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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 539 limited Deluxe Edition

DWM 539 is available as a strictly limited Deluxe Edition, exclusive to WH Smith priced £9.99.

In addition to the latest issue of DWM, the Deluxe Edition includes:

  • An exclusive vinyl EP featuring rare and bonus tracks from The Evil of the Daleks.
  • A 28-page supplement about the making of the Thirteenth Doctor’s episodes, packed full of new information and previously unseen pictures.
  • Downloads from BBC Audio and Big Finish.
  • A Doctor Who bookmark And more!


This issue also includes:

  • Exclusive Jodie Whittaker interview
  • The latest Production Notes from showrunner Chris Chibnall.
  • Former Doctor David Tennant discusses Jodie Whittaker.
  • Howard Burden recalls designing costumes for three different Doctors.
  • The second part of a candid interview with 1980s script editor Eric Saward.
  • What topped the DWM season poll? We reveal the results!
  • We talk to the team behind the Blu-ray special edition of 1973’s Planet of the Daleks.
  • The Fact of Fiction explores the 2005 story The Long Game.
  •  Eric Saward previews his novelisations of Resurrection and Revelation of the Daleks.
  • Is Doctor Who a kids’ show? The Time Team decides.
  •  How to recreate the Second Doctor’s ‘cosmic hobo’ style.
  •  The final part of Herald of Madness, a comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
  • The Blogs of Doom, audio reviews, previews, news, prize-winning competitions and much, much more!

 


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62 comments

  • Euan Bird

    June 22nd, 2019 - 11:34am

    Just got it today in WH Smith’s and was really surprised that they still actually had a issue left. The vinyl is the main reason I bought it as I don’t really tend to buy the magazine anymore but might start buying it again as this issue seems quite good

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  • Colin

    June 12th, 2019 - 11:33pm

    Has anyone received a copy of the magazine with the vinyl missing? I bought my copy from ebay as I couldn’t get in in the shops and there is no vinyl in it. I’m wondering if it was a fault of the manufactures or if I’ve been conned

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    • The Flying Shark

      June 13th, 2019 - 7:21am

      Sounds like a con-I find it very unlikely one wouldn’t have been packed, and I know from searching for a particular Big Finish in the last special edition that these cardboard sleeves can be resealed like they’ve never been opened.

    • Darren

      June 13th, 2019 - 8:43am

      Hi Colin I brought 2 from eBay too and there was no vinyl in each of them. I mentioned this too seller and it has happened to a lot of them on there

    • MIKK89

      June 13th, 2019 - 9:26am

      To be fair if you bought it of eBay, they may have bought it with the Vinyl and sold the rest on eBay after keeping it.

      Not had it with Doctor Who merchandise, but Marvel march I have had that with

  • Bigman

    June 9th, 2019 - 9:56pm

    Got mine today from the Weston Fevell shopping Centre Northampton…still a few left

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  • Jason

    June 7th, 2019 - 4:10pm

    5 copies still in Winchester , just saw them .

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  • Gareth Pugh

    June 3rd, 2019 - 10:14pm

    DWM has just tweeted:’ The limited edition is selling so fast that many branches of WH Smith have already sold out and there’s no stock for the online Panini Store!’ … so looks like anyone wanting it will need to hit the high street now.

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  • Jason

    June 3rd, 2019 - 4:33pm

    I picked up a spare copy today if someone want to pay the postage , your welcome to it.

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    • Jason

      June 3rd, 2019 - 5:19pm

      I mean the cost of the magazine and the postage !

    • CroGoblin

      June 3rd, 2019 - 8:47pm

      Hi Jason, do you still have the spare copy? If yes, can I have it? Let me know your Paypal details and total for the mag+postage. Thanks

    • Justin Dawson

      June 4th, 2019 - 1:51am

      Hi I’m Justin ..did you pick up the deluxe edition of the July issue of Doctor Who Magazine and if so how much are you seeking it for ..

  • Cymon

    June 1st, 2019 - 11:48am

    There are 8 copies in Livingston if anyone is nearby

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  • Anonymous

    May 30th, 2019 - 4:24pm

    Do you think that once it is up for sale on the Panini website you will be able to buy it for a long time, or there will be limited stock?

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    • booboo

      May 30th, 2019 - 5:10pm

      i think this might go quite quickly but not had past experience on how many they may have

    • Anonymous

      June 1st, 2019 - 2:00pm

      I’m wondering what amount they have lost in Sales due to it not being online? As the 5,000 Copies are a WHSmith Exclusive they may have a deal in place to guarantee sales to WHSmith first?

  • Anonymous

    May 30th, 2019 - 1:25pm

    Does anyone know what Big Finish stories are included?

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    • Anonymous

      May 30th, 2019 - 2:03pm

      Tales From New Earth (the complete boxset)

  • Ben H

    May 30th, 2019 - 12:38pm

    I’m really curious about the bookmark! I know it’s Resurrection/Revelation of the Daleks on either side – but what specifically? Is it just the cover design for the new novelisations? Or a still from the episodes?

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    • Anonymous

      May 30th, 2019 - 2:04pm

      The cover designs for the new novelisations

    • Ben H

      May 30th, 2019 - 2:39pm

      Thanks so much, anon 🙂

  • The Flying Shark

    May 30th, 2019 - 12:28pm

    I hate to say it, but this might be the last issue I buy. The vinyl is good, as are the downloads, but the magazine just isn’t giving me what I want. The features aren’t long enough, it’s taken a very condescending tone under Marcus Hearn’s leadership (I don’t need to be reminded in every caption that Jodie Whittaker is the current Doctor), and I can’t believe a cover feature interview with David Tennant is TWO PAGES LONG. I didn’t need to read more of Eric Saward or Howard Burden after the last issue and the Costume Design special, and the Malorie Blackman interview would have been better longer too. So thanks, DWM, and I wish you the best for the future.

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    • Anonymous

      May 31st, 2019 - 9:01am

      I stopped collecting Dr Who magazine 5 issues ago up till then had got every issue but for me it’s the price and what we are getting in it, I’m with you on the tone and articles just not the same anymore might be for some but that’s just my opinion.

  • Anonymous

    May 30th, 2019 - 11:56am

    There’s some in the Erdington store

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  • Deborah

    May 30th, 2019 - 11:42am

    So we are subscribers and didn’t get a vinyl EP. Is it just WHSmiths that you get it with?

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    • booboo

      May 30th, 2019 - 11:46am

      yes or if you cant find one at WH smiths you will be able yo get one from panini soon

    • Deborah

      May 30th, 2019 - 11:56am

      We got absolutely nothing with this magazine yet we subscribe from panini

    • Gareth Pugh

      May 30th, 2019 - 12:30pm

      Deborah, it’s a promotion asked for by and agreed with WHSmith. Unfortunately if Panini were to give this to subscribers as well, there’s a good chance WHS would lose interest in the deal (for not having the exclusivity factor to drive enough sales to their stores) and walk away. Panini’s view is subscribers get other things instead (exclusive ‘clean’ covers and at a cheaper per-issue price than the face value £5.99). I understand the frustration though.

    • Anonymous

      May 30th, 2019 - 1:12pm

      Thanks for that, my frustration now though is having to buy another copy to get the vinyl. It’s my 17 year old sons subscription.

  • DalekAgent

    May 30th, 2019 - 11:02am

    Just got mine and i cant wait to give the vinyl a listen too, I have a feeling some people will buy multiple of these and then sell them for more money because of the exclusive vinyl

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    • booboo

      May 30th, 2019 - 11:28am

      on ebay already for £20+

    • Colin

      May 30th, 2019 - 2:12pm

      Still no panini link ..I’m away in Greece and can’t miss this arrgghhh

    • DalekAgent

      May 31st, 2019 - 4:47am

      Theres quite a few on ebay now with the highest now being £30+, someone is even selling the previous deluxe edition that came with a physical big finish audio for £50

    • MJS

      June 1st, 2019 - 7:05pm

      The vinyl contains the same tracks from the last disc of the CD soundtrack. Still a lovely thing to have though!!

    • JRT!

      June 2nd, 2019 - 8:50am

      Also available at newsstand.co.uk,where I order all my mags,including this ine.

    • JRT!

      June 2nd, 2019 - 8:52am

      One,not ine.

  • Anonymous

    May 30th, 2019 - 10:23am

    I got two copies today and didn’t get the bookmark in either of them! Anyone else not got one in theirs?

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    • DalekAgent

      May 30th, 2019 - 10:57am

      The bookmark has Resurrection of the Daleks on one side and Revelation of the Daleks on the other incase you are confused, i was expecting a bookmark with the Tardis on or something but still its only a bookmark

    • Ben H

      May 30th, 2019 - 12:37pm

      I’m really curious about the bookmark! I know it’s Resurrection/Revelation of the Daleks on either side – but what specifically? Is it just the cover design for the new novelisations? Or a still from the episodes?

  • Anonymous

    May 30th, 2019 - 9:55am

    They did well getting this out on time…

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  • skonnos

    May 30th, 2019 - 9:22am

    anyone got one yet? even to 2 WHSmiths and neither received stock!

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    • Anonymous

      May 30th, 2019 - 10:25am

      Same. Another wild goose chase.

    • Skonnos

      May 31st, 2019 - 10:34pm

      I did eventually find one at the 4th store I went to. Talk about the chase….

  • Colin

    May 30th, 2019 - 8:45am

    When does it go live or have I missed it ??

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    • booboo

      May 30th, 2019 - 8:48am

      no, will keep checking and update when it does, they have just tweeted about it with a link so they must be doing it soon

    • Colin

      May 30th, 2019 - 8:49am

      Probably 9am UK time

  • I’ve Got the who’s

    May 29th, 2019 - 6:42pm

    Will The Soundtrack EP Be In A Vinyl Style Or CD Form

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  • Anonymous

    May 29th, 2019 - 6:12pm

    I got a vinyl player two weeks ago. So this is really well timed

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  • Sideways

    May 29th, 2019 - 6:11pm

    So is the vinyl just part of what’s on evil of the daleks vinyl or something exclusive to the mag?

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  • Anonymous

    May 29th, 2019 - 5:40pm

    A brilliant issue but I wish a Poster was included because the Vinyl has put me off purchasing because I don’t own a Vinyl Player.

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    • Anonymous

      May 29th, 2019 - 5:43pm

      Well I’m getting it (hopefully), and I have no idea of what to do with the vinyl. (I have a feeling that one will end up on eBay or Amazon in a few days…)

  • Anonymous

    May 29th, 2019 - 12:57pm

    Wow, I’m a subscriber so going to pick this up too! Great cover, great gifts, overall Great!

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  • Gareth Pugh

    May 29th, 2019 - 12:15pm

    Good that you can get it online direct from Panini’s web store this time, if your local WHS don’t get it (not all did last time)

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    • Tim

      May 29th, 2019 - 8:11pm

      Cant seem to find it, do you have a link?

    • booboo

      May 29th, 2019 - 8:20pm

      its not live yet, probably tomorrow store.panini.co.uk

    • Gareth Pugh

      May 29th, 2019 - 8:28pm

      Tim it’s contained in the news article above. But the product doesn’t seem to be up yet.

  • The Flying Shark

    May 29th, 2019 - 12:06pm

    This actually looks proper good! Will the downloads be of complete stories, or samples?

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    • Anonymous

      May 29th, 2019 - 12:11pm

      If it’s like last time, I’m pretty sure they are the complete stories!

    • Anonymous

      May 29th, 2019 - 5:09pm

      Had a little look on the Big Finish website, and the only Big Finish promo with this issue is Tales From New Earth (the entire boxset!).

  • Anonymous

    May 29th, 2019 - 11:40am

    Exclusive vinyl EP??? :O

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