The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine puts Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor front and centre, as it looks at a lost adventure that’s finally being realised on audio.

TV writer, Robin Mukherjee, talks to DWM about working on Doctor Who in the 1980s and how his story, Alixion, has finally been picked up by Big Finish for its Lost Stories range. Here’s the blurb for that audio:

Checking into a luxury health spa for a little rest and recreation, the Doctor and Ace find themselves at the mercy of a malign entity that craves the conquest of time and space. 

Exploiting their memories and regrets, the queen of the hive, which hides behind the polished walls of the spa, forces them to confront their deepest fears as she steals the Doctor’s life force to spread her powers across the universe.

Also in this issue of Doctor Who Magazine:

• ZYGONS! SUTEKH! KRAALS! KRYNOIDS! An in-depth exploration of THE COLLECTION – SEASON 13 Blu-ray box set. Including: details of a documentary on Ian Marter who played companion Harry Sullivan, producer Phillip Hinchcliffe visiting the locations from the series, and the creation of new monster effects!
• ENTER THE BLACK ARCHIVE! Join Doctor Who’s brand manager James Page in San Diego as he takes us behind the scenes at this year’s Doctor Who activation.
• Props art director MICHAEL VAN KESTEREN talks us through the creation of various gadgets for this year’s season, including: colour variants of the Doctor’s sonic, the “Polish! Polish!” robot Scoot, and the Rani’s time ring bracelet!
• THE SEVENTH DOCTOR IN UKRAINE! Dalek and Cyberman performer Mickey Lewis recounts how he joined Sylvester McCoy on a journey to entertain fans in war-torn Kyiv.
• A royal audience with MARY REYNOLDS who starred as our late Queen in the 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis.
• AFTER IMAGE: Simon Guerrier looks back at Lucky Day, The Story & the Engine, The Interstellar Song Contest, and Wish World/The Reality War.
• Find out how students across the UK’s universities are testing their Who knowledge with a challenging quiz league!
• Back to 1975 (and 1963): Giving life to the Loch Ness Monster!
• The Randomiser: Gary Gillatt looks into the heroics of the first three Doctors during the Second World War.
• DWM examines the hidden depths of Dark Water, in the first part of its Fact of Fiction feature on the finale to the Twelfth Doctor’s first season.
• The Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda’s adventures continue in the comic strip.

Doctor Who Magazine #620 is on sale now, priced £7.99 (in the UK).