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Tardis
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Tardis
RealWorld

The 117th issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of October 1986. It was the first issue to cover new episodes of Doctor Who for Season 23 after the series had been put on an eighteen-month hiatus.

Contents[]

Articles[]

  • Travelling Companions - Where would the Doctor be without his companions? Richard Marson examines the changing characteristics and roles of these supporting characters as an introduction to a new series...of character profiles and development.

Comic content[]

Fiction[]

  • Doctor Who Magazine Short Story Competition
Runner-Up, Under 15 Category: The Heat-Seekers by Andrew Lowes

Archives[]

Interviews / Profiles[]

A4 pin-ups[]

Previews[]

Reviews - Off the Shelf[]

Also featuring[]

Credits[]

Editor: Sheila Cranna
Assistant Editor: Penny Home
Art Director/Design: Steve Cook
Production: Alison Gill
Advertising: Sally Benson
Publisher: Stan Lee
Advisor: John Nathan-Turner

Additional details[]

  • The 'Travelling Companions' feature by Richard Marson is an introduction to a new series looking at individual companions.
  • This issue was priced 85p (UK) and the cover photograph was from a promotional shoot for the new series filming of (at the time unnamed story) TV: The Mysterious Planet by Steve Cook.
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