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JON PERTWEE AND ELISABETH SLADEN ARE YOUR HOSTS FOR A VISIT TO THE SET OF DOCTOR WHO!

Highlights of the new issue include:

• Newly discovered interviews conducted at the heart of production on Death to the Daleks and Planet of the Spiders.
• The Doctor Who directing masterclass, featuring exclusive interviews with directors Joe Ahearne, Richard Clark, Graeme Harper, Douglas Mackinnon, Saul Metzstein, Jamie Magnus Stone and Rachel Talalay.
• An exclusive preview of the Power of the Daleks Special Edition, including a selection of rare colour photos from the original 1966 production.
• The previously untold story of three young Doctor Who enthusiasts at the dawn of fandom in the early 1970s. One would go on to play the Doctor…
• Carole Ann Ford and Sophie Aldred compare their Doctor Who
• The results of DWM’s annual season survey.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 2013 episode Cold War.
• The final instalment of DWM’s lockdown viewing, with a guide to stories available on DVD and streaming services.
• A look at The Night Walkers, the landmark 1969 comic strip that depicted the Second Doctor’s regeneration.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 553 is on sale from Thursday 25 June £5.99 (UK)

THE FIRST DOCTOR’S GREATEST ADVENTURES – CHOSEN BY THE READERS OF DWM!
Thirty-two First Doctor stories battled for the top spot in our epic Twitter contest. Which is the fans’ favourite?

Issue 552 also includes:

• Series 11 writers Pete McTighe, Vinay Patel and Joy Wilkinson interview each other.
• Mark Gatiss answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
• Time and Space Visualiser presents a rare William Hartnell interview, conducted during rehearsals for The Sensorites in 1964.
• 50 brilliant things about Doctor Who – not including Doctor Who!
• A tribute to Doctor Who writer Pip Baker.
• A previously unpublished interview with Pip and Jane Baker.
• The Fact of Fiction explores Parts Nine to Twelve of 1986’s The Trial of a Time Lord.
• More of DWM’s recommended lockdown viewing, with a guide to stories available on DVD and streaming services.
• A look at Race Against Time, a game book in the 1986 Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who series.
• A review of The Maze of Doom, the latest Doctor Who book by David Solomons.
• The final part of The Piggybackers, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 552 is on sale from Thursday 28 May 2020 £5.99 (UK)

“Steven, you know full well we’re always winging it…”

FORMER DOCTOR WHO SHOWRUNNERS RUSSELL T DAVIES AND STEVEN MOFFAT INTERVIEW EACH OTHER!

Issue 551 also includes:

• Extended Production Notes from current showrunner Chris Chibnall.
• Composer Segun Akinola reveals his inspirations for the Series 12 soundtrack.
• In the first virtual Out of the TARDIS, Neil Gaiman answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 1984 classic The Caves of Androzani.
• A tribute to the late David Collings (Revenge of the Cybermen, The Robots of Death, Mawdryn Undead), including extracts from a previously unpublished interview.
• How Doctor Who fans around the world are staying connected during the lockdown.
• A lockdown viewing guide to Doctor Who stories that are available on DVD and streaming services.
• A look at Birth of a Renegade, a short Doctor Who story from the Radio Times 20th Anniversary Special.
• A review of the Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 14 Blu-ray box set.
• Time and Space Visualiser presents a lockdown special, with contributions from former Doctors and companions.
• Public Image presents a full round-up of how Series 12 performed in the ratings.
• Part Three of The Piggybackers, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 551 is on sale from Thursday 30 April 2020 £5.99 (UK)

Doctor who Magazine issue 550 celebrates Doctor Who’s mid-70s classics. Highlights include:

• Showrunner Chris Chibnall and former producer Philip Hinchcliffe – together at the Doctor Who studio!
• Director Michael E Briant describes the making of his 1977 classic The Robots of Death.
• Sadie Miller remembers her mother, Sarah Jane Smith actress Elisabeth Sladen.
• The Doctor Who Magazine review of Series 12 – every episode from Spyfall to The Timeless Children!
• A diary and scrapbook of 1976-77 – the extraordinary months that spanned the broadcast of Season 14.
• A new presentation of Dr Who and the Hell Planet, a 1976 short story by Terrance Dicks.
• A review of the new, animated version of The Faceless Ones.
• How Robert Holmes reimagined the Time Lords for his 1976 story The Deadly Assassin.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 2006 story Tooth and Claw.
• A look at Exploration Earth: The Time Machine, a 1976 schools programme starring Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen.
• Updates on Doctor Who luminaries, past and present, with Time and Space Visualiser.
• Public Image analyses the ratings for the final episodes of Series 12.
  Part Two of The Piggybackers, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

PLUS:

• 1977-style poster magazine
• TARDIS control-room diorama
• Talons of Weng-Chiang music-hall poster
• Six collectors’ cards
• Four-part Big Finish download

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 550 is on sale from Thursday 2 April 2020 £9.99 (UK)

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: JO MARTIN IS THE DOCTOR!

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine has an exclusive interview with Jo Martin, who guest-starred as the Doctor in Fugitive of the Judoon and The Timeless Children. Other highlights include:

• Ray Holman reveals how he created the costume worn by Jo Martin’s Doctor.
• A celebration of ten years of the Eleventh Doctor with new insights from former showrunner Steven Moffat.
• An exclusive preview of the new, animated version of The Faceless Ones.
• A disc-by-disc guide to the new Season 14 Blu-ray box set.
• The second part of an interview with Timothy Combe, director of Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Mind of Evil.
• Plot Devices revisits some of the real historical figures the Doctor has met over the years.
• The Fact of Fiction continues its epic exploration of The Daleks’ Master Plan.
• How to recreate the Fifth Doctor’s costume.
• A new series of articles begins with a look back at The Fishmen of Kandalinga.
• Updates on Doctor Who luminaries, past and present, with Time and Space Visualiser.
• Public Image looks at how Doctor Who is doing in the TV ratings.
• Share your views about the latest series of Doctor Who in the annual season survey.
• Part One of The Piggybackers, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

On sale from Thursday 5 March 2020

£5.99 (UK)

SACHA DHAWAN ON THE RETURN OF THE MASTER!

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine has an exclusive, in-depth interview with Sacha Dhawan. Other highlights include:

• A choice of collectable covers, one featuring Sacha Dhawan and one featuring Jodie Whittaker.
• Exclusive previews of the final four episodes of Series 12.
• The latest Production Notes from showrunner Chris Chibnall.
• A report from the filming of Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror at the Nu Boyana Film Studios in Bulgaria.
• An exclusive interview with Robert Glenister, who played Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror.
• A tribute to the 1960s writer and story editor Donald Tosh.
• Peter Purves shares his memories of Donald Tosh.
• The director of Doctor Who and the Silurians, Timothy Combe, looks back on its production.
• Remembering the late Doctor Who comic-strip artist Bill Mevin.
• Updates on Doctor Who luminaries, past and present, with new feature Time and Space Visualiser.
• Public Image looks at how Doctor Who is doing in the TV ratings.
• The Fact of Fiction continues its epic exploration of The Daleks’ Master Plan.
• The final part of Mistress of Chaos, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Reviews of the Series 5 Blu-ray Steelbook and Sophie Aldred’s novel At Childhood’s End.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

On sale from Thursday 6 February 2020

£5.99 (UK)

OUT OF THE TARDIS WITH BRADLEY WALSH!

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine also includes:

• The second part of an exclusive, in-depth interview with showrunner Chris Chibnall.
• Interviews with the new writers of Series 12.
• Exclusive previews of the next four episodes.
• The untold story of Denis Alan Print, the Doctor Who merchandise company co-owned by Tom Baker.
• Doctor Who’s top ten Master reveals.
• Behind the scenes at the OFFSTAGE Theatre Group, whose Doctor Who plays and comedy sketches were popular at conventions from 2003 to 2013.
• The Fact of Fiction begins an epic exploration of The Daleks’ Master Plan.
• Part Five of Mistress of Chaos, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• The answers to DWM’s Christmas Quiz.
• Reviews of the Season 26 Blu-ray box set and the new vinyl edition of The Web Planet.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

On sale from Thursday 9 January 2020

£5.99 (UK)



DWM 547 is also available as a strictly limited Deluxe Edition, exclusive to WH Smith and store.panini.co.uk priced £9.99.

In addition to the latest issue of DWM, the Deluxe Edition includes:

• An exclusive 76-minute music CD, featuring 22 classic and rare tracks from 1963 to 1989.
• A 32-page supplement, comprising classic comic-strip stories featuring the Master.
• A giant double-sided poster.
• A Series 12 art card.
• Three Big Finish audio dramas to download.
• Big Finish stickers.­­

With thanks to those kind folks at DWM.

THE WORLD CUP OF THE DALEKS

Thirty-two Dalek stories battled for supremacy in our epic Twitter contest. Which is the fans’ favourite?

Highlights of this issue include:

• A 16-page celebration of the Daleks, including the results of DWM’s online tournament.
• An exclusive Series 12 update.
• Writer and director Pete McTighe goes behind the scenes on The Promise, his new trailer for the Season 26 Blu-ray box set.
• Sophie Aldred discusses her on-screen return as Ace.
  Production designer Arwel Jones gives DWM a tour of the Thirteenth Doctor’s TARDIS.
• The first part of an exclusive interview with former script editor Andrew Cartmel.
• A preview of Tiny Rebel’s final Doctor Who: Infinity
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 1973 story Carnival of Monsters.
• The answers to last issue’s fiendishly difficult quiz about the first 40 years of DWM.
• Part Three of Mistress of Chaos, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• The Blogs of Doom, audio and book reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

On sale from Thursday 14 November 2019 £5.99 (UK)

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY!

The celebratory issue comes with:

• A 100-MINUTE DOCTOR WHO DVD including exclusive and previously unseen material.
• A 32-PAGE SUPPLEMENT featuring an index of DWM and its sister publications, from 1979 to the present day.
• A DOWNLOAD CODE for 11 complete hour-long audio adventures from Big Finish.

Other highlights of this issue include:

• Exclusive interviews with showrunners Chris Chibnall, Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat.
• Doctor Who Weekly’s founding editor Dez Skinn and its original features writer Jeremy Bentham reunite to discuss the magazine’s earliest days.
• Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell pays tribute to his friend and mentor Terrance Dicks.
• A previously unpublished interview with Terrance Dicks, in which he remembers his working life away from Doctor Who.
• Highlights from the original, unpublished manuscript of The Eight Doctors, Terrance’s first commission for BBC Books’ range of original Doctor Who
• Professional Doctor Who fiction writers select highlights of Terrance’s Target novelisations and other books.
• A look back at how readers’ views of Doctor Who episodes, as expressed in DWM’s Season Survey results, have evolved over the last four decades.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 1979 story The Creature from the Pit.
• A fiendishly difficult quiz, all about the first 40 years of Doctor Who Magazine.
• Part Two of Mistress of Chaos, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

On sale from Thursday 17 October 2019 £9.99 (UK)

TODAY’S DOCTOR WHO WRITERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE SERIES’ PIONEERS

Featuring exclusive contributions from: Paul Cornell, Sarah Dollard, Matthew Graham, Peter Harness, Pete McTighe, Steven Moffat, James Moran, Rona Munro, Robert Shearman and Toby Whithouse.

This issue also includes:

• Exclusive interviews with Billie Piper and Camille Coduri ahead of Big Finish’s new audio series Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon.
• The Robots of Ravolox– investigating Robert Holmes final mystery.
• Bonnie Langford answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
• 1980s script editor Eric Saward reflects on the troubled production of The Trial of a Time Lord.
• The Trial of a Time Lord on trial: could it be Doctor Who’s most underrated story?
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 2008 Tenth Doctor story Planet of the Ood.
• An exclusive preview of Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 23.
• Part Three of Power of the Mobox, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

On sale from Thursday 22 August 2019 £5.99 (UK)

HIDDEN TREASURES FROM ONE OF THE SERIES’ GREATEST DIRECTORS – ONLY IN DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 541!

Previously unseen images and new insights on the stories Christopher Barry directed: The Daleks, The Rescue, The Romans, The Savages, The Power of the Daleks, The Dæmons, The Mutants, Robot, The Brain of Morbius and The Creature from the Pit.

Also in this issue:

• Director Michael E Briant, actress Kay Patrick and writer Marc Platt recall working with Christopher Barry.
• Jon Pertwee reflects on life after Doctor Who in the second part of an interview conducted at his first ever convention appearance in 1977.
• David Bradley answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the Eleventh Doctor story The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.
• Reviews of the Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 10 Blu-rays and Eric Saward’s Resurrection of the Daleks novelisation.
• Part Two of Power of the Mobox, a new comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

DWM 541 is on sale from Thursday 25 July, priced £5.99.

With kind thanks to those folks at DWM.

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE CELEBRATES JON PERTWEE’S CENTENARY WITH 30 PAGES DEVOTED TO THE THIRD DOCTOR!

This issue includes:

• The World Cup of the Third Doctor. How did your favourite story fare in our epic Twitter tournament?
• Lost for more than 40 years – a candid interview with Jon Pertwee from the very first Doctor Who convention in 1977.
• An exclusive interview with Jon’s son, actor Sean Pertwee.
• A previously unpublished interview with Barry Letts, who produced most of the Third Doctor’s stories and co-wrote classics like The Dæmons and The Green Death.
• An exclusive update on the production of Series 12 from showrunner Chris Chibnall.
• Katy Manning, who played the Third Doctor’s companion Jo Grant, visits the Time Team.
• The second part of an interview with costume designer Howard Burden, who created outfits for the Twelfth Doctor, Clara and Missy.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the Twelfth Doctor story Time Heist.
• DWM’s review of the Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 10 Blu-ray box set.
• The Legacy of Time – DWM talks exclusively to the cast and crew behind one of the most ambitious Doctor Who adventures ever, which features no fewer than six Doctors.
• Part One of Power of the Mobox, a new comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

DWM 540 is on sale from Thursday 27 June, priced £5.99.

With kind thanks to those folks at DWM.

EXCLUSIVE JODIE WHITTAKER INTERVIEW IN DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 539!

This issue also includes:

• The latest Production Notes from showrunner Chris Chibnall.
• Former Doctor David Tennant discusses Jodie Whittaker.
• Howard Burden recalls designing costumes for three different Doctors.
• The second part of a candid interview with 1980s script editor Eric Saward.
• What topped the DWM season poll? We reveal the results!
• We talk to the team behind the Blu-ray special edition of 1973’s Planet of the Daleks.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 2005 story The Long Game.
• Eric Saward previews his novelisations of Resurrection and Revelation of the Daleks.
• Is Doctor Who a kids’ show? The Time Team decides.
• How to recreate the Second Doctor’s ‘cosmic hobo’ style.
• The final part of Herald of Madness, a comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

DWM 539 is on sale from 30 May, priced £5.99.

With kind thanks to those folks at DWM.

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NEW COMPOSER SEGUN AKINOLA – ONLY IN DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 538!

This issue also includes:

• A candid interview with Eric Saward, Doctor Who’s longest-serving script editor.
• Former showrunner Steven Moffat discusses Eric’s legacy.
• Robert Allsopp describes his unusual contributions to Doctor Who’s prop and costume departments – from the Sylvester McCoy episodes to the present day.
• Alex Mercer describes what it’s like to be one of the current producers of Doctor Who.
• Storyboard artist James Iles talks us through some of his stunning illustrations.
• Jacqueline King – aka Sylvia Noble – answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
• A tribute to Shane Rimmer, who guest starred in The Gunfighters in 1966.
• Part Four of Herald of Madness, a new comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• How one cosplayer became the War Doctor’s companion.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 1979 story Nightmare of Eden.
• The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

DWM 538 is on sale from 2 May, priced £5.99.

With kind thanks to those folks at DWM

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 537 REVEALS THE REMAKE OF MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN!

This issue also includes:

• What does it takes to become a Stenza warrior? Actor Samuel Oatley explains.
• An interview with the man behind the new version of Mission to the Unknown.
• Colin Baker and the cast of The Ultimate Adventure look back on the Doctor Who stageplay.
• Backstage with Colin Baker at Leeds’ Grand Theatre in 1989.
• War World – an in-depth look at the script originally intended for the 1989 stage production.
• Cyber Leader David Banks dips into the TARDIS tin.
• Tributes to the king of Doctor Who extras Pat Gorman and visual effects designer Richard Gregory.
• Former script editor Andrew Cartmel remembers Happiness Patrol writer Graeme Curry.
• A preview of this year’s Record Store Day releases.
• Part Three of Herald of Madness, a new comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• How to dress like the First Doctor – along with his friends and foes.
• Does the 1996 TV movie impress the Time Team?
• The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

DWM 537 is on sale from 4 April, priced £5.99.

With kind thanks to those folks at DWM