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{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine name= Doctor Who Magazine
|image = DWM 117.jpg
|image=[[file:DWM_issue117.jpg|250px|]]
|issue number = 117
|issue number= 117
|cover date= [[October (releases)|October]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]
|cover date= [[October]] [[1986]]
|format = 40pp stapled
|format= 40pp stapled
|editor = [[Sheila Cranna]]
|editor= [[Sheila Cranna]]
|publisher = [[Marvel Comics UK]]
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics UK]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Magazine|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issues]]
|previous issue= [[DWM 116]]
|release date = [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]}}
|next issue= [[DWM 118]]
The '''117th issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' had a cover date of [[October (releases)|October]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]. It was the first issue to cover new episodes of ''Doctor Who'' for [[Season 24 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 24]] after the series had been put on an eighteen-month hiatus.
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The '''117th issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was released in [[October]] [[1986]].
==Contents ==


===Articles===
== Contents ==
*[[Companion|Traveling 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.
=== Articles ===
* Travelling Companions - Where would the Doctor be without his [[companion]]s? [[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 Strips===
=== Comic content ===
*The Famous Doctor Who History Tour: Part 5: "Discoveries" [[Tim Quinn]] & [[Dicky Howett]]
* ''[[The History Tour (comic series)|The History Tour]]'': ''[[Discoveries (comic story)|Discoveries]]'' by [[Tim Quinn]] & [[Dicky Howett]]
*[[Salad Daze]]
* ''[[Salad Daze (comic story)|Salad Daze]]''


===Fiction===
=== Fiction ===
*Doctor Who Magazine Short Story Competition
* Doctor Who Magazine Short Story Competition
:Runner-Up, Under 15 Category: [[The Heat-Seekers]] by [[The Heat-Seekers|Andrew Lowes]]
:Runner-Up, Under 15 Category: ''[[The Heat-Seekers (short story)|The Heat-Seekers]]'' by Andrew Lowes


===Archives===
=== Archives ===
DWM Archives (Retelling by episode, no credits but a 'Fact File' by [[Richard Marson]])
* Archive Feature: [[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' (retelling by episode, no credits but a Fact File by [[Richard Marson]])
*[[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]''


===Interviews / Profiles===
=== Interviews / Profiles ===
*[[Mervyn Haisman]] Interviewed - The [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] and [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] are among the popular and important innovations that emerged during the [[Patrick Troughton]] era and were the creations of writers [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]]. [[Richard Marson]] talked with half of the team, Mervyn Haisman, in the BBC's Sheppard's Bush offices...
* [[Mervyn Haisman]] Interviewed - The [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] and [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] are among the popular and important innovations that emerged during the [[Patrick Troughton]] era and were the creations of writers [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]]. [[Richard Marson]] talked with half of the team, Mervyn Haisman, in the BBC's Sheppard's Bush offices...
*The Davros Tapes: [[Michael Wisher]], the man who portrayed Davros Mark One. Following interviews in [[DWM 109|issues 109]] and [[DWM 111|111]], [[Gary Russell]] concludes this three part series of interviews with actors breathing life into the [[Davros]] character.
* The Davros Tapes: [[Michael Wisher]], the man who portrayed Davros Mark One. Following interviews in [[DWM 109|issues 109]] and [[DWM 111|111]], [[Gary Russell]] concludes this three part series of interviews with actors breathing life into the [[Davros]] character.


===A4 Pin-ups===
=== A4 pin-ups ===
* [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri]] (from [[DW]]: [[The Mysterious Planet]])
* [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] (from [[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]'')


===Previews===
=== Previews ===
*New Season preview - Story 2 [[Mindwarp]]
* New Season preview - Story 2 ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]''


===Reviews - Off the Shelf===
=== Reviews - Off the Shelf ===
*'''NOVELISATION:''' ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Black Orchid]]'' by [[Terence Dudley]] ([[Target Books]])
* NOVELISATION: ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Black Orchid]]'' by [[Terence Dudley]] ([[Target Books]])
*'''NOVELISATION:''' [[The Ark (novelisation)|The Ark]]'' adapted by [[Paul Erickson]] ([[Target Books]])''
* NOVELISATION: ''[[The Ark (novelisation)|The Ark]]'' adapted by [[Paul Erickson]] ([[Target Books]])


===Also Featuring===
=== Also featuring ===
* To the TARDIS (Letters)
* To the TARDIS (Letters)
* '[[Doctor Who?]]' by [[Tim Quinn]] & [[Dicky Howett]]
* ''[[Doctor Who? (DWM 117 comic story)|Doctor Who?]]'' by [[Tim Quinn]] & [[Dicky Howett]]
* Gallifrey Guardian
* Gallifrey Guardian
* Matrix Databank
* Matrix Databank
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== Additional details ==
== Additional details ==
* The 'Traveling Companions' feature by [[Richard Marson]] is an introduction to a new series looking at individual companions.
* 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) [[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'' by [[Steve Cook]].
* 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 (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]'' by [[Steve Cook]].
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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 24 after the series had been put on an eighteen-month hiatus.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Articles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fiction[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Archives[[edit] | [edit source]]

Interviews / Profiles[[edit] | [edit source]]

A4 pin-ups[[edit] | [edit source]]

Previews[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reviews - Off the Shelf[[edit] | [edit source]]

Also featuring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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.