Issue Description

In this issueSHOWRUNNER STEVEN MOFFAT REVEALS HIS FUTURE PLANS FOR THE TWELFTH DOCTOR, EXCLUSIVELY IN DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 484!

In an exclusive in-depth interview, Doctor Who's head writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat, reflects on last year's series and tells DWM how the Doctor might change in the next season...

"We're not bringing him back exactly as we left him, at all," says Steven. "I think that was already evident at Christmas. He's left some of the burden of being a superhero of the universe behind. So I'm pushing him – I'm writing quite funny this year – I'm pushing him the other way..."

ALSO INSIDE ISSUE 484 OF DWM...

Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor, gives his opinion on Peter Capaldi's incarnation, and how it's changed how he thinks about the Doctor. Plus, an exclusive preview of the new Doctor Who audio series, Dark Eyes 4, including contributions from Alex Macqueen (the Master).Bonnie Langford, who played Mel – companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors – in the 1980s, recalls her turbulent time on the show.Doctor Who's very first director, Waris Hussein, continues his guide to the making of the classic 1964 adventure Marco Polo, with the help of unique documents unseen for more than 50 years.Discover fascinating new facts about the 1972 Third Doctor adventure The Time Monster in The Fact of Fiction.In a special feature, the Watcher solves the mystery of when the Doctor was first revealed not to be human.There's trouble in storage for Doctor and Clara in Space Invaders!, a brand-new comic strip written by Mark Wright and illustrated by Mike Collins.Steven Moffat answer readers’ questions – and speculates about the return of the CyberBrig!The Time Team take a side-step to watch Peter Capaldi star in the dark Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood: Children of Earth.Jacqueline Rayner reflects on fear and terror in Doctor Who in Relative Dimensions.The DWM Review assesses the very latest Doctor Who audio and book releases.The Watcher celebrates the man who played the First Doctor, William Hartnell, in the latest Wotcha!The DWM Crossword, prize-winning competitions, official news 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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