DWM 104

The 104th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in September 1985.

Articles

 * Comedy In Doctor Who: Part One - Richard Marson discovers in his two part feature on humour in Who that it has often been used to great effect by script writers and actors, to counter the darker side of the series. In part one he takes a look at the comic contribution of Patrick Troughton among others.
 * Doctor Who On Radio - Gary Russell reports on the BBC's audio Who venture, Slipback

Comic stories

 * Kane's Story

Fiction

 * None this issue

Archives

 * Archive Feature: (DW): Kinda (retelling by episode, no credits but a ‘Fact File’ by Richard Marson)

Interviews / Profiles

 * John Nathan-Turner and Eric Saward interview byRichard Marson

Previews

 * None

Reviews (including 'On Target')

 * VIDEO: The Seeds of Death (BBC Video)
 * BOOK: The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z (W.H. Allen)
 * NOVELISATION: The Twin Dilemma by Anthony Steven adapted by Eric Saward (Target Books)

A4 pin-up

 * The Celestial Toymaker - from DW: The Celestial Toymaker

Additional features

 * Doctor Who Letters (2 pages)
 * `Doctor Who?’ by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Matrix Databank
 * Art in Space

Credits

 * Editor: Cefn Ridout
 * Assistant Editor: Penny Home
 * Designer: Jane Hindmarsh
 * Publisher: Stan Lee
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner

Additional details

 * Additional Input Matrix Data Bank (From DWM 110): The photograph of Davros shooting Orcini was printed the wrong way round.
 * Gallifrey Guardian by Richard Marson reports on the media’s view and fillers including a new ‘Did You Know’ piece.
 * The combined Eric Saward and John Nathan-Turner interview was arranged with thanks to Sarah Lee.
 * Priced 75p (UK). This issue's cover photograph is from DW: Attack of the Cybermen.