DWM 52

The 52nd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in May 1981.

Articles

 * Photo-feature: Monster Gallery IV: Foes of the Third Doctor
 * Cry Havoc - The Stuntmen

Comic story

 * Doctor Who: Spider-God

Fiction

 * None

Archives

 * Archive Feature: (DW): The Time Monster (synopsis only by Richard Marson)
 * Episode Guide: The Rescue to The Space Museum (listing details including dates, episode endings, credits and dates):

Interviews / Profiles

 * Star Profile: Katy Manning (Actress)
 * Barry Letts (Producer)
 * Photo-file Number 3: Anthony Ainley (Actor)

Previews

 * None

Reviews

 * Season Review and Season Survey

A4 Pin-ups

 * Dalek (DW: Destiny of the Daleks)

Also featuring

 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Doctor Who Letters (Letters Page)
 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)

Credits

 * Editor: Alan McKenzie
 * Layout: Rahid Khan and Jimmy Ross
 * Consultant: Jeremy Bentham
 * Publisher: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * Additional Input: Gallifrey Guardian (From DWM 54): The Photo-File on Anthony Ainley contains three errors.
 * His hair is 'dark' not 'blond'.
 * The part of Tremas was played 'in make-up' not 'unmade-up', and
 * The part of the Master is played with 'little make-up' not 'with dyed hair and a beard'.


 * Special Jon Pertwee-themed issue.
 * The year is not included on the front cover.
 * The cover image shows a Third Doctor publicity shot (introducing the Master) from DW: Terror of the Autons and an inset from DW: The Time Warrior.
 * There is no back-up strip this issue (the pages being given over to the Monster Gallery), but readers are assured they haven't been abandoned.
 * The retelling of older stories now comes under the heading 'The Doctor Who Archives' but doesn't yet include extra details.
 * Steve Moore leaves as writer of the regular Doctor Who comic strip.
 * Price rises from 30p to 35p.