DWMS Summer 1981

DWMS Summer 1981
Cover date:	Summer, 1981
Format:	52 pages stapled
Editor:	Paul Neary
Publisher:	Marvel Comics UK
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Contents

Articles

• `Inside the TARDIS` by Jeremy Bentham

(Reprinted from DWM 15-16)

• `The Monsters of Doctor Who: The Zygons'

(Reprinted from DWM Issue 9)

• `Articles of Fear`

(Reprinted from DWM Issue 48)

• `The Companions of Doctor Who`

(Reprinted from DWM Issue 49)

• `The UNIT File`

(Reprinted from DWM Issues 22-23)

Comic Strips

• Doctor Who: Timeslip

(Reprinted from DWM Issues 17-18)

• Business As Usual

(Reprinted from DWM Issues 40-43)

Fiction

• None

Archives

• None

Interviews / Profiles

• Behind the Scenes: John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

(Reprinted from DWM Issue 51)

Previews

• None

Reviews

• None

A4 Pin-ups

• B&W An armed Movellan from DW: Destiny of the Daleks

Also Featuring

• None

Credited Credits

Editor: Alan McKenzie

Design: Diverse Hands

Consultant: Jeremy Bentham

Advertising: SH Space sales

Colour: Cheamworth Ltd.

Distribution: Comag

Further Information

• Holiday Specials were tradition bumper sized comics/magazines from the publishers of regular titles. Produced twice yearly they were generally released around Summer and Autumn time in time for the school summer holidays and the Christmas holiday period.
• With a cover heading of “A Marvel Summer Special: The Very Best of Doctor Who”, this second Summer Special, like last years offered no new material, than that already printed in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine.
• Popular at the time it was unusual for the Holiday Special titles not to offer something new, and it was some holiday issues later that new material began to appear. Indeed one Special offered the concluding half of a comic strip story in an attempt to capture both new and regular readers.
• While last years Special featured heavily the reprinting and compilation of comic strip stories, this years collection very much focussed on collecting together a series of features that explored aspects of the series (e.g. the TARDIS, companions, UNIT, monsters).
• This standard sized magazine was printed in June 1981 and had a cover price of 45p (UK). The cover images are from (DW): Warriors Gate, (DW): Full Circle and (DW): Nightmare of Eden (?)

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