Doctor Who Magazine Special 54

Wednesday, 8 January 2020 - Reported by Marcus

The latest Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition is out now.

Highlights include:

An in-depth interview with Doctor Who’s executive producer Matt Strevens.
Jodie Whittaker on her second year as the Doctor.
Mandip Gill, aka Yaz, answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
Shaun Dooley and Jodie Whittaker recall the making of the charity album Got it Covered.
Terrance Dicks’ widow, Elsa, and his former Target Books editor, Brenda Gardner, pay tribute to the much-loved writer.
Twenty years since its original broadcast, Steven Moffat remembers The Curse of Fatal Death.
Highlights of the Series 12 press day.
Inside the popular YouTube series Terry Nation Army.
Digital artist Sophie Cowdrey discusses her work.
The past, present and future of the Doctor Who Blu-ray collection.
Behind the scenes of the Doctor Who Figurine Collection.
The 20 landmark Doctor Who audio releases from Big Finish.
A look back at the 2019 production of Mission to the Unknown.
Reviews of the final two Doctor Who: Infinity games and the new independent drama Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor.
Tributes to Doctor Who luminaries who passed away in 2019.

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Sat 11:00pm PDT
The Seeds of Doom: Part One

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

Sat 11:30pm PDT
The Seeds of Doom: Part Two

(Repeated: Sun 4:30am)

Sat 11:00pm PDT
The Seeds of Doom: Part Three

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

The War Games: Episode Two premiered on BBC One in 1969 at 5:14pm BST, watched by 6.30 million viewers.

Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Two premiered on BBC One in 1975 at 5:30pm BST, watched by 8.30 million viewers.

Death Comes To Time (pt 2) premiered on BBC Online in 2002 at 12:00pm BST

The Sontaran Stratagem premiered on BBC One in 2008 at 6:19pm BST, watched by 7.06 million viewers.

Send in the Clones premiered on BBC Three in 2008 at 7:05pm BST

Birthdays

Susannah Harker is 59 today - 3 credits, including Clare Keightley in Shada (Online)(Misc)

Ron Donachie is 68 today - 2 credits, including Steward in Tooth and Claw

Lois Baxter is 77 today - 3 credits, including Lamia in The Androids of Tara

Harry Fielder (died 2021 aged 80) would be 84 today - 13 credits, including Crew of Wheel in The Wheel In Space

Gareth Gwenlan is 87 today - 3 credits, including Assistant Floor Manager for The Savages

Donald Cotton (died 1999 aged 71) would be 96 today - 2 credits, including Writer for The Myth Makers

Graham Ashley (died 1979 aged 52) would be 97 today - credited as Overseer in The Underwater Menace

Derek Waring (died 2007 aged 79) would be 97 today - credited as Shardovan in Castrovalva

Donald Eccles (died 1986 aged 77) would be 116 today - credited as Krasis in The Time Monster

Deaths

Ann Davies (died 2022 aged 87) - credited as Jenny in The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Rupert Jarvis (died 2013) - 4 credits, including Costume Designer for Underworld

Michael Coles (died 2005 aged 68) - credited as Ganatus in Dr Who and the Daleks(Aaru)

Barry Gray (died 1984 aged 75) - 2 credits, including Electronic Music for Dr Who and the Daleks(Aaru)

Kevin Lindsay (died 1975 aged 51) - 3 credits, including Cho je in Planet of the Spiders