May 26th, 2020
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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 552
THE FIRST DOCTOR’S GREATEST ADVENTURES – CHOSEN BY THE READERS OF DWM!
Thirty-two First Doctor stories battled for the top spot in our epic Twitter contest. Which is the fans’ favourite?
Issue 552 also includes:
- Series 11 writers Pete McTighe, Vinay Patel and Joy Wilkinson interview each other.
- Mark Gatiss answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
- Time and Space Visualiser presents a rare William Hartnell interview, conducted during rehearsals for The Sensorites in 1964.
- 50 brilliant things about Doctor Who – not including Doctor Who!
- A tribute to Doctor Who writer Pip Baker.
- A previously unpublished interview with Pip and Jane Baker.
- The Fact of Fiction explores Parts Nine to Twelve of 1986’s The Trial of a Time Lord.
- More of DWM’s recommended lockdown viewing, with a guide to stories available on DVD and streaming services.
- A look at Race Against Time, a game book in the 1986 Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who series.
- A review of The Maze of Doom, the latest Doctor Who book by David Solomons.
- The final part of The Piggybackers, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
- Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 552 is on sale from Thursday 28 May 2020 £5.99 (UK)
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Markyboy!
June 7th, 2020 - 6:57amHas anyone else still not received their subscription copy?
Seb
June 2nd, 2020 - 5:35pmStill haven’t recieved my copy, is there a problem with DWM or my postman? xD
The Contessa
June 2nd, 2020 - 7:29pmI received my subscription copy a few days ago so they’re on there way!
Kevin225
June 2nd, 2020 - 8:12pmMine hasn’t arrived either, but for some reason we only get post on a Tuesday & Wednesday at the moment!
DWComicArt
May 29th, 2020 - 3:02pmIs there a comic in this? Or have they eliminated it or put it on hiatus?
Jeroen
May 29th, 2020 - 4:17pmIt says The Piggybackers on the cover which is the comic for three months now. This will be the fourth.
I hope it helps
DWComicArt
May 29th, 2020 - 6:11pmThanks, Jeroen. Dr Who Panel 2 Panel and some other people are saying the comic strip is going on hiatus for 3 months (after this issue?) so I wondered if the conclusion to Piggybackers was in DWM 552 or not.
Andy R
May 30th, 2020 - 8:24pmIt is the last part of the current strip this issue. If the strip goes on hiatus for 3 months that might tie into preview for next issue – Tv Comic sleep walkers strip, Troughtons last strip that was 3 issues long.
Gareth Pugh
June 1st, 2020 - 8:43amIt explains what’s happening in this months editorial on page 3. As you say, no new comic strip for the next 3 issues (starting with 553) – for financial reasons – but they are reprinting the second Doctors comic strip swansong to plug the gap. The when the strip returns it will be DWM’s contribution to TimeLord Victorious. Meanwhile, they have said elsewhere that the 13th Doctor will be back in the strip around Christmas.
booboo
June 1st, 2020 - 9:59amI have noticed them trying to encourage subscriptions as well seems times may be hard due to all the uncertainty.
Timelord63
May 28th, 2020 - 4:17pmAnyone received their subscriber copy yet ? Not received mine today.
Kevin225
May 28th, 2020 - 8:21pmNo sign of subscriber copy today, although our post has been a bit up the spout lately. Local Sainsbury’s has it mind!
Timelord63
May 28th, 2020 - 8:30pmGuessing it’s late due to bank holiday. Hopefully turn up tomorrow
Nick Betts
May 29th, 2020 - 12:44pmMine arrived today, it is an excellent issue.
Deano
May 29th, 2020 - 12:51pmMine turned up today cover looks great.
Timelord63
May 29th, 2020 - 5:27pmStill not had mine 🙁
Phasergrim
May 30th, 2020 - 11:34amMine still hasn’t arrived yet either.
Emily Cronin
May 28th, 2020 - 10:37amAsk the post men
Ggee
May 28th, 2020 - 9:59amI won’t buy this just because the cover is so bad.
DalekAgent
May 28th, 2020 - 6:49pmDont judge a book by its cover, well in this case a magazine
Dalek Z
May 27th, 2020 - 11:58pmWas there no graphic designer available at the office due to lockdown?
This is awful, glad I can’t go out to see it on the shelves.
AT
May 28th, 2020 - 5:12pmIts terrible isnt it! Susan`s face looks so bizarre. Such a shame as we don`t get many Hartnell covers.
MickeySmith07
May 27th, 2020 - 9:13amIt’s a shame the cover is so bad. They’ve not coloured his hair and you can see they’ve not finished his face as it stops before the hairline. The eyes on both are skin colour and some of the clothes bleed over where they’ve not kept in the lines. Surprised it made the final print
The Fishmonger
May 26th, 2020 - 9:55pmThe more I look at the cover image, the weirder it looks. Aren’t they stood on the fan/light thing from the TARDIS roof. And what are the white wiggly lines about? And the skin tones. So many questions.
Whorules
May 26th, 2020 - 10:17pmThe cover image is the one used on planet of giants DVD. The final image will probably be better
Bobby Davros
May 27th, 2020 - 4:54pmLooked at the original photo now and I get the feeling that if they had used the original background people may have been tempted to say, “jeez DWM is really circling the drain.”
Billy
May 26th, 2020 - 8:23pmFantastic cover. Great to see some series 11 stuff too!
Bobby Davros
May 26th, 2020 - 7:09pmSurprised they haven’t done a Troughton centenary issue yet considering Pertwee got one last year.
Gareth Pugh
May 27th, 2020 - 1:24pmI wonder if that ‘angle’ is being held up their sleeves to coincide with the Fury From The Deep release – which is still on for this year (I think?). That will help form a big Pat-centric centrepiece to a centenary issue, perhaps
daz
May 27th, 2020 - 10:41pmThat and the rumoured Season 6 release. Although the pandemic could have delayed it, if it was meant to be coming as part of his 100th anniversary year.
Doctor…Who?
June 3rd, 2020 - 7:34amThey still need to animate The Space Pirates though- but I’m not sure many people will want it…
The Monitor
June 4th, 2020 - 6:56pmI would. I think it could be far better than people are accustomed to. Assume political, conversational story like some of Holmes’s Blake’s 7. It is higher up my list than all bar Evil, Massacre and Masterplan
Shaun
May 26th, 2020 - 6:50pmI’ve always loved that TARDIS/5th Doctor/Dalek Easter Egg Box – it’s one of my favourite things in my collection. Shame I ate the egg and used the rub-down transfers, but I was just a kid! One of the most unintentionally risque pieces of merchandise ever…
me
May 26th, 2020 - 6:43pmis some thing wrong with susans face ?
AT
May 26th, 2020 - 7:50pmI was thinking the same!
Bobby Davros
May 26th, 2020 - 8:06pm“New teeth…weird.”
TheDoctor1
May 26th, 2020 - 6:38pmGood to see the first doctor and Susan on the front cover
Dean Wells
May 26th, 2020 - 6:13pmThe subscriber copy of this is going to look GREAT!!!