The Basics - Issue 168, 26 December 1990. From this issue, four extra colour pages are included to increase the page count to 44, and the price rises to £1.95. The front cover has a photo of the Seventh Doctor and Ace from Silver Nemesis.

News And Views - Letter writing campaigns are being spearheaded by the DWAS and the US equivalent, and a phone-in campaign to the BBC is due on 30th November. The recording tapes for Ghost Light, including untransmitted material, have been wiped. The Dominators stayed in the Video Top 30 chart for three weeks, but The Web Planet sank without trace. The Five Doctors has been the best selling video release in 1990.

Notables - Into The Vortex expands into two colour pages, incorporating Who's Who and introducing That Was The Month That Was. The Location Guide concludes with a look at London locations.

New Fiction - The Brief Encounters by Paul Cornell features Davros and the Daleks. The second three page comic strip prelude is Distractions, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the TARDIS.

Reviews - Off The Shelf reviews The Curse of Fenric novelisation ("worth every moment we've had to wait" 6/5) and the latest releases from Reeltime Pictures.

Boxpops - Top of the pop charts in December 1990 were Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice and Saviour's Day by Cliff Richard.

Skaro Says - Si Hart rates this as a good issue overall with a great cover, with Sylvester and Sophie looking mean and moody. He also really liked the comic strip preludes, with superb art which seemed like a rarity at the time, despite the upturn in the strip seen that year. Sidesk finds it ironic that the Web Planet video did not sell well, given the positive review as quoted last issue.

Critique - This issue saw a good 30% increase in the regular price, but they were crafty enough to hide it, as it was still 30p cheaper than the previous bumper issue! And with an extra four pages and more colour, as advertised on the front cover, the bitter pill was sweetened somewhat. It also helps when you have good contents, and amongst the highlights here is the end of the Location Guides with undoubtedly the most iconic landmarks in the series (something picked up on for the new series too) in London. It has added resonance for me too, having lived in the capital for over a decade now, though I wasn't living there at the time of this issue. I liked the expansion of Into The Vortex into a colourful two page selection of bits and pieces before getting into the real meat of the issue. The comic strip prelude was a good appetiser and heavily steeped in continuity. The second part of Stripped For Action was notable for its bold and fascinating attempt at putting all the DWW/M comic strips into story order amongst the contemporary TV stories, covering seasons 16-26, and also revealing the next ten issues' worth of strip titles.