Doctor Who Magazine, Issue 622

The new issue of DWM features a 32 page mini-mag. The special supplement collects Russell T Davies’ Production Notes columns about David Tennant’s first season. Readers will also get a wall chart for marking off their audiobook collections.

Meanwhile, in the main magazine itself, Robert Shearman discusses novelising his Big Finish plays. There’s also a tribute to former script editor Christopher Hamilton Bidmead. Meanwhile, companions Carole Ann Ford, Katy Manning, and Sophie Aldred all discuss returning to their characters in new media. And much more!

 

Highlights this issue:

• Dugga Doo – 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 – the writer 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.
• Christopher H Bidmead – A tribute to Season 18 script editor, and writer of Logopolis, Castrovalva and Frontios, who died in August. There are also previously unpublished extracts from an interview with Christopher H Bidmead conducted in 2017.
• Sophie Aldred – the actor talks about returning to the early days of companion Ace in a new audio drama box set.
• Katy Manning and Carole Ann Ford – the two former companions 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…
• BBC Audobooks – A celebration of the imprint’s 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!
• The Fact of Fiction – 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?
• The Randomiser – Will computers be to blame for our downfall? Gary Gillatt investigates…
• The DWM Comic Strip – A new adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda…

 Also this issue:

• Gallifrey Guardian – news 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.