Inside this issue:

• We have an introductory chat with VARADA SETHU alias new companion Belinda Chandra.
• Back to terrorise the universe: SACHA DHAWAN on finding hidden depths to the Master!
• We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with RUSSELL T DAVIES, JULIE GARDNER, JANE TRANTER, ROB SHEARMAN and PAUL CORNELL.
• A very personal interview with Doctor Who’s first director WARIS HUSSEIN…
• …We also take a look at missing story MARCO POLO, which was also directed by Waris.
• STEPHEN WYATT and RICHARD UNWIN on Me and Him and Who – a play that reflects on the life and legacy of eighties producer JOHN NATHAN-TURNER.
• Actor PAUL GRIST speaks about playing Bill Filer in The Claws of Axos.  
• We visit the Propstore to see the Doctor Who costumes and props that are being auctioned in aid of BBC Children in Need.
• COLIN BAKER and NICOLA BRYANT are among the guests at an anniversary screening of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
• We investigate the strategies of the Doctor’s plastic antagonists – the Autons.
• Gary Gillatt takes us on a voyage to the fiery surface of the planet Venus…
• Back to 1997… We reflect on the mystique of New Adventures novel Lungbarrow.
• Sorting fact from fiction in Twelfth Doctor adventure Robot of Sherwood!
• Join Beatie and the Hypnotising Cat in this issue’s comic strip!
   

Regular features

• Gallifrey Guardian – our news round-up including the announcement of new adventures for the NINTH DOCTOR and ROSE TYLER.
• Shelf Life – featuring reviews of the latest home video and audio releases.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Prizes to be won including Blu-rays of The Collection – Season 7! 

Released 27 February 2025.

Inside this issue

• RUSSELL T DAVIES on the writers joining him for the Fifteenth Doctor’s second season.
• With Jon Pertwee’s debut season coming to Blu-ray, we speak to team behind the release about the remastered episodes and the Special Features included on the set.
• The Fugitive Doctor is back! JO MARTIN talks about stepping out from the shadow of the Thirteenth Doctor as she embarks on a series of her own adventures on audio.
• Script to Screen – exec producer JOEL COLLINS, production designer PHIL SIMMS, visual effects supervisor SEB BARKER and others explain how they built the Time Hotel.
• MICKEY LEWIS shares his experiences of playing some of the Doctor’s most terrifying adversaries.
• We take a look at the history of lost First Doctor adventure The Savages – soon to be released as an animation…
• Actor John Lord speaks about taking on the role of a Yeti – among his other roles.
• A tribute to the Doctor Who work of designer Ken Ledsham.
• Join us as we play mobile game Lost in Time – including the crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks.
• A fond look at the peculiarities of fan favourite Genesis of the Daleks.
• Gary Gillatt considers how dinosaurs have had a colossal impact on Doctor Who…
• Back to 1977… how script editor Robert Holmes was targeted by the tabloids!
• The Fact of Fiction looks at the concluding episodes of 1968’s The Dominators.
• The continuing adventures of the Doctor and Ruby in the comic strip!

Regular features

• Gallifrey Guardian – our news round-up including casting on the new series.
• Shelf Life – featuring reviews of the latest audio releases.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Prizes to be won including Blu-rays of Joy to the World and The Collection – Season 9!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 613 is on sale Thursday 30 January 2025 from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK).

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

Inside this issue:

• An in-depth look at the making of The War Games in Colour, including the brand-new model work and the Troughton/Pertwee regeneration sequence.
• EastEnders veteran RUDOLPH WALKER recalls his role in The War Games…
• Writer and exec producer STEVEN MOFFAT discusses Joy to the World, including scenes that never made it to screen.
• RUSSELL T DAVIES explains what connects The Pirate Planet, The Christmas Invasion’s ill-fated Danny Llewellyn and a branch of Marks and Spencer…
• Build your own half-scale Dalek with a new Doctor Who partwork. We talk to the team behind this exciting new project…
• Script to Screen – on the creation of BabyStation Beta – as seen in the 2024 season debut Space Babies.
• LISA BOWERMAN, JAMES GOSS and GARY RUSSELL reflect on the enduring appeal of archaeologist adventure Professor Bernice Summerfield.  
• In the second part of our coverage celebrating 50 years of stage play Seven Keys to Doomsday, we talk to JAMES MATHEWS who played companion Jimmy.
• The Memory Worm gets its teeth into YEE JEE TSO – Chang Lee in the 1996 TV movie.
• We look at how fandom reacted to the casting of BONNIE LANGFORD as companion Mel in 1986…
• ALISON ZRADA asks us what advice can be found in Doctor Who for New Year’s resolutions.
• The Fact of Fiction looks at the opening episodes of 1968’s The Dominators.
• The continuing adventures of the Doctor and Ruby in the comic strip!

Plus, regular features:

• Gallifrey Guardian – looking ahead to the 2025 series!
• Shelf Life – featuring reviews of the latest books and audio releases.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Prizes to be won including a special Blu-ray bundle! 

Release date: 2 Jan 2025

Inside this issue:

• The writer of this year’s Christmas Special, STEVEN MOFFAT, gives us a preview of what awaits on Christmas Day…
• PHIL COLLINSON and the team behind the colourisation of Second Doctor finale The War Games discuss the new edit of this landmark story.
• We catch up with JANET FIELDING (Fourth/Fifth Doctor companion Tegan) and INGRID OLIVER (Osgood) at the Bath Children’s Literature festival.
• Join the guests at Cardiff’s Arcadia convention including Fugitive Doctor JO MARTIN.
• It’s 50 years since Doctor Who and the Daleks came to the West End in Seven Keys to Doomsday. We talk to Benedict Martin – the son of stage Doctor, Trevor Martin.
• ANNEKE WILLS reflects on playing the First/Second Doctor’s companion Polly – and her fab fashions!
• All you need to know about the Eleventh Doctor’s final story – The Time of the Doctor.
• A look back at 1984’s Box of Delights starring Patrick Troughton.
• The continuing adventures of the Doctor and Ruby in the comic strip!
• RUSSELL T DAVIES’ traditional Twelve Days of Christmas!
• Christmas as seen on TV, on audio and in Doctor Who Magazine itself!
• The annual DWM Christmas quiz!
• And all of the regular features!

Release date: 5 Dec 2024

Inside this issue

• PHILIP HINCHCLIFFE – THE ULTIMATE INTERVIEW! The man behind Fourth Doctor classics such as Genesis of the Daleks, Terror of the Zygons, The Seeds of Doom and Robots of Death reflects on his career – sharing his views on what makes essential Doctor Who – and reacts to episodes of this year’s series.
• Showrunners RUSSELL T DAVIES, STEVEN MOFFAT, CHRIS CHIBNALL and the TV Movie’s producer
  PHILIP SEGAL talk about Hinchcliffe Who and how it inspired them.
• As the first series of Blake’s 7 arrives on Blu-ray, we examine how it crossed over with Doctor Who.
• John Kane – who played the loveable Tommy in 1974’s Planet of the Spiders – gives a rare interview about his part in the series.
• The Fact of Fiction – delving into the detail of Tenth Doctor story The Doctor’s Daughter.
• This Month In… 1967. How Carry On actor Bernard Bresslaw became an Ice Warrior!
• Comic strip action with the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby.

Regular features

•  Gallifrey Guardian – full details of the new Dalek partwork launching next year, plus the latest book news.
• Shelf Life – including a review of the Season 25 Blu-ray boxset, plus books, action figures and audio releases.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Prizes to be won including Blake’s 7 on Blu-ray!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 610 is on sale Thursday 7 November  from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK).

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