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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #614 Chats to Waris Hussein, the Show’s First Ever Director

Doctor Who Magazine #614 is out now, and includes a personal chat with Waris Hussein, who directed not only the much-loved historical, Marco Polo, but also the very first Doctor Who story, An Unearthly Child

The issue also features:

  • An introductory chat with Varada Sethu, alias new companion Belinda Chandra.
  • Back to terrorise the universe: Sacha Dhawan on finding hidden depths to the Master!
  • We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Rob Shearman, and Paul Cornell.
  • A special look at missing story, Marco Polo.
  • Stephen Wyatt and Richard Unwin on Me and Him and Who – a play that reflects on the life and legacy of ’80s producer, John Nathan-Turner.
  • Actor Paul Grist speaks about playing Bill Filer in The Claws of Axos.  
  • A visit to the Propstore to see the Doctor Who costumes and props that are being auctioned in aid of BBC Children in Need.
  • Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are among the guests at an anniversary screening of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
  • An investigation into the strategies of the Doctor’s plastic antagonists, the Autons.
  • Gary Gillatt takes us on a voyage to the fiery surface of the planet Venus…
  • Back to 1997… A retrospective on the mystique of New Adventures novel, Lungbarrow.
  • Sorting fact from fiction in Twelfth Doctor adventure, Robot of Sherwood!
  • Join Beatie and the Hypnotising Cat in this issue’s comic strip!

Plus, there’s all the latest news, reviews of the latest home video and audio releases, a guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe, and prizes to be won including Blu-rays of The Collection – Season 7.

Doctor Who Magazine #614 is on sale now, priced £7.99 (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: Doctor Who Magazine #614 Chats to Waris Hussein, the Show’s First Ever Director

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