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

Bambera’s Brave New World

UNIT’s Brigadier Winifred Bambera is set to return

Robot Figures

Character Options’ first Doctor Who Collector Figure Set

Vinyl Nest

Hornets’ Nest, a sequence of audio adventures by

Chronicles: 2007

The next issue in the acclaimed Doctor Who:

Galaxy Forum

Your views on the world of Doctor Who

The Daft Dimension

WHO TUBE

This issue’s selection of Who- related videos

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…

THIS MONTH IN... 2065

The Daleks comic strip begins in the first

Public Image

All the seven-day ratings for Flux are now in, but TOM SPILSBURY explains that these figures don’t tell the whole story…

Reviews

Our verdict on the latest episodes and products

EVE OF THE DALEKS

The BBC’s promotional artwork for Eve of the

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 17

Blu-ray BBC Studios RRP £44.99 Featuring Tom Baker

Audio Frequencies

Reviewed this issue Forty Featuring The

Torchwood: The Grey Mare

The traditional Christmas ghost story does seem like

FORTY AUDIO DRAMA

F orty is a new box set of

PELADON AUDIO DRAMA

P eladon is a new collection of full-cast

WATCHERS AUDIOBOOK

W atchers is a new audiobook, written and

TIME AND THE RANI AUDIOBOOK

Bonnie Langford reads Pip and Jane Baker’s novelisation

Coming Soon …

We talk to the talents behind the upcoming Doctor Who releases

Producing Short Trips

Adèle Anderson narrates Death Will Not Part Us.

The Lone Centurion Camelot

A rthur Darvill returns as Rory Williams for

Charlotte Pollard The Further Adventuress

Caroline Tankersley’s cover art for Charlotte Pollard:

Upcoming Releases

AUDIOS FEBRUARY RELEASES s The Ninth Doctor Adventures:

The DWM Christmas Quiz

We wanted to keep you busy over the festive season, so set the bar high for last issue’s quiz. Here’s EDDIE ROBSON with all the answers for anyone who’s still baffled…

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Michael Ferguson Directing in the 1960s and 70s

THE DIGITAL AGE

From CSO to CGI, Doctor Who has always had a reputation for being at the forefront of technological developments in television. JONATHAN HELM charts the history of digital effects in Doctor Who from the 1970s to the most recent episodes, and beyond…

DIGITAL PIONEER

Ron Thornton with the Scorpio model he built

FROM MILL TO MILK

When Doctor Who resumed production in 2004, the

AHEAD OF THE GAME

The arrival of digital technology didn’t just impact the production of the television series. As CHRIS DRING explains, Doctor Who’s sometimes uneasy relationship with the world of computer games got off to a difficult start

JUST THE TYPE

The March 1983 issue of Computer & Video

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST

CHRIS ACHILLÉOS , who died on 6 December, established an iconic style for the covers of Target’s Doctor Who novelisations. STUART MANNING talks to friends, fans and family about the man whose images enthralled and inspired generations of readers

COVER STORIES

BBC Audio’s commissioning editor, Michael Stevens, helped to

JOINING THE DOTS

Anthony Dry successfully recreated Chris Achilléos’ s tyle

A BENCHMARK FOR EXCELLENCE

I bought the Target books from 1974 onwards,

THE BRISTOL BOY

The writer BOB BAKER, who passed away on 2 November, gave us some of the 1970s’ most memorable stories – as well as the series’ endearing robot dog, K9. But Doctor Who was just part of his impressive legacy. GARY HOPKINS pays tribute to his friend and colleague

DOG DAYS

PAUL M TAMS remembers working with “one of the all-time best” on the 2009 series K9.

The Beast Below

Revealing the secrets of the Doctor’s adventures – scene by scene

Essential Info

Although broadcast second in the 2010 season, Amy

STARSHIP ALBA

Scotland wanted their own ship, young Mandy tells

THE MONARCH IN SPACE

En route to her royal residence, Liz X

BRUSHING UP

In the last few years of Doctor Who’s original run, digital technology opened up new possibilities for video effects. NEIL OSEMAN speaks to matte artist JIM McCARTHY about his work with the Quantel Paintbox

OUTSIDE THE TARDIS

B esides Doctor Who, Jim worked on included

FILMING THE IMPOSSIBLE

DAVE BANNISTER and ANDREW ROBERTSON were given the daunting task of destroying the universe in Flux. As they neared the end of that process, they spoke to PAUL KIRKLEY about their responsibilities as the series’ visual effects supervisors

THE CRIMEAN WAR CHARGE

FILMING THE IMPOSSIBLE

LUPARI SHIPS

The Lupari space fleet and a CG render

THE FLUX

An early CGI test for how the Flux

THE STORMING OF ATROPOS

FILMING THE IMPOSSIBLE

THE BIODOME

CGI was used to enhance and extend Dafydd

THE DOCTOR ANGEL

The Doctor Angel wireframe, with reference photos of

Myths and (Urban) Legends

Playing Cassandra in 1965’s The Myth Makers might not have been the happiest experience of FRANCES WHITE ’s career. But, she tells PAUL KIRKLEY , she’s proud to have been in Doctor Who – and definitely never asked for her name to be struck from the record

Pig Deal

Frances voices Granny Pig (far right) in

Love and Daleks

Composer SEGUN AKINOLA and EMILY COOK discuss the musical juxtaposition of romance and Daleks in the New Year’s Day Special

SOURCE MATERIAL

In the second instalment of a two-part feature exploring the costume-design process for Flux, RAY HOLMAN tells EMILY COOK about his negotiations for a tie from Italy, why he repurposed UNIT’s shin guards for Division Combat and how he achieved a retro vibe for Vinder