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{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox Magazine
|name= Doctor Who Adventures
|image = DWA  255.jpg
|image= DWA  255.jpg
|issue number={{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|10|3}}
|issue number={{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|10|3}}
|cover date=[[9 February (releases)|9 February]]- [[15 February (releases)|15 February]] [[2012]]   
|cover date=[[9 February (releases)|9 February]]- [[15 February (releases)|15 February]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]   
|format= 36 full colour pages stapled
|format = 36 full colour pages stapled
|editor= [[Natalie Barnes]]
|editor = [[Natalie Barnes]]
|publisher= [[Immediate Media Company London Limited]]
|publisher = [[Immediate Media Company London Limited]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Adventures|''DWA'' issues]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Adventures|''DWA'' issues]]
|previous issue= [[DWA 254]]
}}
|next issue= [[DWA 256]]
'''''Doctor Who Adventures'' #{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|4|3}}''' was the issue of [[Doctor Who Adventures|the magazine]] for the week beginning [[9 February (releases)|9 February]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].
}}'''''Doctor Who Adventures'' #{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|4|3}}''' was the issue of [[Doctor Who Adventures|the magazine]] for the week beginning [[9 February (releases)|9 February]] [[2012]]


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
=== Free gift ===
=== Free gift ===
* Mini battle pack featuring [[Silurian]]s and [[Silence]]
* Mini battle pack featuring [[Silurian]]s and [[Silent|Silence]]


=== Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info) ===
=== Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info) ===
* FEATURE: Monsters most embarrassing moments!
* FEATURE: Monsters most embarrassing moments!
* [[Matt Smith]]’s EPISODE GUIDE 1: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''
* [[Matt Smith]]'s EPISODE GUIDE 1: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''


=== Comic strips ===
=== Comic content ===
* ''[[Cold Comfort (comic story)|Cold Comfort]]''  
* ''[[Cold Comfort (comic story)|Cold Comfort]]''
* ''[[AAAGH!|AAAGH! (Alien Assignment Agency General Headquarters)]]''
* ''[[AAAGH!|AAAGH! (Alien Assignment Agency General Headquarters)]]''


=== Photo Story (favourite scene told as a photo-feature) ===
=== Photo Story (favourite scene told as a photo-feature) ===
* TIME LINE: [[Silurian]]  
* TIME LINE: [[Silurian]]


=== Fast Facts ===
=== Fast Facts ===
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=== Posters ===
=== Posters ===
: A3 ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''
: A3 ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''
: A4 [[Weeping Angel]]
: A4 [[Weeping Angel]]


=== Behind the scenes ===
=== Behind the scenes ===
* Backstage secrets of the best bedroom in the world from ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
* Backstage secrets of the best bedroom in the world from ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.


=== Interview ===
=== Interview ===
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=== Also featuring ===
=== Also featuring ===
* Welcome and news (“Hello Time Travellers!)
* Welcome and news (Hello Time Travellers!)
* Geronimo: Gossip: News, Hot or not,  
* Geronimo: Gossip: News, Hot or not,
* Big Puzzle: Giant Wordsearch (2 pages)
* Big Puzzle: Giant Wordsearch (2 pages)
* Puzzle page and Quiz
* Puzzle page and Quiz
* FUN STUFF: Monster Dates
* FUN STUFF: Monster Dates
* Readers contributions: Who and You Upload <br /> featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
* Readers contributions: Who and You Upload - featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.
* Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
* Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
* COMPETITION: Design a gadget for the Doctor that will be used in a future comic strip.
* COMPETITION: Design a gadget for the Doctor that will be used in a future comic strip.
* Competition Goodies (Character Building Dalek Factory Set )
* Competition Goodies (Character Building Dalek Factory Set )


== Main team credits ==
== Credits ==
With their monster [[Valentine's Day|Valentine]] dates
With their monster [[Valentine's Day|Valentine]] dates
* Editor: [[Natalie Barnes]] A Silent – they look so good in a suit <br />
* Editor: [[Natalie Barnes]] A Silent – they look so good in a suit.
* Deputy Editor: [[Paul Laing]] A Handbot – as it has no mouth, I’d eat its dinner too!<br />
* Deputy Editor: [[Paul Laing]] A Handbot – as it has no mouth, I'd eat its dinner too!
* Production Editor: [[Liza Millett]] The Minotaur – I like a monster with a healthy appetite<br />
* Production Editor: [[Liza Millett]] The Minotaur – I like a monster with a healthy appetite.
* Senior Art Editor: [[Nikki Davies]] A Hath – they have an endless supply of ‘bubbly’ <br />
* Senior Art Editor: [[Nikki Davies]] A Hath – they have an endless supply of "bubbly".
* Deputy Senior Art Editor: [[Lee Midwinter]] A Silurian – I love lizards! <br />
* Deputy Senior Art Editor: [[Lee Midwinter]] A Silurian – I love lizards!


== Hidden Away / Facts ==
== Hidden Away / Facts ==
* WHO SAID: “Well? I’m not going to hug first…!
* WHO SAID: "Well? I'm not going to hug first...!" [[Amy Pond]] in the ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
: [[Amy Pond]] in the ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
* A new PS3 and PS Vita computer game is released in March 2012 called ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''.
* A new PS3 and PS Vita computer game is released in March 2012 called ''[[The Eternity Clock]]''.
* Former{{note|Russell T Davies returned as the [[head writer]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2023, after ''DWA'' ceased publication}} ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and [[The Sarah Jane Adventures|SJA]] boss [[Russell T Davies]] has written a new series for CBBC called ''Aliens and Wizards''.{{note|Evidently the working title of ''Wizards vs. Aliens'', although Davies himself was not credited as a writer until parts one and two of ''All Out War'' at the end of the second series}}
* Former Doctor Who and SJA boss [[Russell T Davies]] has written a new series for CBBC called ‘Aliens and Wizards.
* ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' was originally to be called ''The Year of the Moon''.
* ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' was originally to be called ‘The Year of the Moon.
* In [[1881]], [[Vastra]] battled and ate mummies (''[[The Brilliant Book 2012|The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011]]'').
* In [[1881]], [[Vastra]] battled and ate mummies ([[The Brilliant Book 2012|The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011]]).
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] found his greatest fear in [[Room 11 (The God Complex)|Room 11]] in the ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]''.
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Eleventh Doctor]] found his greatest fear in [[Prison ship (The God Complex)|Room 11]] in the ''[[The God Complex]]''
* Script details for the bedroom featured in ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', written by [[Steven Moffat]], included a long list of seventeen things – missing seem to include a foot spa, game of Cluedo and a yellow fort (but they could be hidden away).
* Script details for the bedroom featured in ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' written by [[Steven Moffat]], included a long list of seventeen things – missing seem to include a foot spa, game of Cluedo and a yellow fort (but they could be hidden away)


== Further information ==
== Further information ==
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* This issue had a cover price of £2.50 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
* This issue had a cover price of £2.50 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
* Next issue's free gift is promoted as a Silence document folder, sketch pad and pencils.
* Next issue's free gift is promoted as a Silence document folder, sketch pad and pencils.
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.dwamag.com/ The official magazine site with features and news of the latest available issue]
* [http://www.dwamag.com/ The official magazine site with features and news of the latest available issue]
 
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Doctor Who Adventures #255 was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 9 February 2012.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Free gift[[edit] | [edit source]]

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comic content[[edit] | [edit source]]

Photo Story (favourite scene told as a photo-feature)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fast Facts[[edit] | [edit source]]

A4 ULTIMATE DALEK Dalek Sec Hybrid

Posters[[edit] | [edit source]]

A3 A Good Man Goes to War
A4 Weeping Angel

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Interview[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • None this issue

Also featuring[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Welcome and news (Hello Time Travellers!)
  • Geronimo: Gossip: News, Hot or not,
  • Big Puzzle: Giant Wordsearch (2 pages)
  • Puzzle page and Quiz
  • FUN STUFF: Monster Dates
  • Readers contributions: Who and You Upload - featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.
  • Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
  • COMPETITION: Design a gadget for the Doctor that will be used in a future comic strip.
  • Competition Goodies (Character Building Dalek Factory Set )

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

With their monster Valentine dates

  • Editor: Natalie Barnes A Silent – they look so good in a suit.
  • Deputy Editor: Paul Laing A Handbot – as it has no mouth, I'd eat its dinner too!
  • Production Editor: Liza Millett The Minotaur – I like a monster with a healthy appetite.
  • Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies A Hath – they have an endless supply of "bubbly".
  • Deputy Senior Art Editor: Lee Midwinter A Silurian – I love lizards!

Hidden Away / Facts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Further information[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The subscription offer for this issue was four issues for £1 then a saving of 10% (thirteen issues for £29.25) (UK).
  • This issue had a cover price of £2.50 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
  • Next issue's free gift is promoted as a Silence document folder, sketch pad and pencils.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Russell T Davies returned as the head writer of Doctor Who in 2023, after DWA ceased publication
  2. Evidently the working title of Wizards vs. Aliens, although Davies himself was not credited as a writer until parts one and two of All Out War at the end of the second series

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]