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DreamwatchDreamwatch is a British magazine covering horror, science-fiction and fantasy films, books and television programmes. It is published monthly by Titan Magazines. The publication began life in the early 1980s as an amateur fanzine dedicated to the popular science-fiction television series Doctor Who, and was published under the title Doctor Who Bulletin. In this form, it became well-known for taking a generally critical tone towards the later seasons of the programme, particularly the work of producer John Nathan-Turner, who was subjected to several personal attacks in its pages. However, it became popular with some fans due to its frequent reporting of news concerning the show before it was released through official sources, and as being an alternative viewpoint to the officially-sanctioned Doctor Who Magazine. There were, however, occasional embarrassing errors, such as the printing of an obituary for actor Kevin Stoney in 1986, who was still alive and after the article's appearance would happily sign copies for fans at conventions. In 1989, the fanzine expanded to cover other genre films and television series as well as Doctor Who, and the title was changed to Dreamwatch Bulletin so that the popular abbreviation DWB would remain intact. In 1994, it was turned into a fully-professional newsstand magazine, with the title shortened to simply Dreamwatch and the magazine not retaining the previous issue numbers, instead starting again from No. 1. The original fanzine was founded and edited by Gary Levy, who lated changed his name to Gary Leigh. He edited the first one hundred issues, before handing over editorial reigns to first David Gibbs (issues 101-110) and finally during the fanzine era Anthony Brown (111-130), after which the professional version was launched. Leigh retained ownership of the title until the early 2000s, when he sold the magazine to Titan. The current editor as of September 2004 is David Bassom. External link
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