The 54th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in July 1981.
Contents
Articles
- ‘Photo-feature: Monster Gallery 6: Troughton’s Aliens’
- ‘The Troughton Years 1966-69’
Comic Strip
- Doctor Who: End of the Line
- The Dalek Chronicles: The Eve of War / The Archives of Phryne
Fiction
- None
Archives
DWM Archives (Retelling by episode, with no credits)
EPISODE GUIDE (Listing details including dates, episode endings, credits and dates):
Interviews / Profiles
- Star Profile: Patrick Troughton (Actor)
- Morris Barry (Director) interviewed by Jeremy Bentham
- Photo-file Number 5: Janet Fielding (Actress)
Previews
- None
Reviews
- None
A4 Pin-ups
- B&W The Second Doctor at the TARDIS console (DW: The Enemy of the World)
- Colour The Cybermen awake (DW: Tomb of the Cybermen)
Also Featuring
- Gallifrey Guardian
- Doctor Who Letters (Letters Page)
- Matrix Data Bank (Questions and Answers)
Credits
- Editor: Alan McKenzie,
- Layout: Steve O'Leary and Rahid Khan,
- Consultant: Jeremy Bentham,
- Production: Tim Hampson and Nigel Bulloch,
- Publisher: Stan Lee
Additional details
- Special Patrick Troughton themed issue.
- The year is not displayed on the front cover .
- The main cover image of the Second Doctor is a publicity shot.
- The Dalek Tapes continue as a back up comic strip. This time only the first page is printed unedited, while the opening and closing blocks of the other three pages are. Still in black and white.