DWMS Winter 1991

Articles

 * ‘An Army of Shadows’ by Andrew Dylan
 * ‘The UNIT Story’ Part One: Troughton & Pertwee Years
 * ‘The UNIT Story’ Part Two: Tom Baker Years onwards
 * ‘The Alien Cover-Up: Mike Yates Interview’ by Tim Leith
 * ‘The Alien Exclusive Blueprints’ (A look at the Whomobile) by Lee Sullivan
 * ‘The UNIT Chronology’
 * ‘Centre Stage with UNIT’ (a look at the UNIT stageplay) by Liam Michael-Rudden
 * Full UNIT Cast and Credit Details by Andrew Pixley

Comic Strips

 * The Man in the Ion Mask

Fiction
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS:
 * Listening Watch written by Dan Abnett and illustrated by Brian Williamson
 * A Wee Deoch an …? written by Colin Baker and illustrated by Paul Vyse
 * The Sixth Doctor takes Mel to the Royal Albion Hotel in order to celebrate his 991st Birthday. At the same time Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart has found himself at the same hotel with 48 hours to wait until he meets a contact by the name of Herr Hahnstier. The Doctor accidentally creates a scene, causing a waitress to spill her tray. As the Doctor and Mel breeze off, Alistair offers his assistance to the waitress who gives her name as Doris !

Archives (UNIT Report)

 * Day of the Daleks

Interviews / Profiles

 * None

Previews

 * None

Reviews

 * None

Giant A2 Colour Poster

 * The cover artwork for this issue was given away as a free poster stapled in the middle. with the additional caption "We deal with the odd, the unexplained. Anything on Earth ... or even beyond ..." The Brigadier, Spearhead from Space

Also Featuring

 * A Foreword by Derrick Sherwin
 * Afterward by Nicholas Courtney alias the Brigadier

Credited Credits

 * Editor: John Freeman and inspired by a fanderson Convention Booklet for UFOria 2
 * Sub-Edited by: Sophie Heath and Harry Papadopoulos
 * Monitored by: Louise Cassell
 * Designed by: Peri Godbold
 * Adviser: John Nathan-Turner
 * Production Co-ordinated by: Mark Irvine
 * Editorial Director: Paul Neary
 * Managing Director: Vincent Conran

Contributors this issue: win, Ben Aaronovitch, Paul Travers, Dan Abnett, Brian Williamson, Mary Forrester, Andrew Pixley, Jon Pertwee, John Levene,Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, Liam-Michael Rudden, Lee Sullivan, Colin Baker, Paul Vyse, Gary Russell, David Howe, Mark Duncan, John Clarke and Nicholas Courtney.

Further Information

 * Coming at the same time as the BBC declared it was resting the television series following Survival, Derrick Sherwin in the introduction, openly declares his intension to submit the proposal for a new UNIT series, firmly routed in reality.
 * This eighteenth Winter Special has a UNIT Exposed theme to it.
 * Most of the features in this issue are written from the fictional point of view of reportage from the fictional magazine The Metropolitan for which Sarah Jane Smith was a regular contributer.
 * Once again a bumper comic format, this special was staple bound with new cover artwork (and poster), priced £2.25 (UK).
 * Incidentally the ISSN number on this magazine is the same as that on the Summer 1991 Special.

Hidden Humour
“Listen, I don’t care what you think about him,” said the Brigadier, “I’m not employing a man with a name like Ed Straker …”