DWM 242

the 242nd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was published on 28 August 1996.

Articles

 * Second sight - In Issue 235 of Doctor Who Magazine, an article called First Impressions had editor Gary Gillatt bringing the 1971 Jon Pertwee adventure Terror of the Autons to a South London primary school and exposing it to the scrutiny of a group of ten- and eleven-year olds. Their comments served to identify what a new generation of would-be Doctor Who viewers might want to see. Of course, Gary's next move was obvious...
 * 20 moments when you know you're watching the greatest television series ever made... by Alan Barnes and Peter Ware
 * Coincidental Music by The Watcher

Comic stories

 * Ground Zero - Part Five

Archives
By Andrew Pixley
 * DW: The Space Pirates

Telesnap archives
Compiled by Matthew Pereira
 * DW: The Evil of the Daleks - Episode 6

Interviews / Profiles

 * Out of the TARDIS! - Nicholas Courtney played the Brigadier opposite five Doctors, but now faces a trial more deadly than any alien invasion. Chap with te tin...twenty questions rapid!
 * Puppet on a shoestring? - In part two of this revealing interview, Chris D'Oyly-John talks to Peter Griffiths about his work on the dramatic (and budget-blowing) fourteenth season of Doctor Who...

Shelf Life
Reviews by Dave Owen
 * NA: The Death of Art
 * MA: Twilight of the Gods

Regular features

 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Timelines (Letters) - Including 'The Hit Parade'
 * Crazy Caption!
 * The High Council - Compiled by Elizabeth Jackson

Credits

 * Editor: Gary Gillatt
 * Assistant Editor: Scott Gray
 * Designer: Paul Vyse

Additional details
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