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Welcome

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production NOTIC

As a new era for the Thirteenth Doctor begins, showrunner CHRIS CHIBNALL bids farewell to some of the series’ cast members.

Gallifrey Guardian

The latest official news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe…

Galaxy Forum

Your views on the world of Doctor Who …

Time and space VISUALISER

Each issue, the Time and Space Visualiser looks back at a landmark moment and provides updates on Doctor Who luminaries, past and present…

Reviews

Our verdict on the latest episodes and products.

Action Figures

Character Options RRP£19.99 per set

The Wintertime Paradox

BBC Books RRP£12.99 Written byDave Rudden

Competitions

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Coming Soon …

We talk to the talents behind the upcoming Doctor Who releases

Revolution of the Daleks

How do you fight Daleks without the Doctor? It won’t be long before that question is answered. EMILY COOK braces herself for a new episode of Doctor Who …

DAY OF THEDAFFODILS

Fifty years after they walked the streets of England, handing out deadly da odils, the Autons have returned. PATRICK MULKERN joins the defence against the new invasion.

The Christmas Episodes TIME FORGOTE

Prior to Doctor Who ’s relaunch in 2005 only one episode – 1965’s The Feast of Steven – was broadcast on Christmas Day. However, several other episodes in the series’ original run were slotted between more traditional festive programming throughout Christmas week. How incongruous must they have seemed? And how might they have been made more Christmassy? ALAN BARNES finds some surprising gifts under the tree...

SPECTRES of theFEAST

The Feast of Steven is one of the most eccentric episodes in Doctor Who ’s history, although only those lucky enough to have seen it on 25 December 1965 can remember what it actually looked like. SIMON GUERRIERand RHYS WILLIAMSresurrect a ghost of Christmas past, while GAVIN RYMILLdigitally recreates the sets from this lost adventure.

Season’s Gratings

Few people know the tune. Even fewer own an original copy of the record. TIM WORTHINGTON reveals the strange story of the 1964 novelty single I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek …

Everything to Play For

Scheduled to open in April 2021, the immersive theatre experience Time Fracture offers the unique possibility of taking part in a live Doctor Who adventure. In this exclusive preview, ROBERT FAIRCLOUGH talks to the people who are “literally putting the audience in the centre of the action”.

DAVID WHITAKER’S DALEK WORDS

Writer and editor David Whitaker helped establish a flourishing and lucrative Dalek empire across different media including TV, books and comics. But by 1965 things had started to change, as SIMON GUERRIER explains…

Last Christmas

Meeting Santa should have been a dream come true. ALAN BARNES revisits a Christmas nightmare…

APOCRYPHA

STEVE LYONSlooks at the adventures we might have missed between television episodes.

The DWM Christmas Quiz

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – the time when you can pit your wits against some of the trickiest questions we’ve ever devised. JONATHAN MORRIS is your quizmaster...