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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #569 Includes an Interview with New Companion, John Bishop

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine includes an exclusive interview with John Bishop, who plays new companion, Dan Lewis, in Doctor Who Series 13 opposite Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor and Mandip Gill’s Yaz Khan.

Bishop discusses growing up with Doctor Who, shooting the new series, and answers questions from DWM’s TARDIS tin.

The issue also includes:

  • The second and final part of Black Powder, a brand-new adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz, written by Joy Wilkinson.
  • New insights into the Second Doctor’s missing episodes from fans who remember watching them.
  • A detailed look at Doctor Who ‘orphaned’ episodes.
  • How did 1972’s The Sea Devils threaten the entire series’ future? The untold story is revealed.
  • Apocrypha revisits Wartime, an independent short film from 1988.
  • Collectivity investigates how the BBC’s VHS releases transformed the world of Doctor Who fandom.
  • How the alien world of 1967’s The Macra Terror was created by Doctor Who’s production team, featuring new CGI models by Gavin Rymill.
  • The Fact of Fiction continues its analysis of the 1968 classic The Web of Fear.
  • Meet the team behind the new Doctor Who Atlas.
  • Sufficient Data explores Doctor Who’s big ideas.

PLUS: Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, and more.

Doctor Who Magazine #569 is on sale now, priced £5.99 in the UK. It’s also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £4.99.

Philip Bates

Editor and co-founder of the Doctor Who Companion. When he’s not watching television, reading books ‘n’ Marvel comics, listening to The Killers, and obsessing over script ideas, Philip Bates pretends to be a freelance writer. He enjoys collecting everything. Writer of The Black Archive: The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang, The Silver Archive: The Stone Tape, and 100 Objects of Doctor Who.

Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #569 Includes an Interview with New Companion, John Bishop

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