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* The main cover image shows a [[Terileptil]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' | * The main cover image shows a [[Terileptil]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' | ||
* An article in [[DWM 502]] revealed that [[John Nathan-Turner]] was extremely upset with the cover due to the join on the waist of the Terileptil's costume being visible, but there was not enough time to reprint the cover. | * An article in [[DWM 502]] revealed that [[John Nathan-Turner]] was extremely upset with the cover due to the join on the waist of the Terileptil's costume being visible, but there was not enough time to reprint the cover. | ||
* Further details of JNT's disapproval of the cover are revealed in Richard Molesworth's book The John Nathan-Turner Production Diary 1979-1990. Marvel had previously contacted the Doctor Who production office asking for JNT to approve the cover (at a point when it was still possible to change it) using the phrasing "as soon as possible". When JNT finally got around to looking at the cover and rejecting it, it was explained to him that the costs of reprinting would have such an impact on the budget that the repercussions would include having to make at least two Marvel staff members redundant. JNT grudgingly agreed to let the cover run, but pointed out that the phrase "as soon as possible" had been inappropriate as it had not fully communicated the urgency with which the approval decision had needed to be made. | |||
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Revision as of 11:25, 26 May 2022
The 65th issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of June 1982. It was the second Doctor Who Magazine of only 3 magazines not to feature Peter Davison prominently on the cover. This issue and the following issue are also the only 2 magazines to feature enemies on the cover in 1982.
Contents
Articles
- 'Doctor Who Comics: Third Doctor Comic Strip Stories' by Jeremy Bentham and Richard Walter (Part 4 of 5)
Comic content
- Doctor Who: The Tides of Time (Part Five)
- The Dalek Chronicles: Impasse
Fiction
- None
Archives
- Archive Feature: TV: The Mind of Evil (Retelling by episode, with no credits)
- Episode Guide: The Ark in Space to Terror of the Zygons (Listing details including dates, episode endings, credits and dates)
Interviews / Profiles
- Behind the Scenes: Richard McManan-Smith (Designer)
Previews
- None
Reviews
- TV: The Visitation
- TV: Black Orchid
A4 pin-ups
- B&W The Fifth Doctor in fancy dress from TV: Black Orchid
- B&W The Third Doctor from TV: The Time Monster
A2 Centre Page Colour Spread
- The Fifth Doctor and Richard Mace from TV: The Visitation
Also featuring
- Gallifrey Guardian - featuring Exhibition Special report
- Matrix Data Bank
- Doctor Who Letters (Letters Page)
- Doctor Who? by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
Credits
- Editor: Alan McKenzie
- Contributing Editor: Jeremy Bentham
- Design: Roger Birchall
- Editorial Assistance: Gilly Joseph
- Production: Tim Hampson and Alison Gill
- Distribution: Comag
- Financial Controller: Robert W. Sutherland
- Advertising: Claire Brooke
- Publisher: Stan Lee
- Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
Additional details
- The year is not displayed on the front cover.
- The main cover image shows a Terileptil from TV: The Visitation
- An article in DWM 502 revealed that John Nathan-Turner was extremely upset with the cover due to the join on the waist of the Terileptil's costume being visible, but there was not enough time to reprint the cover.
- Further details of JNT's disapproval of the cover are revealed in Richard Molesworth's book The John Nathan-Turner Production Diary 1979-1990. Marvel had previously contacted the Doctor Who production office asking for JNT to approve the cover (at a point when it was still possible to change it) using the phrasing "as soon as possible". When JNT finally got around to looking at the cover and rejecting it, it was explained to him that the costs of reprinting would have such an impact on the budget that the repercussions would include having to make at least two Marvel staff members redundant. JNT grudgingly agreed to let the cover run, but pointed out that the phrase "as soon as possible" had been inappropriate as it had not fully communicated the urgency with which the approval decision had needed to be made.
