Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 420

The cover and info on this month's edition of Doctor Who Magazine:

MEET THE NEW DOCTOR AND AMY POND - WITH TWO EXCLUSIVE COVERS FOR DWM #420!
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan reveal all about playing the Doctor and Amy in the new issue, on sale on Thursday 1st April.

In DWM’s in-depth interviews, Matt talks about how the Doctor’s costume may evolve, the nicknames that he and Karen have for each other and playing football with James Corden for a scene in Episode 11: “This has made my list of Top Five Shooting Days! Pushing Top Three! There were no aliens, no Daleks, nothing. We were just playing football. Then again, I suppose there was a big time loop...”

Karen, meanwhile, tells us about Amy’s complicated relationship with the Doctor and Amy’s boyfriend Rory, what she thinks about wearing surprisingly short skirts, and her approach to playing the role of the Doctor’s new best friend: “Amy should never take anything for granted - she doesn’t know she’s the companion and she’s not familiar with the set-up that the Doctor has a female companion. So this is all brand-new to her and I have to keep reminding myself of that. As far as she knows, she’s the first companion… ever!”

Also in DWM 420:

“What have you got for me this time?”
DWM proudly presents extensive previews the first five episodes of the new series - The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone - with never-before-seen photos and exclusive revelations from head writer Steven Moffat!

“I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!”
STEVEN MOFFAT talks candidly about the perils of being recognised in public as Doctor Who’s head writer - and finds time to answer your questions about the new series before you ask them! - in Production Notes.

“And it’s goodnight from me”
Neil Harris looks back fondly at 47 years of farewells in Doctor Who - and discovers how the series has always had its softer side - in You Are Not Alone.

“McNeice to see you, to see you, McNeice!”
Churchill himself, actor IAN McNEICE, talks exclusively to DWM about his role in the forthcoming story Victory of the Daleks - and reveals what it’s like to encounter the metal meanies in real life…

“Give her a big hand!”
It’s the final end! The Doctor and Majenta engage in the ultimate battle with the Crimson Hand in the very last comic strip to feature the Time Lord’s Tenth incarnation. Will anyone survive the apocalypse? Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion to The Crimson Hand, written by Dan McDaid, with art by Martin Geraghty.

“Is it cos I’s blue?”
It’s the most remarkable machine in the universe - and yet it looks like a blue twentieth-century police box! The Watcher uncovers the many and varied secrets of the Doctor’s time and space machine, the TARDIS!

“You’re hired!”
On the planet Vulcan, the colonists decide to employ the services of creatures that they have discovered buried in a mercury swap - the Daleks! Can a newly-regenerated Doctor, armed only with his recorder and a rather natty bow tie, save the day? Find out, as The Fact of Fiction digs up some amazing details about the classic Second Doctor story from 1966 The Power of the Daleks!

Plus!

All the latest official news, reviews, previews and competitions - including the chance to win an 32” HD-ready widescreen TV! - and much, much more!

Issue 420 of Doctor Who Magazine is available in two different covers and is on sale from Thursday 1st April priced £4.20 per copy.