DWM 164

The 164th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in September 1990.

Articles

 * ‘The Two Nervous Breakdowns’ (Part 2 of 2) Gary Downie (Production Manager) concludes his article on overseas filming with the actual recording of the show...The Two Doctors.

Comic story

 * Terror of the Autons (A Radio Times Tribute) by Colin Howard
 * Fellow Travellers - Part 1

Archives

 * Archive Feature: Terror of the Autons (Episodes 1-3) (Part 1 of 2) with illustrations by Colin Howard synopsis only by Andrew Pixley
 * Episode Guide: Season 26: Sylvester McCoy (Battlefield to Survival)

Interviews / Profiles

 * John Nathan-Turner (Producer) talks about his time on Doctor Who to former BBC publicist Kevin O'Shea (interviewed in DWM 158)
 * Marek Anton (Actor) who played both Vershinin in The Curse of Fenric and the Destroyer in Battlefield interviewed by John B. McLay
 * Philip Madoc (Actor) by Peter F.D. Linford discusses The War Games and The Brain of Morbius from an interview by Martin Cassan

Previews / Reviews - Off the Shelf

 * NOVEL: MISSING EPISODES: Mission to Magnus by Philip Martin (Target Books)
 * VIDEOS:The Five Doctors (BBC Video)
 * VIDEOS:The Brain of Morbius (Unedited) (BBC Video)

Page Pin-ups

 * Teenagers Jean and Phyllis from The Curse of Fenric
 * The Third Doctor at his workbench from Terror of the Autons (B&W)

Also featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Beyond the TARDIS (Who is doing what by Dominic May)
 * Gallifrey Guardian (News)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * Data Coils (now incorporating pen-pals and events listing)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (comic strip)
 * 'Nix' by Nick Miller (cartoon)
 * Competition: 3 Questions to win one of ten Mark Ayers LP’s Myths and Legends)

Random quote
“What's happening, Doctor?"
 * Various Companions, etc!

Credits

 * Editor: John Freeman
 * Assistant Editor : Jacqui Papp
 * Witty Patter: Dan Abnett
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor: John Freeman
 * Managing Director: Robert Sutherland
 * Excelsior: Stan Lee

Additional details

 * This issue priced £1.50 (UK) was the first issue to appear every four weeks (13 per year) as opposed to a monthly release of 12 per year.
 * The main cover picture features the Fourth Doctor and Melkur from The Keeper of Traken.
 * Colin Howard once again illustrates an introduction to this issues Archive Feature with a 'trailer' that gives more than a nod to Frank Bellamy's treatment of the Doctor Who story Colony in Space for Radio Times in 1972.