DWM 23

The 23rd issue of Doctor Who Weekly had a cover date of 19 March 1980.

This issue was the first to primarily feature a Cyberman on the cover.

Articles

 * The UNIT File (Part Two of Two)

Comic content

 * Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Part Five)
 * Writers: Mills + Wagner
 * Art: Dave Gibbons
 * Editor: Paul Neary


 * Ship of Fools (Part One)
 * Tales from the TARDIS: The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells (Part Two)

Archives

 * Story Seventeen – The Time Meddler (Part Two of Two) (Synopsis, comment and credits by Jeremy Bentham)

Interviews / Profiles

 * Deborah Watling (Photo-file Number 23)

A4 pin-ups

 * B&W The Third Doctor from TV: The Green Death
 * B&W The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Servo Robot from TV: The Wheel in Space

Additional features

 * Crazy Caption Competition (£5 to be won)
 * Who Cares! (Letters Page)

Additional details

 * Additional Input: Gallifrey Guardian (from DWM 29) RE: Photo-file 23 Deborah Waterfield. The actress's name is Deborah Watling! The companion's name was Waterfield.
 * Additional Input: Matrix Data Bank (from DWM 71) The explanation given for the Doctor's referring to the Monk as a "fellow Gallifreyan" some eight years before its chronological occurrence in TV: The Time Warrior is that the "text articles were restructured to try and make them more appealing to young readers".
 * Published every Thursday, this issue had a cover price of 12p (UK).
 * This was Paul Neary's first issue as Editor.