Issue Description

As Doctor Who reaches its mid-season climax, DWM talks exclusively to actress ALEX KINGSTON about keeping the incredible secret of the true identity of her back-to-front alter-ego, River Song...

“Right up until the reveal, people are enjoying trying to guess. Is she really on the Doctor’s side? Or is there something more to her? Is she actually not such a good person? Even once we know who River is, I don’t think we’ve lost her potential for adventure.”

ALSO THIS ISSUE:

AND BABY MAKES FOUR!
DWM takes a peak at what we can expect from STEVEN MOFFAT’s game-changing episode, A Good Man Goes to War. Where is Amy? Who is the Eye Patch Lady? What is River’s secret? All will be revealed... or will it...?

HAVE YOU MET MY WIFE? SURANNE JONES talks exclusively to DWM about what it was like to play Idris – the TARDIS given physical form, in the amazing episode, THE DOCTOR’S WIFE, written by the award-winning NEIL GAIMAN.

GOODBYE SARAH JANE... Following the sad news of the death of ELISABETH SLADEN,DWM commemorates the much-loved actress and the character of Sarah Jane Smith that she created. Doctor Who’s commander-in-chief, STEVEN MOFFAT reflects on the enduring popularity of the character in his latest PRODUCTION NOTES; and former Doctor Whoshowrunner and executive producer of The Sarah Jane Adventures, RUSSELL T DAVIES shares his fond memories of working with Elisabeth. Plus, an obituary and a selection of the many letters received from readers.

SEEING DOUBLE!
DWM braved the biting cold to report on the disturbing two-part adventure, THE REBEL FLESH/THE ALMOST PEOPLE and was able to talk exclusively to the cast and crew, including author MATTHEW GRAHAM, actor RAQUEL CASSIDY, and director JULIAN SIMPSON.

GENTELMEN ADVENTURERS... From 1977’s The Talons of Weng-Chiang to their own series of adventures on audio, actors CHRISTOPHER BENJAMIN and TREVOR BAXTER talk exclusively to DWM about playing Victorian detectives Jago and Litefoot.

END OF AN ERA As the 60s draw to a close, so too does the tenure of the Second Doctor as COUNTDOWN TO 50 reaches Series Six which introduced both UNIT and the Time Lords to Doctor Who mythology.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Amy and the Doctor confront nuns with guns when they land inside an abandoned alien vessel where time is the enemy in APOTHEOSIS, the first part of a new comic strip adventure by Jonathan Morris with art by Dan McDaid.

RETURN OF AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE... THE TIME TEAM take a trip to the subterranean layer of tycoon and extraterrestrial collector, Henry van Statten to see the Doctor confronting an old enemy. Will DALEK be to their taste?

GONE TO PIECES... Summoned by the White Guardian, the Doctor is charged with the mission of finding the six segments of the Key to Time and the Time Lady Romana is assigned to help him in his task. FACT OF FICTION examines THE RIBOS OPERATION from 1978, and tracks down some fascinating facts about the adventure.

OF GODS AND MEN... Should the Doctor be an all-powerful, god-like being or just a clever chap with an inquisitive streak? TOBY HADOKE and JOHNNY CANDON take sides and fight their respective corners in A BATTLE OF WITS...

PLUS! All the latest official news, previews, reviews, competitions, more madness from the Watcher, another prize-winning crossword, and much, much more!

AND! A FREE giant-size, double-sided poster!

Doctor Who Magazine (1979)

Publisher

Panini Comics

Volume Description

AKA Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly

In October 1979 Marvel UK launched Doctor Who Weekly. The license to produce Doctor Who comic strips had been held by Polystyle since 1964, and the character had appeared almost continuously in their titles, starting in TV Comic then jumping to Countdown (later Countdown to TV Action and finally TV Action), then back to TV Comic. However, late in 1979 Polystyle lost the license to Marvel UK, and for the first time the Doctor had a regular title entirely devoted to himself.

It is the longest running TV tie-in magazine in the world, having an unbroken publication run of thirty-two years and counting (October 1979 to date). It began life as a weekly title, but switched to monthly production in September 1980 with its 44th issue, when its titled changed to Doctor Who - A Marvel Monthly. The title underwent further minor modifications over the next few years, becoming finally just Doctor Who Magazine as of #107.

Doctor Who Magazine contains a serialised monthly comic. It is ten oversized pages long. Each issue has features on the show, which have included news about current productions and releases, interviews with actors, retrospectives on past episodes, previews of upcoming episodes in production and reviews of licensed products.

In addition to the ongoing comic strip, early issues had back-up strips, both reprinting Marvel science fiction tales and providing new stories set in the Doctor Who Universe but not featuring the Doctor.

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