The Monsters of Doctor Who

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The Monsters of Doctor Who was one of the original features of Doctor Who Magazine from its inception in 1979. It was a series of non-fiction articles written by Gordon Blows and B. Aldrich.[1]

Each instalment of the series focused on a particular monster or villain from Doctor Who and presented the in-universe history of its subject as well as occasionally providing behind-the-scenes details about their creation or appearances in the programme. The feature ranged from two to three pages in length and the text was always accompanied by multiple black-and-white photographs.

Every one of the first twelve issues of Doctor Who Magazine featured an instalment of The Monsters of Doctor Who, with the exception of DWM 8 in which it was replaced by an article by Richard Holliss on the Peter Cushing films. Beginning with DWM 13, the publication's articles began to approach a broader range of topics, with DWM 18 containing the final one which could be considered part of the original series.

Instalments[[edit] | [edit source]]

Several articles in the series were not explicitly labelled as being part of The Monsters of Doctor Who and these are noted below.

# Title Issue
1 Day of the Daleks[2] DWM 1
2 The Cybermen[2] DWM 2
3 The Ice Warriors DWM 3
4 The Yeti[2] DWM 4
5 The Master DWM 5
6 The Sontarans DWM 6
7 The Ogrons DWM 7
8 The Zygons DWM 9
9 Davros DWM 10
10 The Silurians DWM 11
11 The Krynoids[2] DWM 12
12 The Mandrels[2] DWM 18

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Most instalments of the series were unattributed. The feature was credited to B. Aldrich and G. Blows in DWM 1 and to Gordon Blows alone in DWM 2 and DWM 5.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Featured no explicit The Monsters of Doctor Who branding.