Hold the Phone

Welcome

A s we allow ourselves some cautious optimism

Det-Sen Dodo

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

A Melody Malone Mystery

Alex Kingston’s first novel, The Ruby’s Curse, features

London, 1965!

Doctor Who: Chronicles is a new series of

Public Image Update

After we went to press with our last

Ace New Website

Sophie Aldred, who played the Doctor’s companion Ace

Script Doctor

Andrew Cartmel’s account of his time working as

Galaxy Forum

Your views on the world of Doctor Who

The Daft Dimension

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…

THE WHITE DRAGON PART FOUR

Reviews

Our verdict on the latest episodes and products

Competitions

WIN!

The Lone Centurion Volume One

Coming Soon …

SUFFICIENT DATA

Crunching the numbers and big ideas of Doctor Who

CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON The DWM interview

Who’s army Tracking down the old soldiers of

COVER STORY

CHRIS ACHILLÉOS’ Target book covers were an  essential part of 1970s Doctor Who. Nearly 50 years  on, they’ve lost none of their power to thrill fans (and Time Lords), as PAUL KIRKLEY discovers

HOWARD’S WAY

COLIN HOWARD began his career painting covers for novelisations and VHS releases. More than 30 years later his Doctor Who artwork is still in demand, as NICK SETCHFIELD discovers

STRIPPED ASSETS

Even though MARTIN GERAGHTY has worked on a diverse range of Doctor Who comic strips – and is now contributing to the animated reconstructions of missing episodes – he tells NICK SETCHFIELD that “There’s always an overarching style of your own”

BOXING CLEVER

NICK SETCHFIELD talks to  STUART CROUCH  about the power of digital technology, and his collaborator     ANTHONY DRY,  about breathing new life into a familiar style

MOVING IMAGES

The cover art for this issue of Doctor Who Magazine was created by ANTHONY LAMB,  a digital artist who tells  NICK SETCHFIELD  about his ongoing fascination with Daleks

FORTY-TWO TO DOOMSDAY

It was commissioned by Douglas Adams to air as part of Doctor Who’s 1979 season, but it’s taken JOHN LLOYD’s satirical tale four decades to reach realisation – as he tells GRAHAM KIBBLE-WHITE

BIG TIME

CHRIS NOTH reprised his role of Jack Robertson in the New Year’s Day Special. He tells EMILY COOK what he makes of the Doctor’s greatest foes and why he’s waving the flag for Doctor Who in America

Autographs

JAMIE LENMAN meets the collectors whose most treasured items cost nothing more than perseverance, politeness and the price of a stamp

MOONBASE 3

SIMON GUERRIER and RHYS WILLIAMS examine the studio floorplans from the 1967 story The Moonbase, highlighting designer  Colin Shaw’s ingenious use of space and revealing new details about the two missing episodes

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

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

THE MYSTERY OF THE MARIE CELESTE

“To think it was true, after all, that sea-serpents really existed.”