March 29th, 2021
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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 563
Highlights of the new issue include:
- An exclusive in-depth interview with Christopher Eccleston – his first with DWM in 16 years!
- Former showrunner Steven Moffat on writing for the Ninth Doctor.
- A preview of Ravagers, the new box set of audio adventures starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor.
- Jonathan Morris explores the gaps in our knowledge of the Ninth Doctor – where could new adventures take place in his timeline?
- Collectivity celebrates the merchandise released in 2005 after Doctor Who’s revival.
- DWM tracks down some of the real soldiers who formed part of UNIT in the 1960s and 70s.
- Members of the Doctor Who Restoration Team reveal the secrets of making old episodes look better than ever for their release on Blu-ray.
- Apocrypha remembers BBC Books’ 2005 novel The Monsters Inside.
- The Fact of Fiction looks back at 2005’s Father’s Day.
- Reviews of the Season 8 Blu-ray box set and the new Target novelisations.
- Sufficient Data crunches Doctor Who’s numbers.
- Previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 563 is on sale from store.panini.co.uk and WH Smith from Thursday 1 April
priced £5.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £4.99.
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Anonymous
April 4th, 2021 - 11:52amThere was no comic strip this month. Has the comic ended altogether?
Anonymous
April 4th, 2021 - 3:12pmThey’re taking pauses with the comic strip from time to time now due to COVID messing things up…
Anonymous
April 4th, 2021 - 11:27pmAh I see and understand. COVID 19 has put the breaks on everything.
BadgerLeopard
March 31st, 2021 - 7:37pmThis may be something you might not be aware of (if you haven’t received the magazine yet)…
https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/rose-tyler-the-dimension-cannon-the-endless-night-dwm563-promo-2482
https://www.bigfinish.com/collections/v/dwm563-offer
Coleman
April 1st, 2021 - 11:42amAh Mark Benton, i think he’s great.
Love watching Shakespeare and Hathaway.
Graham
March 31st, 2021 - 12:45pmMine has just been delivered yay early for once
Anonymous
March 31st, 2021 - 11:54amCan’t wait to get this and the new cd ones
Anonymous
March 31st, 2021 - 11:53amSame here
Dalek Eye Stalk
March 30th, 2021 - 3:01pmMight buy this. Haven’t bought a Doctor Who Magazine for a while now. However, being a fan of the 9th Doctor, I think this might be worth getting.
The14thDoctor
March 29th, 2021 - 3:17pmHow much will this cost at WHSmith?
Anonymous
March 29th, 2021 - 4:03pmIt’s on the cover £5.99
Scott Thomson
March 29th, 2021 - 3:01pmHe hasn’t aged a bit! 😉
Gary H.
March 29th, 2021 - 5:22pmTake alook at the other photo of Chris on the newest thread!
bryan
March 29th, 2021 - 2:54pmBACK on the Cover, BACK as Doctor Who. What an amazing wonderful thing to be happening..
As someone who moans about lack of 13th Doctor (Jodie Covers) This one I will let them have.
Its another Trip of a lifetime .
The Flying Shark
March 29th, 2021 - 7:54pmI’m the same on the lack of 13, but this is just JOYOUS to see. For me, it’s not just the fact it’s not 13, it’s the way there’s not very much of anything post 2005 really. How many covers and features have we had on the 60s in recent years? This might not be the current Doctor, but I’m very glad to see something a bit more modern back on the front of DWM again.
Demdike@CultLabs
March 30th, 2021 - 2:03pm@Flying Shark – It must be due to the current production team that there’s no publicity when there isn’t a series on.
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, 2020 were all new series covers but there’s only been two since then and one of those was promoting Revolution. Have a look at this gallery of ALL the magazine covers.
http://www.tonystrading.co.uk/galleries/comics/drwhomagazine9.htm
When Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat were in charge there were new series covers virtually every issue but that all changed when Chris Chibnall took over. Hell, he doesn’t even come up with a production notes column every issue. His predecessors never missed. The magazine can’t interview people if the producer won’t let them.
Phasergrim
March 30th, 2021 - 7:42pmYour right, Dem. I knew Chibnall had cut down on the Doctor Who Magazine’s coverage of the current series, not to mention his infrequent and completely lackluster production notes, but looking at that gallery really shows how bad it is. Guys not interested in the magazine at all.
Demdike@CultLabs
March 30th, 2021 - 11:43pmThanks, Phasergrim.
I’d hazard a guess and say that both RTD and SM have contributed more to the magazine these past few months than Chris Chibnall.
Mac
March 31st, 2021 - 11:16amWhoa. Looking at that gallery makes them sale figures rumours look depressingly true.
Duff
April 3rd, 2021 - 12:27amWell I suppose it must be pretty intense work to organise the current series under the pandemic so I’m not suprised Chibnall wants to focus on that first and foremost. Hopefully in late Summer, early Autumn we’ll get more 13 covers since the filming might be done so they can talk more often freely about what’s coming up.
And as for RTD and Moffat contributing, I was already guessing that their workload might not be so intense at the moment and in this issue, Moffat said he added to the issue because he was procrastinating work so that’s true!
I’d love to see more 13 but you have to look at how feasible that is at the current time. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want to be more focused on the show than the magazine. That’s what I think anyway.
Demdike@CultLabs
April 3rd, 2021 - 12:06pm@Duff – The lack of input from Chris Chibnal and the current team isn’t because of Covid. It’s always been this way since he took over. The secrecy and lack of info i think keeps the show out of the publics thinking which is something the previous show runners never did.
Russell even took time out to talk to DWM whilst promoting Years and Years recently. I can’t see Chibnall doing the same on his next venture as he barely talks to them now when he’s running the show.
Dalekz
March 29th, 2021 - 1:44pmAfter all this time I don’t really care why he left anymore, I’m glad he’s back in some way though as he’s part of the Who family and I hope he appears for the 60th anniversary.
James
March 29th, 2021 - 3:23pmFingers crossed
Deano
March 29th, 2021 - 1:16pmLooks good interesting article on the restoring of the 70s episodes should be fascinating always amazed what they can do today with improving technology
mac
March 29th, 2021 - 2:18pmCheck out the Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast. They did a bonus episode on restoring The Daemons with the people that colored it.
Matt
March 29th, 2021 - 12:19pmWhat is he holding in his hand?
Gary H.
March 29th, 2021 - 12:21pmA Thermal detonator! (Whoops sorry wrong Franchise).
Phasergrim
March 29th, 2021 - 1:13pmA bit of Tardis. He Plays with it at the start of Father’s Day when Rose I telling him about her Dad.
Coleman
March 29th, 2021 - 12:02pmSeems like the Ninth Doctors making abit of a comeback.
Coleman
March 29th, 2021 - 12:03pmFantastic!
Anonymous
March 31st, 2021 - 9:01amColeman you took my idea
Coleman
March 31st, 2021 - 11:44amYes, it’s a big catchphrase of the 9th Doctor. Couldn’t resist really.