DWM 156

The 156th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in January 1990.

Articles

 * 'Location Guide: East and Midlands' by Guy Daniels and Richard Bignell
 * 'Raising Demons’ Independent model makers Sue Moore and Stephen Mansfield talk about their work on the Destroyer in Battlefield by David J. Howe

Comic story

 * Stairway to Heaven

Archives

 * Archive Feature: (DW): The Web Planet (Episodes 1 to 5) Illustrated by Colin Howard (retelling by episode, no credits but a ‘Fact File’ by Andrew Pixley) (1 of 2)
 * Episode Guide: Season 18: Tom Baker (The Leisure Hive - Logopolis)

Interviews / Profiles

 * Writing Doctor Who: William Emms (Writer) of Galaxy Four interviewed by Marcus Hearn
 * Travelling Companion: Mike Yates

Previews

 * None this issue

Reviews - Off the Shelf

 * NOVELISATIONS: Planet of Giants novelised by Terrance Dicks (Target Books)
 * NOVELISATIONS: Silver Nemesis by Kevin Clarke (Target Books)
 * SCRIPT BOOK: The Daleks by Terry Nation (Titan Publishing Group)

Page Pin-up

 * The Master from Survival
 * Fourth Doctor from State of Decay

Also Featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Beyond the TARDIS (Who is doing what by Dominic May)
 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * Data Coils (now incorporating pen-pals and events listing)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (comic strip)
 * 'Nick's View' by Nick Miller (cartoon)
 * Season 26 Readers Poll

Random Quote
"I said we were an explosive combination." "Yes, but how did it happen? How did we get here? Who are you? What are you?" "We were at university together. Remember?" (An unused quote that didn't actually appear in the final transmitted version of the story - Additional Input from DWM 158)
 * The Doctor and The Master Survival

Credits

 * Editor / Designer: John Freeman
 * Paste-up: 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

 * Additional Input (from DWM 159): Location Guide The Android Invasion was recorded in July 1975 not 1987 and Paradise Towers in May 1987 not 1978. Jeremy Bentham also reports that the only location filming for The Evil of the Daleks was Grymsdye Hotel in North London and not at Knebworth House.
 * This issue priced £1.50 (UK) featured a cover showing Sylvester McCoy from The Curse of Fenric
 * Gallifrey Guardian reports that over a thousand people queued for the Doctor Who Magazine Tenth Anniversary signing in cafe Muchen, in London.