarah Sutton Interview; When Sarah Sutton arrived on the Doctor Who scene in 1980, she was not expecting to stay in the role of Nyssa. As it turned out, the production team were so impressed with her performance that they decided to ask her to join as a regular, as Richard Marson discovered
                 Interviewed: Sarah Sutton
25 ● Interview- Val MacCrimmon Assistant Floor Manager; Jay Dyer interviews the people behind the scenes of Doctor Who. This issue Assistant Floor Manager, Val MacCrimmon
                 Interviewed: Val MacCrimmon
27-34 ● Comic strip- Genesis!
35 ● Reviews- Off The Shelf
                 Target Books: "The King's Demons" Reviewed by Gary Russell
36-39 ● Feature- The Moral Dilemma; DWM concludes their look at the morality of Doctor Who, with Richard Marson considering the period from Tom Baker's era right up to present
   

Issue 111

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April 1986

75p
   
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2 ● Pin-Up- A Sontaran
        [Invasion Of Time]
2 ● Editor's Letter
3 ● Contents
4-5 ● Letters- To The TARDIS
5 ● Comical strip- Doctor Who? By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
6-8 ● Feature- Great Eccentrics; The reasons for the success of a Doctor Who story are many, not least the élan and eccentricity of some of the incidental characters. Here Patrick Mulkern turns the clock back to 1967, 1971 and 1978 to recall three of the series greatest eccentrics
9 ● Gallifrey Guardian;
           Television: Bonnie Langford announced as new companion Melanie
11 ● Interview- The Davros Tapes; Terry Nation once wrote that of all the characters he had created in Doctor Who, Davros was his favourite. So it is hardly surprising he resurrected the character for the 1979 story Destiny Of The Daleks, in the Form of David Gooderson, who talks to Gary Russell in the Second Da