This week’s issue of Doctor Who Adventures comes with a free growing monster. Just add water to grow your own Weeping Angel.

If you have ever wanted to learn how to draw one of the most powerful creatures in the universe then the magazine shows you how to draw a Dalek, the Doctor’s oldest enemy.

Also this week, backstage secrets from the man who decorates the sets of Doctor Who and the story of River Song, the only person to know the Doctor’s real name.

All this, plus: some jokes, a comic strip and a puzzles section, including a Weeping Angel word search.

Issue 184 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is out in the UK on Thursday.

This week’s issue of Doctor Who Adventures comes with a free Doctor Who notebook and pencil set, as well as an extra gift – a set of Top Gear Turbo Challenge trading cards.

Check out the issue for 40 weird and wonderful facts such as the Doctor is 907 years old. There is enough Who info to fill a TARDIS.

Plus readers are offered 10% off Doctor Who Live tickets, there is a monster quiz and brand-new puzzles section.

Issue 181 of Doctor Who Adventures comes with a back-to-school monster stationery set.

There is a Cyberman fact file, a vital guide to all the horrible Cybermen out there. Plus, a chance to win life-size cardboard cutouts of the Doctor, Amy, the TARDIS, a Dalek Drone or a Weeping Angel.

Also this week, ‘"A day in the life of a... MONSTER MOVER"’: all the backstage info from Alisa Berk, who tells what it’s like to choreograph creepy creatures.

Plus a new ‘Monster Laughs’ jokes feature and 3 posters.

Figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations show Doctor Who Adventures Magazine had an average circulation figure of 53,559 for the 25 issues published between 1st January and 30th June 2010. The figure is up compared to the last six months of 2009 but down on the first six months of 2009. 8,034 subscriptions were in force during the period. The weekly magazine has been published by BBC Worldwide since the spring of 2006. The circulation peaked in 2007 when it had an average circulation of around 155,000.

Figures are also available for the first time for Doctor Who Magazine, which had an average circulation figure of 35,374 for the 7 issues published in the first half of the year. 73% of the readers were in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. 4,476 subscriptions are in force for the magazine with 27 interested parties receiving free copies. The magazine is currently selling more issues than at any time since the mid eighties. Before the return of the series in 2005 the average circulation was 12,000. Doctor Who Magazine is published by Panini UK and was named in April by Guinness World Records as the world's Longest Running Magazine Based on a Television Series.

Radio Times had a circulation of 947,131,

Issue 170 of Doctor Who Adventures comes with a free set of mini Daleks.

Inside, you can read about the attack of the alien granny, nasty Mrs Poggit and her third green eyeball, there is a challenge to find your way round the Maze of the Dead without blinking, and you can check out what adventures lie in store for the Doctor this Saturday in the top-secret sneak preview of The Lodger!

Plus Matt Smith's diary from the set of Vincent and the Doctor, find out what was on his MP3, a new comic and four posters.

In this week's issue, Doctor Who Adventures takes a look at Rory and reveals what's cracking the universe.

The Magazine looks ahead to find out what is in store for the Doctor and Amy in their next adventure in the top-secret guide to Vincent and the Doctor.

This issue comes with an inflatable TARDIS!

With Amy in peril and an army of Silurians preparing to attack mankind, this weeks Doctor Who Adventures looks back at the best bits from last week’s episode, The Hungry Earth.

There is a sneak peek at the second part of the Silurian story, Cold Blood and an interview with actress Meera Syal, who reveals what she loved about being in Doctor Who.

The magazine also goes behind the scenes on the Croatian set of The Vampires of Venice, and includes a free Doctor Who Yo-Yo and stickers, four Doctor Who posters and a monster memory game.

This week's Doctor Who Adventures has all the best bits from last week's episode, Amy's Choice: gruesome grannies spewing alien eyes, Rory with a ponytail, an ice-cold star that threatened to freeze the TARDIS and a mysterious Dream Lord!

You can also check out the ultimate Dalek battles, fast facts on the Sontarans, exclusive posters and a brand-new comic adventure.

Plus an TARDIS notebook and pen.

With dangerous alien fish on the loose and fangs a plenty, Doctor Who Adventures looks back at an episode that had a real bite - The Vampires of Venice.

With just weeks to go until the first Doctor Who Adventure Game, there is a look at what is in store and how you can help the Doctor defeat the Daleks and save planet Earth.

Want to know how they made the Weeping Angels? The Magazine goes behind the scenes at The Time of the Angels and Flesh and Stone shoot and finds out all the details.

Plus a preview this week’s episode, Amy’s Choice. Find out what the Doctor discovers when he visits Amy and Rory five years in their future.

Also in the magazine:

• FREE Doctor Who stationery set!
• Win your very own life-size Weeping Angel
• 10 essential facts about Amy and Rory

This week's Doctor Who Adventures looks back at all the frights in the Angel-packed episodes.

Alex Kingston, who plays River Song, tells all about her mysterious character. Find out what she thought of Matt Smith the first time she met him and what she thinks River’s secret is.

Also in the magazine Matt Smith talks about the episodes with the Weeping Angels and how they were the first story he recorded in his exclusive diary.

Behind the scenes inside the TARDIS! Check out all the levers, switches and gizmos in the Doctor’s amazing spaceship.

Plus:

• Preview of episode six, The Vampires of Venice
• Doctor Who bag!
• The chance to win your own life-size Weeping Angel
• 10 terrifying facts about the Angels