DWM 181

The 181st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was published in late November 1991 and remained current through 25 December 1991. Despite its Christmas Day cover date, it was not a holiday-themed issue. Instead, most of its articles centred around the Pertwee era.

Articles
(Kevan Loosley is a member of the armed forces.)
 * All Conventions Great and Small - Behind the scenes at Panoptican '91 and Exo-Space 2
 * The Pertwee Years by Stephen James Walker
 * On Set - The Moonbase by Marcus Hearn and John Ainsworth
 * Will the real UNIT... Kevan Loosly assesses UNIT as a military force and finds it severely wanting in discipline - and haircuts!
 * Behind the scenes: The Doctor Who Comic Strip - Paul Travers takes advantage of the delayed comic strip Evening's Empire, to review recent strips and find out just how the stories are put together...

Comic stories

 * The Fires Down Below
 * The Dalek Chronicles - Issue 2

Fiction

 * Heliotrope Bouquet - Part 1 by Dan Abnett
 * Brief Encounter - Echoes of Future Past by John Summerfield

Interviews / Profiles

 * Role Models: John Woodnutt - Earthbound, Colour, A New Doctor...Spearhead from Space marked a number of milestones in the history of Doctor Who. Liam Rudden spoke to actor John Woodnutt about his memories of that, and his three subsequent stories.
 * Talking to Tom Baker: Part Three - In the final part of our three part interview, Tom Baker reflects as the Doctor, on his present work and the fate of the programme itself...

Archive Feature
By Andrew Pixley
 * Serial AAA Spearhead from Space

Off the Shelf
Gary Russell takes stock of a bundle of new Doctor Who books, released just in time to fill your stockings for Christmas...
 * REF: The Terrestrial Index
 * NA: Timewyrm: Revelation
 * BBV: Summoned by Shadows
 * VIDEO: Blake's 7 - The Keeper / Star One and Aftermath / Powerplay

Regular features

 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
 * Into the Vortex
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Matrix Data-Bank
 * Classifieds
 * You on Who
 * Beyond the TARDIS - Compiled by Dominic May

Credits

 * Senior Editor: John Freeman
 * Star Trek Infiltrator: Harry Papdopoulos
 * Copy Control: Sophie Health
 * Design Slave: Peri Godbold
 * Co-ordinating Overlord: 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
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