DWM 196

The 196th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 21 January 1993 and removed from British newsstands on 17 February 1993.

Articles

 * Visions 1992|'92
 * Making New Myths
 * Rebuilding the Classics - The newly restored The Dæmons being released onto BBC Home Video next month, the public will get another chance to see this popular story. But how was the re-colourisation achieved, and why was a full restoration impossible? BBC senior telecine engineer Steve Roberts, who worked on the project all the way through, explains the complicated procedure used.

Comic content

 * Pureblood - Part IV

Fiction

 * Brief Encounter - The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor
 * Prelude - The Highest Science by Gareth Roberts

Archives

 * TV: The Celestial Toymaker

Interviews / Profiles

 * Interview Sophie Aldred Aced Out? Not Likely... - What does a Doctor Who girl do when waiting for news about the series? Gary Russell tracked down Sophie Aldred recently to ask just that...
 * Soundhouse - Austen Atkinson-Broadbelt continues his delve into the workings of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop by talking to the Eighties composer Roger Limb, whose work encompasses three Doctors.

Reviews - Off the Shelf

 * VIDEO: TV: Terminus
 * PROSE: The Highest Science

Regular features

 * Doctor Who? by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Matrix Databank
 * What the Papers Said
 * Timelines (Letters)

Credits

 * Overstuffed Editor: Gary Russell
 * Fluctuating Designers: Peri Godbold and Gary Knight
 * Santa's Helper: Louise Cassell
 * Happy Production: Chris 'n' Sarah 'n' Jules
 * Karaoke Promoter: Fiona Moscatelli
 * Lovely Advertising: Jane Smale
 * Shadowrider: John Freeman
 * Editor-in-Chief: Paul Neary

Additional details

 * Four free postcards were attached to the magazine, with pictures of Turlough, Peri Brown, Melanie Bush and Ace.