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LETTER FROM The Editor

Beginning a new job is always a bit daunting – especially

Jodie records her first scene as the Doctor

All the latest official news from every corner of the Doctor Who universea

Deborah Watling 1948-2017

Deborah Watling, who played Victoria Waterfield in

New New Earth Adventures!

Big Finish has announced that it will be releasing

Beyond the TARDIS

A round-up of what the cast and crew of Doctor Who have been up to away from the seriesa

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Galaxy For um

Your views on everything going on in the hectic world of Doctor Whoa

WHO TUBE

This month’s pick of Who-related videos

5 YEARS AGO

It’s September 2012 and DWM 451 is sad to report the death of Mary Tamma

THE PARLIAMENT of FEAR

THE DWM REVIEW

The latest Doctor Who episodes and products reviewed by our team.

Doctor Who: Myths & Legends

The wheeze of this short-story anthology is that we’re

Emperor of the Daleks

PANINI COMICS RRP £14.99 WRITTEN BY Paul Cornell, Scott

CROSSWORD

Do you know your Vardans from your Vardies? Can you solve this month’s puzzle?

Ruler of the Universe

We talk to the creative talents behind Who releasesa

UPCOMING RELEASES

■ Paper Dolls by Simon Guerrier, Ben Morris & Christel

Wotcha!

The page that was discovered in the archives of the Australian government censor.

NEXT Issuea

“Acting is a way of lifea I never knew anything else.”

Lucky Number 13

Jodie Whittaker hasn’t started recording her first series of Doctor Who, but she’s well aware of the historic opportunity it represents.

MONSTERS INC

Kate Walshe and Gary Pollard of special effects house Millennium FX reveal the stories behind the monsters they created for the 2017 series.

UNDER THE HOOD

Actor Jamie Hill already had an impressive array of

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

“I started down a ‘dress armour’ route for Iraxxa,”

MONSTER MAKEOVERS

Gary Pollard looks back on 2017’s monsters with great

Speaking CLOCKWORK

In World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls, the distinctive speech of the Mondasian Cybermen was provided by Nicholas Briggs – a voice artist who couldn’t quite hide his emotions…

ORIGINAL VOICES: PETER HAWKINS

The voices of the Cybermen in The Tenth Planet were

ORIGINAL VOICES: ROY SKELTON

The Tenth Planet was the first Doctor Who story to

Now We Are Six Hundred

Author James Goss and former showrunner Russell T Davies have collaborated on a new book of Doctor Who poems accompanied by endearing illustrations.

THE FUTURE’S FEMALE

We find ourselves speaking to Russell T Davies on 17

VARIATION on a THEME

The latest album by guitarist Hank Marvin includes his unique interpretation of a very familiar tune.

A PLACE IN THE SUN

By the early 1960s, composing royalties on films and

THE XIII Chromosome

The casting of Jodie Whittaker was one of the boldest decisions in the long history of Doctor Who. Now that the dust has settled on the unprecedented publicity, we ask some of the show’s luminaries to speculate on the futurea

SNEAK PREVIEW

In one crucial respect, Steven Moffat’s work as Doctor

The TRAIL of a TIME LORD

This exclusive extract from the new book Red, White and Who tells the story of an ambitious tour of Americaa

The Best of 2016

At last, it’s time to reveal the very best of Doctor Who in 2016, as voted for by you, the readers of Doctor Who Magazinea

The Aztecs

In the empire of the Aztecs, Barbara becomes a god, Ian fights for his life, Susan prepares for marriagea and the Doctor gets engaged!

ESSENTIAL INFO

■ Sometime in the 1950s, British émigré John Lucarotti

LADY OF THE PLUMED SERPENT

Unusually, a specialist researcher assisted The Aztecs’

WHERE ELSE HAVE I SEEN…?

Other Doctor Who appearances Marco Polo (1964) as Caravan

TOMB RAIDERS

We’re never told outright what Ixta’s father was up

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE (EVISCERATED) HEART

The Aztecs takes place some time after 1430 – if Barbara’s

FURTHER INFO

The Perfect GENTLEMAN

Following his initial appearance in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, George Litefoot became one of Doctor Who’s most popular and enduring characters. We pay tribute to Trevor Baxter, the actor who brought the Professor to life.

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