The Doctor Who Companion

Get your daily fix of news, reviews, and features with the Doctor Who Companion!

Out Now: Russell T Davies Talks Tennant and Tate’s Return in Doctor Who Magazine #579

It’s been quite a few years since this last happened: David Tennant and Catherine Tate share the cover of the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine!

This issue includes exclusive behind-the-scenes stories from Russell T Davies, Doctor Who’s incoming showrunner, about the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the programme.

Highlights of the new issue include:

  • Newly released documents reveal the details behind the classification certificates of Doctor Who videos in the 1980s and 90s. 
  • Robert Sidaway, who played Avon in The Savages (1966) and Captain Jimmy Turner in The Invasion (1968), talks about his Doctor Who roles for the first time.
  • The friends, colleagues and admirers of Verity Lambert pay tribute to Doctor Who’s first producer.
  • Authors James Moran and Rona Munro discuss their forthcoming Target books, The Fires of Pompeii and The Eaters of Light.
  • Writer Juno Dawson and producer Ella Watts on the making of the acclaimed podcast series Doctor Who: Redacted.
  • Visual effects designer Paul Mann recalls the making of Timelash (1985) with the help of previously unseen photos from his collection.
  • Chris Cassell and Justin T Lee explain how the special effects of Timelash have been newly enhanced for the Season 22 Blu-ray box set.
  • Fear of the Future, a brand-new comic strip adventure for the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan.
  • The Fact of Fiction uncovers the hidden secrets of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
  • Apocrypha revisits the seminal 1993 New Adventures novel, Deceit.

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

Doctor Who Magazine #579 is on sale now, priced £6.99 (UK).

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, 100 Objects of Doctor Who, and Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants.

Out Now: Russell T Davies Talks Tennant and Tate’s Return in Doctor Who Magazine #579

by Philip Bates time to read: 1 min
0
The Doctor Who Companion
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.