April 25th, 2024
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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 603
Doctor Who is back on TV!
Inside this issue
- Previews of the new episodes broadcast this month. Russell T Davies talks Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord and we take a quick peek behind the scenes of Boom with writer Steven Moffat and exec producer Joel Collins.
- Meet the Beatles: John, Paul, George and Ringo (alias Chris Mason, George Caple, Philip Davies and James Hoyles) and their producer George Martin (Ed White)…
- …and to celebrate the Beatles appearance on opening night of the new season, we also look back at the relationship between the band and Doctor Who over the years…
- Jinkx Monsoon discusses her role as the malevolent Maestro.
- Can we get any answers from Anita Dobson about her character, the mysterious Mrs Flood? Worth a try!
- We also speak to the equally intriguing Susan Twist about her roles in last year’s episodes and her involvement in the forthcoming season…
- Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies considers the scheduling of the new episodes and welcomes new readers!
- Script to screen: discover the intricacies involved in bringing ‘Jimbo’ – the robot from Wild Blue Yonder – into being.
- A tribute to the work of the late Sid Sutton who, among many other career highlights, designed the Doctor Who titles in the 1980s.
- We test the memory of Matthew Waterhouse, who played companion Adric.
- Time-Space Visualiser – how second Doctor Patrick Troughton made a partial comeback in the late seventies…
- Loose Ends – tying up some dangling threads from the 1960s
- The Fact of Fiction – a scene-by-scene look back at an earlier opening night: 2007’s Smith and Jones.
- The concluding part of Mancopolis – our comic strip featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby.
PLUS!
- An exclusive comic strip supplement featuring TIMESLIP – the memorable multi-Doctor comic strip by former DWM editor Paul Neary. This also includes an essay on the story by Gary Gillatt and a chat with Dez Skinn who came up with the original idea for the strip.
- Two art cards to celebrate the new season!
AND ALL THE USUAL REGULAR FEATURES INCLUDING THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND COMPETITIONS!
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 603 is on sale Thursday 25 April from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £9.99 (UK).
Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £8.99.
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MIKK89
May 2nd, 2024 - 6:58pmI Didn’t See Anything on the Bag, But Does thus contain a free Doctor Who Big Finish Audio Code? Noticed they would usually do this with “Premiereing Episode Preview”/Special Issue like this, which would usually be the only reason I buy these now
bob de bwilder
April 30th, 2024 - 8:48pmi would not be surprised to learn that the editor is now designing the covers himself as well. looks terrible, like someone’s first go at photoshop.
JP2000
April 29th, 2024 - 6:16pmStill haven’t received my subscriber copy yet!!
The Monitor
April 28th, 2024 - 5:59pmAs a subscriber, I am miffed not to get that stunning outer bag. I nearly bought the mag again thinking at least the cover will be different plus I will get the bag, but alas every gets the Beatles cover, so there is less incentive to be a subscriber. I had to buy 600 again to get the bag, but can’t keep doing this.
A few years ago I remember getting a card insert of the outer bag as a subscriber. Not unreasonable today really if the have done this before.
Peter
April 27th, 2024 - 9:24pmNice use of the OHMSS tagline, there.
Moxxofbalhoon
April 28th, 2024 - 8:22pmI KNEW I’d heard that somewhere before! Thank you!!
John T
April 26th, 2024 - 2:46pmSome fans may be interested to know that the current issue of SFX Magazine has around 12-16 pages dedicated to the new series of Who. There are also 2 Classic series Art Cards and a 15th Doctor and Ruby Poster as well. The Art Cards are Lee Bindings art work for the Series 15 and 24 The Collection Sets.
The Monitor
April 28th, 2024 - 5:52pmQuite a few similar looking SFX covers recently. I hesitated yesterday as thought this looked like something we already had, but it’s clearly May 24.
Gerry Quinn
April 25th, 2024 - 2:08pmGutted that the cards weren’t in my subscriber issue. Did anyone else have this problem?
Pierss
April 25th, 2024 - 9:40pmHey mine arrived today – both cards and the time slip comic. Contact panini they are really good at addressing issues.
Gerry Quinn
April 26th, 2024 - 10:00amThanks Pierss. Will do
anon
April 30th, 2024 - 5:55pmIs there a list anywhere of the recent last few issues that have had the Boxsets Art Postcards with them?
F D R
April 25th, 2024 - 1:12pmlike all doctor who fans i never like to complain …but when i buy doctor who magazine i would like it to be in stereo ..not ..mono angry face emoji
beef
April 25th, 2024 - 12:05pmlooks like a complete design overhaul, I like it
Kevin225
April 25th, 2024 - 9:47amNicer cover than the subscriber one IMO. A weird darker lettering throughout much of the issue – don’t know if a printing issue or a new ‘house style’?
demdike@Cult Labs
April 25th, 2024 - 1:50pmThat’s the ‘bag’ part that holds the mag, cards and supplement. The cover is the same as the subscriber one.
Which incidentally i really don’t like. It looks like cheap cosplay with those fake Beatles..ugh.
Anon
April 26th, 2024 - 2:58pmFake Beatles? Why be angry about them using actors to play actor roles. Or do you expect the real Beatles to be in the episode? Good luck with that!