Issue Description

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out now, and looks back on MATT SMITH's four years as the Doctor.

"A big part of me wanted to stay because it’s a wonderful job and he’s a wonderful character. My life will never be the same. I’ll never play another part quite like this…"

Also in this issue:

Model-maker extraordinaire MIKE TUCKER and members of the Model Unit talk exclusively to DWM about creating the visual effects for Doctor Who in 1980s.Doctor Who's new executive producer BRIAN MINCHIN writes exclusively for DWM in Production Notes.A detailed look at the Fact of Fiction of 1980's Meglos.The Blood of Azrael – the first part of a new comic strip adventure for the Doctor and Clara.The Time Team welcome Donna aboard the TARDIS as they watch Partners in CrimeA preview of the recently rediscovered The Web of Fear on DVD.A review of the newly released Moonbase DVD from Matthew Sweet.Jacqueline Rayner debates the ethics of telling the truth to her children in Relative Dimensions.The Watcher his favourite Doctor Who planets, and outs another helpless supporting artiste in Wotcha!.Reviews of the latest DVDs, CDs and books.Competitions, puzzles, and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine (1979)

Publisher

Panini Comics

Volume Description

AKA Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly

Publication history

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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