The
Basics - Issue 109, February 1986. The front cover has a photo of The
Black Guardian, to tie in with the Villains of the 80s feature.
News And Views - To celebrate the 22nd anniversary,
22 characters from the series appeared on Children In Need, including four
Doctors. An American stage play, The Inheritors of Time, may be brought to
London. Andrew Pixley writes in to congratulate DWM on its vast
improvement since issue 107, and refers to Time Screen, which he co-edits,
while another reader notes that it will be time soon for a sequel to
Masque of Mandragora, as the Mandragora Helix was due to return to the
Earth in the late 20th century...
Notables - In a slightly Christopher H Bidmead
themed issue, he is interviewed, Logopolis is Archived, and his three
Target novelisations are reviewed.
Boxpops - The second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
debuts on ITV on 21st February. Top of the pop charts in February 86 were
the continuing A-Ha and When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going by
Billy Ocean.
Skaro Says - Nathan Cooke notes that even Andrew
Pixley is appreciative of the new look under Sheila Cranna - he used to
buy Pixley's Time Screen too, which he describes as the best telefantasy
magazine ever. Logo Polish enjoyed the Bidmead interview, and even learnt
from it what the H stood for (Hamilton). Si Hart agrees that that was a
very good interview, and enjoyed the comic strip complete with its
excellent full page cliffhanger. John Ridgway was his favourite DW comic
strip artist. He remembers really enjoying the Villains article at the
time, even though it tells you little about them! Andrew Curnow remembers
the second series of Pet - having not watched the first series, this was
his introduction to the show. Jon Masters likes the cover, and the good
selection of colour pictures inside. There's a good selection of
interviews, and the comic strip is much improved.