Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 309

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

Doctor Who Adventures is double the fun!
In this week's Doctor Who Adventures we explore how many different versions of the Eleventh Doctor there have been - and how to make sure that you're dealing with the real deal and not a freaky faker! This issue also features hilarious monster hairstyles, a mad Asylum Dalek's diary and lots of funny jokes!

This mag comes with a mega Angel holo sticker, a kit of 40 mini menace stickers and scary pen that's covered in aliens! What more could you want?

ALSO IN ISSUE 309...
Latest News
Doctor Doubles
Monster Salon
Dalek Diary
Monster Texts
Comic Adventure
Pocket Science
Ultimate Doctor

Issue 309 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 6th March priced £2.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 308

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

Doctor Who Adventures IS the ultimate creature! 
We've done a strange experiment in this week's Doctor Who Adventures! We've taken the best worst bits of the scariest aliens in the universe to create the ultimate monster! Plus, we want you to tell us what your mega mixed-up beast would be made up of!

This mag also features a battle between Silurians and Sontarans, loads of funny jokes, monster facts and a sneaky peek at the Doctor's diary!

This weeks edition also comes with a surprise gift.

ALSO IN ISSUE 308...
Who News
Monster Mix-Up!
Doctor’s Diary
Make an Oodie!
Slitheen Mask
Comic Adventure!
Doctor! Doctor!
Monster in Love
Plus much more...

Issue 308 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until  27th February priced £2.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 49

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

IN ISSUE 49... 
Top 10 Terrifying Teeth 
C.A.L
Adipose V Gibbs
The Caves of Androzani 
Where’s the Doctor? - Safari on Siluria
Y is for Yeti
Plus much more...

Issue 49 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 5th March priced £2.60 per copy.

Tardis-Shaped Speaker System

WhoSounds Ltd and BBC Worldwide have announced the release of a 2.1 speaker system in the shape of the Tardis for use over Bluetooth and through a standard 3.5mm auxiliary cable, read on for further details:

Fully scaled and beautifully designed, the speaker is sure to delight all would-be Time Lords, and offers a number of unique features.

A high quality 2.1 sound system is compatible with Bluetooth input as well as audio from any device fitted with a 3.5mm headphone. Whilst two internal full-range speakers housed inside a tuned and sealed chamber with bass provided by a separate drive unit - all powered by an integral 2.1 audio amplifier designed and optimised by an ex-Harmon Kardon sound engineer - for low distortion and high clarity, offers a real treat for audio fans.

The next and previous track selection, volume and separate bass and treble adjustments can also be made via a neat remote control.

And, for a real time travel experience, the ambient LED light positioned on the roof flashes blue when paired with a Bluetooth device, and the speaker also makes the famous Tardis landing sound.

This fantastic speaker also features a built-in USB port which is capable of delivering up to 1 Amp, making it more than adequate to power and charge Smartphones and tablets.

WhoSounds Ltd director, Karl Grimsey, says:

The Tardis speaker will delight all Doctor Who fans. Far more than just a toy or souvenir, the function and sonic performance of the Tardis Speaker will wow audio fans too.

The speaker system will be on sale from 6th April at all good digital hardware stores priced £150 per purchase.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 307

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

For the glory of Doctor Who Adventures!
"What a week. I invented the wheel, reinvented the wheel, made friends with a seal AND then tried to go out for a meal. I wanted to get a table at the most famous restaurant in the universe - Falladino’s Galaxy Gourmet hot-dog stand, but because it was Valentine’s day, there were loads of monsters holding tentacles and smooching and taking up the tables. Eewww! Some days I mould just rather run into a fleet of Daleks."

We hope none of you are scared of potatoes, because this week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures is packed with Sontarans! We've got all of the info on the miniature menaces! Plus, we'll even show you how to make a potato-head Sontaran of your own. No clones necessary!

This issue also features more comic adventures, a Dalek survival guide, lots of brilliant posters, tricky puzzles and our hilarious guide to monsters in love! This issue comes with a cool Doctor or Dalek pad, folder and pencil set. Which will you get?

ALSO IN ISSUE 307...
Who’s Back!
Mega Message
Clone Zone
Draw a Cyberman
The Doctor Dalek Survival Guide
Love is in the Air
Snowload
Monster in Love
Plus much more!

Issue 307 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 20th February priced £2.99 per copy.

50th Anniversary - Special to Broadcast in 3D!

The BBC have announced that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will broadcast in 3D! Read on for more details:

Ben Stephenson, the BBC’s Controller of Drama Commissioning, has revealed some exciting news about plans to mark Doctor Who’s half-century. Earlier today he announced, "As part of the BBC's blockbuster celebrations to mark the Doctor turning 50, fans will be able to see the Time Lord and his adventures like never before - in 3D!"

To be broadcast using some of the BBC’s HD capacity, Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, said: "It's about time. Technology has finally caught up with Doctor Who and your television is now bigger on the inside. A whole new dimension of adventure for the Doctor to explore."

The 50th Anniversary special is to broadcast later this year on BBC One and BBC One HD. However, Doctor Who is to return sooner at Easter on 30th March with the second half of series seven, consisting of eight episodes featuring the Doctor and new companion Clara.

Series 7, Part 2 - Ice Warriors to Return!

SFX magazine have confirmed that the classic Doctor Who monsters the Ice Warriors are set to return in the second part of the current series, read on for further details from the interview with executive producer Caro Skinner:

 "We’ve got the most fantastic episode by Mark Gatiss, where we are bringing back the Ice Warrior… on a submarine! It’s a really wonderful kind of ‘bunker’ episode, and a classic monster which Mark has brought his own inimitable twist to."

"We wanted to bring them back because they’re wonderful! In the mix of stories that we were planning for this year it felt as if doing something very bold with a monster that hadn’t been seen for a while would be really cool. Mark is an enormous fan of the Ice Warrior stories and came up with the idea. The sense of a monster of that scale and that size trapped in a really small, contained environment such as a submarine was a really brilliant story to be able to tell. And obviously we’ve had a huge amount of fun going back to the traditional designs and recreating them, bringing the Ice Warriors back to life again."

"They were such a beautiful original design, and are genuinely really scary in terms of what they look like as they’re coming towards you in that armour. Letting a huge Ice Warrior loose at the heart of a classic Hunt For Red October style submarine movie was exactly the kind of story that the Doctor should get mixed up in."

"They’ve got really scary voices as well. I spent quite a lot of time on set trying to hiss like an Ice Warrior..."

The Ice Warriors last appeared in the 1974 story The Monster of Peladon. Doctor Who returns this Easter to BBC One and BBC One HD with part two of series seven.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 48

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

IN ISSUE 48...
Top 10 Loyal Allies
Christmas Crown
Solomon’s Robots V Oswin Oswald A Town Called Mercy
Where’s the Doctor? - the Griffolympics
X is for Xylok
Plus much more... 

Issue 48 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until 19th February priced £2.60 per copy.

An Adventure in Space and Time - More Cast Announced

Various official sources have announced four more actors due to star in the one-off drama explaining the origins of Doctor Who, An Adventure in Time and Space, read on for the casting:

CHARACTER - CAST
Waris Hussein - Sacha Dhawan
William Russell - Jamie Glover
Jacqueline Hill - Jemma Powell
Carole Ann Ford - Claudia Grant

The drama is to air on BBC Two later this year close to time of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, more details coming soon.

Series 7, Part 2 - Episode 12 Title Revealed

Writer of the upcoming twelfth episode of the current series of Doctor Who Neil Gaiman has revealed the title of his story as:

THE LAST CYBERMAN 

When interviewed by TheMusic.com.au, Gaiman commented:

“I’ve written [one] that broadcasts in May. It guest stars Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite and Jason Watkins. The episode is called The Last Cyberman. It’s about identity, it’s about responsibility and it’s about porridge.”

Part two of series seven of Doctor Who premieres this Easter to BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 457

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

Jon Pertwee, the actor who took Doctor Who to new levels of success in the 1970s, gave an extensive interview about his life and times to two young reporters back in 1994. The vast majority of the interview has remained unpublished - until now…

"I had no preconceptions about the programme when I joined it… I only knew I did not want to be like the Doctors who had gone before. However, the old producers wanted me to play it for laughs, you can see that in the first episode. The hat business. The shower. I had already decided I want to play it straight. Luckily those producers left after the first story and were replaced by Barry Letts who let me play it my way…"

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS
Doctor Who‘s showrunner and head writer, Steven Moffat, replies to DWM readers’ questions on Vastra’s lips, River’s name and his favourite story from each and every Doctor. Some of his answers will surprise you…!

IT MUST BE LOVE
Amy and Rory. The Doctor and Rose. Captain Jack and everyone. Yes, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Jonathan Morris turns down the lights, gets out the choccies and takes a romantic look at Doctor Who‘s greatest love stories!

OLD SCHOOL
The Eleventh Doctor has the surprise of his lives, as he’s reunited with Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in Coal Hill School! And the shocks don’t stop there, as the latest comic strip, Hunters of the Burning Stone by Scott Gray, with art by Martin Geraghty, continues…

OH, WHAT A NIGHT!
DWM uses its beryllium atomic clock to turn back time to 1996, and the momentous evening that Doctor Who returned to TV, starring Paul McGann, as Countdown to 50 continues.

CREEPY CRAWLIES
The Third Doctor faces certain death, while giant arachnids plot to invade the Earth! The Fact of Fiction brushes off the cobwebs from 1974′s Planet of the Spiders, Jon Pertwee’s final adventure as the Time Lord, and uncovers a wealth of new information and rare photos.

PLUS!
All the latest official news, reviews and previews, a prize-winning crossword and competitions and much, much more!

Issue 457 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 6th March priced £4.75 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 306

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

This issue of Doctor Who Adventures STINKS!
"I have just had a very interesting day. It Iooked like night and it smelt like peppermint. Then I discovered that a bunch of very fresh-smelling aliens were trying to steal daylight! I managed to stop them, of course, but I learnt something very important - not all bad aliens smell bad. Sometimes they smell delightful. And sometimes good aliens smell horrific. The moral of this tale is: never judge a monster by its stink. Bye!"
 

POOO-EY! If you're wondering what that honk is, then look no further than your latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures! This issue is full of the pongiest monsters in the universe - and if that wasn't enough, then we've also got some scientific PARP facts and some smelly jokes! You'll cry with laughter.

This issue also features the winner of our design a gadget competition. The winner will have their gadget made into a model and displayed at the Doctor Who Experience. Are you our winner? Find out only in our top mag! 

This week's edition comes with Monster Invasion pack of cards and small battle army figures.

ALSO IN ISSUE 306...
Latest News!
Monster Stinks!
Adventure Time
Comic Action!
Behind the Scenes!
Ultimate Monster!

Issue 306 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 13th February priced £2.99 per copy.

The Nameless City - Cover & Details

Puffin have revealed the cover and synopsis of the second edition of their ebooks celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, read on for further details:

THE NAMELESS CITY - by Michael Scott
When Jamie McCrimmon brings the Second Doctor a mysterious book, little does he realise the danger contained within its pages. The book transports the Tardis to a terrifying glass city on a distant world, where the Archons are intent on getting revenge on the Time Lord for an ancient grudge.

Doctor Who: The Nameless City will be released on 23rd February onto all good digital media outlets priced £1.99 per download and will be available as a physical paperpack in November to co-elide with Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, more information coming soon.

Destiny of the Doctor: Vengeance of the Stones - Cover & Details

BBC AudioGo have revealed the cover and synopsis of the third edition of the Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor audio series, read on for further details:

VENGEANCE OF THE STONES - written by Andrew Smith, performed by Richard Franklin & Trevor Littledale
Two RAF fighter jets are on a training flight over North East Scotland when one of them is plucked from the air and promptly disappears. UNIT are called in, and the Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart are soon on the scene. They enlist the help of a local military officer - a young lieutenant by the name of Mike Yates.

The Doctor discovers a link to the recumbent stone circles that are plentiful in this part of Scotland. The stones are thousands of years old, and are soon revealed to hold a terrible secret. Then Mike Yates disappears, abducted by an alien race that has a grievance with humanity. Their intention is to harness the power of the stones in order to take their revenge. For the Doctor and the Brigadier, the race is now on to save their new friend Mike and the entire planet Earth. 

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor - Vengeance of the Stones is on sale from 4th March at all good CD stores priced £10.20 per copy and all digital online MP3 websites priced £3.99 per download.

The Angel's Kiss - Audio Cover & Details

BBC Audio have revealed the cover and synopsis of the audio adaption of a Doctor Who novel:

THE ANGEL'S KISS - written by Melody Malone, read by Alex Kingston
On some days, New York is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. This was one of the other days...

Melody Malone, owner and sole employee of the Angel Detective Agency, has an unexpected caller. It's movie star Rock Railton, and he thinks someone is out to kill him. When he mentions the 'kiss of the Angel', she takes the case. Angels are Melody's business...

At the press party for Railton's latest movie, studio owner Max Kliener invites Melody to the film set of their next blockbuster. He's obviously spotted her potential, and Melody is flattered when Kliener asks her to become a star. But the cost of fame, she'll soon discover, is greater than anyone could possibly imagine.

Will Melody be able to escape Kliener's dastardly plan - before the Angels take Manhattan?

Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss is on sale now as an e-book on all good digital media outlets priced £1.99 per download, while the audio edition is released on 7th February at all good CD stores priced £13.25 per copy and all digital media outlets priced £10.99 per download.

April 2013 Novels - Covers & Details

BBC Books have revealed the cover and synopsis of three new Doctor Who novels, read on for further details:

SHROUD OF SORROW - by Tommy Donbavand
23rd November, 1963. It is the day after John F. Kennedy’s assassination - and the faces of the dead are everywhere. PC Reg Cranfield sees his late father in the mists along Totter’s Lane. Reporter Mae Callon sees her grandmother in a coffee stain on her desk. FBI Special Agent Warren Skeet finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from raindrops on a window pane. 

Then the faces begin to talk, and scream... and push through into our world. As the alien Shroud begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning, can the Doctor dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind?

THE DALEK GENERATION - by Nicholas Briggs
Sunlight 349 is one of countless Dalek Foundation worlds, planets created to house billions suffering from economic hardship. The Doctor arrives at Sunlight 349, suspicious of any world where the Daleks are apparently a force for good - and determined to find out the truth. The Doctor knows they have a far more sinister plan - but how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of the Daleks for a generation?

But convince them he must, and soon. For on another Foundation planet, archaeologists have unearthed the most dangerous technology in the universe...

PLAGUE OF THE CYBERMEN - by Justin Richards
When the Doctor arrives in the 19th-century village of Klimtenburg, he discovers the residents suffering from some kind of plague - a ‘wasting disease’. The victims face a horrible death – but what’s worse, the dead seem to be leaving their graves. The Plague Warriors have returned…

The Doctor is confident he knows what’s really happening; he understands where the dead go, and he’s sure the Plague Warriors are just a myth. But as some of the Doctor’s oldest and most terrible enemies start to awaken he realises that maybe - just maybe - he’s misjudged the situation.

All three novels are on sale from 11th April at all good bookstores priced £6.99 each.