Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 297

The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

There's a rockin' robo invasion in this week's Doctor Who Adventures! 
"Hello time travellers! And one, two, three, Happy Christmas! Oh, hang on. Bit early, aren’t I?
I’m sure it can’t be too far off because it’s cold outside the Tardis doors and I’ve already done my Christmas list."

"And you know what? It feels like the time of year when monsters start to plan invasions and yet everything in place for scares over the holidays. I’m ready for them, so I hope you are, too! Remember to wrap up toastie warm!"

This week's Doctor Who Adventures features a guide to all of the metal menaces that the Doctor has had to face in his latest adventures. These tin-pot terrors are well and truly terrifying, but we know that the Doctor will always be there to save us. Phew! 

This part is also packed with brain-bending puzzles, an awesome new comic adventure (starring a runaway alien bogey) and lots of behind-the-scenes secrets. And, if you fancy a bit of Doctor DIY, you can build and paint your own Tardis!

ALSO IN ISSUE 297...
Metal Menaces
Robo Data
Doctor Mask
Pocket Science
Totally Tardis
Gruesome Gifts
Upload
The Runaway Bogey
Cowboy Central
Plus much more…

Issue 297 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 5th December priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 43

The cover and info on this fortnight's edition of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine:

IN ISSUE 43...
Christmas Gift
Siren V Carrionites Lets Kill Hitler
Where’s the Doctor? - Life on Mars
V is for Vinnocci
Quiz Zone
Plus much more…

Issue 43 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 11th December priced £2.60 per copy.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen - Synopsis

The BBC Media Centre have released the synopsis for this year's Doctor Who Christmas special:

THE SNOWMEN - by Steven Moffat
Christmas Eve 1892 and the falling snow is the stuff of fairy-tales. When the fairy-tale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens Earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for help. 
 
But the Doctor is in mourning, reclusive and determined not to engage in the problems of the universe. As old friends return, will the Doctor really abandon humankind or will he fight to save the world - and Christmas - from the icy clutches of this mysterious menace.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen will broadcast Christmas Day at 5:15pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen - New Promo Image

The BBC have released a new image promoting this year's Doctor Who Christmas special, like with the posters used to advertise the first half of the seventh series, it is in the form of a "movie-blockbuster", a format that will continue into the second half of that series in Spring 2013. Doctor Who: The Snowmen is to broadcast Christmas Day on BBC One and BBC One HD, a time is yet to be confirmed.

Doctor Who - 49 Years On...

49 years ago to this day, the first ever Doctor Who episode, An Unearthly Child, broadcasted for the first time on BBC Television. 49 years on, and the show as produced 33 successful series (with half of number 33 still to broadcast) consisting of over 200 stories within 789 episodes, 1 movie and 5 animations, as well as a bunch of mini-episodes well and 4 spin-off shows. Next up in the series is The Snowmen - coming this Christmas to BBC One and BBC One HD.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DOCTOR WHO!

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 296

The cover and info on the next edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

Doctor Who Adventures will protect you from the monsters!
"Hello time travellers! I’m full of birthday cake this week. It’s more filling than soufflé, tastier than cabbage and you get to blow out the candles. There mere so many candles, I set the fire alarms off in the Tardis. When is your birthday? I bet you’ve got one on next year!"

Don't miss this week's Doctor Who Adventures if you want all of the information on the Doctor's creepiest enemy ever - the Silence! We take a look at their spooky schemes and even have a poster with the terrifying Trenzalore prophecy on it! You can also find out all about the Doctor's school and see if you've got what it takes to be a Time Lord! 

There are also loads of puzzles, a hilarious guide to monster pets, top behind-the-scenes info and cool wins. This issue has a mega mini make - get hold of a jar and make the Dalek Prime Minister! Don't forget this issue comes with a brilliant Doctor Who advent calendar and a top mystery gift - what will yours be?

ALSO IN ISSUE 296...
Geronimo!
Time Lord Academy and Training
Silence Will Fall
Dalek Prime Minister
Birthday Quiz
Monster Pets
The Toybox
Falling Angels
Plus much more…

Issue 296 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from tomorrow at all good newsagents until 28th November priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who: Character Building Figures - Series 3

Character have revealed their third wave of Doctor Who Character Building figures:

Build your Doctor Who micro-figure collection with all new Series 3 micro-figures featuring characters from the hit TV show. Each highly detailed and fully articulated micro-figure is sealed within a secret bag, so you never know which Doctor Who micro-figure you are going to get! 

And every character has its own Doctor Who display base and collectors leaflet highlighting all the characters available in Series 3. There are 12 micro-figures to collect. One supplied. Dalek micro-figures do not include display base.

The figures are on sale later this month at all good toy stores priced £1.99 per purchase.

Doctor Who: Latest from 2012 Christmas Special

During the live telecast of BBC Children in Need earlier tonight, a prequel and new trailer for this year's Doctor Who Christmas special was shown and the title was unveiled as:

THE SNOWMEN

You can watch the prequel, titled The Great Detective, below, and the video after; the trailer. Both videos feature with introductions from Matt Smith and Jenna Louise-Coleman:

The Great Detective - Prequel

The Snowmen - Trailer

The festive episode is due to broadcast on Christmas Day on BBC One and BBC One HD, a time is yet to be confirmed.

Doctor Who on Children in Need Tonight!

BBC Children in Need will premiere a world exclusive tonight for Doctor Who fans, read on for further details:

Children in Need reveals the first glimpse of the Doctor and his brand new companion together for the first time as we have a peek at the Doctor Who Christmas special. 

Children in Need will tonight premiere a brand new Doctor Who prequel plus an exclusive trailer for the Time Lord’s next adventure. But we’re delighted to announce that the title for the Christmas Special will also be revealed and that we’ll get a glimpse of who or what the Doctor will be facing in the festive episode…

We’ll also get a closer look at what the well-dressed time traveller will be wearing this Christmas and for the first time ever we get to see the Doctor and his new companion together. Frankly, it’s unmissable!

BBC Children in Need will broadcast live from BBC Television Centre from 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. The Doctor Who prequel and trailer is to air sometime after 8:30pm. If you want to get involved or donate money to Children in Need to help thousands of children across the UK, visit the Children in Need website here for details.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 295

The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

Doctor Who Adventures is packed with the best Who fun under the sun!

 This week's Doctor Who Adventures explores loads of the mega mysteries from series seven. Did you spot all of the spooky patterns and creepy connections? Don't worry if you didn't - we've got them all here for you! We also have a brand-new comic that features a brilliant new spaceship designed by ONE OF YOU! 

We've got tons of puzzles, some behind-the-scnes snippets and jokes that will make you laugh so hard your head will fall off. Also, don't miss the free time traveller's kit that comes with this issue. It includes 3 monster badges, 2 Doctor Who shoelaces and a vortex manipulator!

ALSO IN ISSUE 295...

Who Mysteries
Fact File
Oodles of Ood
Choose your Own Adventure
Jokes
Awesome Spaceships
The Shark Shocker
Upload
Tricey Trolley
Ultimate Dalek 
Plus much more

Issue 295 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 21st November priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 454

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

The Eighth Doctor is back in a brand new audio adventure available from next month: Dark Eyes. DWM catches up with actor Paul McGann to discover how his incarnation of the Doctor has changed…"There’s sombreness and self-doubt and guilt… I’m not sure it’s guilt, but he’s lost hope. He needs a shot in the arm… But of course, you don’t want him too heavy either. We want the hope. We talk about hope a lot in the story; it’s all about hope…" 

Also in issue 454: 

THE FINAL END
Arthur Darvill speaks exclusively to DWM about playing Rory Williams, his work on stage and screen, and recording his last scenes for Doctor Who…

FANTASTIC JOURNEY
Writer Stephen Thompson reveals his inner fan, endures a grilling from a tough crowd, and drops hints about his next script for the TV series, Journey to the Centre of the Tardis, in Production Notes!

MONSTERS DIRECT
He’s directed Sontarans and Shakri and he’s back to oversee one of the episodes in the anniversary year. DWM interviews Douglas Mackinnon and discovers the secrets of successfully directing a Doctor Who monster.

GOLDEN WONDER
DWM takes a close look at one of the most memorable monsters ever to appear in Doctor Who, and interviews the actor who played their spokesman, Bernard Holley in The Water's Guide to Axos!

THERE’S GONNA BE A LYNCHIN’!
The Fact of Fiction looks back to the very first time TARDIS took the Doctor and his companions to the wild, wild West as DWM unearths brand new facts and rare photographs from 1966′s The Gunfighters. Yee-haw!

SEVEN-UP!
The spotlight falls on the season that featured the début of the Seventh Doctor, a cornucopia of crazy characters and a bold new direction for the TV series as Countdown to 50 continues.

TURN TO STONE
The Doctor uncovers the incredible truth about the Golem of Prague and encounters the Queen of the Mavora, as the brand new comic strip, The Broken Man, concludes - written by Scott Gray with art by Martin Geraghty.

THAT LOO IN TOOTING-BEC…
Is Doctor Who more exciting when the monsters come to Earth, or is it more thrilling when the adventure is in outer space? Toby Hadoke and Johnny Candon fight it the pros and cons in another heated Battle of Wits!

EVERYTHING CHANGES
For one issue only, The Time Team takes a sideways step to look at Captain Jack’s adventures in Doctor Who‘s sensational spin-off, Torchwood! What will Emma, Chris, Michael and Will make of it this very different series…?

NICE WEATHER FOR IT
The mysterious Watcher examines the curious phenomenon of ‘Wrong-Time-of-Year’ syndrome, challenges readers with The Six Faces of Delusion and champions another Supporting Artist of the Month, in Wotcha!

PLUS! 
All the latest official news, the latest DVDs, books and CDs reviewed, sneak previews of forthcoming merchandise, a prize-winning crossword, five fantastic competitions and much, much more!

Issue 454 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 13th December priced £4.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 42

The cover and info on this fortnight's edition of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine:

IN ISSUE 42...
Top 10 Mega Dalek Shocks
Teselecta Wrist Device
Ninth Doctor V Shansheeth
The Power of Three
Where’s the Doctor? - Chess Pits of Vegas
U is for Uvodni
Plus much more...

Issue 41 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 27th November priced £2.60 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 294

The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

It's time to get sonic with Doctor Who Adventures!

 This week's Doctor Who Adventures is packed with everything a top Who fan needs to know and wants to see! Learn all about the sonic screwdriver and everything it can do, check out our super-huge word-search, laugh at our brilliant monster texts and tackle our totally tricky puzzles! 

If that wasn't enough we've asked the Dalek Prime Minister YOUR questions and we've got an amazing competition for you to design your own gadget for the Doctor. The winning design will feature in our awesome comic strip and will be made into a model and displayed at the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff!

Issue 294 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today until 14th November priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who: Cybermen to Return in Series 7 - Episode 12

The BBC have confirmed that the Cybermen are to return in the second part of the current series of Doctor Who, due to broadcast Spring 2013, read for further details:

The Cybermen will be menacing the universe once again when Doctor Who returns for a run of eight epic episodes in spring, 2013.The iconic enemies will feature in an adventure directed by Stephen Woolfenden and written by the acclaimed Neil Gaiman whose previous episode was the Hugo Award-winning The Doctor’s Wife. 

Starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as the new companion, the episode co-stars Warwick Davis (Life’s Too Short and Harry Potter), Tamzin Outhwaite (EastEnders and Hotel Babylon) and Jason Watkins (Being Human and Lark Rise to Candleford) as a band of misfits on a mysterious planet…

Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, told us, "Cybermen were always the monsters that scared me the most! Not just because they were an awesome military force, but because sometimes they could be sleek and silver and right behind you without you even knowing. ’ He added, ‘And with one of the all-time classic monsters returning, and a script from one of our finest novelists, it's no surprise we have attracted such stellar names as Tamzin, Jason and Warwick."

The Cybermen are to appear in the currently untitled twelfth episode of series seven. Doctor Who will, however, return at Christmas to BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who: The Silurian Gift - Cover & Info

Quick Reads have revealed the cover and synopsis of their 2013 edition of their Doctor Who quick-read range:

THE SILURIAN GIFT - by Mike Tucker
The world is on the brink of crisis. As fuel runs short, society begins to break down. One man seems to have the answer. 

But is it too good to be true? The Doctor arrives at an old oil refinery near the South Pole, concerned by claims about this new form of energy. He soon discovers something huge and terrifying is stalking the refinery. It brings death and destruction in its wake. The battle has begun for planet Earth.

Doctor Who: The Silurian Gift is on sale from 7th February 2013 at all good book stores priced £1.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 293

The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

Doctor Who Adventures is here to save you! (From magazines not packed with aliens!)

Have you ever wondered how many people the Doctor has saved? Well, wonder no further because the answer is everyone! Yes - the Doctor has saved everyone and everything! This week we take a look at a load of his rockin' rescues and celebrate his heroic hero-ness! 

We've also got more comic adventures with a brand-new companion designed by a DWA reader and lots of puzzles, monster facts and fun!

ALSO IN ISSUE 293...
Doctor Rescues
Dinosaur Maze
Upload
Mega Moments
Creature Feature
Bow Tie Biscuits
New Companion
Comic Fun
Behind the Scenes
Ultimate Dalek

Issue 293 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 7th November priced £2.50 per copy.