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Each instalment of the series focused on a particular monster or villain from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and presented the in-universe history of its subject as well as occasionally providing behind-the-scenes details about their creation or appearances in the programme. The feature ranged from two to three pages in length and the text was always accompanied by multiple black-and-white photographs.
Each instalment of the series focused on a particular monster or villain from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and presented the in-universe history of its subject as well as occasionally providing behind-the-scenes details about their creation or appearances in the programme. The feature ranged from two to three pages in length and the text was always accompanied by multiple black-and-white photographs.


Every one of the first twelve issues of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' featured an instalment of ''The Monsters of Doctor Who'', with the exception of [[DWM 8]] in which it was replaced by an article by [[Richard Hollis]] on the [[Peter Cushing]] films. Beginning with [[DWM 13]], the publication's articles began to approach a broader range of topics, with [[DWM 18]] containing the final one which could be considered part of the original series.
Every one of the first twelve issues of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' featured an instalment of ''The Monsters of Doctor Who'', with the exception of [[DWM 8]] in which it was replaced by an article by [[Richard Holliss]] on the [[Peter Cushing]] films. Beginning with [[DWM 13]], the publication's articles began to approach a broader range of topics, with [[DWM 18]] containing the final one which could be considered part of the original series.


== Instalments ==
== Instalments ==

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The Monsters of Doctor Who was one of the original features of Doctor Who Magazine from its inception in 1979. It was a series of non-fiction articles written by Gordon Blows and B. Aldrich.[1]

Each instalment of the series focused on a particular monster or villain from Doctor Who and presented the in-universe history of its subject as well as occasionally providing behind-the-scenes details about their creation or appearances in the programme. The feature ranged from two to three pages in length and the text was always accompanied by multiple black-and-white photographs.

Every one of the first twelve issues of Doctor Who Magazine featured an instalment of The Monsters of Doctor Who, with the exception of DWM 8 in which it was replaced by an article by Richard Holliss on the Peter Cushing films. Beginning with DWM 13, the publication's articles began to approach a broader range of topics, with DWM 18 containing the final one which could be considered part of the original series.

Instalments[[edit] | [edit source]]

Several articles in the series were not explicitly labelled as being part of The Monsters of Doctor Who and these are noted below.

# Title Issue
1 Day of the Daleks[2] DWM 1
2 The Cybermen[2] DWM 2
3 The Ice Warriors DWM 3
4 The Yeti[2] DWM 4
5 The Master DWM 5
6 The Sontarans DWM 6
7 The Ogrons DWM 7
8 The Zygons DWM 9
9 Davros DWM 10
10 The Silurians DWM 11
11 The Krynoids[2] DWM 12
12 The Mandrels[2] DWM 18

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Most instalments of the series were unattributed. The feature was credited to B. Aldrich and G. Blows in DWM 1 and to Gordon Blows alone in DWM 2 and DWM 5.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Featured no explicit The Monsters of Doctor Who branding.