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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #574 Previews Russell T Davies’ Return! (Sort Of)

As we all know, Russell T Davies is returning to Doctor Who. What? No, we’re not talking about his coming back as showrunner! We’re talking about Mind of the Hodiac (Davies’ first ever Doctor Who script), coming soon from Big Finish!

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine features an exclusive preview, with contributions from Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford, Russell, Scott Handcock and Emily Cook.

Here’s what else is inside:

  • The first installment of a two-part interview with Doctor Who’s outgoing executive producer Matt Strevens.
  • Visual effects designer Ben Pickles describes his contributions to the Thirteenth Doctor’s era.
  • Zodiak VFX’s Tamsie Thomas and Myfanwy Harris talk about their award-winning work on Doctor Who.
  • A tribute to Doctor Who director Michael Ferguson, who passed away in October.
  • The inside story of how the BBC paved the way for Doctor Who’s long-awaited return in 2005.
  • Pianist Jess Jurkovic discusses his YouTube project ‘Dudley Simpson IS Doctor Who’.
  • Collectivity investigates the increasingly sophisticated world of trading cards.
  • Apocrypha revisits Invasion of the Daleks, a seminal comic strip from 1964’s The Dalek Book.
  • The Fact of Fiction looks at the 1965 story The Romans.
  • Public Image analyses the ratings for Eve of the Daleks.
  • The first part of Hydra’s Gate, a new comic-strip story for the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan.

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

Doctor Who Magazine #574 is on sale now, priced £6.99.

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 #574 Previews Russell T Davies’ Return! (Sort Of)

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