DWM 142

The 142nd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in November 1988.

Comic strips

 * Planet of the Dead - Part 2

DWM Archives (Retelling by episode, no credits but a 'Fact File' by Andrew Pixley

 * The Keys of Marinus (Part 1: Episodes 1-3 covered in synopsis only)

Interviews

 * Bob Baker - Following last months archive on The Mutants written by 'Bristol Boys' Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Peter Anghelides and Justin Martin talk to the writer Bob Baker.
 * Sylvester McCoy - Following an appreciation article by Saul Nasse the Seventh Doctor actor answers readers questions!

TV preview (by Mark Stammers)

 * The Happiness Patrol

Random quote
"“What’s going on, Doctor?” “Adventure, excitement, that kind of thing …”   Ace and the Doctor

Also featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Rel Time (Events listing)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * Data Coils (Pen-pals)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett
 * Nick's View
 * Dapol competition winners

Credits

 * Editor/Designer: John Freeman
 * Assistant Editor: Louise Cassell
 * Consultant: David Howe
 * Production: Jez Meteyard
 * Advertising: Donna Wickers
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor: Sheila Cranna
 * Publisher: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * This issue was printed on a rougher paper, albeit with four extra pages of colour. The editorial explains that the Episode Guide has been held over to next issue because lack of space and the colour photographs for The Happiness Patrol preview have been held up because of the postal strike.
 * In spite of a spirited editorial defense in the letters pages over the 25% cover price rise and less pages, this particular issue (priced £1.25) carries no less than four and a half colour pages given over to merchandise of a total 12 colour pages (which includes the cover) of its total 36 pages.
 * To celebrate 25 years of Doctor Who, DWM and Covercraft ("Britains leading creators of special covers") offered readers an exclusive Commemorative stamped cover with a post date of November 25th, special Gallifrey postmark, with a pictorial stamp featuring the planets in orbit (at the time no longer available), and a cover featuring the TARDIS in time and space along with the BBC's Doctor Who logo. Each cover was dispatched with a printed inner card showing the TARDIS console with text by John Nathan Turner. The actual cover used the latest technology of the time (and a technicque called 'Electronic Page Composition' which electronically scanned information which was then copied onto storage disks and then merged! The year being 1988! These exclusive souvenirs were available at a cost of £2.50 (UK) with an additional £1 to cover post and packaging.
 * The subscibers free A2 poster was still available (while stocks lasted), or available to buy for £3.50 (UK).