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{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox Magazine
|name= Doctor Who Magazine
|image = DWM 238.jpg
|image=DWM_issue238.jpg
|issue number = 238
|issue number= 238
|cover date= [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|cover date= [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] [[1996]]
|format = 51pp stapled
|format= 51pp stapled
|editor = [[Gary Gillatt]]
|editor= [[Gary Gillatt]]
|publisher = [[Marvel Comics UK]]
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics UK]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Magazine|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issues]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Magazine|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issues]]
|previous issue= [[DWM 237]]
|release date = [[11 April (releases)|11 April]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]}}
|next issue= [[DWM 239]]
The '''238th issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was released on [[11 April (releases)|11 April]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]] and removed from [[Great Britain|British]] newsstands on [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] 1996. It was the lone 1990s issue of the publication to be on British newsstands when an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]]. Indeed, it was the only such issue since [[DWM 155|''DWM'' #155]]'s release with ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' until [[DWM 354|''DWM'' #354]]'s with ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
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The '''238th issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was released on [[11 April (releases)|11 April]] [[1996]] and removed from [[Great Britain|British]] newsstands on [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] 1996. It was the lone [[1990s]] issue of the publication to be on British newsstands when an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]]. Indeed, it was the only such issue since [[DWM 155|''DWM'' #155]]'s release with ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' until [[DWM 354|''DWM'' #354]]'s with ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.  


Released in the same month of [[Doctor Who (1996)|the television movie]], but before the ratings had been tabulated, it was optimistic about ''Doctor Who'''s apparent future with [[Paul McGann]].
Released in the same month as [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the television movie]], but before the ratings had been tabulated, it was optimistic about ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s apparent future with [[Paul McGann]].


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
=== Articles ===
=== Articles ===
* Renaissance - In the first part of a major new feature, [[Gary Gillatt]] reports from the set of the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who (1996)|adventure]] and talks to leading members of the cast and crew...
* Renaissance - In the first part of a major new feature, [[Gary Gillatt]] reports from the set of the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who (TV story)|adventure]] and talks to leading members of the cast and crew...
* The Quatermass Inheritance - Compiled by The Monitor
* The Quatermass Inheritance - Compiled by The Monitor


=== Comic content ===
=== Comic content ===
* [[Ground Zero]] - Part One
* ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'' - Part One
* [[The Cybermen]] - Part Twenty Four
* ''[[The Cybermen]]'' - Part Twenty Four


=== Fiction ===
=== Fiction ===
* [[The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge]] - Part Three by [[Alan Barnes]]
* ''[[The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge (short story)|The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge]]'' - Part Three by [[Alan Barnes]]


=== Archives ===
=== Archives ===
By [[Andrew Pixley]]
By [[Andrew Pixley]]
* [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''


=== Telesnap archives ===
=== Telesnap archives ===
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=== Interviews / Profiles ===
=== Interviews / Profiles ===
* Hello and goodbye - The [[John Nathan-Turner]] Memoirs: Chapter Six - [[Season 21|Season Twenty-One]].
* Hello and goodbye - The [[John Nathan-Turner]] Memoirs: Chapter Six - [[Season 21 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season Twenty-One]].


=== Shelf Life ===
=== Shelf Life ===
Reviews by [[Dave Owen]]
Reviews by [[Dave Owen]]
* '''CASSETTE''': [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]''
* CASSETTE: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]''
* '''VIDEO''': [[:Category:Theatrical movies|Movies]]: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'' ''Digitally Remastered Wide Screen Edition''
* VIDEO: [[:Category:Theatrical films|Movies]]: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'' (Digitally Remastered Wide Screen Edition)
* [[REF]]: ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]''
* [[REF]]: ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''


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* Gallifrey Guardian
* Gallifrey Guardian
* Timelines (Letters) - Including 'The Hit Parade'
* Timelines (Letters) - Including 'The Hit Parade'
* Fluid Links - That's What I Like by [[Matthew Jones]]
* Fluid Links - That's What I Like by [[Matthew Jones (writer)|Matthew Jones]]


== Credits ==
== Credits ==
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:Editorial Assistant: [[Alan Barnes]]
:Editorial Assistant: [[Alan Barnes]]
:Designer: [[Paul Vyse]]
:Designer: [[Paul Vyse]]
:Production: [[Mark Irvine]] & [[Andrew Parslow]]
:Production: [[Mark Irvine]] & [[Andrew Parslow]]
:Promotion Manager: [[Chris McCormack]]
:Promotion Manager: [[Chris McCormack]]
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== Additional details ==
== Additional details ==
* There is an apology on the first page of the magazine which reads: '''Apologies to Newsagents''' We would like to make a public apology to all newsagents concerning the tone and content of a recent subscription offer, which featured in [[DWM 236|Issue 236]] of '''Doctor Who Magazine.'''
* Unusually, despite the TV movie introducing a new iteration of the [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]], ''DWM'' did not continue [[DWM 46|its]] [[DWM 130|typical]] [[DWM 352|practice]] [[DWM 417|of]] [[DWM 523|adopting]] the new logo to coincide with it; the 'diamond' logo would keep being used until [[DWM 279|''DWM'' 279]].
* There is an apology on the first page of the magazine which reads: Apologies to Newsagents: We would like to make a public apology to all newsagents concerning the tone and content of a recent subscription offer, which featured in [[DWM 236|Issue 236]] of ''Doctor Who Magazine''.
:* The advert appeared on page 19 of [[DWM 236]] and read as follows:
:* The advert appeared on page 19 of [[DWM 236]] and read as follows:
::Transform your life with a single phone call! Subscribe! Avoid the hassle, the loose change, the belligerent newsagent...have ''Doctor Who Magazine'' delivered to your door every four weeks for a year AND receive an issue free!
::Transform your life with a single phone call! Subscribe! Avoid the hassle, the loose change, the belligerent newsagent...have ''Doctor Who Magazine'' delivered to your door every four weeks for a year AND receive an issue free!
{{DWM issues}}


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[[Category:DWM issues]]
[[Category:1996 DWM issues| 238]]
[[Category:1996 DWM issues]]

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The 238th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 11 April 1996 and removed from British newsstands on 8 May 1996. It was the lone 1990s issue of the publication to be on British newsstands when an episode of Doctor Who debuted on BBC1. Indeed, it was the only such issue since DWM #155's release with Survival until DWM #354's with Rose.

Released in the same month as the television movie, but before the ratings had been tabulated, it was optimistic about Doctor Who's apparent future with Paul McGann.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Articles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Renaissance - In the first part of a major new feature, Gary Gillatt reports from the set of the new Doctor Who adventure and talks to leading members of the cast and crew...
  • The Quatermass Inheritance - Compiled by The Monitor

Comic content[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fiction[[edit] | [edit source]]

Archives[[edit] | [edit source]]

By Andrew Pixley

Telesnap archives[[edit] | [edit source]]

Compiled by Matthew Pereira

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

Shelf Life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reviews by Dave Owen

Regular features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Gallifrey Guardian
  • Timelines (Letters) - Including 'The Hit Parade'
  • Fluid Links - That's What I Like by Matthew Jones

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Editor: Gary Gillatt
Assistant Editor: Scott Gray
Editorial Assistant: Alan Barnes
Designer: Paul Vyse
Production: Mark Irvine & Andrew Parslow
Promotion Manager: Chris McCormack
Art Director: Helen Nally
Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
Managing Director: Richard Maskell

Additional details[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Unusually, despite the TV movie introducing a new iteration of the Doctor Who logo, DWM did not continue its typical practice of adopting the new logo to coincide with it; the 'diamond' logo would keep being used until DWM 279.
  • There is an apology on the first page of the magazine which reads: Apologies to Newsagents: We would like to make a public apology to all newsagents concerning the tone and content of a recent subscription offer, which featured in Issue 236 of Doctor Who Magazine.
  • The advert appeared on page 19 of DWM 236 and read as follows:
Transform your life with a single phone call! Subscribe! Avoid the hassle, the loose change, the belligerent newsagent...have Doctor Who Magazine delivered to your door every four weeks for a year AND receive an issue free!