The Basics - Issue 188, 8 July 1992. The main photo on the front cover is of the Sixth Doctor wearing the Fifth Doctor's costume. There are further free postcards given away inside.

Indicia - "When the Great Healer offered me the chance to get ahead in his organisation, I didn't realise quite what he meant", muttered Arthur Stengos grumpily.

News And Views - The prospective producers of the movie Doctor Who - The Last of the Time Lords remain hopeful that the project will begin pre-production work in the summer. Doctor Who - The Computer Game is planned for release on various consoles in September.

New Fiction - The Brief Encounter "The Useful Pile" features the Seventh Doctor set just after Time and the Rani. A new three part Seventh Doctor comic strip, Ravens, written by Andrew Cartmel and linked to his New Adventures novel Warhead, begins.

Reviews - Off The Shelf reviews Cat's Cradle : Witch Mark ("the best of the three Cat's Cradle stories") and the video More Than A Messiah ("a really good ecological thriller").

Boxpops - Top of the pop charts in July 92 were the continuing Erasure and Ain't No Doubt by Jimmy Nail.

Skaro Says - Andrew Curnow remembers the rather nice cover, and vaguely remembers the Doctor sorting out his pockets in the Brief Encounter. He notes that Witchmark got a good review, and recalls that it was the first New Adventure to have a traditional feel to it, although personally he didn't like it because of its fantasy setting, and as it was a bit dull too. Si Hart and Simon Rayner read Witchmark, the latter remembering only a continuity reference within to Delta and the Bannermen.

Critique - For once, I'm struggling to find things to say about this issue! That's not to say it's a bad one or anything, but with a line up that consists of all the regular features plus interviews, there's no special one-off feature to focus on, for example. I do agree with Andrew that it's a good cover - I think it's seeing Colin in the 5th Doctor's costume, which is not only unusual but for me works much better than the costume he did get! Unlike Andrew, I did enjoy Witchmark, which I found an easier read at the time than most of the others. What The Papers Said moves into the 70s, and perhaps as a sign of the increased press coverage, the Pertwee era is split across two issues. Even Collectors' Corner features nothing that I own(ed), though I have since procured a copy of the Daleks mini album (focusing on the last part of The Chase).