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'''''SFX''''' | '''''SFX''''' is a periodical which covered [[science fiction]]- and [[fantasy]]-related media. It was launched in the UK in May 1995 by [[Future Publishing]]. | ||
As a genre magazine, ''Doctor Who'' featured regularly in its previews/reviews and news pages, as well as being included in more generic features. | As a genre magazine, ''Doctor Who'' featured regularly in its previews/reviews and news pages, as well as being included in more generic features. | ||
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* ''SFX Issue 128'' (Marking a new look for the magazine and the return of Doctor Who to the screen. [[Ninth Doctor|The Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] "Look Who's Back! "We've come to put you back behind the sofa!", | * ''SFX Issue 128'' (Marking a new look for the magazine and the return of Doctor Who to the screen. [[Ninth Doctor|The Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] "Look Who's Back! "We've come to put you back behind the sofa!", | ||
* ''SFX Issue 129'' (Cover features [[Billie Piper]] "Times are Changing! Billie Piper heads up a whole new look for Doctor Who"), | * ''SFX Issue 129'' (Cover features [[Billie Piper]] "Times are Changing! Billie Piper heads up a whole new look for Doctor Who"), | ||
* ''SFX Issue 132'' (with a Dalek cover "Who's next? The future of Doctor Who. [[Russell T Davies]] talks [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Season 2]]"), | * ''SFX Issue 132'' (with a Dalek cover "Who's next? The future of Doctor Who. [[Russell T Davies]] talks [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Season 2]]"), | ||
* ''SFX Issue 136'' (a [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] cover against a union flag heralding "Doctor Who leads our TV revolution HOPE & GLORY The new wave of British SF shows: we predict a riot!"), | * ''SFX Issue 136'' (a [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] cover against a union flag heralding "Doctor Who leads our TV revolution HOPE & GLORY The new wave of British SF shows: we predict a riot!"), | ||
* SFX Issue 139'' ([[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]] - where [[Russell T Davies]] talks exclusively to SFX revealing his plans for the new Doctor) | * SFX Issue 139'' ([[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]] - where [[Russell T Davies]] talks exclusively to SFX revealing his plans for the new Doctor) | ||
* SFX Issue 142'' ([[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]). | * SFX Issue 142'' ([[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]]). | ||
* Indeed, such was the popularity of the new series that by SFX Issue 150 (which incidently featured a Torchwood cover and article), included a huge double sided poster, on one side showing all one hundred fifty covers, and the reverse being given over to a wallchart that showed "''Doctor Who'' is connected/ separated from Everything (in the sci-fi fantasy world) - without resorting to actors!" | * Indeed, such was the popularity of the new series that by SFX Issue 150 (which incidently featured a Torchwood cover and article), included a huge double sided poster, on one side showing all one hundred fifty covers, and the reverse being given over to a wallchart that showed "''Doctor Who'' is connected/ separated from Everything (in the sci-fi fantasy world) - without resorting to actors!" | ||
* ''SFX Issue 152'' ([[Catherine Tate]] joins the Doctor for ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | * ''SFX Issue 152'' ([[Catherine Tate]] joins the Doctor for ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | ||
* ''SFX Issue 155'' ([[Freema Agyeman]] joins the Doctor for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]]) | * ''SFX Issue 155'' ([[Freema Agyeman]] joins the Doctor for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]]) | ||
* ''SFX Issue 168'' ([[Catherine Tate]] re-joins the Doctor for [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] and Win a life-size Dalek competition) | * ''SFX Issue 168'' ([[Catherine Tate]] re-joins the Doctor for [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 4]] and Win a life-size Dalek competition) | ||
* ''SFX Issue 176'' (Ten commemorative covers commemorating 45th Anniversary, feature all the Doctors) | * ''SFX Issue 176'' (Ten commemorative covers commemorating 45th Anniversary, feature all the Doctors) | ||
* ''SFX Issue 181'' (Easter special [[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]) | * ''SFX Issue 181'' (Easter special [[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]) | ||
* ''SFX Issue 189'' (Previews the Tenth Doctor Specials. [[Russell T Davies]] "I can't wait to kill off the Tenth Doctor!") | * ''SFX Issue 189'' (Previews the Tenth Doctor Specials. [[Russell T Davies]] "I can't wait to kill off the Tenth Doctor!") | ||
* ''[[SFX 194|SFX Issue 194]]'' (UK editions featured a 3D cover to mark [[Eleventh Doctor|the Eleventh Doctor's]] first series)Spine quote: "I shouldn't Google myself ... it's too weird for the head!" - [[Karen Gillan]] | * ''[[SFX 194|SFX Issue 194]]'' (UK editions featured a 3D cover to mark [[Eleventh Doctor|the Eleventh Doctor's]] first series)Spine quote: "I shouldn't Google myself ... it's too weird for the head!" - [[Karen Gillan]] | ||
* ''SFX Issue 196'' ([[Karen Gillan]] new companion interview) | * ''SFX Issue 196'' ([[Karen Gillan]] new companion interview) | ||
* ''SFX Issue 199'' (Looking ahead to [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|New Torchwood]], [[Russell T Davies]] interview) | * ''SFX Issue 199'' (Looking ahead to [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|New Torchwood]], [[Russell T Davies]] interview) | ||
* ''SFX Issue 208'' (Looking ahead to [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|New Doctor Who]], [[Steven Moffat]] interview) and the World's first TARDIS sound effect cover! | * ''SFX Issue 208'' (Looking ahead to [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|New Doctor Who]], [[Steven Moffat]] interview) and the World's first TARDIS sound effect cover! | ||
In addition to the regular issues, a further ''SFX Collection'' title is released six times a year. This focuses on a specific theme and is often packaged with "extras". ''Doctor Who'' has has had a number of these special editions, often including premiums and at a higher price. Initially, issues collected together a range of previously released material, supplementing it and updating where possible, before establishing a tradition of 100% all-new material. | In addition to the regular issues, a further ''SFX Collection'' title is released six times a year. This focuses on a specific theme and is often packaged with "extras". ''Doctor Who'' has has had a number of these special editions, often including premiums and at a higher price. Initially, issues collected together a range of previously released material, supplementing it and updating where possible, before establishing a tradition of 100% all-new material. The publishers take pride in its independence, often using a cover flash of 100% unofficial and unauthorised. | ||
In 2010, the SFX brand was extended with the launch of a new title, ''Comic Heroes,'' although this later ceased publication. | In 2010, the SFX brand was extended with the launch of a new title, ''Comic Heroes,'' although this later ceased publication. | ||
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== Gallery notable covers == | == Gallery notable covers == | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
SFX 13.jpg|SFX Issue 13 <br /> Future Publishing Limited | |||
SFX 46.jpg|SFX Issue 46 <br /> Future Publishing Limited | |||
SFX 128.jpg|SFX Issue 128 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> | |||
SFX 129.jpg|SFX Issue 129 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> | |||
SFX 132.jpg|SFX Issue 132 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> | |||
SFX 136.jpg|SFX Issue 136 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> November 2005 | |||
SFX 139.jpg|SFX Issue 139 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> January 2006 | |||
SFX 142.jpg|SFX Issue 142 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> April 2006 | |||
SFX 136 plain.jpg|SFX Issue 142 (plain cover) <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> April 2006 | |||
SFX 150.jpg|SFX Issue 150 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> December 2006 | |||
SFX 152.jpg|SFX Issue 152 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> January 2007 | |||
SFX 155.jpg|SFX Issue 155 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> April 2007 | |||
SFX 168.jpg|SFX Issue 168 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> April 2008 | |||
SFX 176a.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (1 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176b.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (2 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176c.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (3 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176d.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (4 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176e.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (5 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176f.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (6 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176g.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (7 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176h.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (8 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176i.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (9 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 176j.jpg|SFX Issue 176 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (10 of 10) December 2008 | |||
SFX 181.jpg|SFX Issue 181 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> April 2009 | |||
SFX 189.jpg|SFX Issue 189 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> December 2009 | |||
SFX 194 05 2010.jpg|[[SFX 194]]<br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> May 2010 | |||
SFX 196.jpg|SFX Issue 196 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> July 2010 | |||
SFX 199.jpg|SFX Issue 199 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> September 2010 | |||
SFX 208.jpg|SFX Issue 208 <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> June 2011 | |||
SFX 360.jpg|SFX Issue 360 Future Publishing Limited December 2022 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Gallery of notable Who themed specials == | == Gallery of notable Who themed specials == | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | <gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | ||
SFX SE 2008.jpg|[[SFX Collection 20|Doctor Who: Past! Present! Future!]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (With free exclusive CD) | |||
MAG SFX 22a.jpg|[[SFX Collection 22|Best of British: The Top 50 Greatest UK SF and Fantasy Shows Ever]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited | |||
SFX SE 24.jpg|[[SFX Collection 24|Doctor Who: Your Ultimate Unofficial Guide to all 10 Doctors!]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited | |||
SFX SE 28.jpg|[[SFX Collection 28|Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (With free [[Target Books|Doctor Who Target novelisation]]) | |||
SFX SE 33.jpg|[[SFX Collection 33|Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide (2008)]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited | |||
SFX SE 35 cover.jpg|[[SFX Collection 35|Sci-Fi's Greatest CGI Special FX]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (With free Doctor Who SFX Magazine) | |||
SFX SE 2009.jpg|[[SFX Collection 33|Doctor Who (2009)]] <br /> Future Publishing Limited | |||
SFX 47 Collection.jpg|[[SFX Collection 47|Doctor Who: A Celebration]]<br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (With free bowtie, badges and exclusive CD) | |||
SFXC 49.jpg|[[SFX Collection 49|Best of British Sci-Fi 2011]]<br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (With free Red Dwarf car sticker, Primeval coasters and double-sided poster featuring Misfits and Doctor Who [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]) | |||
SFX SE 51a.jpg|[[SFX Collection 51|The top 100 Icons of Sci-fi and Fantasy of the 21st Century]]<br /> Future Publishing Limited <br /> (With free Buffy travelcard holder, lenticular Optimus prime key ring and double-sided Firefly poster) | |||
SFX SE 51b.jpg|[[SFX Collection 51|The top 100 Icons of Sci-fi and Fantasy of the 21st Century]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:54, 25 April 2024
- You may be looking for the filmmaking abbreviation from which this publication derives its name.
SFX is a periodical which covered science fiction- and fantasy-related media. It was launched in the UK in May 1995 by Future Publishing.
As a genre magazine, Doctor Who featured regularly in its previews/reviews and news pages, as well as being included in more generic features.
Of note to collectors is that subscribers of this title received copies that featured no words on the cover other than the SFX logo.
Although launched in 1995, it was not until SFX issue 13 that Doctor Who first graced the cover, having been off air for a few years. This marked Paul McGann's turn at playing the Time Lord. with the cover caption quote of "I thought I was going to look like a tosser!"
Doctor Who has also featured on the covers of:
- SFX Issue 46 (SFX exclusive Tom Baker interview),
- SFX Issue 128 (Marking a new look for the magazine and the return of Doctor Who to the screen. The Ninth Doctor and Rose "Look Who's Back! "We've come to put you back behind the sofa!",
- SFX Issue 129 (Cover features Billie Piper "Times are Changing! Billie Piper heads up a whole new look for Doctor Who"),
- SFX Issue 132 (with a Dalek cover "Who's next? The future of Doctor Who. Russell T Davies talks Season 2"),
- SFX Issue 136 (a Tenth Doctor and Rose cover against a union flag heralding "Doctor Who leads our TV revolution HOPE & GLORY The new wave of British SF shows: we predict a riot!"),
- SFX Issue 139 (The Christmas Invasion - where Russell T Davies talks exclusively to SFX revealing his plans for the new Doctor)
- SFX Issue 142 (Tenth Doctor and Rose Series 2).
- Indeed, such was the popularity of the new series that by SFX Issue 150 (which incidently featured a Torchwood cover and article), included a huge double sided poster, on one side showing all one hundred fifty covers, and the reverse being given over to a wallchart that showed "Doctor Who is connected/ separated from Everything (in the sci-fi fantasy world) - without resorting to actors!"
- SFX Issue 152 (Catherine Tate joins the Doctor for The Runaway Bride)
- SFX Issue 155 (Freema Agyeman joins the Doctor for Series 3)
- SFX Issue 168 (Catherine Tate re-joins the Doctor for Series 4 and Win a life-size Dalek competition)
- SFX Issue 176 (Ten commemorative covers commemorating 45th Anniversary, feature all the Doctors)
- SFX Issue 181 (Easter special Planet of the Dead)
- SFX Issue 189 (Previews the Tenth Doctor Specials. Russell T Davies "I can't wait to kill off the Tenth Doctor!")
- SFX Issue 194 (UK editions featured a 3D cover to mark the Eleventh Doctor's first series)Spine quote: "I shouldn't Google myself ... it's too weird for the head!" - Karen Gillan
- SFX Issue 196 (Karen Gillan new companion interview)
- SFX Issue 199 (Looking ahead to New Torchwood, Russell T Davies interview)
- SFX Issue 208 (Looking ahead to New Doctor Who, Steven Moffat interview) and the World's first TARDIS sound effect cover!
In addition to the regular issues, a further SFX Collection title is released six times a year. This focuses on a specific theme and is often packaged with "extras". Doctor Who has has had a number of these special editions, often including premiums and at a higher price. Initially, issues collected together a range of previously released material, supplementing it and updating where possible, before establishing a tradition of 100% all-new material. The publishers take pride in its independence, often using a cover flash of 100% unofficial and unauthorised.
In 2010, the SFX brand was extended with the launch of a new title, Comic Heroes, although this later ceased publication.
The magazine made a special 60th Anniversary logo to coincide with the anniversary and to put on magazines that covered it[1]. It featured on the cover of SFX Issue 360 to SFX Issue 368.
Gallery notable covers[[edit] | [edit source]]
SFX Issue 13
Future Publishing Limited
SFX Issue 46
Future Publishing Limited
SFX Issue 128
Future Publishing Limited
SFX Issue 129
Future Publishing Limited
SFX Issue 132
Future Publishing Limited
SFX Issue 136
Future Publishing Limited
November 2005
SFX Issue 139
Future Publishing Limited
January 2006
SFX Issue 142
Future Publishing Limited
April 2006
SFX Issue 142 (plain cover)
Future Publishing Limited
April 2006
SFX Issue 150
Future Publishing Limited
December 2006
SFX Issue 152
Future Publishing Limited
January 2007
SFX Issue 155
Future Publishing Limited
April 2007
SFX Issue 168
Future Publishing Limited
April 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(1 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(2 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(3 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(4 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(5 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(6 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(7 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(8 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(9 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 176
Future Publishing Limited
(10 of 10) December 2008
SFX Issue 181
Future Publishing Limited
April 2009
SFX Issue 189
Future Publishing Limited
December 2009
SFX 194
Future Publishing Limited
May 2010
SFX Issue 196
Future Publishing Limited
July 2010
SFX Issue 199
Future Publishing Limited
September 2010
SFX Issue 208
Future Publishing Limited
June 2011
SFX Issue 360 Future Publishing Limited December 2022
Gallery of notable Who themed specials[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who: Past! Present! Future!
Future Publishing Limited
(With free exclusive CD)
Best of British: The Top 50 Greatest UK SF and Fantasy Shows Ever
Future Publishing Limited
Doctor Who: Your Ultimate Unofficial Guide to all 10 Doctors!
Future Publishing Limited
Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide
Future Publishing Limited
(With free Doctor Who Target novelisation)
Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide (2008)
Future Publishing Limited
Sci-Fi's Greatest CGI Special FX
Future Publishing Limited
(With free Doctor Who SFX Magazine)
Doctor Who (2009)
Future Publishing Limited
Doctor Who: A Celebration
Future Publishing Limited
(With free bowtie, badges and exclusive CD)
Best of British Sci-Fi 2011
Future Publishing Limited
(With free Red Dwarf car sticker, Primeval coasters and double-sided poster featuring Misfits and Doctor Who The Impossible Astronaut)
The top 100 Icons of Sci-fi and Fantasy of the 21st Century
Future Publishing Limited
(With free Buffy travelcard holder, lenticular Optimus prime key ring and double-sided Firefly poster)
