The 51st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released in April 1981.
Contents
Articles
- Tom Baker's Who (Part One of Two)
- Photo-feature: Companions of the Fourth Doctor
Comic Strip/s
- Doctor Who: War of the Words
- 4-D War
Fiction
- None
Archives
- DW: The War Games Part Two (Retelling with credits)
- EPISODE GUIDE (Listing details including dates, episode endings, credits and dates):
Interviews / Profiles
- Star Profile: Tom Baker (Actor)
- John Nathan-Turner (Producer) interviewed by Jeremy Bentham
Previews
- TV: Logopolis
Reviews
- None
A4 Pin-ups
- B&W Mandrel from DW: Nightmare of Eden
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
- Publisher: Stan Lee
Additional details
- Special "Farewell to Tom Baker" themed issue.
- The year is not included on the front cover.
- The cover images show the Fourth Doctor from DW: Terror of the Zygons and DW: The Keeper of Traken.
- The letters page is given over to reader Nicholas Jones, who supplies a listing and details of Target Doctor Who books and Annuals printed.
- The Matrix Data Bank's first appearance as an oracle to all things Who.