February 27th, 2023
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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 588
Available to order from www.panini.co.uk
Digital editions and subscriptions are available to order from www.pocketmags.com
Back to Bannerman Road!
The latest Doctor Who Magazine features a 28-page retrospective of every story in The Sarah Jane Adventures, the much-loved spin-off from Doctor Who that ran from 2007-11 and starred Elisabeth Sladen. Included are new interviews with stars Daniel Anthony, Tommy Knight and Anjli Mohindra, plus lead writer Phil Ford.
Other highlights of the new issue include:
- Liberation of the Daleks Part Five – the adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor continue in the epic comic-strip adventure written by Alan Barnes and illustrated by Lee Sullivan.
- Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies on the return of The Sarah Jane Adventures to iPlayer, and the changes that had to be made.
- Production Diary – script editor Scott Handcock files his latest report on the forthcoming episodes, direct from Doctor Who’s HQ.
- Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news, including exclusives from Russell T Davies, executive producer Phil Collinson and two of Doctor Who’s new directors.
- Visual Thinking – an interview with Siân Reynish, Doctor Who’s new VFX co-ordinator.
- 60 Objects, 60 Years – from a giant maggot in 1973 to K9 in 1977, the latest instalment of this series tells the story of one object from every year of Doctor Who’s history.
- The Fact of Fiction takes to the high seas as it looks back at the Eleventh Doctor adventure The Curse of the Black Spot.
- Other Worlds – the essential guide to forthcoming stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
- Previews, reviews, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.
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atl
March 3rd, 2023 - 11:38amyou can not please everyone i like the cover and having david tennant on the magazine help sales which intern keeps the magazine going,,,,
K9’s Wheels In Space
March 3rd, 2023 - 10:12amI can’t believe that only one of David Tennant’s thumbs is visible on the cover. It’s not necessarily a problem for me but for those used to seeing both of David Tennant’s thumbs it must be a disappointment.
I’m no expert, but from what I’ve seen online David Tennant uses both thumbs when playing the Doctor. All it would’ve taken is a bit of resizing and cropping.
As for not showing K9’s wheels, well…
Star Lord
March 2nd, 2023 - 11:20pmScrolling through Twitter seeing people bicker about this cover is infuriating.
It’s a gorgeous previously unseen shot from that shoot, that never saw the light of day (see Russell’s column, it’s a lovely story).
As Samuel said below, fair enough cropping K-9 out looks a little janky, but probably couldn’t be helped without some heavy editing, given the seemingly fixed top-left position of the new branding.
It’s a stunning cover and tribute, enjoy it for what it is.
Samuel
March 2nd, 2023 - 1:32pmFor me, it isn’t neccesarily a problem whatsoever that David Tennant happens to be in the photo – it’s more to do with the positioning and cropping of the cover photo.
It’s pretty simple to do today on most photo editors to isolate the subjects, resize for all three to appear perfectly in line with the logo and boundaries of the cover – then rebuild the background where there are any gaps.
I know only a bit from what I’ve studied online regarding a few major editors – there’s even AI that will fill those gaps in – or quite simply blend other bits of Tardis photos into those gaps.
I just can’t understand why they couldn’t put together this photo as a composition – Doctor left, K9 right, Sarah Jane central and above.
Andy R
March 2nd, 2023 - 1:22pmFound in Smiths in Essex. Issue all about SJA. I liked the cheeky 60s Dalek toy reference in the comic strip.. 🙂
Demdike@Cult Labs
March 2nd, 2023 - 1:12pmI knew receiving three consecutive subscribers copies on or prior to the day of publication was too good to be true.
Has anyone else not had theirs delivered yet?
Graham
March 2nd, 2023 - 3:18pmYes, My copy got delivered on Wednesday 1st March
Kevin225
March 2nd, 2023 - 3:44pmYes, my subscriber copy arrived yesterday too.
John
March 3rd, 2023 - 9:38amNo still waiting here
NoMore
March 2nd, 2023 - 10:57amNone in WHS
James
March 3rd, 2023 - 8:43amAsk to set up a magazine folder. Then you won’t miss out as will get a copy set aside. Have to pay a. Deposit but you can get this back if/when you cancel your folder.
Nomore
March 3rd, 2023 - 9:15amUsed to do that years ago WHS kept looseing magazines or misfiling them. I.e. worse than useless
Andy Smart
March 1st, 2023 - 9:50pmI admit I prefer the 9th and 12th to the 10th. REALLY looking forward to the 14th though
me
February 28th, 2023 - 2:02pmnice cover…..hope it is in the shops when it is supposed to be
Jamie
February 28th, 2023 - 11:52amIt should have been a photo of just Sarah Jane Smith
Anon
February 28th, 2023 - 3:10pmExactly.
James
February 28th, 2023 - 7:03pmAgreed but Tennant helps sales. Local whs has sold 4 times as many copies per issue since his return
mac
March 2nd, 2023 - 9:29amThere’s a reason that picture was chosen. Buy it and find out
Jackson Lake
February 28th, 2023 - 6:21amThey treated K9 here exactly how he was treated in SJA – out of sight for most of the series xD
James
February 28th, 2023 - 10:27amThey didn’t have the rights to use use him in SJA that’s why he only made brief appeances early on due to the k9 series.
Is a shame they cut half him off the cover
The Original Time Lord
February 28th, 2023 - 9:52pmActually the BBC did have the rights. The late Bob Baker and Paul Tams made this very clear in various conventions I saw them at. The issue was the BBC, they just didn’t want K9 in the series preferring Mr Smith.
Jackson Lake
February 28th, 2023 - 10:50pmI knew that, but didn’t know the BBC were against using him….I thought it was cause of the spin off they were developing at the same time, cause surely a show for kids with a robot dog would be apoealing
Loobop
February 27th, 2023 - 9:56pmi hope there not pulling the same stunt as the yearbook where they put david tennant on the cover yet inside he wasn’t pictured once,interviewed or even mentioned.Panini really need to stop treating david like a dr who poster boy and a money grab to move copies plus it’s false advertising.
Mac
February 28th, 2023 - 4:00pmAnything that annoys Twitter is fine by me
Judooning
February 27th, 2023 - 7:44pmK9 has been well and truly Mike Wazowskied there. But the text less cover will look great none the less
Haza14
February 28th, 2023 - 12:20amSo true! Lol “I don’t believe it…. I’m on the cover of a mag-a-zine!”
Loving the improvement in quality of the magazine over the last few months! Always excited for the next issue at the moment and this looks like another good one! Would have been nice to have Liz Sladen a bit more front and centre on the cover, but this is a lovely image nonetheless, and I’m looking forward to the textless cover. The new logo has been looking so good on the covers recently too!
BW
February 27th, 2023 - 6:14pmWhat did K9 ever do to you?!?
The TARDIS
February 27th, 2023 - 4:26pmHow do you know what the cover looks like?
John
February 28th, 2023 - 11:48amBecause there is literally a photo of it above!
Lewis Frisby
February 27th, 2023 - 3:50pmThat cover looks amazing I can’t wait for this issue and the subscription copy is going to look great does anyone know what’s on this issue
AT
February 27th, 2023 - 1:28pmNice pic but a shame K9`s head is cut off, could have been positioned better!
Max Kennedy
February 27th, 2023 - 1:27pm“Thank You Sarah Jane~”
bob hellier
February 27th, 2023 - 1:27pmlove the cover very much miss sarah jane smith Elisabeth Sladen one of my favourite companions growing up in the seventies
Doug Who
February 27th, 2023 - 12:56pmIt is indeed a lovely cover! I’m not the Tenth Doctor’s biggest fan, but his meeting with Sarah Jane was beautiful and one of the highlights of the returned series.
Loved the SJA too and Lis Sladen is still so missed. I’m sure RTD would have ensured we’d be seeing her Further Adventures if she had still been here.
We do indeed love Sarah Jane!
Anomie
February 27th, 2023 - 1:06pmAgreed, I’m not excited by tennants return at all but I still can’t believe how much it still affects me when I think of liz sladen
Rory
February 28th, 2023 - 4:39pmNot a huge fan of 10 either (my least favourite new series Doctor), but that episode is special because Sladen is always excellent, and you can hear how much the Doctor, writer, and producer were geeking out about having her back.
Prof horner
February 27th, 2023 - 12:31pmLovely cover. The much missed Elisabeth Sladen.