Doctor Who wraps up filming in Spain for Series 10. ¡Adiós, Valencia!
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 502
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE LOOKS AHEAD TO THE NEW SERIES IN ISSUE 502!
As Matt Lucas and Pearl Mackie join Peter Capaldi in the TARDIS, we ask showrunner Steven Moffat how it feels to be working on his final series…
“When I agreed to do one more run, I thought, ‘Sod it, I’m not doing the march to the scaffold,’” says Steven. “I want it to feel like a brand new show. I want it to feel like Episode 1 of a new series. I want to leave like it’s all just beginning.”
The issue also includes an interview with casting director Andy Pryor, who talks about the decision to cast Pearl Mackie as the Doctor’s new companion, Bill…
“Pearl has this sort of boldness, and an ability to tap into the humour of the part without making it an overtly comic performance,” says Andy. “From the word go, she made the part her own. She found things in the part that none of us had envisaged, and she made Bill a rounded person.”
ALSO INSIDE THIS ISSUE…
- CONCEPT ART
DWM comic artist Mike Collins reveals the secrets of his work storyboarding TV Doctor Who! - MARVEL FILES
A fascinating insight into the early correspondence between Doctor Who Magazine and BBC Enterprises. - THE PESTILENT HEART
Part 2 of a brand-new comic strip adventure, The Pestilent Heart, written by Mark Wright and illustrated by Mike Collins. - RELATIVELY SPEAKING
Jacqueline Rayner bows out with her final Relative Dimensions column. - TIME TEAM
The Time Team attempt to distinguish dream and reality as they watch the 2010 episode, Amy’s Choice. - FRONTIER IN SPACE
War breaks out in space, in this issue’s Fact of Fiction, which covers the 1973 Third Doctor adventure Frontier in Space. - COMING SOON
DWM previews all the latest Doctor Who CD and book releases. - PLUS! All the latest official news, reviews, competitions, The DWM Crossword… and a MASSIVE poster and FOUR more art cards!
Doctor Who Magazine 502 is on sale from Thursday 28 July 2016, price £5.99.
HIGH STREET RE-RELEASE OF DAEMOS RISING
DAEMOS RISING, the sequel to DOWNTIME and the DOCTOR WHO story THE DAEMONS, is being re-released by KOCH MEDIA on July 18th 2016 across major high street outlets including AMAZON and HMV.
This new version is a 2 Disc DVD collectors edition with, for the first time, a widescreen 16 x 9 version of the film, plus a choice of Stereo or 5:1 Surround Sound.
Including the original SPECIAL FEATURES, there are also two new ones – a RETROSPECTIVE and a PHOTO GALLERY.
Currently it is looking to retail at about £10 and will also be available through our sales website (www.timetraveltv.com) from that date.
You can obviously pre-order through AMAZON or HMV.
JULY Myth Makers RELEASE ANNOUNCED!
Next month’s release will be MYTH MAKERS 126 – JESSICA MARTIN!
Jessica was interviewed for MYTH MAKERS at the DWAS The Capitol event by SOPHIE ALDRED.
A really great interview about JESSICA’s career and working together on THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY.
MATTHEW WATERHOUSE MYTH MAKERS “IN THE CAN”!
Matthew Waterhouse filming his Myth Makers at Buckhurst Park – location for the exterior shots in the Doctor Who story Black Orchid.
I’ve been wanting to film this “one” for a long time – so it was a personal “box ticked”!
Many thanks to Matthew for being such a great “sport” and for a splendid interview!
Congratulations and thanks also to Robert Dick for his first Myth Makers as one of our “pool” of presenters. A real natural and marvellous company.
Also our first shoot with sound recordist Denise – so lots of new things going on!
Finally (!), thanks to “old hand” Ollie Hardaker for his sterling production assistant work – and these great photos!
Release date to be confirmed!
Joss Whedon says he’ll write for Doctor Who – when the Doctor is a woman
Buffy creator reckons it would be “daunting” to write for the BBC series.
Joss Whedon writing an episode of Doctor Who sounds like a match made in Heaven – but he’s got a few ground rules.
Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con’s Nerd HQ, the Buffy creator was asked if he’d consider writing for the BBC series.
“Check back with me when the Doctor is a she…” he hinted, “…or Idris Elba!”
Whedon’s the latest big name to throw his support behind the notion of a female Doctor – with ex-Who star Matt Smith recently suggesting that “a lady Doctor could be close“.
Further on the topic of writing for Doctor Who, Whedon said it would be “very daunting” to “following in the footsteps of Moffat and the guys.”
“I’m not sure [if I’d do it] – and here’s why,” he said. “I’d have to do a lot of research – like, what, watch 40 years of television? I mean, I’ve seen some of it, but let’s get real.”
Joss, get binge-watching. Steven Moffat (or Chris Chibnall?), get him on the phone.
We need this to happen.
Doctor Who will return to BBC One in December for a Christmas special, with a full series to follow in 2017.
Moffat Doesn’t Think He’ll Be Writing Capaldi’s Regeneration
Steven Moffat has said he believes he will not be writing the Twelfth Doctor’s exit when he departs as Doctor Who showrunner with the 2017 Christmas special.
Speaking in the latest Doctor Who Magazine (#502) Moffat says: “I have no reason to suppose that I’m writing out a Doctor! Peter is loving the role, and long may he do so.”
This does align with previous Capaldi comments stating he had been invited to stay on for Chris Chibnall’s Series 11, although Capaldi did also say he had not made his mind up back then.
Moffat further talks about how he thinks he’ll approach his final episode and whether they’ll be a ‘victory lap’ like with Russell T Davies’ and ‘The End of Time’: “The departure of a showrunner doesn’t mean anything to the audience. Most of the audience doesn’t know that I exist, so they’d go blank if I attempted to wave goodbye to them. Oh, the embarrassment that would be. So I’m damned if I’m imposing my departure on the show. I just want to do a good one, before I hand over to Chris [Chibnall].”
You’ll never guess which soap matriarch this Doctor Who character grew up to be…
SHE is a firm fixture on Coronation Street but in this throwback photo from an old episode of Doctor Who she is literally worlds away from Weatherfield.
Helen Worth, better known to audiences as soap matriarch Gail Platt, has come along away since her role as Mary Ashe in the 1974 serial, Colony in Space.
She portrayed a young colonist living with her family on the desert planet of Uxarieus in the year 2472, whose world is under threat from an unscrupulous mining corporation IMC.
Helen – aged just 20 at the time – starred alongside Jon Pertwee’s third Time Lord and assistant Jo Grant, played Katy Manning, and managed to help save her people.
However, since her stint in the sci-fi favourite, Helen has made a name for herself in soap land after taking on the part of Gail in 1974.
Helen Worth, better known to audiences as soap matriarch Gail Platt, has come along away since her role as Mary Ashe in the 1974 serial, Colony in Space.
She portrayed a young colonist living with her family on the desert planet of Uxarieus in the year 2472, whose world is under threat from an unscrupulous mining corporation IMC.
Helen – aged just 20 at the time – starred alongside Jon Pertwee’s third Time Lord and assistant Jo Grant, played Katy Manning, and managed to help save her people.
However, since her stint in the sci-fi favourite, Helen has made a name for herself in soap land after taking on the part of Gail in 1974.
Helen Worth played Mary Ashe in Colony in Space
She also has three children: Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) and Sarah-Louise (Tina O’Brien), who also have their own troubles.
Most recently, David helped to bury the body of drug dealer Callum Logan (Sean Ward) underneath Gail’s granny annexe before an inexplicable car crash led to the discovery of the corpse.
Meanwhile, Nick ended his marriage to Carla Connor (Alison King) and the pair went their separate ways just days after tying the knot.
The star has received a number of accolades for her performance as Gail, including the gong for Outstanding Achievement at The British Soap Awards in 2014.
Along with her Coronation Street commitments, Helen also has credits in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Oliver! and she also played one of the von Trapp family’s children in a production of The Sound of Music at the Palace Theatre in London at the tender age of 12.
She is a philanthropist and is the patron of the Born Free Foundation, which aims to protect endangered wildlife across the world.
Helen supports ActionAid as well, which provides children with eduction in developing countries.
The colonists had an encounter with the Master
DOCTOR WHO EXPERIENCE MONSTER COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Earlier this month we ran a competition where you could decide what classic Doctor Who monsters would receive some much-needed renovation and be unveiled at the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff.
Book tickets for the Doctor Who Experience here.
Fans were given the chance to vote for a collection of 8 monsters, with the winning 2 becoming a part of the Doctor Who Experience later this year.
Over 8,000 of you voted – here are the hotly contested results!
In fourth place, with 15% of the vote – Drathro and Vervoid
In third place, with 21% of the vote – Haemovore and Cheetah Person
In third place, with 21% of the vote – Sea Devil and Tractator
And the winners are…
In first place, with 38% of the vote – Mandrel and Morbius
Fans will remember the Mandrels from the classic Fourth Doctor adventure, Nightmare of Eden – a personal favourite of current showrunner Steven Moffat, as revealed in a recent issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
Morbius was the titular monster created in another Tom Baker story, The Brain of Morbius, a four-parter which also introduced us to the Sisterhood of Karn (who would come back to meet The Eighth Doctor AND The War Doctor in The Night of the Doctorand The Twelfth Doctor in The Magician’s Apprentice)
These two wonderful creations will be unveiled during the August Bank Holiday at the Doctor Who Experience. Book tickets here.
David Tennant will play the Tenth Doctor again… on Family Guy
Tennant starred in Doctor Who as the tenth doctor between 2005 and 2010.
The actor also spoofed his time on Doctor Who on The Late Show with Stephen Colbertearlier this year.
Tennant starred in Doctor Who as the tenth doctor between 2005 and 2010.
The actor also spoofed his time on Doctor Who on The Late Show with Stephen Colbertearlier this year.
He’ll star in cut away section ‘Doctor Who Farted’ – yes, really.
Doctor Who fans, this is the David Tennant news you’ve all been waiting for!
Well, not quite… It’s been revealed that the actor will reprise his role as the Tenth Doctor again, but only as part of a cameo appearance on Family Guy.
It’s been revealed that Tennant will voice the doctor in a ‘Doctor Who Farted’ cutaway gag – of all the news from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, this might just be the wackiest.
And for those of you want a bit of a sneak peek at Tennant back in action as the Doctor, the new sizzle reel is here to help you out from about 1 minute and 5 seconds in.
It might not be the news fans were hoping for, but we’re still looking forward to seeing his cameo role and enjoying how awkward and pretty hilarious it looks like it’s going to be.