DWM 97

The 97th issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of February 1985. A nearly identical cover image had been used for DWM 3.

Articles

 * Unsuitable for Children (Part 1 of 2) by Martin Wiggins

Comic content

 * Doctor Who: Polly the Glot (Part Three)

Archives
DWM Archives (Retelling by episode, no credits but a 'Making of...' by Richard Marson)
 * TV: Revenge of the Cybermen

Interviews / Profiles

 * Colin Baker (Actor) interviewed by Gary Russell and Justin Richards
 * Michael Briant (Director) interviewed by Richard Marson

Previews

 * TV: The Mark of the Rani
 * TV: The Two Doctors

Reviews (including `On Target`)

 * NOVELISATION: Doctor Who - The Awakening by Eric Pringle (Target Books)

A4 pin-up

 * Leela publicity shot
 * Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor
 * Third Doctor and Dalek from TV:  Day of the Daleks 
 * Black Guardian from TV:  Mawdryn Undead 

Also featuring

 * Doctor Who Letters
 * `Doctor Who?’ by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Matrix Data Bank

Credits

 * Editor: Sheila Cranna
 * Assistant Editor: Roger P. Birchall
 * Designer: Jane Hindmarsh
 * Feature Writers: Gary Russell, Richard Wiggins and Richard Marson
 * Archivist: Jeremy Bentham
 * Production: Alison Gill
 * Typesetting: Type Generation
 * Colour: Cheamworth Ltd.
 * Financial Controller: James Slater
 * Distribution: Comag
 * Advertising: Sally Benson
 * Publisher: Stan Lee
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner

Additional details

 * Sheila Cranna was editor for this issue.
 * No date at all was shown on this cover of this issue, which was had a price of 65p (UK).
 * The cover shows The Fourth Doctor and Cyberman from TV:  Revenge of the Cybermen.
 * Additional Input: from DWM 157 corrects the cover artist named for novelisation of The Mind of Evil as Andrew Skilleter, not Mark Bentham. The cover image also featured in the 1988 Doctor Who Calendar.