August 12th, 2014
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Doctor Who Magazine Special Year of The Doctor
Released on Thursday 14 August, price £5.99
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owen
August 15th, 2014 - 6:09pmCan you buy this anywhere? I know its a stupid question but I couldn’t find it in Sainsbury’s
StetsonDoctor
August 15th, 2014 - 10:29pmWHSmiths
owen
August 16th, 2014 - 11:10amIs that the only place you can get it?
Tardispals
August 16th, 2014 - 12:17pmYea it’s a WH Smith exclusive
The Contessa
August 16th, 2014 - 10:53pmHello – it’s not a W H Smith exclusive – I’ve even seen it in my local newsagent. You can also subscribe to Doctor Who magazine and get it included in your subscription deal (for a bit extra obviously).
james
September 13th, 2014 - 8:47amI’ve seen it in sainsburys 🙂
The Flying Shark
August 15th, 2014 - 5:10pmI got this today from WH Smith, I think it’s a great read and well worth £5.99.
The TARDIS
August 15th, 2014 - 4:59pmI don’t get people’s complaints about this – yes, it doesn’t cover many episodes, but considering there were only two full episodes, a docudrama and some extras, it is very in-depth. There is a lot of detail here. Plus, THAT COVER! Too much focus on The Day of the Doctor for my liking, but it is beautiful.
Andy
August 17th, 2014 - 6:36pmTo be fair, most people have fully explained their reasons.
Mine is because they didn’t even cover the Big Finish stories, and DWM normally always do that
Human
November 22nd, 2014 - 9:25pmAre there many pictures-like, on average, a lot, or a little, for a magazine?
Tardispals
August 15th, 2014 - 4:07pmThis is brilliant! 😀 I couldn’t stop reading it. Can’t understand the negative comments against this 🙁
So far i have read detailed accounts of:
The night of the dr
The day of the dr
The time of the dr
An adventure in time and space
The five ish drs. Reboot
And currently reading through Dr who proms
£5.99 well spent seeing as normal dr who mags are £4.99 now for an extra £1 you can’t really go wrong with this 🙂
Andrew Pixley
August 25th, 2014 - 9:50amDelighted that you’ve enjoyed it so much. The remit is – in theory – to cover only the television broadcasts, but I wanted to cram as much detail on as many transmissions as possible into what pages we had available. So glad that I managed to cover a lot of what interests you.
All the best
Andrew
Andy
August 15th, 2014 - 10:26amBought it and feel let down, they could have at least mentioned the Big Finish anniversary stories
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 14th, 2014 - 5:27pmNot worth buying this in my view.
I took a look at a copy today in WH Smith. Just detailed –
The Night of the Doctor Mini-sode.
The Day of the Doctor.
An Adventure in Space and Time.
The Five-ish Doctors reboot.
There’s nothing else worth getting it for. It would have been nice if some pages talked about the 50th Anniversary merchandise, events like the 50th Anniversary celebration at the London ExCel centre, or the things we fan’s did to celebrate the 50th during 2013 on sites like YouTube or Deviant Art.
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
August 15th, 2014 - 8:09pmIts worth it.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 17th, 2014 - 4:48pmNot really it’s not.
DisapprovingOwl
August 17th, 2014 - 8:17pmIn fairness, Andrew Pixley has said on Gallifrey Base that he did write longer articles on most if not all of the things you mention, but they were excised or shortened in favour of including more detail on the main anniversary programming due to having to stick to a certain page-count. It’s important to remember that this guide is part of a series that have focused entirely on televised Doctor Who, so that will have the main priority when it comes to deciding which content makes it into the final magazine.
Anonymous
August 26th, 2014 - 9:50pmThey very specifically state in the magazine they were only looking at things that were broadcast and only the major parts of the BBC (so none of the local stuff).
WHOSTHEDADDY
August 13th, 2014 - 2:13pmDo you get this if you have a subscription and have signed up to receive the special releases?
76 Totters Lane
August 13th, 2014 - 2:45pmYes.
cheryl
August 13th, 2014 - 10:59pmoh I have a subscription with DWM but don’t get the special releases 🙁 I’ll have go and buy it then. dose anyone know if all the doc’s are in there 1st-12th doctors and the five ish doctors
76 Totters Lane
August 14th, 2014 - 7:58pmIt covers ‘The Night of the Doctor’, ‘The Day of the Doctor, ‘The Time of the Doctor’, ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’, plus other programmes on around the 50th anniversary like ‘The Science of Doctor Who’, ‘Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide’, ‘The Culture Show: Me, You and Doctor Who’ and ‘Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty’ as well as ‘Doctor Who at the Proms 2013’ and ‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’.
Ian
August 13th, 2014 - 8:03amIs this a general release or a Whsmith exclusive.
Clara Oswin Oswald
August 13th, 2014 - 9:26amWH smith exclusive
DisapprovingOwl
August 13th, 2014 - 1:35pmReally? Disappointing if so – previous Special Editions don’t seem to have been. I’ve had to pick them all up from a small independent newsagent not far from my parents’ house, as no WH Smith’s where I am seem to actually stock them.
mick
August 13th, 2014 - 4:17pmthought it was a general release
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 13th, 2014 - 4:58pmThis is also avalible in Forbidden Planet stores.
StormOfOncomers
August 13th, 2014 - 6:13pmIt’s a general release.
DisapprovingOwl
August 17th, 2014 - 8:18pmThanks for the clarification, guys – was able to pick this up from the usual newsagents with no problem. Have read through a good chunk of it and am loving it so far – easily as interesting as previous volumes in the series. = )
Clare McDonagh
August 12th, 2014 - 10:35pmWell my mum is gonna buy me it on Thursday oot of the whsmith in Wishaw all though why did the official Doctor Who Magazine say that it was oot on the Fifth of this month anyway and I’ve been waiting for three whole weeks for it tae come out and I read on David Tennant’s official website that it’s finally coming out on this Thursday so that’s me happy that my mum is gonna get me it
The Surgeon
August 12th, 2014 - 8:44pmDoes this have previews and titles of Series 8 in it? Or is that the next one?
76 Totters Lane
August 12th, 2014 - 8:45pmThat’ll be in the normal Doctor Who Magazine out on 21st August. This is a special edition.
DalekAgent
August 13th, 2014 - 11:02amYou also get a free poster with issue 477
The Surgeon
August 15th, 2014 - 6:12pmCheers.
Anonymous
August 12th, 2014 - 5:50pmit says its £6.99 in doctor who mag
Dorium Maldovar
August 12th, 2014 - 5:57pmBut the date was wrong as well- if your talking about the advert.
Anonymous
August 12th, 2014 - 6:15pmno close to the back where they have a list of whats coming out. it said the 14th august and £6.99
Anonymous
August 12th, 2014 - 6:17pmpage 78
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 12th, 2014 - 6:25pmYeah, it’s out this Thursday.
DavidH
August 12th, 2014 - 5:32pmI might have to get this
mick
August 12th, 2014 - 4:58pmisnt john hurt holding his sonic the wrong way around on the cover?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 12th, 2014 - 5:01pmNo, he is holding it right 🙂
mick
August 12th, 2014 - 5:26pmyes your right
the astronaut of death
August 12th, 2014 - 5:57pmno it just isn’t switched on so you cans ee the red light
Trenzalore
August 12th, 2014 - 4:44pmThis is nice, they could have included it with the 50th DVD box set as a kind of episode guide…
IntoDarkness
August 12th, 2014 - 5:03pmThat’s a really good idea instead of a little book which will get lost easily !
Stop that TARDIS
August 12th, 2014 - 5:28pmIt is an special from DWM which is rather big (same size as the regular issues). They have been doing them for every doctor and would be silly not to do the 50th anniversary.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 12th, 2014 - 4:42pmDoctor Who Magazine got the date wrong – Thursday 5th August 2014.
5th August is a Tuesday 😀
Stop that TARDIS
August 12th, 2014 - 5:29pmI know! I got really excited and have been looking for it all week! Ha XD
Doctorfan
August 13th, 2014 - 8:48amI’m not here for this one or doctor who magazine on the 21st
DWFAN1
August 12th, 2014 - 4:36pmintresting