The cover and info on this month's edition of Doctor Who magazine:
Discover how the BBC's longest-running drama series has evolved in DWM issue 449.
The new issue of DWM examines the growing pains of a television legend in a major feature on the development of Doctor Who
at seven-year intervals, as it approaches 49 Up. It examines the
moments that defined the show, including the adolescence that brought
major format changes, the teenage years with Doctor Who in rude
health, its incredibly successful return to television in 2005 - and
asks what the next seven years may hold in store...
ALSO IN ISSUE 449...
CHIBNALL’S CHOICE
Scriptwriter Chris Chibnall
drops hints about his two new scripts for the next series of Doctor Who - and how writing for the series is unlike writing anything else - in
Production Notes.
YOUR’E HIRED!
Long-serving Doctor Who casting
director Andy Pryor talks exclusively to DWM about his hand in casting
three different Doctors, the joy of working on every single episode of
Doctor Who since 2005 - and who he has cast for the next series…
ECHOES OF THE PAST
Doctor Who celebrated a
landmark birthday, but the monsters were conspicuous by their absence.
Was that necessarily a bad thing? Find out as Countdown to 50 revisits
1983 and Series Twenty!
HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES
Amy’s been hijacked by the
best thief in town, while the Doctor and Rory have fallen in with the
wrong crowd. But what is the secret of the Ziggurat hanging above
Cornucopia? Find out in Part Two of The Cornucopia Caper, the latest
comic strip adventure written by Scott Gray with art by Dan McDaid!
GENESIS OF DALEK
The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler
encounter a lone Dalek deep within a Utah bunker - but Skaro’s finest
very nearly didn’t make the party. Dalek, 2005’s triumphant return for
the Doctor’s deadliest enemies, is given The Fact of Fiction treatment,
with detailed commentary on all 11 drafts of writer Robert Shearman’s
script - with exclusive new revelations from the writer himself!
DETAILS, DETAILS...
If you don’t read the production subtitles on the Doctor Who DVDs, then now is the time to
start! Subtitle writer (and TV Dalek) Nicholas Pegg reveals the arcane
secrets of compiling a treasure trove of Doctor Who facts and figures in
Infomania.
MONSTER vs MONSTER
Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans,
Silurians and Macra - they’ve all returned to battle the Doctor since
Doctor Who’s comeback in 2005. But what classic creatures are we
desperate to see next? Toby Hadoke wants a return for those green giants
the Ice Warriors, while Johnny Cando goes Underground to shout out for
the Great Intelligence’s Yeti. Who will triumph in this monster Battle of Wits?
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL?
The Time Team - Chris,
Emma, Michael and Will - have a devil of a time while watching The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit. But what will the Team make of this
terrifying adventure for the Tenth Doctor and Rose…?
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
The votes are in! See
which books, audios and DVDs are hits with the readers of DWM in the
results of the latest merchandise poll, and discover how your favourites
fared…
SUITED AND BOOTED!
The Watcher takes another
flick through the pages of the Stockbridge English Dictionary, stares
down the Six Faces of Delusion, highlights another masterclass in the
dramatic art from a Supporting Artist of the Month, and reaches number
20 in A History of Doctor Who in 100 Objects - the Doctor’s impact suit.
It might not be as implausible as it seems… as Woctcha explains!
PLUS!
All the latest official news, TV and
merchandise reviews, previews, competitions, a prize-winning crossword
and much, much more!
1 comments:
Haven't been able to get my hands on it yet but I will!
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