The Basics - Issue 193, 25 November 1992. The front cover has a photo of the Fourth Doctor and the TARDIS. There is a free poster of the Sontarans drawn by Pete Wallbank included inside.

Indicia - "Listen Doc," muttered Styggron darkly, "If you had a planet blasted by nuclear war, complete sterility and a face that looked as if thirty WCW wrestlers had jumped on it all at once, you'd want to populate your world with attractive human beings!"

News And Views - The satellite station UK Gold is planning to strip the show every weekday at 5.30pm, with a Sunday morning compilation from 9 to 11am. The new home computer game, Dalek Attack, is due to be launched on November 29th.

Reviews - Off The Shelf reviews The Masters of Luxor ("the most worthy, interesting and fascinating scriptbook published so far") and The Sixties ("this will probably rank as the ultimate book on the subject").

New Fiction - In a new four part comic strip "Pureblood", the Seventh Doctor and new companion Benny encounter the Sontarans. The Brief Encounter "Toy" acts as a prelude to Castrovalva. Publication of The Daleks TV21 strip concludes in this issue, and transfers to the newly launched Classic Comics.

Boxpops - Parts One and Two of the Daemons are repeated on Friday 20th and 27th November at 7.15pm on BBC2. UK Gold launches on 1st November. Top of the pop charts in November 92 were the continuing End of the Road and Would I Lie To You by Charles and Eddie.

Skaro Says - Toy was a memorable Brief Encounter for Si Hunt. His Grandad got satellite TV a few weeks into the show's run on UK Gold, and was able to tape all the stories that were not yet available on video. Andrew Curnow also remembers the Brief Encounter (being set on Castrovalva as it was!) and The Masters of Luxor - with part of its appeal being a "what might have been" story. He got the Sixties book for Christmas from his parents that year - with the subsequent Seventies and Eighties at two year intervals afterwards.

Critique - Notable features in this issue include the return of Controversy Corner, daring to dabble in the dangerous world of canon - a topic that has become even more complicated now than it was then! What The Papers Said continues to delight, dealing as it does with the mid-Tom Baker era - always a particular favourite of mine. Collectors' Corner once again features an item that I have - this time, it's the Daleks Omnibus courtesy of Marks and Spencer. After their brief appearance way back in Dragon's Claw, the Sontarans return to the comic strip in Pureblood, a story in which they have much more significance. I don't remember it much from the time, but re-reading Part 1 it looks quite intriguing and I'll sum up my thoughts on it in this column when it's over. With the impending launch of sister magazine Classic Comics, the reprints of The Daleks strip conclude in this issue, and transfer to DWCC - fortunately meaning an increase of pages per issue for it to speed up the pace.