The Basics - Issue 118, November 1986. The front cover has a photo of the Sixth Doctor, with Colin Baker interviewed inside, and the back cover pin up is a publicity shot from Destiny of the Daleks. There is a free poster inside of the Sixth Doctor with Daleks and Davros by Alister Pearson, which can also be seen on the front cover.

News And Views - The record of the new Dominic Glynn theme music will be in the shops soon, while the next planned video release, by November at the latest, is Death to the Daleks. GG also reports that further black and white releases are now unlikely, due to Seeds of Death being the slowest video to sell to date. Rental dealers are also reluctant to stock 'unpopular' black and white material. There will be some DW clips as part of a three hour plus programme celebrating fifty years of BBC TV. It is possible that The Chase will get a repeat showing as part of the celebrations too. Ian Marter writes a letter in response to Gary Russell's review of his Harry Sullivan's War novel.

Previews And Reviews - Off The Shelf reviews Mat Irvine's The Special Effects and JNT's The Companions, respectively "marvellous and a must" and "a much weightier book than his last in both written content and information". The third story of the 23rd season is previewed - "the Bakers have created a highly charged situation of horror and suspense and one of the most tense stories in a long while." "The concluding serial provides viewers with one of the most fundamental, dramatic and exciting endings to any DW story or season yet screened."

Other Regulars - A new two part comic strip, Changes, begins. The first of the regular one page articles on Travelling Companions focuses on Susan.

Boxpops - For the first week of November, BBC2 broadcasts many vintage programmes throughout the week to celebrate 50 years of BBC TV broadcasting. Top of the pop charts in November 86 were the continuing Nick Berry and Take My Breath Away by Berlin.

Skaro Says - Nathan Cooke remembers the letter from Ian Marter, in response to Gary Russell's claim that his novel Harry Sullivan's War ripped off the James Bond film A View To A Kill. Nathan has recently re-read the novel and notes that it bears no resemblance to the film whatsoever. Jonno remembers the week of vintage repeats very well - it was great to see such fondly remembered shows as The Goodies and The Generation Game. He liked the poster - the first of what would be a great series, albeit one that would take several years to complete. He also liked the new comic strip, with it being a more traditional, straight forward horror story. Si Hart agreed that the poster series was great - he had all of them on his wall by 1991 once the series had finally finished. He also remembers waiting for all the Doctor Who clips to come on the big retrospective programme, and loved seeing a glimpse of the Tom Baker titles. Jonno taped the sequence with Quatermass immediately followed by DW, and watched the clips umpteen times - at the time, it was his only vintage DW on video. Andrew Curnow also recalls the TV50 celebration, and his first sight of the riverside scene of the First Doctor and the Daleks from Dalek Invasion of Earth. He has never managed to take to Harry Sullivan's War, despite reading it twice.