DWM 159

The 159th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in 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

 * 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 (Warriors of the Deep - The Twin Dilemma)

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

 * 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) (Dr. Who's Anti-Dalek Fluid Neutraliser and Doctor Who Annuals)
 * 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. An new occassional feature Dont quote me on this ..., appears giving examples of Doctor Who mentions in unexpected places - here its 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 ...!