The Basics - Issue 185, 15 April 1992. The front cover is artwork of The War Machines by Alister Pearson, which is the subject of this issue's Archive. A second set of four free postcards are included. Being the April issue, the letters page is re-named Pick of the Penguin, with comments from Frobisher.

Indicia - "It doesn't cost much to stay in touch! Ha! Try telling Professor Krimpton that!" muttered Brett as he ticked off his itemised calls.

News And Views - A version of the incomplete Shada with linking narration by Tom Baker will be released in July. Baker has also recorded The Tom Baker Years, and at the same time Nicholas Courtney recorded links for Episodes One and Four of The Invasion for future video release. The Woolworths exclusive release will now be The Twin Dilemma in May, with The Aztecs to be released later in the year. Three letter writers feel that a self contained fifty minute episode format would not work, and would destroy the concept of cliffhangers...

Reviews - Off The Shelf reviews the videos of Logopolis ("pretentious, frequently unintelligible, overrated, glossy waffle") and Castrovalva ("positively glows with gloss and directorial inspiration"). After Image reviews The Mind Robber ("a likeable five weeks of DW with thoughtful undertones").

New Fiction - The Seventh Doctor and Ace star in a new three part comic strip The Grief. In a Brief Encounter entitled Ships, Dodo Chaplet literally bumps into Sarah Jane Smith.

Boxpops - The Sea Devils parts five and six are repeated on BBC2 at 6.50pm on Friday 3rd and 10th April. Top of the pop charts in April 92 were the continuing Stay and Deeply Dippy by Right Said Fred.

Skaro Says - Andrew Curnow remembers Gary Russell's slating of Logopolis when it came out on video, but didn't realise he'd been so nice about Castrovalva [however, see below!]. Sidesk felt that it was nice to have another art cover, especially to push a relatively unfamiliar story like the Hartnell one. He believes that The Grief comic strip gives us the first reference to the New Adventures, and felt that the Lom worked well, and provided the scary monsters that the TV series often failed to.

Critique - Yet again, we have another glorious Alister Pearson artwork cover here, heralding a fine issue for editor John Freeman to bow out with. For me, the highlights of this issue are an On Set report of the recently repeated Time Meddler, and a fairly indepth look at the contribution of Christopher H Bidmead to Seasons 18 and 19 in an article called Change and Decay. I should point out, specifically for Andrew's benefit, that Gary Russell's review of Castrovalva wasn't quite as complimentary as the above quote makes it out to be. Specifically, he doesn't like the first half set in the TARDIS, but does like the second half on Castrovalva itself (which oddly enough is the exact opposite of how I feel about the story!). However, I couldn't find a quote in the review that adequately summed it up. Collector's Corner in this issue is a very nostalgic one for me, as it includes the War of the Daleks board game, which I loved as a child but sadly got lost in various house moves, and the 1977 Annual, which was also originally lost but rebought some years later.