DWM 159

The 159th issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of April 1990.

Articles

 * ‘Video View’ Now with 14 releases, and more planned, John Freeman looks at how Doctor Who comes across in the BBC Video releases.
 * Location Guide: The South East by Guy Daniels and Richard Bignell

Comic story

 * Train-Flight - Part 1

Archives
(Warriors of the Deep - The Twin Dilemma)
 * Season 26 Pull-Out Guide Part One featuring Battlefield and Ghost Light giving an overview, cast, credits, production and broadcast details.
 * Episode Guide: Season 21: Peter Davison / Colin Baker

Interviews / profiles

 * Angela Bruce who played Brigadier Bambera in Battlefield interviewed by Helen Stirling and Andrew Lane
 * Dinsdale Landen who played Doctor Judson The Curse of Fenric interviewed by Adrian Rigelsford
 * Travelling Companions: Mel by Tim Hunter
 * Case Studies: The Graff Vynda Ka by Peter Linford

Previews/Reviews - Off the Shelf

 * None this issue.

Page Pin-ups
Season 26 Guide:
 * Turlough by the TARDIS console from Terminus
 * The Destroyer unleashed from Battlefield
 * The Seventh Doctor on the stairs of Gabriel Chase from Ghost Light
 * Light enthroned from Ghost Light

Also featuring
(Dr. Who's Anti-Dalek Fluid Neutraliser and Doctor Who Annuals)
 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Beyond the TARDIS (Who is doing what by Dominic May)
 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (comic strip)
 * 'Nix View' by Nick Miller (cartoon)
 * Collectors Corner (Merchandise)
 * Dont quote me on this ... (mentions of 'Who' in strange places)
 * Competition: Spot the difference to win one of 20 Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer (graphic novel)s

Random quote

 * "A distress signal?"
 * "A cry for help, or perhaps a summoning."
 * "Where's it coming from?"
 * "From Earth, it's rippling out into the cosmos, forwards in time, backwards in time and sideways in ..."
 * “Sideways, in time?"
 * “Yes. Sideways, across the boundaries that separate one universe from another.”
 * “Weird …”
 * Ace and the Doctor in Battlefield

Credits

 * Editor / Designer: John Freeman
 * Designer: Jacqui Papp
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Advertising: Julie Hughes
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor: Sheila Cranna
 * Managing Director: Robert Sutherland
 * Excelsior: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * Case Studies is a new feature that starts this issue. It focuses on one of the series' villains, along with Collector's Corner a new column looking at merchandise from times gone by. A new occasional feature Don't quote me on this ..., appears, giving examples of Doctor Who mentions in unexpected places - here it's academic text and Star Trek novels!
 * Editorial comment states that seven pages for the comic strip will now be the norm for the foreseeable future.
 * Additional Input (from DWM 161): The Happiness Patrol was not the final W.H. Allen & Co Doctor Who novelisation. Was Evil of the Daleks filmed at Knebworth house? DWM writers are currently exploring this option. Meanwhile, the battle rages.
 * This issue was priced £1.50 (UK) and the cover photograph was shot filming for The Curse of Fenric.
 * Group Editor Sheila Cranna is congratulated on having a baby girl or a Sgt Benton (The Time Monster) lookalike ...!