The ninety-eighth instalment of Doctor Who? was printed in DWM 162 with a cover date of July 1990.
Summary[]
Some early cash-flow problems on Doctor Who are examined.
Characters[]
Worldbuilding[]
- The cameras used are property of the BBC.
- Two of Marco Polo's Mongol horde are told to spread out and mill around.
- Instead of the prop, there is an inflatable TARDIS. The First Doctor attempts to blow it up, while Ian tells somebody he doesn't care if it cuts down on production costs.
- Crackerjack airs at 5 to 5 on Fridays.
- After the conclusion of an episode of Crackerjack, a group of workers are told they have two minutes to turn the Dalek City backcloth into an Asian landscape for the new Dr. Who adventure.
Notes[]
- This story explicitly references Marco Polo several times. DWM 162 included a feature on that story.
- This story marks the first appearances of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in the Doctor Who? series.
