DWM 167

The 167th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was current throughout most of November 1990 and was pulled from British newsstands on 28 November 1990.

Articles

 * Those Radio Times by Brian J Robb in the first of this series, gives a detailed account of William Hartnell's years as covered by the Radio Times. Including a listing of coverage by Andrew Pixley.
 * ‘Incidental Moments’ Philip Newman talks to Dominic Glynn, Keff McCulloch, and Mark Ayres about their recent contributions to Doctor Who incidental music
 * ‘A Licence to Sell’ John Nathan-Turner talks to former BBC Merchandising Manager Julie Dixon about marketing Doctor Who
 * ‘Stripped for Action’ (1 of 2) Paul Travers looks behind attempts to launch a Doctor Who Newspaper Strip
 * ‘An Open Book: Peter Darvill-Evans’ With the series of novelisations coming to a natural end Gary Russell talks to W.H. Allen & Co's Books Editor about upcoming releases including large format books and a New Adventures series of fiction.

Comic stories

 * Darkness Falling
 * Comic Assassins: The Curse of Fenric by Kev F & Stanton

Fiction

 * Brief Encounters by John Lucarotti and illustrated by Colin Howard

Archives

 * None this issue

Interviews / Profiles

 * Waris Hussein (Director) talks to John Bowman about his work on the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child.
 * Graham Williams: A Tribute by Stephen James Walker with contributions from those that knew and worked with him

Previews / Reviews - Off the Shelf (by Gary Russell)

 * NOVELISATION: Survival by Rona Munro (Target Books)
 * VIDEO: ''The Dominators (BBC Video)
 * VIDEO: ''The Web Planet (BBC Video)
 * ‘TARDIS Fillers’ by David Howe and Paul Travers offer an overview of Doctor Who merchandising output in 1990

Page Pin-ups

 * Romana, K-9 and the Fourth Doctor from The Stones of Blood

Also featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Beyond the TARDIS (Who is doing what by Dominic May)
 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * Data Coils (now incorporating pen-pals and events listing)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (comic strip)
 * 'Nix' by Nick Miller (cartoon)
 * Dont quote me on this ... (mentions of 'Who' in strange places)

Random quote
“For you the sentence is harder ... you have to live"
 * Taiyn, Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer

Credits

 * Editor: John Freeman
 * Design : Gary Gilbert / John Freeman
 * Tony Hancock Impersonations: Dan Abnett
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Advertising: Jane Smale
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor: John Freeman
 * Managing Director: Robert Sutherland
 * Excelsior: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * Priced £2.25 (UK) this bumper 52 page issue included a special tribute feature to the late Graham Williams, Brief Encounters sees the start of a new short prose series and a free flexi-disk with the track ‘Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer’, composed by Dominic Glynn, Martin Smith and Andy Grant was selotaped to the cover (a big black square).
 * Colin Howard provides the cover illustration of the Daleks anew.
 * The comic strip Darkness Falling is a three page special prelude to the upcoming The Mark of Mandragora story.
 * Next issue DWM 168 is trailed as "New format: More pages: More Who every four weeks!"