DWM Special Edition - The View from Behind the Sofa

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition - The View from Behind the Sofa (Credit: Panini)

Doctor Who Magazine previews the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Season 13 in a special issue about the series’ Gothic horror episodes.

Every print copy includes a new and exclusive compilation CD from BBC Audiobooks!

 Doctor Who Magazine editor Marcus Hearn says

The stories in Tom Baker’s first three seasons have a formidable reputation.This is an issue that celebrates the classis Gothic horror era.

We’ve got the inside story on the restoration of the new Blu-rays, and we reveal the new Skarasen as it appears in the Special Edition of Terror of the Zygons.

Elsewhere in the magazine, Louise Jameson has brought her unique insight to a new adventure with the Fourth Doctor and Leela. The CD includes an exclusive preview of The Loch Ness Monster, as well as highlights from 14 other Target audiobooks.

The whole package is a real collectors’ edition – and the perfect companion to the new Season 13 box set.

Highlights of the new issue include:

  • Behind the scenes on the shoot that brought the Skarasen back to life.

  • The restoration secrets of Terror of the Zygons and the other stories in The Collection: Season 13.

  • An exclusive interview with Anna Ridley, the designer of 1977’s Image of the Fendahl.

  • A look at the late-night TV schedules of the mid-1970s, with details of the horror-film screenings that inspired producer Philip Hinchcliffe and script editor Robert Holmes. 

  • The surprising story behind The Brain of Morbius – revealed by recently discovered documents in the archive of director Christopher Barry. 

  • Doctor Who’s most controversial episodes – were any of Mary Whitehouse’s complaints justified?

  • Eye witnesses share their memories of the 1975 location shoot for The Android Invasion. 

  • The unmade Robert Holmes stories that would have taken Doctor Who even further into the dark side.

  • The life and career of Louis Marks, who wrote The Masque of Mandragora.

  • A guide to the Fourth Doctor’s friends and foes during the Gothic horror years.

PLUS

    A new and exclusive short story by Louise Jameson, who played Leela.

    AND MUCH MORE!

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Gothic Horror is on sale now, RRP £10.99 from panini.co.uk and good news retailers while stocks last. 

It’s also available digitally from pocketmags.com priced £9.99.





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