


Longtime readers of the title may recall that, as editor, I reinstated this best known form of the Doctor Who ident when I was editor back in the 1990s, after it seemed clear the show might never return (although the BBC never officially confirmed that during my tenure on the title).Īlthough many series logos look great on screen they don’t translate well to print, and the “poppy” ident of the Seventh Doctor’s era was very definitely a struggle, despite adding elements to it for use on the cover of DWM to try to male it “pop” on the newsstand. Quite apart from the fantastic comic strip, it’s great to see the “Diamond logo” back on the cover of the magazine. I love it when we’re in sync! A lot of people will be thinking, David’s not the real Doctor, he’s a trick, an illusion, a flashback. Russell T Davies says, “From day one, I wanted to increase ties between the show and the magazine. The cover of Doctor Who Magazine Issue 172, with ‘Diamond’ logo, reintroduced from Issue 170, art by Pete Wallbank, published in March 1991

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