Doctor Who Magazine Issue 559 talks to Jodie Whittaker, John Barrowman and Chris Chibnal as the preview the New Year episode of Doctor Who, Revolution of the Daleks. 

Highlights of the new issue include:

• An exclusive preview of the New Year’s Day Special, featuring contributions from Jodie Whittaker, John Barrowman, Chris Noth, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Chris Chibnall, director Lee Haven Jones and costume designer Ray Holman.
• The latest from showrunner Chris Chibnall in his Production Notes.
• A behind-the-scenes look at the trailer for the Season 8 Blu-ray box set, with writer and director Pete McTighe, Katy Manning and Stewart Bevan.
• Christmas with the Doctor – a fresh look at stories that were broadcast during the festive period between 1963 and 1989.
• What did missing 1965 episode The Feast of Steven actually look like? DWM’s CGI recreation offers some clues.
• The strange story of the 1964 record I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek.
• Interviews with the team behind the immersive theatre experience Time Fracture.
• The final instalment of a two-part article exploring David Whitaker’s influence on the Daleks.
• The Fact of Fiction analyses the 2014 Festive Special Last Christmas.
• Apocrypha rediscovers the bizarre 1965 comic strip A Christmas Story.
• The DWM Christmas Quiz!
• The first part of The White Dragon, a new comic-strip adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor.
• Previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, The Blogs of Doom and more.
• PLUS a giant, double-sided poster!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 559 is on sale from Thursday 10 December

£6.99 (UK)

Doctor Who Magazine is out this week and concentrates on Doctor Who collectables. 

Highlights of the new issue include:

• An 18-page celebration of the show’s best-loved collectables, including Dalek Rolykins, Weetabix cards, Dapol action figures, Doctor Who Adventures toys, the Cyberman Voice Changer and much more.
• An exclusive Series 13 update from showrunner Chris Chibnall in his Production Notes.
• A look at how Doctor Who props and costumes have sold at auction – including some of the record prices and the bargains!
• To mark 40 years of BBC Children in Need, the story of Doctor Who’s close relationship with the charity telethons.
• The first instalment of a two-part article exploring David Whitaker’s influence on the Daleks in the 1960s.
• An interview with actor Colin Spaull, who appeared in 1985’s Revelation of the Daleks and 2006’s Rise of the Cyberman/The Age of Steel.

·         The Fact of Fiction explores the 2008 story The Fires of Pompeii.

• The final part of Time Lord Victorious: Monstrous Beauty, a new comic-strip adventure for the Ninth Doctor and Rose.

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Previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, The Blogs of Doom and more!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 558 is on sale from Thursday 12 November

£5.99 (UK)

First published in TV Century 21 from 1965 to 1967, The Daleks was devised by Terry Nation and largely written by Doctor Who’s first story editor David Whitaker.

For this collectors’ edition, all 104 instalments have been digitally restored – the vast majority from the original artwork.

The bookazine also includes new features about the writers, illustrators and publishers who created The Daleks, including a detailed interview with artist Ron Turner.

Editor Marcus Hearn says:

The Daleks is on sale at WH Smith, selected supermarkets from Wednesday 11 November priced £9.99 (UK).

It’s also available as a digital edition, priced £8.99, from pocketmags.com.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine included an exclusive preview of the new animated series Daleks!

Highlights include:

• An exclusive look at the new animated YouTube series Daleks!, featuring interviews with the cast and crew members.
• Voice artist Nicholas Briggs explains how he brought the Emperor Dalek to life.
• Doctor Who’s 50 scariest moments, with comments from Maxine Alderton, Chris Chibnall, Frazer Hines, Steven Moffat and more.
• Ray Holman’s guide to the creatures he designed and dressed for Series 12 – with never-before-seen sketches from the Doctor Who Costume Department.
• The second part of Time Lord Victorious: Monstrous Beauty, a new comic-strip adventure for the Ninth Doctor and Rose.
• A new regular feature on memorabilia looks at how to collect the Doctor Who Annual.
• The Fact of Fiction continues its exploration of the 1964 story Marco Polo, plus interviews with Carole Ann Ford, Philip Voss and production assistant Penny Joy.
• Apocrypha rediscovers the 1987 comic-strip The World Shapers
• Reviews of new books The Monster Vault and The Knight, the Fool and the Dead.

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Also includes previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, The Blogs of Doom and more.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 557 is on sale from Thursday 15 October £5.99 (UK)

The Doctor Who Magazine Special Editions return with a lavish new issue devoted to the series’ production design.

Production designers are some of the unsung heroes of Doctor Who, bringing outlandish script concepts to life and recreating historical settings for one of the BBC’s most demanding productions. Initially responsible for creating alien creatures as well as bizarre planets and other exotic destinations, designers have played a central role in the series’ production since it began in 1963.

This richly illustrated Special Edition examines the production designer's craft in unprecedented detail.

Exclusive interviews and rarely seen images provide a fascinating insight into the artistry behind a television legend.

Highlights include numerous rare images and exclusive interviews with the key players, including:

• Jeremy Bear (The Mutants)
• Nigel Curzon (Terror of the Zygons)
• Arwel Wyn Jones (production designer on the 2018 series)
• Michael Pickwoad (production designer on the 2010-17 series)
• Jon Pusey (The Pirate Planet)ï‚· Stephen Scott (Mawdryn Undead)
• Dafydd Shurmer (production designer from the 2020 series)
• Edward Thomas (production designer on the 2005-10 series)ï‚· Tom Yardley-Jones (The Leisure Hive)

 Other highlights include:

• Features on the design of Doctor Who in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and2010s
• Bill Constable’s previously unpublished designs for the 1965 movie Dr. Who and the Daleks
• Barry Newbery’s designs for The Aztecs
• Recreating sets for The Evil of the Daleks with its designer, Chris Thompson

Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 55: Production Design is sale at WH Smith, selected supermarkets and online from store.panini.co.uk from Wednesday 30 September 2020 priced £6.99.

It’s also available as a digital edition, priced £5.99, from pocketmags.com

Issue 556 of Doctor Who Magazine heralds the start of Time Lord Victorious the Multi-format Doctor Who series launching this Autumn. 

Highlights of the new issue include

• A bonus 20-page supplement featuring the first part of Time Lord Victorious: Monstrous Beauty, an exclusive new comic-strip adventure for the Ninth Doctor and Rose
• A detailed guide to Time Lord Victorious and an interview with producer James Goss
• Tracy-Ann Oberman answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
• A celebration of Virgin Publishing’s New Adventures novels, including contributions from authors including Russell T Davies, Paul Cornell and Mark Gatiss.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 1964 story Marco Polo, plus interviews with Waris Hussein, Brian Hodgson and Derek Ware
• The untold story behind a proposed season of Doctor Who repeats in the late 1970s
• Apocrypha looks at Doctor Who Fights Masterplan “Q”
• A review of the new animated version of Fury from the Deep.

Previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and The Blogs of Doom…PLUS!

• A giant double-sided poster.
• A diorama of the Ninth Doctor’s TARDIS control room.
• A download code for a complete, six-part audio adventure from Big Finish.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 556 is on sale from Thursday 17 September Â£9.99 (UK)

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine goes back to the 1970's to investigate a TARDIS journey we never saw. 

Highlights of the new issue include:

• The story behind a bizarre and long-lost adventure starring Tom Baker as the Doctor.
• Derek Jacobi answers questions from the TARDIS Tin.
• An exclusive preview of the new animated version of Fury from the Deep.
• How Doctor Who was nearly cancelled in 1970… and how the show was saved.
• How Doctor Who joined the satellite revolution on Super Channel and UK Gold.
• The inside story of BSB’s Doctor Who Weekend – 30 years on.
• The Controversial Continuity of Doctor Who companions, the Silurians, UNIT dating and time travel.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 2014 story Mummy on the Orient Express.
• Apocrypha revisits Continuity Errors, Steven Moffat’s first professional Doctor Who story.
• A review of The Power of the Daleks Special Edition.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 555 is on sale from Thursday 20 August £5.99 (UK)

• 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 Sensoritesin 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!

• 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 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!