DWM 23

The 23rd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 19th March 1980. Its cover was the first to primarily feature the Cybermen.

Articles

 * The UNIT File (Part Two of Two)

Comic strip/s

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

Fiction

 * None

Archives

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

Interviews / Profiles

 * Deborah Waterfield (Photo-file Number 23)

Previews

 * None

Reviews

 * None

A4 Pin-ups

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

Additional features

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

Additional details

 * Additional Input: Gallifrey Guardian (from DWW 29) RE: Photo-file 23 Deborah Waterfield. The actress's name is Deborah Watling! The companions 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 DW: 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).