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WELCOME

DWM 596 Who feels like dancing? Who feels

THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE

CHRIS BENTLEY For the best part of the

GALLIFREY GUARDIAN

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

GALAXY FORUM

Your views on the world of Doctor Who...

LETTER FROM THE SHOWRUNNER

At last Russell T Davies has some dates for your diary he’d like to tell you about...

Production Diary

Autumn is here and script editor Scott Handcock reveals how as the 60th anniversary approaches the Doctor Who team are getting busier and busier.

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... 1979 WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER

The backcover blurb for this 1980 paperback edition

DRAWN UPON A SPIN-OFF...

Doctor Who episodes have inspired everything from comics and novels to audio dramas and even video games. But what about those times when the inspiration has gone the other way? Molly Marsh investigates…

MEMORY WORM FRAZER HINES

The Worm deletes your past – and it’s loose! Alistair McGown continues to test Doctor Who contributors for signs of contact with the creature. This issue: Jamie actor Frazer Hines.

LIBERATION OF THE DALEKS

Reviews

Our verdict on the latest episodes and products.

Reviews

Action Figures Character Options The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic

COMPETITIONS

YOUR CHANCE TO BAG THE LATEST WHO GOODIES!

Little Bits of History Repeating

Your essential guide to the expanded Doctor Who universe – on audio, in print and more.

Susan Campbell

The Doctor’s granddaughter returns in the finale of Once and Future.

Underwater Menaces

Gary Russell, author of The Lagoon Monsters, dredges up his favourite aquatic adversaries…

SUFFICIENT DATA

MEET THE MEEP

This November, Miriam Margolyes will make her Doctor Who debut, voicing Doctor Who Magazine’s very own Beep the Meep in 60th-anniversary Special The Star Beast. She tells Emily Cook about her lunch with David Tennant, her affection for Tom Baker, and why she’s the Fourth Doctor’s companion who never was…

STAR MAKERS

Comic book legends Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons – and two of their biggest fans, Russell T Davies and David Tennant – tell Benjamin Cook why it’s The Star Beast’s time to shine.

PAT MILLS & DAVE GIBBONS

Dave, David and Pat meet on Doctor

‟IT JUST FELT RIGHT ”

In October 1979, David Tennant bought Doctor Who

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

Matt Nathan is VFX editor on the forthcoming special episodes and new series of Doctor Who. He tells Simon Guerrier how he manages the magic we see on screen.

NOBLE INTENTIONS

JACQUELINE KING AND KARL COLLINS

THE BEAST UNLEASHED

“What a beautiful thing.” Benjamin Cook goes behind the scenes on the Whoniverse’s brand-new making-of show, to meet the cast and crew of Doctor Who Unleashed.

“ NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN STOP ME NOW! ”

With an animated reconstruction of 1967's The Underwater Menace on the way, Jonathan Rigby looks back at Joseph Furst’s baroque performance as Professor Zaroff.

THE MAN FROM MIDITZ

Special features for the new edition of The Underwater Menace include Patrick Troughton’s first shared credit with Joseph Furst, from 1964.

STASIS CUBE

Frozen Instants In Time, Bigger On The Inside

60 Objects, 60 Years

2013 to 2017: Royal Mail Stamps to New Mondasian Cyberman Costume

PARTNERS IN CRIME

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