DWM 168

The 168th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in December 1990.

Articles

 * Location Guide: London The final part of this ongoing series compiled by Richard Bignell and Guy Daniels includes a London Locations list
 * ‘The Doctor in Holland’ Patrick Bremmers explores the broadcasting of Doctor Who in the Netherlands
 * ‘Stripped for Action’ (2 of 2) Paul Travers concludes the completed art for the proposed Doctor Who Newspaper Strip. Also included is a list of ALL DWM comic stories featuring the Doctor (Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh),and tries to tie them in chronologically with the Doctor's TV travels.

Comic stories

 * Distractions

Fiction

 * Brief Encounters: by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Paul Richardson

Archives

 * None this issue

Interviews / Profiles

 * Paul Bernard (Director) interviewed by Peter Linford who discusses his work on Day of the Daleks, The Time Monster and Frontier in Space
 * Writing Doctor Who: Anthony Read (Script Editor/Writer) interviewed by Marcus Hearn talks about his contribution to the series at a time when it was undergoing considerable change.
 * Who's Who : Matthew Waterhouse (Adric)

Previews / Reviews - Off the Shelf

 * NOVELISATION: The Curse of Fenric by Ian Briggs (Target Books)
 * VIDEO: Myth Makers: Mary Tamm (Reeltime Pictures)
 * VIDEO: Myth Makers: John Nathan-Turner (Reeltime Pictures) 'Who in Review'
 * TV: BSB Doctor Who Weekend by Stephen James Walker
 * CONVENTIONS ('Nebula '90' by John Freeman, and 'Panopticon X' by Joe Nazzaro)

Page Pin-ups

 * The Third Doctor and Dalek from Day of the Daleks
 * The Fourth Doctor in Romana’s bedroom from Full Circle

Also Featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Beyond the TARDIS (Who is doing what by Dominic May)
 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * Data Coils (now incorporating pen-pals and events listing)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (comic strip)
 * 'Nix' by Nick Miller (cartoon)
 * Competition: 1 question to win signed Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer (record)
 * Competition: 3 questions to win one of 3 Dalek Armies (from Louis Marx)

Random quote
“So this is your great vision, Vaughn ... to be master of a dead world.”
 * Second Doctor, The Invasion

Credits

 * Editor: John Freeman
 * Design : Gary Gilbert / John Freeman
 * Machiavellan Candour: Dan Abnett
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Advertising: Jane Smale
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor: John Freeman
 * Possibly still the Managing Director: Robert Sutherland
 * Excelsior: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * This issue saw a new regular price increase to £1.95 (UK) but included 4 extra pages added.
 * The cover photograph of the Seventh Doctor and Ace was from Silver Nemesis.
 * This issues comic story is only 3 pages in length but like Darkness Falling in DWM 167, is a prelude for the story The Mark of Mandragora which started next issue and was later released as a graphic novel.