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Highlights include: Meet the Meep – Miriam Margolyes, who voices the Meep in the first 2023 Special The Star Beast, talks exclusively to DWM about her lunch with David Tennant, her affection for Tom Baker, and why she’s the Fourth Doctor’s companion who never was. Noble intentions – Jacqueline King and Karl Collins – who play Donna’s mum, Sylvia Noble and her husband,  Shaun Temple – on their imminent return to Doctor Who after 13 years. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies on important dates for…

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DWM 595 contents include: Highway to Mel – in her first major interview with DWM since her return to Doctor Who was announced, Bonnie Langford talks exclusively about reprising the role as Melanie Bush opposite Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies shares his reactions as he watches the finished version of The Star Beast, the first of this year’s Doctor Who Specials. We Need to Talk About Mel Bush – a compelling argument as…

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Highlights include: Designated ’Driver – Michael van Kesteren, Doctor Who’s art director for props, and Barry Jones, prop maker, give DWM the lowdown on the Fourteenth Doctor’s brand-new sonic screwdriver. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies recalls his first ever encounter with the Doctor Who production team, way back in 1987. The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll – the analysis of the results continues, with this issue looking at the rankings of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctor’s adventures. Conjuring Patrick – family, friends, colleagues and admirers of Patrick…

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Highlights of the new issue include: David Tennant and Catherine Tate – the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna ­– talk exclusively to Emily Cook on the set of the forthcoming 60th Anniversary Specials. Snakes Alive! – Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and writer/director Pete McTighe on The Passenger, the new mini-episode of Doctor Who, which sees the return of Tegan and Nyssa. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies reveals what happened when he made a suggestion for a special piece of set dressing… The…

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Highlights of the new issue include: A 20-page supplement featuring Four Hours of Doom’s Day – a new comic-strip adventure including Autons, Cybermen and lots of surprises! A giant double-sided poster. Voice of Doom ­– Sooz Kempner, aka Doom the assassin, discusses playing the lead character in the new cross-media adventure Doom’s Day. Day of Reckoning – the complete guide to Doom’s Day, with insights from the people who have created the stories. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies looks forwards to the new episodes…

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Highlights of the new issue include: The Runaway Pride ­– showrunner Russell T Davies discusses the casting of Yasmin Finney as Rose, as DWM celebrates the most significant LGBTQ+ characters from the show’s history. Professor XXX ­– in her first major interview with DWM for many years, Alex Kingston remembers her time as River Song, the Doctor’s wife. Express Delivery – award-winning writer Jamie Mathieson looks back on his episodes: Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline, The Girl Who Died…

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Exclusive interview with Murray Gold! The latest Doctor Who Magazine features the first interview with Murray Gold since it was announced that the acclaimed composer, who scored Doctor Who from 2005-17, was returning to the series. “People started saying, ‘We really need to speak to Murray,’” he tells DWM. “There was a director, Mark Tonderai [overseeing the 2023 Christmas Special]. I was like, ‘What can he possibly want?’ And then Ben [Chessell], who’s directing episode two… this was January 26th and he says, ‘I’m directing this…

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