DWM 4

DWM 4
Release date:	1 November 1979
Format:	28 pages stapled
Editor:	Dez Skinn
Publisher:	Marvel Comics UK
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The 4th issue of Doctor Who Weekly had a cover date of 7 November 1979. It came with free transfers.

As part of the initial four-week launch period, this issue had a print run of 250,000 copies, of which roughly 127,000 (51%) were sold.

Contents

Articles

• 'The Monsters of Doctor Who: The Yeti' - by G. Blows

Comic content

• Doctor Who and the Iron Legion - Part four

Writers: Mills + Wagner

Art: Dave Gibbons

Editor: Dez Skinn

• Return of the Daleks - Part four
• Tales from the TARDIS: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - Part four

Archives

• Story Two – The Dead Planet (Part Two of Two, adapted and annotated by Jeremy Bentham)

Interviews / Profiles

• Tom Baker (Photo-file Number 4)

A4 pin-ups

• The Fourth Doctor in Gallifreyan robes as shown on the cover photo TV: The Deadly Assassin

Additional features

• A Letter from the Doctor
• Crazy Caption Competition (£5 to be won)

Additional details

• The cover picture shows the Fourth Doctor in Time Lord robes from TV: The Deadly Assassin.
• This fourth issue has the final free transfers not sellotaped to the cover as per the previous three issues, but folded along the crease inside, making their use difficult.
• In some copies the final two pages of the The Return of the Daleks comic strip story were printed out of order, rather spoiling it with a premature ending. The error was addressed as such:

Oh, and congratulations on having one of the rare copies of issue 4. Though some villain must have sneaked into the printers and switched a couple of pages of the issue around, our reliable pals down there spotted the switch quickly and changed them back!Additional Input, addressing the error

• Published every Thursday, this issue had a cover price of 12p (UK).

External links

Official Doctor Who Magazine 1-99 page at doctorwhomagazine.com

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