DWM 181

The 181st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was published 28 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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