June 22nd, 2017
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Publication of Doctor Who Adventures Magazine is being suspended at Issue 24.
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Ben Inge
July 2nd, 2019 - 5:29pmThey will bring it back the reason whsmiths did not order in is they were told it was not going to be published any more for a long time.
doctor whom
December 14th, 2018 - 7:27pmsuch a shame surly the bbc would be trying to get yonger fans
Walter Homma
November 25th, 2017 - 10:10amvery sorry to see the end of Doctor Who Adventures Magazine What lovely memories I had of our show I shall miss this magazine terribly and so will our younger fans
Walter Homma
November 25th, 2017 - 10:05amVery sorry to see the end of Doctor Who Adventures Magazine I shall miss it terribly thanks for many memories
Dalek4ever
June 29th, 2017 - 1:51pmFinally got this! Ithe is quite good for a kids magazine. Nice to see a few Classic things to
The Monitor
June 26th, 2017 - 8:19pmA great addition for the Doctor Who collector, I have about 450 issues (including the ones with 2 variant covers (not just variant gifts- but specific printing differences or bag/unbagged differences for additional gifts as the supermarkets (Tesco mainly) did)
The cameras, radio, clocks, pencil tins and trainer bags were the best gifts.
I am deeply saddened that a 11 year routine of tracking down this magazine and its variants is sadly over.
The worst thing is of course the still very successful Doctor Who Experience and its massive shop with massive amounts of DWE exclusive merchandise closing.
Weeping Angel
June 24th, 2017 - 5:06pmThis magazines free gift is one or two of these:
Weeping Angel (not sure which one)
Screwdriver Set
Monster Mould Set
Monster Build Kit
Wind Up Tardis
Monster Carry Case
Monster Figures
Cybermen Hunters
If you know that this issue includes any others: comment below
The Monitor
June 26th, 2017 - 8:08pmMine came with 2 Cyberman related gifts. Bagged in Co-op with extra free gift sticker.
Anonymous
July 4th, 2017 - 2:00pmConundrum Cube( same as previous month) very disappointed.
Demdike@CultLabs
July 4th, 2017 - 3:16pmGot mine at Tesco. Came with two gifts. – Cyberman hunters and a Timelord travel kit.
Anonymous
June 24th, 2017 - 2:55pmCan not find this at all. Please tell me where you got it
Weeping Angel
June 24th, 2017 - 5:07pmWhsmith, various newsagents
Anonymous
June 24th, 2017 - 5:26pmokay, thanks
Dalek4ever
June 24th, 2017 - 1:54pmI went to see of my local shop had this, I asked if there were any and they said “Sorry, we don’t get them anymore. They were left out. Football now days. So we didn’t bother getting any” That’s makes me sad how mamy people forgot about it. Well I didn’t buy it in ages but I got the first ever issue so I had to get the last, so now I can’t
Weeping Angel
June 24th, 2017 - 5:08pmTry whsmiths
The Contessa
June 24th, 2017 - 6:17pmTry larger Tescos. My Tesco Extra always stocked them, often with additional gifts. And goodbye Doctor Who Adventures! I was loyal from beginning to end and still have every issue. You’ll be missed.
T4RD1S
June 24th, 2017 - 3:04amIt’s sad to see this magazine being stopped. I remember when they were at the top, but then they fell off after they stopped the subscriptions and made it 2 weeks. Most of my stationery in year 4 was supplied by the stationery from these magazines, lol.
The Flying Shark
June 23rd, 2017 - 7:04pmI got this today, it was quite a good final issue.
Demdike@CultLabs
June 23rd, 2017 - 8:32pmWhat is given away with the final issue?
AlexanderOP
June 23rd, 2017 - 10:59amSo with this being the final issue, what does everyone think the best free gifts were?
I remember in one issue they had the watch Donna wore in Turn Left, that was really cool it was even lenticular so the number changed.
booboo
June 23rd, 2017 - 11:25amgrowing cyberman
Weeping Angel
June 23rd, 2017 - 1:10pmcress cyberman
Demdike@CultLabs
June 23rd, 2017 - 3:39pmThe Cyber camera was good. I also liked the growing Weeping Angel.
Skirlston
June 23rd, 2017 - 8:17pmThe best ‘free’ gift was the first-ever one – the TARDIS clock. There were many good ones – the first ever release of the new paradigm Daleks,, the build your own wind-up Daleks and the advent calendars to name but a few.
Demdike@CultLabs
June 23rd, 2017 - 8:32pm@Skirlston
Forgot about the TARDIS clock. I shouldn’t have as i still use it.
Weeping Angel
June 23rd, 2017 - 9:45pmi thought the tardis clock was recalled???
Anonymous
June 24th, 2017 - 6:58am@Weeping Angel It was recalled but I have still have my mines lol.
KORSAIR
June 24th, 2017 - 12:04pmWhy was the Tardis clock recalled? I still have mine unopened.
DalekAgent
June 24th, 2017 - 12:50pmIts a bit of hard choice because i cant remember a lot of the free gifts they had, but im gonna say the issue that came with the Big Finish audio The Mutant Phase (and a Dalek inflatable?) because that was the first ever Big Finish audio i heard and its the one that got into Big Finish audios in the first place
DalekAgent
June 24th, 2017 - 12:52pm– that got *me* into Big Finish audios in the first place
T4RD1S
June 24th, 2017 - 10:02pmI think them little plastic Dalek toys they had, I had loads of them. They had Sontarans, Cybermen, the Silence, Ood(s), Judoons, Silurians and loads of others aswell
Demdike@CultLabs
June 22nd, 2017 - 11:17pmWhat is being given away with this final issue?
Tom
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:45pmI use to be subscribed to the magazine but since having the internet since 2010 i have only bought the odd issue as all the info is online in some form
The Monitor
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:43pmI bought every single issue, every known variant cover, and searched the supermarkets for an exclusive edition most weeks since 2006.
This really is a shame. As with everything Doctor Who, a good proportion of the buyers are collectors who are way beyond any target age.
The magazine seldom did anything wrong. In fact it was something of a masterpiece to maintain a publication after so many many issues.
Simon W
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:47pmIv got every one since the 1st issue way back in 06 and this is the last issue. sad day for fan’s
Anonymous
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:26pmBooboo, do we know what the mystery free gifts are?
Anonymous
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:24pmThe 10 year old part of me is screaming for this to go, and in all honestly I think this had so much potential!
Weeping Angel
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:17pmI got issue 23, and I was suprised how good of a magazine it was for kids: it had comics, quizzes, poster, story, puzzles and info as well. Not too bad gift either (at least it wasnt a reused old one from 5 years ago!). Must be down to not many kids buying it, because if I was younger I would by it! I’ll stick with Doctor Who Magazine for now.
N.B. My favourite DWA gift was the Cyberman cress set! I had great fun with that! (That sounds so sad 🙂 )
Doctor Mysterio
June 22nd, 2017 - 8:08pmWell, with 12 shiny new episodes of Doctor Who airing, to leave the past issue on sale for 8 weeks seems like a missed opportunity.
My tame 11 year old used to ask about this every week but the long wait between issues means they soon forgot about it and moved on. A shame.
booboo
June 22nd, 2017 - 8:29pmpeople had become more and more negative towards the mag even before it changed to pannini
I saw it happen week upon week
to me it was clear the generation that grew up with it out-grew it (and therefore were unfairly negative towards it) and the “next generation” simply wasn’t there in big numbers
Simon W
June 22nd, 2017 - 10:49pmthe number of issues sold each issue has dropped to under 11k from over 50k when is started.
The emperor of mars
June 22nd, 2017 - 7:33pmIts a shame to see what was once a great publication go but to be honest it’s not a surprise quite a lot of dull episodes and the ratings have been down kids would rather watch YouTube or football I mean have you the magazines they sell nowadays
Demdike@CultLabs
June 22nd, 2017 - 1:04pmNo wonder this publication is finishing. There has been nothing this series to excite it’s targeted age range aside from the Ice Warriors.
bryan
June 22nd, 2017 - 3:49pmnot sure i agree. Snake tipped alligators, Giant eel fish, Wooden princess , creepy beetles, Mummified monks, and Roman Soldiers (remember Rory was Roman and they loved that). I live in Chester, so we have whole shoals of kids in the age group, marching along the streets in costumes,shields ,etc.
Nephews loving this series,even if there have been some troubled nights.