The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is published this week, and features an interview with Jenna Coleman, during which she discusses the loves and lives of Clara Oswald:

Also inside this issue:

• Rachel Talalay, director of the 2014 series finale two-part finale, reveals the secrets of how Death in Heaven was brought to the screen.
• Peter Purves, who starred as companion Steven Taylor in the 1960s, talks in-depth about his time on Doctor Who.
• Discover fascinating new facts about the acclaimed seventh Doctor story The Greatest Show in Galaxy in The Fact of Fiction.
• Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers’ questions – including the knotty problem of the Doctor's many wives! – in his exclusive column.
• Writer David Fisher, who wrote three memorable stories for the fourth Doctor in the 1970s, revisits his work.
• The Doctor and Clara face Sontarans and Nazis as The Instruments of War continues, a brand-new comic strip written and illustrated by Mike Collins.
• Sarah Jane and the Brigadier are reunited, as the Time Team watch The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane.
• Jaqueline Rayner wonders how the Doctor's companions would get on in the Cubs in Relative Dimensions.
• Last Christmas is put under the spotlight in The DWM Review.
• The Watcher considers the many surprising ways that Doctor Who stories can change from script to screen in Wotcha!.
• The Watcher gives the answers to his Fiendishly Festive Christmas Quiz! How well did you do?
• Have your say on Peter Capaldi’s first series as the Doctor in the DWM Season Survey.

Plus the DWM Crossword, prize-winning competitions, and much more!

The latest Special Edition of Doctor Who Magazine reviews an incredible year for the programme, its spin-offs and licensed merchandise. Highlights include the magazine's first major interview with the show’s executive producer, Brian Minchin, in which he reflects on Peter Capaldi’s first year as the Doctor and looks forward to further adventures with the twelfth Doctor.

Editor Marcus Hearn said:

Also inside the 100 page issue:

• Features on every episode in Peter Capaldi’s first series.
• We speak to the team that accompanied Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on the Doctor Who World Tour.
• Fourth Doctor Tom Baker discusses his return to television and audio Doctor Who.
• Eighth Doctor Paul McGann reveals what he thinks about Capaldi’s Doctor.
• Orchestrator and conductor Ben Foster previews the 2015 Symphonic Spectacular.
• Inside the new ‘making of’ show, Doctor Who Extra.
• Behind the scenes at the new Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff.
• Interviews with some of the key players behind recent books, soundtracks, audio dramas, DVDs, Blu-rays and action figures.
• Highlights from the year’s newspaper and magazine reviews of Doctor Who.
• A round up of Doctor Who’s awards and honours from the last 12 months.
• Detailed tributes to the Doctor Who luminaries who passed away in 2014.
• ...and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine: The 2015 Yearbook is due out on Thursday 18 December.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine previews the festive special, Last Christmas, with head writer Steven Moffat giving the magazine the lowdown on the Doctor's face-off with Santa ...


Also inside this issue:

• DWM talks exclusively to Santa himself, Nick Frost, along with his elf helpers, The Wolf and Ian, played by Nathan McMullen and Dan Starkey. Meanwhile, Michael Troughton, who plays Professor Albert, talks about making his television Doctor Who début, and his close family connection to the series.
• Rachel Talalay, director of this year's phenomenal two-part finale, Dark Water and Death in Heaven, talks to DWM about the challenges of bringing this masterful Cyber-story to our screens.
• DWM comic strip artist Mike Collins goes back to the drawing board and reveals all about his new role as a storyboard artist for the latest television series of Doctor Who.
• Former showrunner Russell T Davies reveals new facts about 2007's Voyage of the Damned in The Fact of Fiction!
• This year gave us a new series and a fantastic new Doctor, and DWM looks over the past 12 months with the Review of 2014!
• The first part of a brand-new comic strip for the Twelfth Doctor and Clara as they embark on a wartime desert adventure in The Instruments of War, written and illustrated by Mike Collins.
• The intrepid Time Team passes comment on 2008’s festive Cyber-Special The Next Doctor.
• It may be Christmas, but Steven Moffat still has time to answer readers’ questions in his exclusive column.
• Jaqueline Rayner compiles her Christmas wish-list for Relative Dimensions.
• The Watcher presents his annual Fiendishly Festive Christmas Quiz!
• Have your say on Peter Capaldi’s first series as the Doctor in the DWM Season Survey.
• Dark Water and Death in Heaven are put under the spotlight in The DWM Review.
• The Watcher goes back to the early days of Doctor Who merchandise in Wotcha!.
• The DWM Crossword, competitions, and much more!

The bumper-sized 100 page DWM Issue 481, which includes a giant double-sided poster, is out tomorrow.

The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out in shops across the UK tomorrow and features a revelation from Michelle Gomez about Missy...

She told DWM:
Asked whether Missy will be returning next year, Gomez replied:

Also in this issue:

• DWM interviews Douglas Mackinnon, the director of Listen, Time Heist and Flatline.
• Steven Moffat answers readers’ questions in his exclusive column.
• DWM investigates the question: 'Is the Doctor a good man?'
• Toby Hadoke pays tribute to the late Lynda Bellingham, the actress who played the Inquistitor in 1986's The Trial of a Time Lord.
• Siobhan Redmond, the new Rani, talks exclusively to DWM about her first audio story.
• The Doctor and Clara’s comic strip adventures continue in The Eye of Torment written by Scott Gray, with art by Martin Geraghty.
• The Fact of Fiction investigates the classic 2005 Ninth Doctor adventure The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.
• The Time Team comments on the blockbuster 2008 Tenth Doctor episode Journey's End.
• Jacqueline Rayner has to stay up late for her Doctor's appointment in Relative Dimensions.
• The DWM Review examines Flatline and In the Forest of the Night.
• The Watcher looks at subtitle howlers in Wotcha!
• The DWM crossword, prize-winning competitions and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine 480 is on sale from Thursday 13 November 2014, priced £4.99.

The latest in Doctor Who Magazine's special bookazine releases, The Essential Doctor Who, is on sale now at WH Smiths and all good newsagents, priced at £9.99.

The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine is due out in the shops on Thursday, 16th October, and sees lead writer Steven Moffat discuss the return of the Cybermen in this year's final adventure:


Also in this issue:

• Extensive previews of episodes 9 to 12 of the new series – Flatline, In the Forest of the Night, Dark Water and Death in Heaven. DWM talks exclusively to writers Jamie Mathieson, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Steven Moffat.
• DWM interviews Samuel Anderson, aka Danny Pink.
• Steven Moffat answers readers’ questions in his exclusive column.
• DWM talks to Derrick Sherwin, Doctor Who's producer in the late 1960s.
• Kill the Moon writer Peter Harness talks in depth about the script for his episode.
• Reviews of the latest TV adventures: Time Heist, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express.
• DWM talks to the stars of the eighth Doctor's latest audio series, Dark Eyes 3, including Paul McGann, Alex Macqueen and Georgia Moffett.
• The Doctor and Clara’s comic strip adventures continue in The Eye of Torment written by Scott Gray, illustrated by Martin Geraghty.
• The Time Team comment on the 2008 Tenth Doctor episode The Stolen Earth.
• Jacqueline Rayner writes about the different ways of watching new episodes in Relative Dimensions.
• The results of the DWM 2013 Merchandise Poll are revealed.
• The Watcher tackles the controversial subject of last-minute edits in Wotcha!
• The DWM crossword, prize-winning competitions and much more!

Miwk Publishing are publishing a complete collection of Tim Quinn/Dicky Howett Doctor Who work in a new book to be published next year.

For over a decade Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett provided a regular comic strip Doctor Who? for Marvel Comics' Doctor Who Magazine. For the first time all their strips will be collected here, together with strips from specials, annuals and yearbooks as well as their two previously published books It’s Bigger on the Inside and The Doctor Who Fun Book.

Where possible, the publishers are attempting to source original artwork to use to ensure the best material is used in the compilation. If you have a piece of Dicky Howett's Doctor Who artwork - much of which he sold or gave away - and are willing for it to be scanned for the book, please get in touch on info@miwkpublishing.com. Please do not email large scans to that address, just a contact email for now.

Each strip will be restored and come with commentary from Tim and Dicky.

The book will be available as a limited edition A4 hardback and standard A4 paperback.

Miwk Publishing will be donating £1 for every copy sold to Giggle Doctors – Theodora Children’s Trust.

The new edition of Doctor Who Magazine was published today, and features an exclusive interview with Mummy on the Orient Express guest star, comedian Frank Skinner, who discusses his role as Perkins in the episode:

Also in this issue:

• Extensive previews of Episodes 5 to 8 of the new series – Time Heist, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express. DWM talks exclusively to writers Steven Moffat, Stephen Thompson, Gareth Roberts, Peter Harness and Jamie Mathieson.
• Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers’ questions in his exclusive column.
• DWM talks to Billy Hanshaw, the man who inspired the brand new title sequence for this year’s series of Doctor Who.
• DWM investigates the nature of ‘spoilers’ and asks if they really spoil anything?
• Into the Dalek writer Phil Ford talks about getting to know a Dalek from the inside out!
• In-depth reviews the twelfth Doctor’s first four adventures: Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen.
• As audio company Big Finish celebrates its 15th anniversary with an epic audio adventure, The Worlds of Doctor Who, DWM talks to its stars including Colin Baker, Louise Jameson, Lalla Ward, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter and Jamie Glover.
• The Doctor and Clara’s comic strip adventures continue in The Eye of Torment written by Scott Gray, illustrated by Martin Geraghty.
• The Time Team comment on the 2008 Tenth Doctor adventure Turn Left.
• Jacqueline Rayner finds unexpected inspiration for her Relative Dimensions column at the breakfast table...
• A look back at August’s Doctor Who World Tour which saw Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman travel round the globe to promote the new series.
• The Watcher eloquently explains why Doctor Who belongs in the Autumn in Wotcha!
• The DWM crossword, prize-winning competitions and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine issue 478 is out now.

The new edition of Doctor Who Magazine catches up on set with Peter Capaldi for what is billed as his most extensive and revealing interview to date.

In issue 477 – on sale this coming Thursday – the publication asked him how he had gone about making the part his own:

The new DWM, which is a bumper 100 pages this edition, includes a giant double-sided poster featuring Capaldi on one side and a Dalek on the other (pictured below) plus:

• Read extensive previews of the first four episodes of the new series – Deep Breath, Into The Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen – as DWM talks exclusively to writers Steven Moffat, Phil Ford and Mark Gatiss
• Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers' questions and reveals more behind-the-scenes secrets in his exclusive column
• DWM reunites former Doctor-and-companion team Tom Baker and Louise Jameson with their producer, Philip Hinchcliffe, to chat about the new Doctor Who adventures that they're working on and to reminisce about the 1970s adventures
• Louise Jameson writes a very special letter to herself, exclusively for DWM
• A new comic strip – The Eye of Torment – begins, written by Scott Gray and illustrated by Martin Geraghty
• DWM examines the unique scrapbooks of Peter Hawkins, the man who was one of the first voices of the Daleks in the 1960s
• The Fact of Fiction takes a detailed look at the 1964 First Doctor adventure The Reign of Terror
• Legendary writer Terrance Dicks talks about his later work on Doctor Who – and what he thinks of the series today
• The Time Team face an unknown horror as they watch the 2008 Tenth Doctor adventure Midnight
• Jacqueline Rayner writes about the perils of watching Doctor Who on a dodgy TV in Relative Dimensions
• The Watcher extols the virtues of not giving in to temptation in Wotcha!
• Reviews and previews of the latest CDs and books
• Official news, the DWM crossword, prize-winning competitions and more

Doctor Who Magazine has released the full list of episode titles for the 34th Season of Doctor Who. The next edition of the Magazine is published on Thursday and will contain previews of the first four episodes in the series.