DWM 87

The 87th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in April 1984.

Articles

 * Borusa' by Justin Richards

Comic strip

 * Doctor Who: The Moderator (Part Three)

Archives
DWM Archives (Retelling by episode, with no credits)
 * DW:  Galaxy 4 

Interviews / Profiles

 * Deborah Watling (Actress) interviewed by Richard Marson
 * Chris Achilleos (Artist)

Previews

 * TV: The Caves of Androzani
 * TV: The Twin Dilemma

Reviews (On Target)

 * NOVELISATION: Doctor Who: Snakedance by Terrance Dicks (Target Books)
 * NOVELISATION: Doctor Who: The Dominators adapted by Ian Marter (Target Books)
 * NOVELISATION: Doctor Who: Enlightenment by Barbara Clegg (Target Books)

A4 Pin-Up

 * Fifth Doctor with the mining machine from DW: Frontios

Colour Centrespread

 * Guest stars in the 21st Season

Additional features

 * Doctor Who Letters (2 pages)
 * featuring: 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett


 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Matrix Data Bank (2 pages)

Credits

 * Editor: Alan McKenzie
 * Assistant Editor: Roger P. Birchall
 * Design: Rahid Khan and Steve Cook
 * Feature Writers: Gary Russell, Richard Marson, David J. Howe, Justin Richards and Jeremy Bentham
 * Production: Tim Hampson and Alison Gill
 * Production Assistant: Jeanette M. Sweetland
 * Financial Controller: Robert W. Sutherland
 * Advertising: Sally Benson
 * Publisher: Stan Lee
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner

Additional details

 * FREE GIANT POSTER shows the Cybermen on Gallifrey (as seen on the cover) by Andrew Skilleter and inspired by DW: The Five Doctors
 * This Archive is a corrected and amended version of the one that appeared in DWM 22 and DWM 23, which was edited due to space restrictions.
 * 'On Target' was the name given to the review section of the magazine. It took its name and, mainly concentrated on, the series of Target Novelisations from the publisher Target Books. At this point it should be noted that this was the main merchandising for the series predating even the BBC Video releases.
 * No year was shown on this cover of this issue, which was priced at 60p (UK).
 * The cover shows the Master from DW: Planet of Fire .