DWM 179

The 179th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was published on 3 October 1991 and pulled from British newsstands on 30 October 1991.

Articles

 * Do it yourself Zines by Simon Horton

Comic story

 * A Glitch in Time
 * Comic Assassins: meet The Deadly Assassin by Steve Noble and Kev F Sutherland

Archives

 * Nostalgia feature: Genesis of the Daleks - Gary Russell explores your memories of the Daleks' 1976 origin story...

Interviews / Profiles

 * Talking to Tom Baker - The first of a three part interview with the actor voted Favourite Doctor by Doctor Who Magazine readers...
 * Gerry Davis: A Tribute by Andrew Pixley

Off the Shelf (Previews/Reviews)
Gary Russell ponders the Pescaton, Prydonian Renegades and more... TARDIS Fillers - David Howe makes his annual rummage through the shops and brings you the best and worst merchandise on offer during 1991 - and also looks forward to 1992.
 * NOVELISATION: The Pescatons (novelisation)
 * VIDEO: Double VHS release of DW: The Sontaran Experiment and Genesis of the Daleks
 * VIDEO: DW: The Deadly Assassin
 * Inset article: US Merchandise by Mark Gasper.

Page Pin-ups

 * Two humans captured in The Sontaran Experiment

Also featuring

 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (comic strip)
 * Into The Vortex / 'That Was the Who That Was' (Times Past)
 * 'Who in Review' (Who event coverage)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * 'Nick's View' by Nick Miller (cartoon)
 * Data Coils (now incorporating pen-pals and events listing)
 * Continuity Queries
 * Competition: to win Doctor Who video
 * Collector’s Corner (Merchandise) (Invasion of the Daleks Easter Egg from Suchard, Doctor Who Scarf from oday Promotions, Doctor Who Erasers from A B & Son, Daleks wooden stand-up Jigsaw by Thomas Hope and Sankey Hudson, Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text from Macmillan, A Day in the Life of a TV Producer from Wayland Books and Doctor? from Blood Donor records

Random quote
“This is the end ... but the moment has been prepared for."
 * The Doctor from Logopolis

Credits

 * Senior Editor: John Freeman
 * Senior Yeti: Harry Papdopoulos
 * Copy Control: Sophie Health
 * Design Peri Godbold
 * Emperor Dalek: 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

 * This issues cover features Tom Baker at his first press call for British fans in over ten years and was priced £1.95 (UK)
 * The cover flashes a readers discount for 10% at John Fitton (Books and Magazines)
 * On the copyright page of the magazine (usually page 3), is a box of very small text, the end of this text reads “Listen, I didn’t mount an invasion just to whisk some flippin’ egg!” protested the Black Dalek from the TARDIS kitchen. “This is just so humiliating…”