SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 5)

 TCW/DW Term Trust 2003
(TMT)
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)

 87234U108
(CUSIP Number)

George W. Karpus, President
Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a
Karpus Investment Management
183 Sullys Trail
Pittsford, New York 14534
(585) 586-4680

(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)

October 9, 2003
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the
Acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1 (b) (3) or (4), check the following box. [x]

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ITEM 1	Security and Issuer
		Common Stock
		TCW/DW Term Trust 2003
		Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc.
		1221 Avenue of the Americas
		New York, NY   10020
ITEM 2	Identity and Background
		a) Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
		(?KIM?)
		George W. Karpus, President, Director and Controlling Stockholder
		JoAnn VanDegriff, Vice President and Director
		Sophie Karpus, Director
		b) 183 Sullys Trail
		Pittsford, New York 14534
		c) Principal business and occupation - Investment Management for
		individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations,
		endowments, trust and others, specializing in conservative asset
		management (i.e. fixed income investments).
		d) None of George W. Karpus, Jo Ann Van Degriff, or Sophie Karpus
		(?the Principals?) or KIM has been convicted in the past five years of
		any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations).
		e) During the last five years non-of the principals or KIM has been a party
		to a civil proceeding as a result of which any of them is subject to a
		judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of or
		prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state
		securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
		f) Each of the Principals is a United States citizen.
		KIM is a New York corporation.
ITEM 3	Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations
		KIM, an independent investment advisor, has accumulated shares of TMT
		on behalf of accounts that are managed by KIM (?the Accounts?) under
		limited powers of attorney.  All funds that have been utilized in making
		such purchases are from such Accounts.
ITEM 4	Purpose of Transaction
		KIM has purchased Shares for investment purposes.  Being primarily a
		fixed income manager, with a specialty focus in the closed end fund
		sector, the profile of TMT fit the investment guidelines for various
		Accounts.  Shares have been acquired since February 22, 1995.
ITEM 5 	Interest in Securities of the Issuer
a) As of the date of this report, KIM owns 5,073,055 shares, which
represents 6.54% of the outstanding Shares.   George W. Karpus presently
owns 31,900 shares purchased February 27, 1997 at $7.34 (3400 shares),
December 4, 1998 at $9.5 (3500 shares), June 27, 2003 at $10.62
(15,000 shares), and July 31 at $10.50 (10,000 shares).  Karpus Investment
Management Profit Sharing Plan owns 5,600 shares purchased on
December 4, 1998 at a price of $9.5 per share (1100 shares), March 15,
2001at $10.00 (500 shares), June 24, 2002 at $10.78 (500 shares),
February 21 and 24, 2003 at $10.79 (200 shares),  March 24 at $10.72
(500 shares), June 27 at $10.62 (700 shares), July 1 at $10.60 (1400
shares), and July 8 at $10.61 (700 shares).  Sophie Karpus (Director)
presently owns 2000 shares purchased December 4, 1998 at a price of
$9.50 (700 shares), February 21and 24, 2003 at $10.79 (100 shares),
March 13 at $10.73 (800 shares), and June 27 at $10.62 (400 shares).
Dana R. Consler presently owns 800 shares purchases May 17, 2001 at
$10.09.  None of the other Principals presently owns shares.
		b) KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all of such Shares
		under limited powers of attorney.
c) The first open market purchase occurred on February 22, 1995 as
previously reported.  Open market purchases for the last 60 days for
the Accounts.   There have been no dispositions and no acquisitions,
other than by such open market purchases, during such period unless
indicated.
Date
Shares
Price Per

Date
Shares
Price Per


Share



Share
8/1/2003
13650
10.48

9/2/2203
4300
10.54
8/4/2003
28900
10.51

9/4/2003
400
10.51
8/4/2003
-1500
10.49

9/5/2003
400
10.51
8/5/2003
23800
10.52

9/9/2003
1600
10.51
8/6/2003
5800
10.5

9/10/2003
500
10.52
8/6/2003
-350
10.5

9/11/2003
3950
10.52
8/7/2003
8350
10.5

9/12/2003
8575
10.51
8/8/2003
825
10.52

9/15/2003
10100
10.52
8/11/2003
21500
10.51




8/12/2003
40500
10.51




8/13/2003
28800
10.51




8/14/2003
1100
10.53




8/15/2003
-1550
10.52




8/19/2003
1900
10.51




8/20/2003
2500
10.53




8/21/2003
30000
10.52




8/22/2003
1400
10.54




8/25/2003
2600
10.53




8/26/2003
8500
10.51




8/27/2003
8100
10.52




      The Accounts have the right to receive all dividends from, any proceeds
		from the sale of the Shares.  KIM reserves the right to further accumulate
		or sell shares. None of the Accounts has an interest in shares constituting
		more than 5% of the Shares outstanding.
ITEM 6	Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships with Respect
		to Securities of the Issuer.
		Except as described above, there are no contracts, arrangements,
		understandings or relationships of any kind among the Principals and KIM
		and between any of them and any other person with respect to any of TMT
		securities.
ITEM 7	Materials to be Filed as Exhibits
		Not applicable.



























Signature
	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete,
and correct.
						Karpus Management, Inc.


October 9, 2003 		        	         By:________________________
          Date						        Signature
					      	    George W. Karpus, President
       Name/Title