DWM 101

The 101st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in June 1985.

Articles

 * Retrospective - Gary Russell looks at the plusses and pitfalls of The Two Doctors and The Mark of the Rani's investigation into Doctor Who's mythos.
 * Disco Doctor? - Take the following ingredients: the threatened demise of an undeniably popular television programme; a collective of concerned pop personalities; a small record production crew working under pressure and one night in March. A recipe for Doctor in Distress, a behind the scenes report on the making of a protest record (includes lyrics).

Comic stories

 * War-Game - Part Two

Fiction

 * none

Archives

 * Archive Feature: (DW):  Frontios  (retelling by episode, no credits but a ‘Fact File’ by Richard Marson)

Interviews / Profiles

 * Ron Jones (director) - by Richard Marson

Previews

 * None

Reviews (including `On Target`)

 * TV: ‘The New Season: A Retrospective’ by Gary Russell
 * DW: The Two Doctors
 * DW: The Mark of the Rani


 * NOVELISATION: The Gunfighters by Donald Cotton (Target Books
 * BOOK: The Doctor Who Cookbook by Gary Downie

A4 pin-up

 * The Sixth Doctor from DW:Attack of the Cybermen
 * Tractator from DW:Frontios
 * Terileptil from DW:The Visitation

Additional features

 * Doctor Who Letters (2 pages)
 * `Doctor Who?’ by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Matrix Databank
 * Readers Art
 * Competition: Alternative lyrics to ‘Doctor in Distress’ (20x signed EP records)

Credits

 * Editor: Cefn Ridout
 * Assistant Editor: Roger P. Birchall
 * Designer: Jane Hindmarsh
 * Publisher: Stan Lee
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner

Additional details

 * Additional Input Letters Page (From DWM 103): Christopher Crouch of BBC Enterprises writes to disagree with the Gallifrey Guardian report. Los Angeles on station K.C.E.T. has been showing Doctor Who for several months.
 * A regular Readers Art page is announced in the editorial (as well as the price increase).
 * Gallifrey Guardian goes global with John Peel reporting from the United States.
 * Priced 75p (UK). This issue's cover photograph is from DW: Vengeance on Varos.