DWM 270

The 270th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 24 September 1998 and removed from British newsstands on 21 October 1998.

Articles

 * The Auton Diaries - AWOL Brigadiers, umpteen scripts, "creative tension" in spades....As the long-awaited Auton 2: Sentinel sees the light of day, writer/director Nick Briggs relives being up against it in the world of independently-produced Doctor Who spin-off.
 * Out of the mouths of babes... - Andrew Pixley continues the terrible tale of how naive youngsters of the sixties were exploited and patronised by the BBC in the name of cheap television - and gathers together the opinions of juvenile Troughton era viewers too...

Comic content

 * Wormwood - Part Five

The DWM Archive
By Andrew Pixley
 * TV: The Twin Dilemma

Interviews / Profiles

 * Beyond the fringe - He managed the introduction of and Jo Grant, oversaw the return of the Autons and the Time Lords, and wrestled with the burden and blessing of some of Doctor Who's earliest CSO work. And that was just in Terror of the Autons. Peter Griffiths talks to Barry Letts, the director...
 * A run for the money - When Ken Grieve took on directing 1979's Destiny of the Daleks he wasn't to know that he'd be expected to mount an adventure spectactular on a budget that'd only stretch to three of the eponymous monsters. "At the time we were almost hysterical!" he tells Peter Griffiths...

Shelf Life
Reviews by Dave Owen
 * VIDEO: TV: The Ark
 * PROSE: Matrix
 * PROSE: The Janus Conjunction
 * REF: Doctor Who: The Television Companion
 * HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel

Regular features

 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Timelines (Letters)
 * The life & times of Jackie Jenkins

Credits

 * Editor: Gary Gillatt
 * Assistant Editor: Alan Barnes
 * Design: Peri Godbold

Additional details
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