DWM 43

The 43rd issue of Doctor Who Weekly had a cover date of 7 August 1980. It was the final issue of the weekly run of magazines. With the following issue shifting to a monthly publication schedule and a new name, changing from Doctor Who Weekly to Doctor Who - A Marvel Monthly.

The front cover proclaims "THE DALEK TAPES - FEATURING THIS WEEK: THE DALEKS' CONQUEST OF THE HIDDEN PLANET!", but this comic strip does not appear inside the magazine.

Contents

Articles

• None

Comic content

• Doctor Who: Dragon's Claw (Part Five)
• Business as Usual (Part Four)
• Dr Who's Time Tales

Fiction

• None

Archives

• Archive Feature: TV: The Mind Robber (synopsis only by Richard Marson)
• UNIT Special Report: TV: The Green Death.

Interviews / Profiles

• None

Previews

• None

Reviews

• None

A4 pin-ups

• B&W The Third Doctor and Jo escape the guards from TV: Frontier in Space.

Also featuring

• Fantastic Facts
• Gallifrey Guardian
• Who Cares! (Letters Page)
• UNIT Club page

Know Your Enemy Number 16: The Master

Alien Allies Number 3: The Dragonians

Credits

Editor: Paul Neary

Features Editor: Alan McKenzie

Art Assistant: Simon Ellinas

Production: Nigel Balloch

Additional details

• The cover photograph of the Fourth Doctor is from TV: Genesis of the Daleks.
• Although the front cover proclaims "THE DALEK TAPES - FEATURING THIS WEEK: THE DALEKS' CONQUEST OF THE HIDDEN PLANET!", this comic strip did not appear inside.
• The Alien Allies on the UNIT club page should read 'Draconians'.
• This is the last issue of Doctor Who Weekly published every Thursday with a cover price of 12p (UK).
• Beginning with the next issue, the magazine will be monthly and cost 30p (UK). 'A Message From the Editor' on the Who Cares! page explains that with a price rise to 30p the increase works out to only 7½p a week.