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The 127th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in August 1987.
Contents
Articles
- Season Three Flashback - every season of Doctor Who has its good and bad moments, but in the Third Season, the continual behind the scenes changes and instability of the cast led to one of the less satisfactory seasons. The potential for brilliant work was hampered by poor execution or acting. Richard Marson remembers season three
- The Longleat Report - Doctor Who model maker Stuart Evans explores the re-launched Longleat Exhibition
- Travelling Companions - Liz Shaw; not only was she with the Doctor for a very short time, but she was also one of the few companions who did not take a trip in the TARDIS.
Comic strip
- The World Shapers - Part 1
Archives - Nostalgia
Interviews / Profiles
- Paddy's Field! As well as directing four classic Doctor Who stories, Paddy Russell has worked on many well known BBC programmes. Richard Marson talks to Paddy, who trained as an actress, before going into live television in 1951, and later worked as an assistant to the famous Rudolph Cartier.
A4 Pin-ups
- The Fourth Doctor (from DW: Pyramids of Mars)
- The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Chela (from DW: Snakedance)
Previews
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Reviews - Off the Shelf
- BOOK: Terror of the Vervoids
- VIDEO: Time Flight Charity Event (from Reeltime)
Also featuring
- You On Who (Letters)
- featuring: 'Doctor Who?' by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett
- Gallifrey Guardian
- Matrix Databank
- FORUM: Scientific Error in Doctor Who by Stephen Bell
- Did you Know? This month saved by the script editors!
Credited credits:
- Editor: Sheila Cranna
- Assistant Editor: Penny Holme
- Art Editor / Designer: Steve Cook
- Art Assistant: Gary Knight
- Production: Alison Gill
- Advertising: Donna Wickers
- Advisor: John Nathan-Turner
- Publisher: Stan Lee