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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #628 Includes a Brand New Fifth Doctor Comic

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out now, and includes Destination: Skaro, a brand new Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) comic strip, written by Lucky Day and Kerblam! scribe, Pete McTighe.

Not only that but the issue also includes a free download of the Big Finish audio drama, Dalek Soul. There are also discounts on further audio releases.

Inside the magazine:

  • TWO MISSING EPISODES OF THE DALEKS’ MASTER PLAN FOUND! A look at the First Doctor episodes The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet – not seen in over 60 years and streaming on iPlayer.
  • The making of Big Finish audio range RUTANS VS SONTARANS from start to finish. Producer DAVID RICHARDSON discusses how early ideas came together and scripts were commissioned.
  • In advance of the 4K release of the 1996 TV Movie, we track down MALCOLM DANE who played Grace Holloway’s boyfriend Brian.
  • Actor KAREN CLEGG shares her memories of playing Sarn in the Seventh Doctor’s debut, Time and the Rani.
  • PHIL ROBINSON discusses the Sea Devils he has sculpted for the Collection Blu-rays – including on the recent Season 21 box set – plus his work for toy manufacturer Dapol and on episodes of Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who.
  • We speak to AL DEWAR, the man behind Character Options long-running range of action figures.
  • Beyond his appearance in 2023 Special The Giggle, discover STOOKY BILL’s connections to the world of Doctor Who!
  • A look at the work of Star Cutouts and their impressive range of life-size standees of Doctors, companions, and monsters.
  • Celebrate Easter with a look back at Doctor Who themed Easter Eggs!
  • Nothing in the world can stop us now! We head to Atlantis to unearth facts about early Second Doctor escapade, The Underwater Menace.
  • Back to 1977… Have you had your Weetabix? We look at their fondly remembered Doctor Who promotion…
  • The Fifteenth Doctor and Mel battle the Daleks in the comic strip…

Doctor Who Magazine #628 is on sale now, priced £10.99 (UK), or as a digital edition 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, 100 Objects of Doctor Who, and Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants.

Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #628 Includes a Brand New Fifth Doctor Comic

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