In the wake of the sudden departure of Dez Skinn from Marvel UK in 1980, there were several organisational changes. But it was Paul Neary, new editor of the Weekly Comics line who proposed that I take over the comics-and-features magazine Doctor Who Monthly, and turn Conan, Rampage and the by-then monthly Marvel Superheroes over to him. It made sense and I readily agreed.
While Starburst ran pretty fluidly, I had a few teething problems on the Doctor Who title. The magazine was set up to contain an 8-page lead Doctor Who comic strip, drawn by the brilliant Dave Gibbons (or "World's Greatest Comics Artist" as I cheerily addressed him), and a 4-page back-up story drawn by all-comers.
The first back-up strip I was to run had been scripted by legend-in-the-making Alan Moore and drawn by David Lloyd. My problem was that there were too many words in the script for the lettering artist to fit into the available space for speech balloons.

Had I been involved at an earlier stage I might've been able to do something about this, but I was stuck with final artwork and a very difficult choice. It was a no-win situation.
The first thing I did was call Alan Moore. Not surprisingly, he wasn't best pleased that I wanted to cut dialogue from his script. I tried to explain that it was either that or we wouldn't see any of Lloydy's artwork. I even suggested that Alan edit the copy down himself. To his credit, he wasn't rude to me, but he was never as friendly towards me after that as he had been before. I bit the bullet and cut the copy myself ... reluctantly.
The other problem I had with Doctor Who Monthly was that I had a strong feeling that the lead strip wasn't capturing the essence of the TV show. The writer on the strip was British veteran Steve Moore. He'd had extensive experience at IPC both as an editor and as a scripter, but I don't think he cared much for Doctor Who and appeared to be writing it his own way.