Issue 630 of Doctor Who Magazine is out today.

In this issue

• BRIAN HODGSON – the legendary Radiophonic Workshop sound designer who created the voice of the Daleks – and the sound of the TARDIS – discusses his Doctor Who work.

• The story of the remarkable recovery of a unique Dalek prop that has survived in a private collection since 1965.

• I was a secret Dalek! NICHOLAS EVANS – Dalek operator and Slyther in The Dalek Invasion of Earth – among other roles – talks to DWM.

• MICKEY LEWIS shares his memories of playing a Dalek – and a Dalek zombie – in 2012’s Asylum of the Daleks.

Plus

• A preview of the new ULTRA HD release of the TV movie starring Eighth Doctor Paul McGann.

• ALAN YENTOB – controller of BBC1 when the TV movie was being made – talks about his role in the return of Doctor Who in an interview conducted shortly before his death.

• RICHARD HUDOLIN – designer on the TV movie – discusses his extraordinary TARDIS sets…

• MARK STRICKSON on his time as shifty Fifth Doctor companion Turlough…

• Scores to settle! Find out all about how the music and sound effects come together in the latest part of our series on Rutans vs Sontarans.

• The truth behind The Lie of the Land. The Fact of Fiction dissects this unsettling Twelfth Doctor story.

• The Fifteenth Doctor faces off against the Daleks in the comic strip.

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: our monthly round-up of news including the latest on the multi-platform series Circuit Breaker.

• Reviews – including PAUL KIRKLEY on the TV movie.

• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.

• Prizes to be won! Including the latest audio dramas featuring the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Doctors.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 630 is on sale Thursday 28 May 2026  from panini.co.uk and TG Jones priced £8.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £7.99.

The latest instalment in the Black Archive series from Obverse Books looks at the 2013 docu-drama based on the creation of Doctor Who, An Adventure in Space and Time

In 1966, William Hartnell is about to record his final scenes as Doctor Who. Having helped establish the series as a smash hit for the BBC, he is not keen to go, but ill health means he simply can't continue.

Tracing the story of the series creation from Sydney Newman's first suggestion of a new science fiction series to Hartnell leaving the role behind, An Adventure in Time and Space is more than just a biopic of William Hartnell; it's the story of the creation of a television legend. 

David Rolinson is a lecturer at the University of Stirling. He teaches and writes on a wide range of topics but specialises in docudrama and terrorism. He wrote a guide to Alan Clarke and co-edited The Art of Invective, a collection of Dennis Potter’s non-fiction writing.

AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME is available now in paperback and electronic formats, direct from Obverse Books and from selected online retailers.