DWM 4

The 4th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 7 November 1979 and came with free transfers.

Articles

 * 'The Monsters of Doctor Who: The Yeti - by G. Blows

Comic stories

 * The Iron Legion (Part Four)
 * Return of the Daleks (Part Four)
 * Tales from the TARDIS: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (Part Four)

Fiction

 * None

Archives

 * Story Two – The Dead Planet (Part Two of Two) (Synopsis, comment and credits by Jeremy Bentham)

Interviews / Profiles

 * Tom Baker (Photo-file Number 4)

Previews

 * None

Reviews

 * None

A4 pin-ups

 * The Fourth Doctor in Gallifreyan robes as shown on the cover photo DW: The Deadly Assassin

Additional features

 * A Letter from the Doctor
 * Crazy Caption Competition (£5 to be won)

Additional details

 * The cover picture shows the Fourth Doctor in Time Lord robes from DW: The Deadly Assassin.
 * This fourth issue has the final free transfers not sellotaped to the cover as per the previous three issues, but folded along the crease inside, making their use difficult.
 * In some copies the final two pages of the Return of the Daleks comic strip story were printed out of order, rather spoiling it with a premature ending.
 * Additional Input (from DWW 11): In the letters page, the reversal of the last two pages of the back-up strip in DWW 4 is addressed: "Oh, and congratulations on having one of the rare copies of issue 4. Though some villain must have sneaked into the printers and switched a couple of pages of the issue around, our reliable pals down there spotted the switch quickly and changed them back!"
 * Published every Thursday, this issue had a cover price of 12p (UK).