The Basics - Issue 184, 18 March 1992. The front cover has a photo from The Tomb of the Cybermen, which is the subject of an On Set feature and a significant news item in Gallifrey Guardian. There is a set of four free Postcards given away with this issue.

Indicia - "Do you think we should tell Gavrok about the irradiated Welsh sheep" Mel asked Burton as the Bannermen leader chomped into his raw meat snack...

News And Views - The Tomb of the Cybermen has been recovered from a TV station in Hong Kong and will be rush released in May on BBC Video, alongside The Aztecs (exclusive to Woolworths) and The Claws of Axos. Over 100 seconds of effects film from the first episode of The Daleks' Master Plan was discovered during research work for the BBC2 documentary Resistance Is Useless. The BBC2 repeats season will continue with either The Sea Devils or The Green Death, and an early Tom Baker story after a summer break.

Reviews - After Image reviews Resistance Is Useless ("a highly enjoyable romp through the BBC archives") and The Time Meddler ("slow-moving; incredibly dated"). Off The Shelf reviews Time's Crucible ("exceptionally well written and thought provoking") and interviews its author Marc Platt.

New And Old Fiction - The Seventh Doctor and Ace meet Duggan in a Brief Encounter. The back up strip Business As Usual from issues 40-43 is reprinted in its entirety. John Lucarotti writes Who Discovered America? in which the First Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian meet Eric The Red.

Notables - The final Travelling Companions features the most recent companion, Ace.

Boxpops - The Sea Devils parts one to four are repeated on BBC2 at 6.50pm from Friday 6th to 27th March. Staying top of the pop charts throughout March 92 were Shakespeare's Sister.

Skaro Says - This was part of a batch of six back issues that Andrew Curnow bought around April 1992, which meant that he was unaware about the Tomb discovery until then and found out it was being released shortly on video! He doesn't remember the Brief Encounter at all. Logo Polish does remember it, with the claim that Duggan had gone back to investigating divorces. It wasn't of interest to Sidesk though, as he hadn't seen City of Death at this stage. This is the issue that drew Jon Masters back into buying the magazine, having stopped when he went to Uni. He was attracted by the lovely cover, the postcards and the news about Tomb. Si Hart thinks that it's very odd that all the "exclusive" photos from Tomb were suddenly "unearthed" just as it was announced that the story was in existence...

Critique - This issue is obviously notable for its heavy emphasis on the rediscovery of The Tomb of the Cybermen, including an 8 page On Set report with its many tantalising previously unseen photographs. As Si says above, the timing of it is curious and it would be a shame to think that someone might have been keeping those photos, aware of their worth. There's an interview with Graeme Harper in which he states that he wouldn't be surprised if the show did return, and that he'd be interested in doing more! I always loved the back up strip Business As Usual from the latter days of the Weekly, so as reprints go, I was as pleased to see this in omnibus form as just about any other story they could have chosen. To this day, I still haven't got round to reading the outline for Who Discovered America? Given that it's written by John Lucarotti, whose first two historicals I adore, I really should give it a go some time...