From: steven.k.manfred@UWRF.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: DWM Issue 191 and the latest news it reports, and a review of issue
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:02:09 GMT



Some highlights from the "Gallifrey Guardian" of the new issue
of Doctor Who Magazine (191):

Starting with two STOP PRESS! announcements stuck at the end of
the Guardian:

The first SP tells of transmission times for the BBC2 repeat season
of old "Doctor Who" stories including the restored "Daemons."
The second SP totally voids out the first one and reads:
STOP PRESS! (AGAIN) AS OF 19.8.92 we have heard that the BBC have decided
not to run the repeat season of "Doctor Who" until January 1993.  It is
hoped "The Daemons" will start the season off then, but no firm dates have
been decided upon yet!"

Most of the other interesting things reported in the Guardian have
already been covered by another poster to the net, but here are some
I don't recall reading:

The BBC Audio Tapes people are reportedly amazed at the sales of the
two Troughton soundtracks, which not only topped the charts of the
"book reading"-type charts, but actually cracked the Top 75 in the
ordinary Album chart!  (73 to be exact)

Further tapes are being planned, with The Power of the Daleks and
Fury from the Deep being the forerunners.

Another exciting bit of news is that Stephanie Whitaker has reportedly
contacted the Beeb about some unused "Doctor Who" scripts by her husband
David from the Sixties, and possibly releasing them in some form on audio.

"Shada" entered the Video Charts at Number Four, that's despite being
priced 50% higher than normal (due to the scripts inclusion)
"Daleks - The Early Years" entered at Number Five
"Cybermen - The Early Years" came in at Eight


As for the rest of the issue, once again utterly suberb.
Fascinating interview with Donald Tosh (the stories about "The Daleks'
Masterplan" are the best), 
What the Papers Said covers the entry of Tom Baker in 1974/5 and
Willaim Hartnell's death, and the Trevor Martin stageplay.
Off the Shelf reviews The Tom Baker Years (which Gary Russell loves)
and Earthshock (which Gary Russell doesn't like, feeling it's too much
action and not enough story.)
Brief Encounter is a story of the Doctor meeting up with Queen Peri of
the Krontep 20 years after "Mindwarp," and he gets a very interesting
treatment from her...
The Archive is a fascinating look at "The Leisure Hive," in exquisite
detail on everything going on in and around that serial...
The Comic Strip is the best one all year.  For once, I love the artwork,
and the simple one-part story called "Memorial" for once seems to work
within its limited timespan and doesn't make the Seventh Doctor so
manipulative that he is unpleasant, unlike some previous strips...
An interview with Lovett Bickford on directing "The Leisure Hive."
His comments at the very end of the interview are very typical of the kind
of "visuals-MUST-look-good-or-we-won't-bother-making-it" attitude that
pervades television too deeply these days.  
Letters page, and for the second issue in a row, my name is *not* on it,
(after my streak of four or five earlier in the year :)
Behind the Scenes talks with Ian Scoones again about special FX on the
series, specifically on "planet of the Spiders," "Pyramids of Mars,"
and "The Masque of Mandragora."
And as usual, the issue is topped off with another installment of 
"The Daleks" TV21 strip.

All in all, a very solid issue.

The bonus this time is a poster, the subject being the painting of
Patrick Troughton and the awakening Cybermen that form the cover of
"The Tomb of the Cybermen" video in the UK, and most likely will do the
same here in the States when "Tomb" is released on CBS/Fox video in
about a month's time.


					Steve