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News And Views - BSB are planning a DW extravaganza soon in their schedules. They will not be showing stories in their regular weekend schedule that lead into missing material, such as The Edge of Destruction. The Target imprint will be staying at W. H. Allen for the foreseeable future. The provisional release schedule is Mission To Magnus (July), Battlefield (August), Ghost Light (September), The Curse of Fenric (October), Survival (November), The Pescatons (December). Notables - A new feature, Those Radio Times, begins looking at the past coverage of the show in the listings magazine. Boxpops - Top of the pop charts in June 1990 were the continuing Killer, World In Motion by England New Order and Sacrifice by Elton John. Skaro Says - Si Hart liked Colin Howard's full page colour illustration of the start of Masque of Mandragora which accompanied the Archive - a nice innovation that finished all too soon. Sidesk feels that World In Motion is still the greatest footballing song ever made. Critique - After the excellence of recent issues, this one has less to recommend it, though I do agree with Si Hart about the Masque artwork intro and the other Si about the merits of World In Motion! It is notable though that the Archive is also expanded upon with the inclusion of design artwork from, and an interview with, designer Barry Newbery. The extra attention given to the Archive/Fact File could be seen as a precursor of the new, improved regular Archives that were on their way. For me, the highlight of this issue was the start of the ongoing series of features Those Radio Times. I've been interested in RT for about as long as I have Doctor Who, and the two have been inextricably linked together (none more so than in 2005). |
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Basics - Issue 161, June 1990. The main photo on the front cover is of
the Second Doctor from The Two Doctors.