Inside this issue

• Previews of the thrilling season finale, Empire of Death, and the new Tales of the TARDIS episode, Pyramids of Mars – a new presentation of a seventies classic!
• The Changing Face of Susan Twist – as the mystery behind her character is resolved, she reflects on her role in the latest season…
• The men from UNIT – Lenny Rush (aka new scientific adviser Morris Gibbons) and Alexander Devrient (Colonel Ibrahim) share their experiences of working on the season finale.
• Indira Varma on playing the Duchess of Pemberton and a bird-like alien Chuldur.
• Access All Areas: Rogue. Join the cast and crew on a night shoot in south Wales, including more from Jonathan Groff about playing the eponymous bounty hunter.
• Access All Areas: 73 Yards. Join Millie Gibson on location and get up-close to the mysterious woman who stalked Ruby over the decades.
• Strictly confidential! Shirley Ballas and Johannes Radebe share their delight in being invited to dance in The Devil’s Chord.
• Bang on Target! The authors of the new novelisations discuss how they adapted some of the latest episodes for print.
• Russell T Davies on watching (or trying to watch!) recent episode Boom with his family.
• Meet the crew – an interview with one of the tireless creatives working behind the scenes.
• Loose Ends travels to ancient Egypt and imagines scenes that happened off screen.
• The Fact of Fiction – a scene-by-scene look back at Eleventh Doctor story Vincent and the Doctor.
• The latest installment of our comic strip featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby.

PLUS!

• Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest news, including details of a wide range of books soon to hit the shelves!
• Reviewed: all the latest audio releases.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Win Blu-rays, books and audio releases!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 605 is on sale Thursday 20 June from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK).

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

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DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 1966 A.D.!

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The adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant on TV, continue in Doctor Who Magazine issue 585. Part Two of the epic new comic-strip adventure Liberation of the Daleks, written by Alan Barnes and illustrated by Lee Sullivan, sees the Doctor’s greatest enemies invade the pitch during the 1966 World Cup Final…

Other highlights of the new issue include:

• A giant double-sided poster!
• Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies presents his Christmas Countdown, packed full of teasers for the stories to come.
• Production Diary – script editor Scott Handcock provides exclusive updates about forthcoming episodes, direct from Doctor Who’s HQ.
• Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news, including an exclusive chat with Millie Gibson about her casting as companion Ruby Sunday.
• Meet the New Team – Doctor Who crew members tell us what they’re looking forward to in the 2023 Specials and beyond.
• All I Want For Christmas is Who – seasonal highlights from the past are recalled, including festive memories from Nadia Albina, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Briggs, Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison, Barnaby Edwards, Philip Hinchcliffe, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Katy Manning, Peter Purves, Dan Starkey, Mark Strickson and Matthew Waterhouse.
• Talk of the Town – in his first-ever interview for DWM, actor Cy Town talks candidly about being a Dalek operator and shares previously unpublished pictures from his photo albums.
• Brushed by Greatness – acclaimed artists Colin Howard and Andrew Skilleter, and Kit Bevan (brother of the late Phil Bevan), discuss new books showcasing some of best Doctor Who illustrations from the pre-digital era.
• The Watchers ­– fans who were lucky enough to be granted studio visits in the 1970s and early 80s recall the thrill of watching Doctor Who being made.
• Christmas in Another Dimension – what if Doctor Who had enjoyed Christmas Specials during its first 26 years? DWM imagines what could have been…
• The DWM Christmas Quiz – the traditional seasonal challenge!
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to forthcoming stories in the expanded Doctor Who universe.
• Previews, reviews, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, Public Image and more.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 585 is on sale Thursday 8 December from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK).
Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.

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PLEASE NOTE !

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UK readers – we've just been told that distribution problems mean that DWM 585 may not be in shops in some areas until next Tuesday, 13 December(!!) We've no further info at the moment, but if we hear anything else, we'll post it here. Apologies for any disappointment caused.

— Doctor Who Magazine (@DWMtweets) December 8, 2022