The 53rd issue of Doctor Who Magazine had a cover date of June 1981. This would be the last time Tom Baker appeared on the cover as the current Doctor before leaving the role.
Contents
Articles
- Photo-feature: Monster Gallery 5: The Invaders
- Doctor Who Exhibitions
Comic content
- Doctor Who: The Deal
- The Dalek Chronicles: Eve of War
Fiction
- None
Archives
- Archive Feature: TV: Image of the Fendahl (synopsis only by Richard Marson)
- Episode Guide: The Chase to The Myth Makers (listing details including dates, episode endings, credits and dates):
Interviews / Profiles
- Star ProFile: Katy Manning (Actress)
- Peter Grimwade (Director) interviewed by Jeremy Bentham
- Photo-file Number 4: Sarah Sutton (Actress)
Previews
- TV: Logopolis
Reviews
- Season Review and Season Survey
A4 pin-ups
- B&W Sarah Jane Smith (TV: The Time Warrior)
- Colour Louise Jameson as Leela with blue eyes!
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
- Production: Tim Hampson and Nigel Balloch
- Publisher: Stan Lee
Additional details
- The year is not shown on the front cover.
- The cover images show the Fourth Doctor from TV: State of Decay and the smaller image is from TV: Image of the Fendahl.
- Matrix Data Bank is a two page extended feature this issue.
- The Dalek Tapes reappear as a back-up comic strip. This time the four pages are printed unedited, but still in black and white.
- Steve Parkhouse takes over from Steve Moore as the regular comic strip writer for the Doctor's adventures.
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