DWM 137

The 137th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in June 1988.

Articles

 * Season Survey Results
 * Roots of Who - Andrew Pixley examines some of the origins of Doctor Who in other telefantasy programmes ...

Comic strip

 * Claws of the Klathi - Part 2

Archives
DWM Archives (Retelling by episode, no credits but a 'Fact File' by Richard Marson)
 * DW: Terminus

Interviews / Profiles

 * Travelling Companions - Nyssa Most companions have endured a certain amount of suffering in the course of their travels with the Doctor, but Nyssa of Traken ranks among the more tragic
 * Pip and Jane Baker talk to Richard Marson about introducing the Rani, the Vervoids, Mel, Tetraps and the Seventh Doctor.

Reviews ('Off the Shelf' by Gary Russell)

 * NOVELISATION: 'The Edge of Destruction by David Whitaker Novelised by Nigel Robinson (Target Books)
 * NOVELISATION: Paradise Towers by Stephen Wyatt (Target Books)
 * REFERENCE BOOK:Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D by David Saunders (Piccadilly Press)

Also featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett
 * Rel Time (events listings)

Pin-Up

 * Fourth Doctor from DW: Image of the Fendahl

Random quote
"If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds, and watch them wheel in another sky - would that satisfy you?" The Doctor

Credits

 * Editor/Designer: John Freeman
 * Assistant Editor: Louise Cassell
 * Consultant: David Howe
 * Production: Jez Meteyard
 * Advertising: Donna Wickers
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor: Sheila Cranna
 * Publisher: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * This issue, priced £1 (UK), was the last issue with Richard Marson as the magazine's chief contributor.
 * A 50p discount coupon was included, offering a discount on admission to The Trocadero Centre, Piccadilly, London. At the time it heldd an exhibition entitled 'Come Touch Tomorrow', hosted by Light Fantastic Ltd.
 * A new regular feature starts this issue entitled RelTime. It featured and listed Who-related (and SF and Fantasy) events and contacts.