DWM 47

The 47th issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of December 1980.

Articles

 * Seventeenth Anniversary

Comic content

 * Doctor Who: Dreamers of Death (Part One)
 * Star Death: A Tale of the Time Lords

Fiction

 * None

Archives

 * Archive Feature: TV: The Three Doctors (synopsis only by Richard Marson)
 * Archive Feature: TV: The Seeds of Death (synopsis only by Richard Marson)

Interviews / Profiles

 * Star ProFile: Nicholas Courtney (Actor / Writer)

Previews

 * TV: Full Circle

Reviews

 * None

A4 pin-ups

 * B&W Romana II on a Brighton beach from TV: The Leisure Hive

Additional features

 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Who Cares! (Letters Page)
 * Fantastic Facts
 * UNIT Hotline Club page
 * Know Your Enemy: The Guardian

Credits

 * Editor: Paul Neary
 * Features Editor: Alan McKenzie
 * Art Assistant: Rahid Khan
 * Consultant: Jeremy Bentham
 * Production: Nigel Balloch

Additional details

 * Eight extra pages are regularly added from this issue.
 * This issue includes an eight-page pullout, marking out key dates in the Doctor's seventeen-year history, including October 11th 1979 (Marvel Comics launches Doctor Who Weekly) and August 13th (Doctor Who Weekly becomes a monthly publication as from issue 44).
 * Know Your Enemy is unnumbered this issue.
 * This is first time Patrick Troughton appears on the cover of the magazine.
 * The year is not included on the front cover, which had a cover price of 30p (UK).