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Time and Space VISUALISER

Each issue, we tune into the activities of the Doctor Who luminaries past and present… and zoom in on a landmark moment from the series…

THIS MONTH IN... 1990

SATURDAY 22 AND SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

“You ham-fisted bun vendor!”*

This issue we focus on the Third Doctor’s longest-serving assistant. Does Christian Dornak dare say a word against her?

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Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 13

BLU RAY Featuring The Fourth

The First Doctor Unbound: Knights of the Round TARDIS

A fter four years, the alternate cast of

The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Last Queen of the Nile

T he story of Cleopatra VII, last

The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Return of the Doctor

I t may be too early to know

The Seventh Doctor: What Still Remains

A fter being buffeted in the time

Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster

D octor Who and the Loch Ness Monster

One Night Only (A Fela Kuti Story)

I n London 1976, a musician called Fela

Doctor Who: The Official Annual 2026

T he latest edition of this quality stocking-filler

The Doctor Who Annual Compendium One

I n recent years, BBC Audio have been

The Fifteenth Doctor’s TARDIS

C an Character Options’ 5.5-inch range be regarded

History of the Daleks #21

T he 21st entry in the History of

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Breaking the sound barrier

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The Eighth Doctor

As the Master’s plans reach the final phase, he faces some last-minute opposition from his persistent nemesis in the final part of Dark Gallifrey: Master!

Ninth Doctor moments

Matt Fitton , producer of the new Ninth Doctor audio dramas, picks his choices of this incarnation at his best…

Wonderous stories

A new collection of short stories retells dozens of the Doctor’s adventures through the misty lenses of a fairytale

THIS ISSUE: DOPPELGANGERS

DoctorWho is chockful of sinister duplicates. What is it, wonders Gary Gillatt , that makes them so unsettling?

INTO THE BLACK ARCHIVE!

GIANT DOUBLE-SIDED WALL CHART HEAD BACK TO

EVERYONE HEARTS JODIE!

“She grabbed us by the neck and put a stick of dynamite in our mouths.” From Attack the Block and Black Mirror to Broadchurch and Toxic Town , Jodie Whittaker has been working with the cream of British screenwriting talent. Ahead of our interview with the actor later this issue, Benjamin Cook speaks to four of Jodie’s favourite collaborators – Chris Chibnall , Joe Cornish , Jesse Armstrong and Jack Thorne – about why she’s such an explosive force on screen.

CHRIS CHIBNALL

SELECTED SCREEN CREDITS: Born and Bred (2002-05), Life on Mars (2006-07), Torchwood (2006-08), Doctor Who (2007-22), Law & Order: UK (2009), Broadchurch (2013-17), The Seven Dials Mystery (2025 TBC)

JOE CORNISH

SELECTED SCREEN CREDITS: The Adam and Joe Show (1996-99), Attack the Block (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Ant-Man (2015), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Lockwood & Co. (2023)

JESSE ARMSTRONG

SELECTED SCREEN CREDITS: Peep Show (2003–15), The Thick of It (2005-12) , In the Loop (2009), Four Lions (2010), Fresh Meat (2011-16), Black Mirror (2011), Succession (2018-23), Mountainhead (2025)

JACK THORNE

SELECTED SCREEN CREDITS: Skins (2007-09), This is England (2010-15), National Treasure (2016), His Dark Materials (2019-22), Enola Holmes (2020), Help (2021), Toxic Town (2025), Adolescence (2025), The Hack (2025)

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THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING

Following our interview with Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker, DWM caught up with her former boss, Chris Chibnall , for a candid debrief. Here are 13 things we learned – from breakup songs and bad behaviour, to the adoption twist that cracked open canon. “You have to showrun according to who you are,” he tells Benjamin Cook .

HOW TO BUILD A DALEK

David J Howe remembers the summer of 1974, when he built the Doctor’s deadliest enemy out of discarded bits and pieces…

DEATH IN HEAVEN

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

Essential Info

► It’s an old story: Orpheus, distraught at

Genesis of the CyberMasters

“L ook at them! My boys,” says Missy,

Grave Matters

Clara embraces the Cyber-converted Danny Pink (Samuel