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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine Celebrates Its 600th Issue!

Doctor Who Magazine‘s 600th issue is available in shops now!

This celebratory issue includes a 16-page supplement, an exclusive art card, a specially commissioned diorama featuring figures from the recent series, and a four-hour long Sixth Doctor audio drama for every reader.

But what’s inside? All of this:

  • Millie Gibson checks in with DWM following the debut of companion Ruby Sunday in The Church on Ruby Road.
  • UNIT regulars Jemma Redgrave (Kate Lethbridge-Stewart), Alexander Devrient (Colonel Ibrahim), and Ruth Madeley (Shirley Anne Bingham) face questions from the TARDIS Tin.
  • Production designer Phil Sims takes us on a guided tour of UNIT’s central London HQ!
  • We talk to DWM writers about their experiences interviewing the stars of Doctor Who for early issues of the magazine.
  • International Who! A special report on how the series has become a hit in Spain!
  • Meet Christina Rotondo – the singer who gave voice to Janis Goblin!
  • We pay tribute to Richard Franklin who died on Christmas Day – and examine the impact he had as UNIT officer Captain Mike Yates.
  • We talk to production runner Thani Subkhi about his vital work on the upcoming series.
  • Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies gives us an update on the progress being made on the next two series!
  • Time-Space Visualiser – discover the secret recipe for sky-high ratings!
  • The Fact of Fiction – we examine the opening episodes of 1973’s Planet of the Daleks.
  • The adventures of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday continue in the comic strip!
  • Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news.
  • Reviews – covering books, audio dramas and games.
  • Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
  • Win The Daleks in Colour, Blu-ray box sets, books, and audio dramas!

Doctor Who Magazine #600 is out now, priced £10.99 (in the UK). A digital edition is also available from pocketmags.com, priced £9.99.

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 Celebrates Its 600th Issue!

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