DWM 148

The 148th issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of May 1989.

Articles

 * On Location - We take a look back at a day's recording of Silver Nemesis at Arundel Castle
 * Season 25 Special Effects - A complete rundown on how BBC Visual Effects coordinated the magic that made up much of Season 25
 * 'Beam me down Scotty' - John B. McLay looks at the options for repeats of Doctor Who in light of satellite TV.

Comic content

 * Invaders from Gantac - Part 1 - Alan Grant takes the Seventh Doctor into danger on Earth, with art by Martin Griffiths and Cam Smith

Archives

 * Episode Guide: Tom Baker: Season 12

Interviews / Profiles

 * Travelling Companions: Frobisher - A special interview with the shape-changer, compiled with the help of Colin Baker and Steve Parkhouse
 * Writing Doctor Who: Eric Saward - The former Who script writer talks about Attack of the Cybermen and his work on the show
 * T.P. McKenna - An audience with the Captain Caricature drawn by Paul Vyse (see notes below for corrections)

Reviews - Off the Shelf

 * REFERENCE BOOK: The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book by John Peel and Terry Nation (St. Martin's Press)

Also featuring

 * Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
 * Gallifrey Guardian (News including Season 26 update, the stage play, satellite television, merchandise,)
 * Rel Time (Events listing)
 * You on Who (Letters)
 * 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett
 * 'Nick's View' by Nick Miller
 * Competition: to win the latest BBC Videos.

Random quote
“Perhaps I could get the hang of it ..."
 * The Doctor, The Seeds of Death

Credits

 * Editor/Designer - John Freeman
 * Assistant Editor - Louise Cassell
 * Design Assistance - Gary Gilbert
 * Production - Jez Meteyard
 * Advertising - Julie Hughes
 * Advisor - John Nathan-Turner
 * Magazine Group Editor - Sheila Cranna
 * Publisher - Stan Lee

Additional details

 * This issue (priced £1.25 UK) included a giant photo-poster featuring ‘25 Years of Adventure’ and all seven Doctors.
 * Additional Input (from DWM 150) disputes the inclusion of a picture from Terror of the Zygons in the Episode Guide feature, but this is allowed as the story was originally recorded for Season 12.
 * Additional Input (from DWM 150) corrects many of the credits given to T P McKenna in the interview feature. Titles - The Saint: The Angel's Eye by Harry W. Junkin, The Avengers: The Trojan Horse by Malcolm Hulke, and Noon Doomsday by Terry Nation. McKenna appeared in That'll be the Day, and 3 episodes of The Richmond Files: "Call Me the Enemy", "Do You Recognise the Woman?" and "A Man Like Me" as well as in the Blake's 7 episode "Bounty" not "Hostage". The Minder episode was wrong and the Boon episode was "Northwest Passage to Acocks Green".