DWM 265

The 265th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 7 May 1998 and removed from British newsstands on 3 June 1998.

This issue was notable for displaying the results of the first series-wide poll to declare the favourite episode of all Doctor Who episodes aired at the time. Genesis of the Daleks received the honour of being the first serial chosen by fans as the best. Conversely, The Twin Dilemma suffered the unfortunate distinction of coming in at the very bottom of the polls.

Articles

 * The DWM Awards - Almost the entirety of this special issue is given over to the results of the DWM Awards, the single largest Doctor Who fan survey opinion ever undertaken.
 * Morals and monstrosity - Philip McDonald - Genesis of the Daleks
 * Carnage and carnality - Alan Barnes - The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * Hatred and herosim - Stephen Cole - The Caves of Androzani
 * Death and devotion - John Ainsworth - Pyramids of Mars
 * Design and diversity - The Robot of Death
 * Fiction and factionalism - Kate Orman - Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Audience and audacity - Paul Cornell - City of Death
 * Legend and lore - Steve Lyons - The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * Alchemy and apocalypse - Marcus Hearn - The Evil of the Daleks
 * Darkness and despair - Martin Wiggins - The Web of Fear
 * The Deadly Assassin
 * The Curse of Fenric
 * The Seeds of Doom
 * Inferno
 * Spearhead from Space
 * The Invasion
 * Earthshock
 * The Power of the Daleks
 * Logopolis
 * The Ark in Space
 * ''Horror of Fang Rock
 * The Daleks
 * The Five Doctors
 * Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * Terror of the Zygons
 * The Tenth Planet
 * The Dæmons
 * Fury from the Deep
 * The Ice Warriors
 * The Abominable Snowmen
 * The War Games
 * The Keeper of Traken
 * The Three Doctors
 * Revelation of the Daleks
 * Terror of the Autons
 * The Green Death
 * Ghost Light
 * The Brain of Morbius
 * The Dalek Invasion of Earth
 * The Sea Devils
 * The Aztecs
 * Warriors' Gate
 * The Masque of Mandragora
 * The Daleks' Master Plan
 * State of Decay
 * The Visitation
 * Kinda
 * Resurrection of the Daleks
 * Castrovalva
 * The Two Doctors
 * The Stones of Blood
 * Full Circle
 * The Time Warrior
 * Survival
 * The Mind Robber
 * The War Machines
 * Marco Polo
 * Image of the Fendahl
 * Enlightenment
 * Carnival of Monsters
 * Frontios
 * Black Orchid
 * Frontier in Space
 * The Celestial Toymaker
 * The Mind of Evil
 * The Curse of Peladon
 * The Hand of Fear
 * Planet of the Spiders
 * The Crusade
 * The Sontaran Experiment
 * Planet of Evil
 * Vengeance on Varos
 * The Ambassadors of Death
 * 100,000 BC
 * The Moonbase
 * Mawdryn Undead
 * The Pirate Planet
 * Planet of Fire
 * The Faceless Ones
 * The Leisure Hive
 * Day of the Daleks
 * The Androids of Tara
 * The Face of Evil
 * The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
 * Snakedance
 * The Trial of a Time Lord 13-14
 * Robot
 * The Android Invasion
 * Doctor Who (1996)
 * The Ribos Operation
 * The Awakening
 * Attack of the Cybermen
 * The Seeds of Death
 * The Massacre of St Bartholemew's Eve
 * The Sun Makers
 * The Highlanders
 * Battlefield
 * The Time Meddler
 * The Invasion of Time
 * Planet of the Daleks
 * Destiny of the Daleks
 * The Macra Terror
 * The Reign of Terror
 * Shada
 * The Wheel in Space
 * The Keys of Marinus
 * The Trial of a Time Lord 9-12
 * The Mark of the Rani
 * The Enemy of the World
 * Revenge of the Cybermen
 * The Romans
 * The Armageddon Factor
 * Death to the Daleks
 * The Claws of Axos
 * Inside the Spaceship
 * Silver Nemesis
 * The Happiness Patrol
 * Arc of Infinity
 * Mission to the Unknown
 * Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * The Ark
 * The Smugglers
 * The Chase
 * The Trial of a Time Lord 1-4
 * Planet of Giants
 * The Invisible Enemy
 * Dragonfire
 * The Trial of a Time Lord 5-8
 * Colony in Space
 * The Myth Makers
 * Galaxy 4
 * Terminus
 * The Creature from the Pit
 * The Sensorites
 * The Rescue
 * The Monster of Peladon
 * Nightmare of Eden
 * The Savages
 * Meglos
 * Four to Doomsday
 * The King's Demons
 * The Krotons
 * The Mutants
 * The Web Planet
 * The Time Monster
 * The Power of Kroll
 * Warriors of the Deep
 * The Space Museum
 * The Dominators
 * The Horns of Nimon
 * Delta and the Bannermen
 * The Gunfighters
 * Paradise Towers
 * Underworld
 * Time and the Rani
 * Time-Flight
 * The Underwater Menace
 * Timelash
 * The Space Pirates
 * The Twin Dilemma
 * Dimensions in Time


 * The best (and worst) of Virgin - Virgin Publishing's much missed New and Missing Adventures novels were endlessly controversial throughout their - ahem shelf life. As in the larger DWM awards survey, we asked you to rate each and every book in the two ranges out of ten over the next three pages, books columnist Dave Owen presents the results...
 * New Adventures
 * Human Nature
 * Just War
 * The Dying Days
 * Nightshade
 * Lungbarrow
 * Timewyrm: Exodus
 * Blood Harvest
 * All-Consuming Fire
 * Blood Heat
 * The Also People
 * Original Sin
 * Return of the Living Dad
 * Damaged Goods
 * The Room with No Doors
 * Birthright
 * No Future
 * Conundrum
 * Bad Therapy
 * So Vile a Sin
 * Legacy
 * Happy Endings
 * Shakedown
 * Love and War
 * The Highest Science
 * The Left-Handed Hummingbird
 * Set Piece
 * Sanctuary
 * Theatre of War
 * Head Games
 * First Frontier
 * Timewyrm: Revelation
 * Iceberg
 * Warlock
 * White Darkness
 * Eternity Weeps
 * Tragedy Day
 * Toy Solders
 * Warchild
 * Death and Diplomacy
 * Zamper
 * SLEEPY
 * GodEngine
 * Lucifer Rising
 * Cat's Cradle: Warhead
 * Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark
 * The Dimension Riders
 * St Anthony's Fire
 * Timewyrm: Genesis
 * Strange England
 * Cat's Cradle: Time's Crubicle
 * Infinite Requiem
 * Timewyrm: Apocalypse
 * Falls the Shadow
 * Christmas on a Rational Planet
 * Deceit
 * Shadowmind
 * The Death of Art
 * Sky Pirates!
 * Parasite
 * The Pit
 * Transit
 * Missing Adventures
 * The English Way of Death
 * The Romance of Crime
 * The Plotters
 * The Well-Mannered War
 * Cold Fusion
 * The Sands of Time
 * Goth Opera
 * Millennial Rites
 * The Dark Path
 * Killing Ground
 * The Scales of Injustice
 * The Shadow of Weng-Chiang
 * ''System Shock
 * ''Who Killed Kennedy
 * Downtime
 * The Sorcerer's Apprentice
 * A Device of Death
 * The Empire of Glass
 * The Eye of the Giant
 * Lords of the Storm
 * Venusian Lullaby
 * The Crystal Bucephalus
 * Time of Your Life
 * State of Change
 * Managra
 * Dancing the Code
 * Evolution
 * Twilight of the Gods
 * Burning Heart
 * Invasion of the Cat-People
 * Speed of Flight
 * The Man in the Velvet Mask
 * The Menagerie
 * The Ghosts of N-Space


 * 1998 readers' survey

Comic content

 * The Final Chapter - Part Four

Shelf Life
Reviews by Dave Owen
 * PROSE: Dreamstone Moon
 * PROSE: Catastrophea
 * PROSE: Walking to Babylon
 * PROSE: Oblivion

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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