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Take the TARDIS back to Doctor Who Magazine 1997

Doctor Who Magazine is the world's longest running magazine based on a television series. It is currently published every four weeks and offers Doctor Who news, reviews, articles and comic stories.

The magazine was born as Doctor Who Weekly, published by the UK branch of Marvel Comics in mid-October 1979. The first issue arrived on newsstands midway through broadcast of City of Death, and Tom Baker spent some time promoting it while in the midst of production of the ultimately cancelled Shada.

Since its first issue, a major feature of each issue has been an ongoing comic strip based upon the series. It has featured adventures of every incarnation of the Doctor and many of his TV companions. There have also been, from time to time, back-up comic strips featuring different characters. Source tardis.wikia.com

Doctor Who Magazine[]

DWM 97-99 250-278

Doctor Who Magazine Logo 1997-99 (issues 250-78) logos.wikia.com

Doctor Who Magazine's 1998 issues spanned from issue 260 to issue 272 and were published every four weeks by Panini Comics, however covers were still branded with "Marvel Comics" logo.

For all of this year's issues the cover price in the United Kingdom remained at £3.00. Except for December's issue 272, it rose to £3.20, this issue celebrated Doctor Who's 35th anniversary, with a page count increase to 68 pages (usually the magazine had 51 pages), this issue also sported a shiny metallic-like finish to the magazine's cover. The following issue, however continued at £3.20 despite the drop in page count back to 51 pages.

Take the TARDIS forward to Doctor Who Magazine 1999

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