December 5th, 2013
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Doctor Who Magazine issue 468
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Danny Brown
December 16th, 2013 - 5:05pmGot this! Love the poster!
nichloas r
December 13th, 2013 - 12:18am“and there is a nice free poster with this issue at least dr mag pushed the boat out unlike radio times . who did nothing
I Froze Gallifrey
December 13th, 2013 - 7:14amRemember the postcards earlier this year?!
Boodleoo
December 13th, 2013 - 3:53pmThey said there were going to be more
Anonymous
December 12th, 2013 - 7:42pmI reckon the doctor is gonna merk all these enemies with the exploding tardis in series 5.. Just an idea? That would wrap up elevens era
Anonymous
December 12th, 2013 - 7:39pmMatt smith is the 11th doctor. The doctor in his eleventh body, but his final regeneration, peter capaldi is the 12th doctor, so somehow moffat is going to have to give the doctor more regenerations, i think he will be granted more regenerations by the time lords because he saved Galifrey..
Trenzalore
December 12th, 2013 - 7:43pmThat’s a great theory but it seems likely now that Matt Smith is the 13th doctor (John Hurt doctor and Journey’s end half regeneration) so somehow Peter Capaldi will be the doctor even though the doctor is in his final regeneration. But your theory does sound good 🙂
Anthony Dunn
December 13th, 2013 - 5:36pmin night of the doctor, the 8th doctorwas dying, . the time lord lady gave him a cup with something in it. so this could mean that he started his regeneration stream again. so this regeneration will be his 5th . so he has another 7 lives left. its just a thought
matparks08
December 12th, 2013 - 6:41pmI do feel that DWM is turning into an expensive luxury – £5.99 this time round
Booboo Jr
December 12th, 2013 - 6:44pmThe price should return to normal after this.
At least this months DWM isn’t as hefty a cost as the 50th Anniversary Issue.
Trenzalore
December 12th, 2013 - 6:45pmI think it will go back to normal price after these, the 50th issue was expensive for obvious reasons and this one is Matt’s last one so they probably expect a lot of people will buy it therefore more money for them
Jaketorwho
December 13th, 2013 - 9:01amThis and the 50th are higher as they are bumper issues! They have more content. Come january it will be normal price again!
UnitedGamers2013
December 23rd, 2013 - 6:36pm£4.99 in January
DOCTOR WHO ONE
December 11th, 2013 - 3:19pmSaw this out today in Ilford’s WH Smith. Should be out tomorrow, so I’m surprised it’s come out a day early.
I’ll buy my copy tomorrow when I get Star Trek – Starships Collection with the awesome U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205 model from Star Trek – Deep Space Nine.
Pwilc1967
December 12th, 2013 - 6:54pmSome outlets have been known to put them on the shelf early. Look out also for the DS9 station itself rrp £18.99
Doctor Rules
December 6th, 2013 - 5:49pmmatt looks a lot different.
Haza14
December 6th, 2013 - 9:09pmIt might be because he had to wear a wig for this episode!!
Danny Brown
December 7th, 2013 - 4:15pmi forgot he had to wear a wig!
Theta Sigma
December 5th, 2013 - 6:38pmWhy does the cover say before the end of his final life??? we no he’s defenatly got 1 more regeneration we saw him in the day of the doctor. Error! or is there something there not telling us?
Trenzalore
December 5th, 2013 - 6:41pmMatt is the 12th doctor (or so all evidence points to) therefore last regeneration.
videogamemad00
December 5th, 2013 - 6:46pmIt seems that the regeneration energy in The Stolen Eath/Journey’s End counts as a regeneration.
Theta Sigma
December 5th, 2013 - 6:46pmSurely it should say can the eleventh doctor defeat them before his final adventure.
doctorwhofan82
December 6th, 2013 - 4:35pmMoffat has come out and said that the stolen earth regeneration and john hurt regeneration both counting making Matt technically the 13th doctor and Capaldi the 14th.
Anonymous
December 6th, 2013 - 9:04pmNot the 13th Doctor, he’s the thirteenth incarnation, twelfth regeneration and Twelfth Doctor (but referred to by fans as the Eleventh Doctor).
Love DoctorWho
December 7th, 2013 - 10:03amNo, he is the thirteenth doctor, as John Hurt was effectively 9, then Chris,then Davod, and david regenerated twice (see stolen earth) and then Matt is the thirteenth.
Danny Brown
December 7th, 2013 - 4:16pmThe Doctor can only regenarate 12 times. But the 10th doctor regenarted twice so the 11th doctor is his final body.
McGann is the Doctor
December 9th, 2013 - 10:39amMatt is the 11th Doctor
but has no remaining regenerations, he has used up all 13.
Daniel Adsett
December 5th, 2013 - 5:07pmWhy has the price gone to £5.99
Scott
December 5th, 2013 - 5:09pmIt’s a bumper issue
Owsi
December 5th, 2013 - 3:52pmThe explosion in the back looks likethe pyramids a little.
Trenzalore
December 5th, 2013 - 3:43pmWow great cover! I am so looking forward to getting this!!!
Owsi
December 5th, 2013 - 3:40pmLooks great! Can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ant
December 5th, 2013 - 2:36pmHe is the final dr, hurt is the real 9th dr
tennant used a regeneration healing in the stolen earth. Smith is 13.
The Surgeon
December 5th, 2013 - 4:48pmBut in ‘The Impossible Astronaut’ (I think), II said that a Time Lord had 5I2 lives.
Dalek95
December 5th, 2013 - 5:33pmLives not regenerations
ParadigmDalek1325
December 5th, 2013 - 6:12pm1. That was in the Death of the Doctor
2. Russell T Davies said that was a joke and not real. 😛
hayden7257
December 6th, 2013 - 8:56pm504
Haza14
December 6th, 2013 - 9:07pmI thought he said 507!!
Defender of Trenzalore
December 8th, 2013 - 9:50amHe said 507, and it was specifically that number because its’ digits (5 + 0 +7) add up to 12, so still 12 Regenerations in reality!
😉
Anonymous
December 5th, 2013 - 1:51pmWhat do they mean final life? Matt Smith is the eleventh doctor!
(And I don’t care what people say John Hurt wasn’t an official doctor. He was 8.5, not 9! And the other tenth doctor doesn’t count ether, because he was human.)
And if that is how Mr. Moffat is counting the regenirations, then he should be on his 14th life, because of the watcher and the Valeyard.
100000BC
December 5th, 2013 - 1:58pmOkay… Are you ready?
The watcher and the valeyard were not real Doctors, as the watcher was a projection and the valeyard was a manifestation of the Doctor’s darkey side from BETWEEN two of his regenerations.
Although we’re not calling him “the 9th Doctor”, John Hurt is technically the 9th Doctor, as we saw the regenerations 8-Hurt and Hurt-9. Just because the Doctors don’t call him the Doctor, it doesn’t mean he’s automatically discounted from the Doctor’s lives.
CONTINUED
Dalek the Supreme
December 5th, 2013 - 2:00pmJohn Hurt’s Doctor was the true 9th incarnation, he didn’t consider himself the Doctor because he ended the Time War. The Meta-Crisis Doctor was created using the regeneration energy that would have brought forth the 11th (12th counting John Hurt) Doctor Therefore, because of the 8th Doctor’s loss of hope and the 10th Doctor’s vanity, Matt Smith is the 13th Doctor.
The Valeyard is an amalgamation of everything evil about the Doctor from BETWEEN his 12th and 13th incarnations, while the Watcher was the 5th Doctor.
100000BC
December 5th, 2013 - 2:00pmPeople aren’t counting the human duplicate Doctor, they’re counting the time he regenerated into himself but stored the energy in the hand, therefore stopping himself from changing.
Anonymous
December 5th, 2013 - 2:22pmThank you 100000BC & Dalek the Supreme. I’ve thought of the watch and the Valeyard as half doctors for years! Still a bit sad that Matt is in a way the 13th doctor, but sorry to be different from the rest of the group, but to me he will always be the 11th Doctor.
Only thing now is, it’s going to be harder to explain it to the older fans of the show, as Peter Capaldi has been announced in the media (and everywhere else for that matter) as the 12th doctor.
Dalek the Supreme
December 5th, 2013 - 6:16pmI acknowledge that Matt Smith is number 13, but I still call him the 11th Doctor, Capaldi will be the 12th Doctor, and John Hurt was the War Doctor. Very complicated.
WFK DVD Collector 13
December 6th, 2013 - 6:32pmOk, this is how it is!! (I think)
Before the new series, there was no question about it, 8 doctors.
Then in 2005 we get the 9 and 10th doctors.
Even at this point the doctor was only on his 11th life (technically) even though we didn’t know about the war doctor yet.
2008: In a way, the tenth doctor uses another one of his lives in journey’s End healing him self, there for making him the 11th & 12th
Continued…
WFK DVD Collector 13
December 6th, 2013 - 6:34pm2010: Matt Smith becomes the 11th doctor (not counting the war doctor). But because he has used two of his lives, the doctor can’t go past number 11.
pwilc1967
December 5th, 2013 - 1:31pmThat has GOT to be THE Cover of the Year and quite possibly The Matt Smith era.. Gorgeous
oscarwho
December 5th, 2013 - 11:41amAmazing.
matt9982
December 5th, 2013 - 11:08amWhen is this out?
simon
December 5th, 2013 - 1:12pmnext Thursday the 12th
matt9982
December 6th, 2013 - 7:24amThanks 🙂
Johnny
December 5th, 2013 - 9:57amRemember not to post *any* Spoilers regarding the Christmas episode!
Obsie
December 5th, 2013 - 9:31amHas this come round quicker than usual, like the “Radio Times”?(other TV magazines are available of course, like we don’t know in case we break the law!). Something else, “Corrie” up against Doctor Who”, erm, decisions, decisions. I wonder which one I will choose? Oh my giddy Santa!
mrewanwatson
December 6th, 2013 - 8:22pmI know! What did I see on this magazine? (Can’t remember the name!) Hayley’s surprise death! Tucked in a corner reads: Matt Smith’s final adventure! What the heck?
the astronaut of death
December 6th, 2013 - 8:34pmI wish they would give it as much publicity as when david tenant was leaving
100000BC
December 6th, 2013 - 8:45pmIt’s because the so called “Doctor Who fans” who may have been to start with but then became “David Tennant fans” couldn’t get over the fact that David left and automatically rejected Matt Smith and stopped watching or lost interest (I know many examples of this). Therefore when David was such a big deal his regeneration was and just because a few pessimists stopped watching, Matt’s regeneration is nowhere near as much of a big deal. That’s the way I see it anyway.
The Saviour of Gallifrey
December 6th, 2013 - 8:48pmI think it’s because people thought that each new doctor from Eccleston onwards would only last one year, but because David lasted 5 years everyone was making a big deal out of him leaving, but now we’ve kind of gotten used to it.
the astronaut of death
December 6th, 2013 - 8:58pmI think they should do less publicity on smith himself regeneration
more on that is his final life and his time is up
matparks08
December 5th, 2013 - 9:19amA great cover, and Matt sure has a lot to do in his final 45 minutes defeating 4 major enemies – only 20 days to go 😉
The Saviour of Gallifrey
December 5th, 2013 - 9:28amNo, his final 60 minutes 🙂
Obsie
December 5th, 2013 - 9:38amIndeed it is, and if that is the Matt Smith Christmas wig then it’s a good one ,you can’t see the join!
Scott
December 5th, 2013 - 11:36amI think that ishisactualhIr the wig looks terrible in the stills from the episode
matparks08
December 5th, 2013 - 1:05pmOk, I stand corrected – thanks 😉 60 is better than 45 😉
100000BC
December 5th, 2013 - 1:29pmMaybe he’ll have a santa wig instead. Or a William Hartnell wig just so he can say to the camera “And incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!”
DOCTOR WHO ONE
December 5th, 2013 - 9:15amGoodbye soon Matt Smith 🙁
Hello soon Peter Capaldi 🙂
THE FALL OF THE 11TH APPROACHES . . . .
THE BIRTH OF THE 12TH AWAITS . . . .
The Saviour of Gallifrey
December 5th, 2013 - 9:10amFeels like its set in stone. No Matt, DON’T GO!!! But on the other hand I can’t wait to see Peter Capaldi.
Danny Brown
December 10th, 2013 - 1:47pmYes, i’m looking forward to see peter capaldi too!