June 25th, 2022 6 comments

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 579

DAVID TENNANT AND CATHERINE TATE – THE INSIDE STORY

Highlights of the new issue include:

• An exclusive from Russell T Davies, Doctor Who’s incoming showrunner, on the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the series.
• Newly released documents reveal the details behind the classification certificates of Doctor Who videos in the 1980s and 90s.
• Robert Sidaway, who played Avon in The Savages (1966) and Captain Jimmy Turner in The Invasion (1968), talks about his Doctor Who roles for the first time.
• The friends, colleagues and admirers of Verity Lambert pay tribute to Doctor Who’s first producer.
• Authors James Moran and Rona Munro discuss their forthcoming Target books, The Fires of Pompeii and The Eaters of Light.
• Writer Juno Dawson and producer Ella Watts on the making of the acclaimed podcast series Doctor Who: Redacted.
• Visual effects designer Paul Mann recalls the making of Timelash (1985) with the help of previously unseen photos from his collection.
• Chris Cassell and Justin T Lee explain how the special effects of Timelash have been newly enhanced for the Season 22 Blu-ray box set.
• Fear of the Future, a brand-new comic strip adventure for the Doctor, Yaz and Dan.
• The Fact of Fiction uncovers the hidden secrets of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
• Apocrypha revisits the seminal 1993 New Adventures novel Deceit.
• Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, Sufficient Data and more.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 579 is on sale now from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £6.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £5.99

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