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Welcome

Igo back a long way with Fury from the Deep, even though

THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE

Growing up in an age before home video meant seeing

The War Doctor Begins

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

Victorious Daleks

The latest figurines from Hero Collector come as a

Designs on the Doctor

Doctor Who Magazine’s latest Special Edition is out

Winter’s Tales

The Wintertime Paradox, a new anthology by.Dave Rudden

Galaxy Forum

Your views on the world of Doctor Who…

The Daft Dimension

WHO TUBE

This issue’s selection of Who-related videos…

ON TWITTER…

@Gaz Log Loved the New Adventures retrospective in

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…

OBITUARIES

Dame Diana Rigg, who played Mrs Gillyflower in The

THIS MONTH IN… 2004

WEDNESDAY 27 OCTOBER

ALSO THIS MONTH

Sunday the 24th Throughout the autumn, Tom Baker could

MONSTROUS BEAUTY part two

The Monster Vault

Our verdict on the latest episodes and products.

The Knight, the Fool and the Dead

BBC Books RRP £9.99 Written by Steve Cole Featuring

Audio Frequencies

The New Adventures of Bernice Summer eld: Volume Six

Talking Book

The Keeper of Traken Featuring the Fourth Doctor, Adric

Precious Annihilation

We talk to the talents behind the upcoming Doctor Who releases.

RIVER RETURNS

Precious Annihilation is just one of three new stories

Wicked Sisters

BIG FINISH RRP £19.99 (CD), £16.99 (download) RELEASED

Blue Boxes

BIG FINISH RRP £2.99 (download) RELEASED November

THE Blogs of Doom

Sneaky peeks into the secret diaries of characters in the Doctor’s orbit…

INVASION PLAN

The Daleks are set to conquer YouTube in an ambitious five-part series, released as part of BBC Studios’ ongoing Time Lord Victorious saga.

ON THE FLY

“Here’s your box-out on hoverbouts,” says Daleks! producer

DOCTOR WHO’S 50 SCARIEST MOMENTS

Launching our Halloween countdown of Doctor Who’s top terrors and freakiest frights, showrunner Chris Chibnall explains why the series’ blend of sci-fi and horror is an accidental work of genius…

INHUMAN NATURE

(The Mutants, aka The Daleks, 1963-64)

FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE

(The Web of Fear, 1968)

ANGEL DELIGHT

(The Time of Angels, 2010)

Annuals

A new regular feature about the world of memorabilia. How diffcult is it to acquire a set of Doctor Who annuals? What are the the rarest editions? And who are the collectors?

CUTTING CORNERS

“Condition is absolutely everything,” she asserts.

BRILLIANT BOOKS

Among the throng of coloured spines on any given bookstore

Marco Polo EPISODES FIVE TO SEVEN: Rider from Shang-Tu to Assassin at Peking

After a perilous journey to Peking, the Doctor challenges one of the most powerful men in the world…

Essential Info

In the opening episodes of this vast adventure - which

COSTUME DRAMA

Early on in the sixth episode, Mighty Kublai Khan

HAND-ME-DOWN GOWN

For the imperial palace scenes in the . nal episode

FURTHER INFO

DVD Abridged reconstruction included in box set Doctor

APOCRYPHA

The adventures we might have missed between television episodes…

POWER OF THE DALEKS

Peter Caddock, Director of Immersive Technologies at

EMPORER OF THE DALEKS

Voice artist Nicholas Briggs employed sundry bed linen - and outwitted seagulls - in recording his crucial contribution to Daleks!

DRESSED TO KiLL

Ray Holman designed and dressed many of the creatures that featured in Series 12. As production on the most recent series drew to a close, he gave us a guided tour of his creations.

THE SANDS OF TIME

The second instalment of interviews with the cast and crew of Marco Polo begins with Penny Joy, who was a production assistant on this fabled lost story.

CAROLE ANN FORD

Marco Polo gave Carole Ann Ford, who played the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan, some of her most memorable scenes.

PHILIP VOSS

The young actor playing Acomat suffered for his art during the making of Marco Polo.