Issue 625 of Doctor Who Magazine is published today

In this issue

• This month TOM BAKER will celebrate his 92nd birthday. Join his family, friends and dignitaries on the day he was awarded an MBE for his services to television.

• An interview with The War Between the Land and the Sea star RUSSELL TOVEY. Now the series has aired he talks further about playing Barclay – ambassador for the whole of humanity!

• PETE McTIGHE, writer and executive producer of The War Between, shares his production diary…

• PLUS – an access-all-areas look at the production of this spectacular spin-off series.

• Destination: Daleks! Join Fifth Doctor PETER DAVISON and JANET FIELDING (Tegan) as they film a new mini-adventure for the forthcoming Season 21 – The Collection Blu-ray…

• Who Year’s Resolutions! Plans for Doctor Who fans in 2026!

• Back to 2009 – How did fandom react to the casting of Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith?

• We consider the tragedy of Time Lord renegade MORBIUS…

• The second part of our deep dive into the fact and fiction of the epic Third Doctor adventure Doctor Who and the Silurians.

• A brand-new, not-to-be-missed comic strip adventure with the Fifteenth Doctor and Melanie Bush…

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: News including the latest on the animated CBeebies Doctor Who series.

• Reviews – featuring new audio releases including the Original Television Soundtracks of Series 10 and The War Between the Land and the Sea.

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

• Prizes to be won – including audio dramas featuring the Daleks and Cybermen! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 625 is on sale Thursday, 8 January 2026  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine previews the new spin-off series launching next Sunday, The War Between the Land and the Sea

In the magazine

• As THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA surfaces on BBC One and iPlayer, we speak to star RUSSELL TOVEY about his role as Barclay Pierre-Dupont.

• Writer PETE McTIGHE, producer JOEL COLLINS and director DYLAN HOLMES WILLIAMS discuss the development of this eagerly awaited spin-off.

• A preview of the new 90-minute version of Third Doctor classic THE SEA DEVILS.

• UNIT intelligence on previous SEA DEVIL skirmishes!

• Back to 1968! UNIT’s first encounter with the Doctor – 57 years ago!

• Concept artist PETER McKINSTRY talks about his work and his new book The Art of Time Travel.

• Doctor Who showrunner RUSSELL T DAVIES shares his latest 12 Days of Christmas!

• Looking back on 60 years of the Doctor Who Annual.

• We remember Doctor Who’s very first Dalek December…

• …and the many ways in which Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has influenced Doctor Who.

• We excavate the Cave-Monsters – in the first part of our deep dive into the fact and fiction of Doctor Who and the Silurians.

• A ghost story for Christmas featuring the Fifteenth Doctor…

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: News including the launch of The War Between the Land and the Sea, a round-up of this year’s Doctor Who Day activity, and a Children in Need Special.

• Reviews – featuring the latest audios, books and action figures.

• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe – including the War Doctor’s clash with every Cyberman ever!

• Prizes to be won – you could win a massive Christmas bundle of Blu-rays and CDs! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 624 is on sale Thursday 4 December 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £8.99 (UK). 

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

The next DWM Special Edition begins a new series called Doctor Who: Legends, with a look at the life of Dalek creator Terry Nation.

Editor Marcus Hearn explains

The all-new content includes previously unpublished interviews, deep dives into all of Nation’s Doctor Who stories, and extracts from scripts that never made it to the screen. The issue is lavishly illustrated with rare and unseen images, including pictures from the Nation family’s collection. 

Highlights include:

• Terry Nation reflects on Doctor Who, Survivors and Blake’s 7 in a previously unpublished interview conducted in 1991.

• An exclusive interview with Rebecca and Joel Nation, in which they remember growing up with their famous father.

• Doctor Who writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat pays tribute to Terry Nation and revisits an overlooked Dalek story.

• Lost scenes from some of Terry Nation’s greatest scripts are brought to life with fresh analysis and new artwork.

• Kevin Jon Davies describes childhood meetings with Terry Nation in the 1970s.

• The story of Nation’s entire career from the 1950s to the 80s, including details of his contributions to Out of the Unknown, The Saint, The Avengers and other classics.

• Every Terry Nation film, television and radio credit, compiled for the first time.

• A previously unpublished interview with Nation’s friend and former agent, Beryl Vertue.

• The script-to-screen development of every Terry Nation Doctor Who story, including details from newly discovered notes and drafts.

    AND MORE!

Doctor Who: Legends – Terry Nation is available at panini.co.uk and good news retailers, price £9.99. It will also be available digitally from pocketmags.com price £8.99.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine is published today.

In the issue

• CAROLE ANN FORD, the first person cast in Doctor Who – as the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan – speaks to DWM about First Doctor WILLIAM HARTNELL, how she would have like to have played Susan and returning to Doctor Who in 2025!

• We examine how the character of Susan Foreman came into being…

• …and delve into the paperwork to discover the other actors considered for the role.

• We take a look at a new book celebrating the artwork used in DWM’s own Time Team column – encompassing every story from An Unearthly Child to the TV Movie.

• Back to 1980! PETER DAVISON is cast as the Fifth Doctor, and the demise of the last standing Mark 2 Police Box… 

• Gary Gillatt explains what dogs can teach us about our relationship with the Doctor…

• It’s the last throw of the dice for humanity. We travel to the end of the universe in search of Utopia…

• As we celebrate 62 years of Doctor Who we look back at the 20th Anniversary Special The Five Doctors…

• The concluding part of our latest comic strip featuring the Fifteenth Doctor…

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: Doctor Who returns to TV for Christmas 2026! Plus, we talk to Film Is Fabulous! about the hunt for missing episodes and bring you details of forthcoming audio releases.

• Reviews – featuring the latest audios and books.

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

• Prizes to be won – including Blake’s 7 Season 2 on Blu-ray! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 623 is on sale Thursday 6 November 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine, issue 622,  includes a 32-page mini-mag and a double-sided BBC Audiobooks wallchart

In the magazine

• Composer MURRAY GOLD, writer JUNO DAWSON and designer DAN MAY on the Interstellar Song Contest hit Dugga Doo and the alien race behind it…

• ROBERT SHEARMAN discusses his new novels – Jubilee and The Chimes of Midnight – based on audio dramas he wrote for the Sixth and Eighth Doctors in the early 2000s.

• A tribute to Season 18 script editor and the writer of Logopolis, Castrovalva and Frontios, CHRISTOPHER H BIDMEAD who died in August.

• Previously unpublished extracts from an interview with Christopher H Bidmead conducted in 2017.

• SOPHIE ALDRED talks about returning to the early days of companion Ace in a new audio drama box set.

• KATY MANNING and CAROLE ANN FORD discuss short stories they have written for a new anthology that explores what happened to their characters, Jo and Susan, in the aftermath of TV episodes…

• A celebration of BBC Audiobooks’ Doctor Who releases – including their recently completed run of talking books based on the Target novelisations.

• The Black Archive Quiz – how sharp is your Doctor Who knowledge?

• The monster hospital – the Museum of Classic Sci-Fi’s NEIL COLE explains how he’s brought some of the series’ memorable creatures back to life!

• A deep dive into the world of the Eleventh Doctor episode Let’s Kill Hitler.

• Back to 1988! What did the critics make of Seventh Doctor story Remembrance of the Daleks?

• Will computers be to blame for our downfall? Gary Gillatt investigates…

• A new comic strip adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda…

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: our news round-up including details of Russell T Davies’ BAFTA win and the ‘Speakies’ nomination for First Doctor audiobook Agent of the Daleks.

• Reviews – featuring the latest audios, books, records and action figures.

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

• Prizes to be won – including Season 13 on Blu-ray! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 622 is on sale Thursday 9 October 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £10.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £9.99.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine celebrates the Thirteenth Doctor

In this issue

• In Thirteenth Doctor JODIE WHITTAKER’s most in-depth interview ever, she talks about joining the Fifteenth Doctor in his final episode, her love for Mandip Gill and the rest of the fam, and how she would love to return to Doctor Who with Billie Piper! 

• Director JOE CORNISH (perhaps best known for his collaborations with Adam Buxton) talks about casting Jodie in his 2011 movie Attack the Block – and how he thinks it might have worked as a Doctor Who movie.

• Writer JESSE ARMSTRONG (Peep Show, The Thick of It, Succession) on Jodie’s performance in anthology series Black Mirror’s first season finale.

• Writer JACK THORNE (His Dark Materials, Adolescence, The Hack) discusses Jodie’s central role in Netflix drama Toxic Town, plus his work with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.

• Former showrunner CHRIS CHIBNALL talks about Jodie in Broadchurch and reflects on the essential characteristics of the Thirteenth Doctor’s tenure…

• Back to 1974! David J Howe describes his attempts as a young fan to build his own Dalek!

• Concluding our scene-by-scene analysis of the Twelfth Doctor’s first season finale.

• Memories of the BSB weekend in 1990 – when the satellite broadcaster devoted an entire weekend to showing episodes of Doctor Who…

• Gary Gillatt considers the dread conjured up by the series’ doppelgangers.

• The final part of His Mad Pranks – our comic strip story featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda…

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: our news round-up including details of YouTube series The Whoniverse Show, concept artist Peter McKinstry on his new book and the latest screening at Riverside Studios.

• Reviews – featuring the Season 13 Blu-ray set, the latest audios, books and action figures.

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

• Prizes to be won – including Season 20 on Blu-ray! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 621 is on sale Thursday 11 September 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.

Doctor Who Magazine previews the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Season 13 in a special issue about the series’ Gothic horror episodes.

Every print copy includes a new and exclusive compilation CD from BBC Audiobooks!

 Doctor Who Magazine editor Marcus Hearn says

Highlights of the new issue include:

• Behind the scenes on the shoot that brought the Skarasen back to life.

• The restoration secrets of Terror of the Zygons and the other stories in The Collection: Season 13.

• An exclusive interview with Anna Ridley, the designer of 1977’s Image of the Fendahl.

• A look at the late-night TV schedules of the mid-1970s, with details of the horror-film screenings that inspired producer Philip Hinchcliffe and script editor Robert Holmes. 

• The surprising story behind The Brain of Morbius – revealed by recently discovered documents in the archive of director Christopher Barry. 

• Doctor Who’s most controversial episodes – were any of Mary Whitehouse’s complaints justified?

• Eye witnesses share their memories of the 1975 location shoot for The Android Invasion. 

• The unmade Robert Holmes stories that would have taken Doctor Who even further into the dark side.

• The life and career of Louis Marks, who wrote The Masque of Mandragora.

• A guide to the Fourth Doctor’s friends and foes during the Gothic horror years.

PLUS

    A new and exclusive short story by Louise Jameson, who played Leela.

    AND MUCH MORE!

Gothic Horror is on sale now, RRP £10.99 from panini.co.uk and good news retailers while stocks last. 

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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 620 is out today.

In this issue

• ZYGONS! SUTEKH! KRAALS! KRYNOIDS! An in-depth exploration of THE COLLECTION – SEASON 13 Blu-ray box set. Including: details of a documentary on Ian Marter who played companion Harry Sullivan, producer Phillip Hinchcliffe visiting the locations from the series, and the creation of new monster effects!

• ENTER THE BLACK ARCHIVE! Join Doctor Who’s brand manager James Page in San Diego as he takes us behind the scenes at this year’s Doctor Who activation.

• Props art director MICHAEL VAN KESTEREN talks us through the creation of various gadgets for this year’s season, including: colour variants of the Doctor’s sonic, the “Polish! Polish!” robot Scoot, and the Rani’s time ring bracelet!

• THE SEVENTH DOCTOR IN UKRAINE! Dalek and Cyberman performer Mickey Lewis recounts how he joined Sylvester McCoy on a journey to entertain fans in war-torn Kyiv.

• A lost Seventh Doctor adventure! TV writer ROBIN MUKHERJEE talks to DWM about working on Doctor Who in the 1980s and how his story Alixion has finally been realised as an audio drama…

• A royal audience with MARY REYNOLDS who starred as our late Queen in the 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis.

• AFTER IMAGE: Simon Guerrier looks back at Lucky Day, The Story & the Engine, the Interstellar Song Contest and Wish World/The Reality War.

• Find out how students across the UK’s universities are testing their Who knowledge with a challenging quiz league!

• Back to 1975 (and 1963): Giving life to the Loch Ness Monster!

• The Randomiser: Gary Gillatt looks into the heroics of the first three Doctors during the Second World War.

• We examine the hidden depths of Dark Water, in the first part of our Fact of Fiction feature on the finale to the Twelfth Doctor’s first season.

• The Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda’s adventures continue in the comic strip.

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN: our news round-up including the announcement of a new range of adventures – across books, comics, audio and the web – that will reveal more about JO MARTIN’s Fugitive Doctor.

• Reviews – featuring the latest audio and book releases.

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

• Prizes to be won – including the new Monster Makers Comic Collection from Panini! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 620 is on sale Thursday 14 August 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine is published today

In this issue

• CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON and BILLIE PIPER talk to DWM about being reunited for a brand-new series of audio adventures.

• Celebrating 60 years of Steven Taylor – actor PETER PURVES looks back over his fascinating career and his time travelling with the First Doctor.

• PLUS – a look behind the scenes of the Tales of the TARDIS episode that covered 1965’s The Time Meddler – including a chat with both Peter Purves and MAUREEN O’BRIEN who played Vicki in the serial.

• Script to screen: Find out all about how THE SHREEK from Lucky Day was conjured into reality!

• Illustrator extraordinaire DAN LILES shares some of the artwork he’s prepared for the Target Books range including original mock-ups and alternative designs.

• After Image: the first in a series looking back at episodes from the recent season – including reviews of the new Target Book adaptations.

• Boom! Piper Jones invites us to join her at the Ace Jacket book launch…

• Back to 1992: We look at some of Third Doctor Jon Pertwee’s final TV roles…

• The Randomiser: Gary Gillatt reviews chess as seen in Doctor Who with the help of expert THALIA HOLMES.

• We scrutinise the insect-world of Vortis in the concluding part of our Fact of Fiction on 1965’s The Web Planet.

• The Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda’s adventures continue in the comic strip.

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN – our news round-up including a look at plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2025.

• Reviews – featuring the latest audio and book releases.

• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe, including a chat with the team behind the new Ninth Doctor and Rose adventures!

• Prizes to be won – including the Limited Edition Steelbook of the Fifteenth Doctor’s second season! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 619 is on sale Thursday 17 July 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine is out today

In this issue

• “OH, HELLO…” We take a look at the jaw-dropping revelations in this year’s season finale!

• Plus – RUSSELL T DAVIES looks back at how the Fifteenth Doctor’s two seasons developed.

• VARADA SETHU speaks to DWM about her time playing Belinda Chandra.

• ACCESS ALL AREAS! Join us on the set of Wish World and The Reality War – including contributions from director ALEX SANJIV PILLAI and Melanie Bush herself – BONNIE LANGFORD.

• JUNO DAWSON, co-writer of this year’s spectacular Interstellar Song Contest, talks about her Doctor Who journey.

• SCOTT HANDCOCK, UNA McCORMACK, JAMES GOSS and GARETH L POWELL discuss their new Target novelisations covering last year’s season finale and the first three episodes of Season 2…

• Ace! A preview of two books, curated by SOPHIE ALDRED, that tell the story of her character’s iconic jacket and collection of badges…

• JOHN LEVENE – aka UNIT’s Sergeant Benton – gets behind the wheel of Bessie at a special day at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.

• Doctor Who lands in San Diego! A report from the new Worlds of Wonder exhibition in the US.

• Gary Gillatt argues that France is the Doctor’s spiritual home…

• Back to 1985… Alan Barnes recalls the final role of Doctor Who super villain VALENTINE DYALL.

• THE FACT OF FICTION travels back to 1965 to scrutinise life on the planet Vortis in The Web Planet.

Regular features

• GALLIFREY GUARDIAN – our news round-up including a look ahead to spin-off series The War Between the Land and the Sea.

• Reviews – featuring the latest audio and book releases.

• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe including the return of the Thirteenth Doctor!

• Prizes to be won – bag yourself copies of the new Target Books! 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 618 is on sale Thursday 19 June 2025  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). 

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.