August 15th, 2023
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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 594
Highlights include:
- Designated ’Driver – Michael van Kesteren, Doctor Who’s art director for props, and Barry Jones, prop maker, give DWM the lowdown on the Fourteenth Doctor’s brand-new sonic screwdriver.
- Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies recalls his first ever encounter with the Doctor Who production team, way back in 1987.
- The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll – the analysis of the results continues, with this issue looking at the rankings of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctor’s adventures.
- Conjuring Patrick – family, friends, colleagues and admirers of Patrick Troughton turned out in force at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque to the Second Doctor actor.
- Memory Worm – Andrew Smith, the writer of 1980’s Full Circle and many acclaimed Big Finish audios, puts his knowledge of his Doctor Who career to the test.
- Production Diary – script editor Scott Handcock files his latest report, direct from Doctor Who’s HQ.
- All Decs on Hand – assistant set decorator Verity Scott and set decorator’s assistant Lois Drage describe working on the new series of Doctor Who.
- Liberation of the Daleks Part Eleven – the adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor continue in the epic comic-strip adventure written by Alan Barnes and illustrated by Lee Sullivan.
- 60 Objects, 60 Years – the latest instalment of the series that tells the story of one object from every year of Doctor Who’s history.
- Sweet Dreams are Made of This – a comprehensive preview and disc-by-disc breakdown of the forthcoming Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 20 Blu-ray box set.
- The Fact of Fiction unlocks the secrets of the Fifth Doctor story Arc of Infinity.
- Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news.
- Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
- Previews, reviews, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 594 is on sale Thursday 17 August from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £7.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £6.99.
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Mac
August 25th, 2023 - 12:57amSo the editor is leaving.
Thanks for the last few years. It must have been hell having to fill a magazine during COVID, having a showrunner that massively reduced contact to the magazine and a lack of new episodes.
Thanks again
Loobop
August 24th, 2023 - 7:43pmfinally got a copy today from my local tescos. Please a break from david covers now unless he’s interviewed twice now i feel like him being on the cover is cash cowing and false advertising as they don’t even speak to him.
Thanos Was Right
August 24th, 2023 - 10:43pmhe’s the current Doctor in the 60th Anniversary year and arguably the most popular Doctor of the 21st century, of course they’re going to use him on the covers
Mac
August 26th, 2023 - 12:36pmDid you complain when Whittaker or Capaldi were on the cover during there eras?
Fred
August 22nd, 2023 - 10:48pmFinally found one today, but prepare yourself if you haven’t. I’ve never been so appalled by people’s taste as I am looking at this Capaldi story ranking! Shame about the lack of poster. I’d have loved one based on World Enough and Time.
76 Totter’s Lane
August 23rd, 2023 - 11:34pmIn your opinion, what’s the biggest crime of the ranking?
atl
August 24th, 2023 - 9:01ampity there is no poster but the magazine is so expensive these days and when there is a poster it is £2 more
James
August 24th, 2023 - 11:30amRather they did away with the “free” extras. Just set at 1 price and extras can be sent away fir if you want them.
jvm2701
August 22nd, 2023 - 6:42pmStill not in my local newsagent in Belfast on Tuesday 22nd August- they are supplied by Menzies.
Loobop
August 23rd, 2023 - 4:57pmI only found out this week menzies distribution is just down the road from me small world. I often see their lorrys drive by my house. Yet every dr who magazine distribution problem my area has always been affected,you’d think my town would the easiest to stock with them being so close.
Timelord1963
August 22nd, 2023 - 1:44pmHip! Hip! Hooray! Finally got hold of a copy today in my local Asda. What an absolute kerfuffle though? Contacted Doctor Who Magazine about the delay to be told to contact Panini. Contact Panini to be told to contact the magazine!
GallifreyStands
August 22nd, 2023 - 1:34pmWELL – 6 days late but it has now arrived in WH Smiths with tons if copies.
James
August 21st, 2023 - 7:30pmAll readers.. Magazine deliveries only happen Tuesday to Saturday. Suggest all to try local stores tomorrow. Mine had there’s on Saturday.
Paul Reynard
August 21st, 2023 - 7:29pmTried every Tesco, Sainsbury, ASDA, WH Smith and Forbidden Planet in Manchester. No magazine. Did manage to pick up the special on action figures. No idea there are so many figures I have yet to own!!
Timelord63
August 21st, 2023 - 6:24pmStill no sign of it in Hull or East Riding five days on? Have tried contacting Doctor Who magazine who have told me to contact Panini. Tried contacting Panini. Can not speak to anyone as it goes straight to a recorded message telling you to email them. Have emailed them and just get a message back telling me to contact Dr Who subs who of course have nothing to do with the sales and distribution of the magazine? It really is getting beyond a joke now! Am loath to buy it online as that will be an extra cost on top of an already price increases magazine!
1963
August 21st, 2023 - 4:37pmafter 4 days it is still not in in my part of Somerset got it off ebay for
£3 extra i wonder why it was delayed this time,, Brexit …. covid .. or leaved on the line
Lucinda
August 21st, 2023 - 2:46pmWent to see if my doctor who magazine was in still not in yet Hope it comes in soon must be a delay with the delivery stock
WhoIsWhere
August 21st, 2023 - 4:09pmIt appears to be very random – if an area has the magazine. The local WH Smiths here has just put out one of the specials from weeks back BUT not the regular issue.
As the specials has always confused the local shop as they always think its the regular issue.
anthony fagn
August 20th, 2023 - 1:13pmWith big changes happening behind the scenes i forsee one of two things happening. It will either be cancelled outright. OR start again from issue one.
WhoIsWhere
August 20th, 2023 - 2:36pmSo you saying BBC Studios or Panini are making big changes ?
Or you saying you hate the magazine ?
Or you saying the BBC Survey was part of the next phase ?
Why would they start from Issue One again ?
The only way it would get cancelled would be lack of sales or loss of licence
So you on the phone to RTD every day I take it ?
DWMyousure
August 20th, 2023 - 2:43pmSo BBC Studios been telling you all this or RTD in your daily telephone chat ?
TheMaster
August 20th, 2023 - 2:48pmYou sure – as they are still doing subscriptions
demdike@Cult Labs
August 20th, 2023 - 11:56pmWhat big changes other than a change of editor as Marcus Hearn is leaving , although he’s still editing the magazine special editions like the bookazines and quarterly specials such as the recent action figures one.
Magazines change editors every so often, it’s in their evolution. DWM has had loads over the years.
rich
August 21st, 2023 - 7:11amSure I believe this
GallifreyStands
August 21st, 2023 - 9:27amSo…. Do you really no anything or just waffling on?
David
August 21st, 2023 - 6:49pmMy local Smiths get 19 copies every month of DWM, they all sell. That’s just in one store. Magazines are normally delivered to shops Tuesday’s Wednesday and Thursday and Sometimes on Friday.
Timelord63
August 19th, 2023 - 9:42amStill no sign of it today in my local WHsmiths. Three days late!
James
August 19th, 2023 - 10:53amGot mine today is WHS
Timelord63
August 19th, 2023 - 12:54pmStill not reached the North yet. As usual the South gets sorted first.lol
What
August 21st, 2023 - 1:10pmWell… whsmiths have now put out one of the specials INSTEAD OF THE NEW ISSUE
James
August 21st, 2023 - 1:34pmWhat: obviously they’ve not received it yet. Should have been delivered Saturday. Magazine delivery runs Tuesday to Saturday. Maybe your local will get tomorrow
godlek
August 19th, 2023 - 9:27am4 copies in my local Essex WHSmith.. like trying to find the B&M exclusives at this rate.
youngj
August 19th, 2023 - 12:52amI pick up my copy of this doctor who magazine from my local whsmith in Essex
James
August 18th, 2023 - 10:49pmDistribution delay from supplier. Should be in store tomorrow at my local WHS in Bedford.
James
August 19th, 2023 - 10:55amUPDATE : Delivered to the store today and went and brought it. Next issue from 14th September
David
August 18th, 2023 - 9:37pmI spoke to a member of staff in my local Wh smiths, he said that menizes have stopped delivering certain magazines completely to stores. He believes that Doctor Who magazine might be one of them, so everyone might have to buy them online instead.
James
August 19th, 2023 - 8:10amThere are 2 news suppliers in the UK for stores. They do remove titles from store allocations normally on run up to Christmas to make space for more Xmas titles and titles that sell more around this time (craft, cards, food). Odd as its to soon for this as normally October/November time.
And some remove titles from stores range if not selling enough.
See if your local whs does a Mos service (magazine ordering service). Can set up a folder normally kept behind the till area, put a deposit down to cover just incase you can’t collect in time, and a copy can be put aside specially for you.
Timelord63
August 19th, 2023 - 9:40amWhat? That’s an utter joke and pretty disgusting if that’s the case? Magazine has already gone up in price so if we have to order it online there’s postage on top of that which makes getting the May pretty expensive? And what gives Menzies the right to not deliver magazines?
James
August 19th, 2023 - 10:58amTimelord63: suppliers regularly look at standing orders for thr stores they supply. Add and remove titles if they don’t think sell well or other stores see uplift, redirect the stock to those stores. As I say around Xmas time alot more of this happens to make way for other titles.
Suggest if you shop at a WHS see if your store offers MOS. Then you will have a reserved copy.
Loobop
August 19th, 2023 - 3:21pmon twitter dwm still said buy from w h smith on the latest issue so doubt it to be true they’d have said only available online otherwise.
Golden Pineapple
August 18th, 2023 - 6:47pmStill no sign in the South (Essex). Hope there’s some clarity soon on what’s happened.
The Time Lord 1944
August 19th, 2023 - 12:28amNone in North Wales either
NoMore
August 18th, 2023 - 11:38amAny update from DWM if they have had an issue with no one bothering to deliver to the north again?
As DWM blocked posts on FB last year you can’t ask via their or let them know. As they just tell you to order via themselves.
Loobop
August 18th, 2023 - 12:37pmmy mum is attempting to get me this from tescos today on her 20% staff discount days but looking at distribution problems comments below doesn’t fill me with confidence. I remember the last problem distribution people paid £50 on ebay,my mum got my copy on a daytrip in bury from w h smith lol.
Timelord63
August 18th, 2023 - 1:22pmI’ve tried ringing panini but they don’t answer the phone and you just get an automated message telling you to email them instead. It really is a joke!
atl
August 18th, 2023 - 5:02pmnone in the west near me
TheSearchContinues
August 18th, 2023 - 11:05amNo sign STILL
TheSearchContinues
August 18th, 2023 - 10:21amNo sign yesterday in the North….. Yet again do the distribution arm keep forgetting there is a North of WATFORD GAP
Matt Y
August 18th, 2023 - 12:45pmNot here in the South either. Checked again this morning. Looks a countrywide distribution issue. Again.
Golden Pineapple
August 18th, 2023 - 1:30pm@Matt Y – Yeah, I’m in the South as well, and no sign of it yesterday in my local Sainsbury’s or Asda. Will be checking again later today, but not holding out much hope based on these comments!
Hopefully there’s an update/resolution soon.
Kevin225
August 17th, 2023 - 7:06pmMagazines in general are very expensive. Not a problem exclusive to DWM. Less people are buying them. If the page count, colour pages or comic strip were cut to keep the price down, people would still complain!
How much do people think the 60th anniversary issue or number 600 will cost?
Of all of the magazines I buy this would be the last one I would stop and it will be a sad day if it ever ceased publication. Let’s cherish it while we still have it.
Golden Pineapple
August 17th, 2023 - 6:49pmNone in my local Sainsbury’s or Asda either.
Timelord63
August 18th, 2023 - 9:22amNo sign of it again today. Obviously those distribution problems are back?
Michael Parsons
August 17th, 2023 - 11:15amregarding the price of doctor who magazine. I have said this before the price is going to kill this long running magazine between specials gone up bookazines 12.00 the future is not bright
Timelord63
August 17th, 2023 - 9:20amNo sign of this today in my local Whsmiths. Hope they’re not starting with distribution problems again?
Darren
August 17th, 2023 - 2:02pmMy local WHSmith didn’t have any either
rich
August 17th, 2023 - 3:54pmNot in my local Whsmiths and Tesco’s
Theforce
August 18th, 2023 - 11:39amAny update?
anon
August 16th, 2023 - 7:03pmWhat’s up with the 60th poll? It went down last week and now it’s password protected.
Lewis Frisby
August 16th, 2023 - 8:16pmCould the password be in the magazine
Rex F
August 17th, 2023 - 2:24pmThey’re doing *another* poll??
DWMyousure
August 16th, 2023 - 4:19pm@moonbeam – the price has gone up before for regular issues then after a few months it came backdown.
Otherwise…… long term it won’t last at that RRP
the 15th doctor
August 17th, 2023 - 2:05pmi got all of the magazine and i had a look through i don t think the price has ever gone down apart from after the odd issue like no 500 the 40th anniversary ect maybe once or twice in the 1980s
Loobop
August 15th, 2023 - 9:25pmNo poster this issue is really disappointing i would have loved last months cover and this months cover as a poster.i notice the back of his waist coat is just blue i expected it being the same pattern as the front.
Nathan
August 15th, 2023 - 11:26pmEvery waistcoat I own is double textured I don’t get why people think it’s the same back and front also there was a leek on YouTube of a coatless version of the figure which again has a different back to front
demdike@Cult Labs
August 15th, 2023 - 11:45pmThe posters have been the winning stories for each Doctor in sets of fours so there should have been one
HS
August 16th, 2023 - 9:25amI believe its the lighting. Plus, even the chrome edition sonic isnt gonna be a 100% replica of the actual screwdriver. It serves its purpose though, it makes the screwdriver fell metal and heavier.
pupbenny
August 15th, 2023 - 6:44pmInteresting that the sonic (at least pictured here) seems to resemble the matte finish of the standard retail release rather than the chrome Character Exclusive one. I thought it would’ve actually been shiny, which makes me wonder what the point of the chrome version was.
Moodbeam
August 15th, 2023 - 6:54pmAll other marketing seems to imply that it’s chrome finish in show. Perhaps this is a different proper for the shoot?
pupbenny
August 15th, 2023 - 7:14pmI was thinking that too. Might also just be the lighting in this photo, thinking about it. The ‘prongs’ kind of actually look chrome.
daz
August 16th, 2023 - 3:50pmCould even be the standard toy he is holding. You never know.
Moodbeam
August 15th, 2023 - 6:24pmJust think… we get to do all of this again after November with Ncuti!
DWMaNewHope
August 15th, 2023 - 6:46pmWell hopefully if RTD does well with the new episodes more people will buy DWM once more and the price can come back down.
Moodbeam
August 15th, 2023 - 7:06pmOnce a price has gone up it will never go back down. But it will prevent any further increases in the immediate future.
me
August 15th, 2023 - 9:21pmunlike the old saying ,,what goes up must come down ,,when the price goes up it never comes down,,,, and there is always an excuse, the war in Ukraine .COVID ,Brexit, leaves on the line etc
DWMyousure
August 16th, 2023 - 4:19pm@moonbeam – the price has gone up before for regular issues then after a few months it came backdown.
Otherwise…… long term it won’t last at that RRP