DWM 189

The 189th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 9 July 1992, and was removed from British shelves on 5 August 1992.

Articles

 * Behind the scenes - This month sees the release of Shada on BBC Home Video, the Tom Baker story that was originally due to close the seventeenth season of Doctor Who in 1980. Richard Bignell takes a look behind the scenes and finds out just why fans have been waiting for this story for over twelve years.
 * The Human Factor - Cybermen. Silver giants with the strength of ten men. Emotionless and logical. Philip MacDonald investigates the mythos of these familiar monsters and asks whether they deserve their reputation as souless killers?

Archive Feature

 * TV: The Invasion - This mammoth eight-part Troughton adventure is put under the spectroscope by Andrew Pixley.

Comic content

 * Ravens - Part Two
 * The Dale Chronicles - Issue 11 &amp; 12

Fiction

 * Brief Encounter - Time, Love and TARDIS by Ron Plath, illustrated by Paul Vyse

Interviews / Profiles

 * Writing Who - Liam Rudden talks to Rona Munro. the award-winning playwright and author of Survivial, the last Doctor Who story to date.

Off the Shelf
Reviews by Gary Russell
 * VIDEO: HOMEVID: Shada
 * VIDEO: Daleks: The Early Years
 * VIDEO: Cybermen: The Early Years
 * CASSETTE: TV: The Evil of the Daleks
 * CASSETTE: TV: The Macra Terror

Regular features

 * Matrix Data-Bank
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Beyond the TARDIS - Compiled by Dominic May
 * Timelines

Credits

 * Exhausted Editor: Gary Russell
 * Devasted Designer: Peri Godbold
 * Clapped-Out Controller: Louise Cassell
 * Personable Production: Chris McCormack
 * Perfect Promoter: Fiona Moscatelli
 * Adorable Advertising: Jane Smale
 * Sad Senior Editor: John Freeman
 * Appreciated Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Editorial Director: Paul Neary
 * Managing Director: Vincent Conran

Additional details

 * Four postcards attached to magazine.