DWM 182

The 182nd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 26 December 1991. Its cover date should have been 22 January 1992, but a typo gave it the same cover date as the previous issue: Christmas 1991. In any event, it was replaced on 23 January 1992 by the next issue.

Articles

 * Into 1992 - Gary Russell sneaks into Morgana's crystal ball to predict the future of Doctor Who...
 * Those Radio Times - Brian J Robb concludes his occasional looks at the Radio Times coverage of Doctor Who.

Comic content

 * The Year Ahead by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett
 * Spider-God (Reprinted from issue 52)
 * The Dalek Chronicles - Issue 3

Fiction

 * Heliotrope Bouquet - Part 2 by Dan Abnett
 * Timelord: The Adventure: Curse of the Cyclops (game)

Interviews / Profiles

 * Directing Who: Darrol Blake - Anniversary stories? No problem for this director by Marcus Hearn
 * Acting the Part: Clinton Greyn - Stephen O'Brien talks to the man with more knowledge of the properties of Swarfega than he cares to admit and about the perils of playing a Doctor Who monster...

Off the Shelf
Gary Russell rummages through the Doctor Who fiction output for 1991 and asks for more...
 * BOOK: Time Lord (Role Play Game with a game guide by Ian Marsh with illustrations by provided by Colin Howard)

Page Pin-ups

 * Christmas themed poster featuring the Doctor's in a sleigh
 * K-9 publicity shot featured as an official BBC postcard

Also featuring

 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Beyond the TARDIS (Who is doing what by Dominic May)
 * Doctor Who? by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett
 * 'Who in Review' (Who event coverage)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * Data Coils (now incorporating personal and club events listing)
 * Read All About It! (Press review of 1991)
 * Readers Survey 1991
 * Collector's Corner (Merchandise) (Dalek Pencil Sharpener from Baileys Agencies, The Doctor Who Colouring Book fromWorld Distributors, Doctor Who: Painting By Numbers from Airfix, Dalek Jigsaws from Thomas Hope and Sankey Hudson, Doctor Who and the Daleks Iron-on Transfers from Imagine Transfers Ltd, K9 model from Denys Fisher and Doctor Who: Candy Favourites from Goodies Confectionery)

Random quote
“ Are you sure yon Doctor's quite right in the head?"

"With the Doctor you can never be too sure. He likes to enjoy himself, that's all ..."
 * Jamie McCrimmon and Ben Jackson from The Underwater Menace

Credits

 * Senior Editor: John Freeman
 * Ship Commander: Gary Russell
 * Copy Control: Sophie Health
 * Design: Peri Godbold
 * Whip Cracker: Louise Cassell
 * Promotion: Jane Sumner
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Advertising: Jane Smale
 * Adviser: John Nathan-Turner
 * Editorial Director: Paul Neary
 * Managing Director: Vincent Conran
 * Excelsior: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * This issue had a free fold out poster stapled to the centre that featured artwork by Lee Sullivan, featuring the Daleks and Cybermen at war in Space. The cover also features Lee Sullivan's Dalek-Cybermen War artwork and was priced £2.25 (UK).
 * With the second instalment of the comic story Evening's Empire still having gone missing in the post, the space this issue is filled with the reprinting of a comic story from DWM 52.
 * On the copyright page of the magazine (usually page 3) is a box of very small text; the end of this text reads, "'So, what exactly does it eat?' asked the Wirrn in its chirruping voice, resting an antenna casually on the ravenous Ogri..."