February 27th, 2025
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Doctor Who Magazine Issue 614
Inside this issue
- We have an introductory chat with VARADA SETHU alias new companion Belinda Chandra.
- Back to terrorise the universe: SACHA DHAWAN on finding hidden depths to the Master!
- We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with RUSSELL T DAVIES, JULIE GARDNER, JANE TRANTER, ROB SHEARMAN & PAUL CORNELL.
- A very personal interview with Doctor Who’s first director WARIS HUSSEIN…
- …We also take a look at missing story MARCO POLO, which was also directed by Waris.
- STEPHEN WYATT and RICHARD UNWIN on Me and Him and Who – a play that reflects on the life and legacy of eighties producer JOHN NATHAN-TURNER.
- Actor PAUL GRIST speaks about playing Bill Filer in The Claws of Axos.
- We visit the Propstore to see the Doctor Who costumes and props that are being auctioned in aid of BBC Children in Need.
- COLIN BAKER and NICOLA BRYANT are among the guests at an anniversary screening of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
- We investigate the strategies of the Doctor’s plastic antagonists – the Autons.
- Gary Gillatt takes us on a voyage to the fiery surface of the planet Venus…
- Back to 1997… We reflect on the mystique of New Adventures novel Lungbarrow.
- Sorting fact from fiction in Twelfth Doctor adventure Robot of Sherwood!
- Join Beatie and the Hypnotising Cat in this issue’s comic strip!
Regular features
- Gallifrey Guardian – our news round-up including the announcement of new adventures for the NINTH DOCTOR and ROSE TYLER .
- Shelf Life – featuring reviews of the latest home video and audio releases.
- Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
- Prizes to be won including Blu-rays of The Collection – Season 7!
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 614 is on sale Thursday 27 February 2025 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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Yartek. Leader of the Alien Voord
March 8th, 2025 - 2:28pmThe Fact of Fiction articles are not as good as they used to be.
DDD
March 6th, 2025 - 5:51amReally its time DWM had a revamp. Maybe more text fiction stories, a better and longer comic strip, less interviews with ‘the husband of the tea lady that works at Bad Wolf’, less Big Finish coverage, maybe get rid of the Fact of Fiction, and the overuse of the word ‘thrilled’, bring it back to more of a must buy rather than a ‘must get because I dont want a gap’ etc….
atl
March 6th, 2025 - 9:21ami agree its less and less about doctor who and more a doctor who catalogue . the Fact of Fiction isn t as good as the archive witch they had to stop because they run out of stories but now there are a lot of new one s to cover the time team feature was good covering all of it in order but they replaced the team and then a story at random that didn’t last long and they cover things now that has nothing to do with doctor who at all like in this issue (witch i can not mention ) and has little or no interest for most doctor who fans
Nic Saunders
March 3rd, 2025 - 9:03amI’ve been a reader for many years, but with younger people not reading print magazines as much, the rising prices and the popularity of the show at the moment, I do wonder if this magazine will survive in print for much longer? I know it survived the first hiatus, but can it survive another should one come and can it survive generally? I never thought Total Film magazine would go, but the internet has killed that and there’s a lot of Who material on line these days for news, etc.
cosmosboy98
March 3rd, 2025 - 12:49pmI’m a DWM reader in their mid-twenties. I’ve read off-and-on since 2008 (mostly on, and I now subscribe). Over the last few years I have become increasingly frustrated that ‘news’ stories I could consume in DWM, have been spoiled for me on social media – exacerbated often on DWM print days. To this end, I am trying to wean myself off social media and thus only consume these stories through DWM; which highlights the value of the print product for me, and is often better written than 140 character headlines. I’m commenting as a young person who values print media, partly through an aversion to social media but I admit I am likely in a minority…
Daniel Seymour
March 1st, 2025 - 7:03amJust wondering why no stories from Jodie’s era have yet to recieve the Fact of Fiction treatment? And am I right that Survival hasnt been done yet? If so that’s one to look forward to.
atl
March 1st, 2025 - 9:33amJodie’s era is not that popular but they will do one sooner or later
Daniel Seymour
March 1st, 2025 - 10:07amI’m one of the few that like it then I guess. Prefer it over a lot of other New Who.
Mac
March 1st, 2025 - 5:43pmApparently there’s a lot of non-disclosure agreements and other things like that, which would effect a Fact or Fiction feature.
dwmreader
March 3rd, 2025 - 12:55pmDo people like/enjoy the Fact of Fiction articles? An OCD reader, I read DWM cover-to-cover but have to admit I hate this regular feature with a passion. I often lack the context of the stories being covered, and feel alienated for not having watched the stories. The tone of the piece feels like it’s written with a smirk, full of confidence that the writer is smarter than the production team who will have worked hard on the episodes, and will often have thought about their decisions even if they are not the best. I find no joy or value in it, and am consistently bewildered as to how this feature can stretch six pages. I find them exhausting and get nothing from them. Just me?
Note: this is not intended as Alan Barnes hate. I’ve loved many of his contributions to the DWU. This is not one of them though…
Amypondfan
March 3rd, 2025 - 3:47pmAlt Jodie’s stories are popular I loved them and the vast Majority of my friends did too
Fred
March 3rd, 2025 - 3:57pmTotally agreed that the Jodie years are often the best, and the closest thing to essence of Doctor Who, of the modern programme. Also agree that this feature is easily the worst regular one in the magazine. I have seen every story, but it doesn’t make it any more interesting.
atl
March 4th, 2025 - 5:26pmif you say so
atl
February 28th, 2025 - 6:24pmthe next one DWM 614 comes with art cards and a supplement about who in 2005 its £10.99 i do prefer the art cards to the posters they take up less space
atl
February 28th, 2025 - 6:26pmi meant DWM 615
Michael parsons
February 27th, 2025 - 9:39pmNOT SURE ABOUT HOW NEWSAGENTS HANDLE THE DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE I ALWAYS FIND MY COPY EVERY MONTH BUT MY PROBLEM IS THE MINOR DAMAGE EITHER TO THE SPINE OR THE COVER IS BENT SOMETIMES CAUSING A CREASE AT THE PRICE OF THE MAGAZINE THESE SHOULD BE HANDLED WITH CARE FOR THE CUSTOMER
James
March 1st, 2025 - 10:30amIt depends how they are delivered by the supplier. Most of the time they come in totes with other titles. Depends if the packer is carfull enough or just chucks them in. Other times they are just wrapped in plastic cable ties. Was annoying as sometimes you’d get 1 magazine in a tote then other tores be jammed oacked so the magazines were trashed. (used to work in a well known newsagents)
Snowman
February 27th, 2025 - 12:24pmGreat Cover.
bryan
February 27th, 2025 - 11:36amThe Comic strip is genius. Absolute genius. .
Fabulous issue. Half of it read over morning Tea. It covers the full range of who, from 1 to 15, with stops in between.
Peter
February 27th, 2025 - 11:09am@ atl – it can be ordered directly from Panini’s website if you can’t find it in the shops. Branches of Morrisons sell them, plus I’m sure other supermarkets do to if that’s a help?
atl
February 27th, 2025 - 10:34amnice cover there’s not that many first doctor covers for the next few months it will be all about the new series ( rightfully so ) but its good when dwm remembers the past …now i just got to find a copy