DWM 333

Wednesday, 9 July 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine, issue 333 features the first of a three-part feature by Daniel O'Mahony, "The Accidental Tourist," looking at the genesis of Doctor Who, and finds that it would have been a very different show were it not for a series of happy accidents; an interview with author Mark Gatiss; the Archive extra "Thirty Years in the TARDIS" by Andrew Pixley; the first of a new comic strip "The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack" by Scott Gray and Anthony Williams; and the usual news, reviews and previews. (Thanks to BBCi)




FILTER: - DWM

DWM 332 and Eighth Doctor Special

Thursday, 19 June 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Issue #332 of Doctor Who Magazine will be on sale on June 26. Featured in the next issue is "The Fact of Fiction," the start of a major new feature for DWM as Alan Barnes dissects The Deadly Assassin; Mark Gatiss ("League of Gentlemen") is interviewed; Gareth Roberts gives Doctor Who's storytelling credentials the once-over and discovers that the show's format isn't nearly as flexible as we like to think...; the conclusion of the comic strip "Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game"; and the announcement of the DWM DVD poll, the winner of which will be released on DVD in 2004. Plus the usual news, reviews and previews. Also out soon (July 10, to be exact) is The Complete Eighth Doctor, the fifth in their continuing series of archive specials, including a detailed Archive by Andrew Pixley of the TV movie and lots more. The covers for both are below. (Thanks to BBCi)




FILTER: - DWM

DWM 331

Wednesday, 28 May 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Issue 331 of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale May 29. Featured in the article is the last-ever DWM Archive, taking a look back at "The Daleks" in 1963; the third and final part of Gary Gillatt's article "The Fan Gene"; the full, uncut transcripts of the Tom Baker and Philip Hinchcliffe interviews recorded for the 1977 "Whose Doctor Who" documentary in "Lively Conversations"; part two of the comic strip "Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game"; plus the Time Team, "the Watcher plays six degrees of Salyavin," and all the usual news, previews and reviews! The cover illustration is at right. (Thanks to Clayton Hickman/DWM)




FILTER: - DWM

dwm 329

Friday, 28 March 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Issue #329 of Doctor Who Magazine has been previewed by BBCi. Among the items included in the new issue are "The Brain of Morbius" in the Archives, the final chapter of Gareth Roberts' article "Guess Who?," interviews with composer Dudley Simpson and actor David Collings ("The Robots of Death"), a one-off comic special called "Where Nobody Knows Your Name", the Time Team and reviews & news and more. The issue is due out April 3. The cover illustration is at right. (Thanks to BBCi)




FILTER: - DWM

updates from dwm 327

Thursday, 6 February 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Issue #327 of Doctor Who Magazine is now on shelves and has several bits of Doctor Who news. First -- BBC Books has confirmed the September 2003 novel release as beingWolfsbane by Jacqueline Rayner, a Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry novel... with the Eighth Doctor as well. The novel concerns lycanthrophy in the sleepy west country of 1935: "Even a book which is pure of heart, and says its prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms, and the moon is full and bright." Next, the issue states that the next out-of-print novel to be released on the BBCi site will be The Well Mannered War by Gareth Roberts. The final Missing Adventures release from the days of Virgin Publishing's license, the electronic version of the book should be available on the site in late February. Finally, yet another note about the still unconfirmed by the BBC Press Office DVD release of The Talons of Weng-Chiang (which now bears the catalogue # BBCDVD1152 according to several sources): the commentaries on the disc are by Louise Jameson (Leela), John Bennett (Li H'sen Chang), Christopher Benjamin (Henry Gordon Jago), producer Philip Hinchcliffe and director David Maloney. (Thanks to Phillip Madeley, Daniel Hirsch, themaster120 and DWM)




FILTER: - DWM

dwm 327

Friday, 24 January 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
BBCi has posted a preview of the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine, #327, on sale February 6. In the issue, Christopher Bailey (author of "Kinda" and "Snakedance") is interviewed; an article on the National Viewers and Listeners Association and its matron, Mary Whitehouse; "Guess Who?" with the Fifth and Sixth Doctors; "Full Circle" in the Archives; plus previews, reviews and so forth. At right is a thumbnail of the cover. For more details go to the BBCi website. (And speaking of BBCi... they've now launched both the photonovel of "The Smugglers" as well as a new birthday salute to Tom Baker called Doctor What... check them out!)




FILTER: - DWM

dwm 322

Tuesday, 17 September 2002 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, #322 is now available. The issue includes the first part of a new series, "Guess Who?," by Gareth Roberts; part two of a three part interview with Colin Baker and a chat with Anneke Wills; the final chapter of the comic strip "Uroboros"; "The Moonbase" in the archives; the return of the Time Team; and all the usual reviews and features. The cover illustration is at right. (Thanks to BBCi and DWM)




FILTER: - DWM