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{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine name= Doctor Who Magazine
|image = DWM 400.jpg
|issue number= 400
|issue number = 400
|cover date= 15th [[October]] [[2008]]
|cover date= [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|format= 75 pages, stapled
|format = 75 pages, bound
|editor= [[Tom Spilsbury]]
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]]
|publisher= [[Panini Comics]]
|publisher = [[Panini Comics]]
|previous issue= [[DWM Issue 399]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Magazine|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issues]]
|next issue= [[DWM Issue 401]]
|release date = [[18 September (releases)|18 September]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]}}
}}  
The '''400th issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was current from [[18 September (releases)|18 September]] through [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]].


==Contents ==
It was the four-hundredth regular issue of the magazine. To mark this, it featured several celebratory articles. The cover's photo shoot took place on the TARDIS set during the shooting of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/bulletins/bulletin_080918_01|title=Doctor Who Magazine - 400!|date of source=|website name=BBC - Doctor Who|accessdate=11 March 2013}}</ref>
*Interviews
== Contents ==
*Features
=== Articles ===
*Regulars
* The Sheer Brilliance of ''Doctor Who'' as told by [[Gary Gillatt]]
* World of Adventures! - [[Series 2 (SJA)|Series 2]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' report.
* Four Hundred DWMs! - If you haven't already noticed, DWM is 400 issues old this month. The Watcher takes a nostalgic look back over the last four centuries.


===Articles===
=== Profiles / Interviews ===
*The Shere Brilliance of Doctor Who
* In The Midnight Hour - In his most candid interview ever, [[Russell T Davies]] invites DWM into his Manchester home to reveal the truth about the [[2009 Specials]], lying in interviews, the darkest corners of fandom, and "twisty-turny, timey-wimey"...Words by [[Benjamin Cook]], Photo: Rex
*In The Midnight Hour
* Who on Earth is [[David Tennant]] - Who's better, [[William Shakespeare]] or Russell T Davies?
*World of Adventures
* [[Phil Ford]]
*Four Hundred DWMs!
[[File:DWM 400 promo image.jpg|thumb|Promotional image for the issue.]]
=== Comic content ===
* ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'' (Part 1) - For the first time since ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'', ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comics introduces a new [[companion]], namely [[Majenta Pryce]]. (The character had, however, debuted in an earlier story.)
* ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 400 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'' by [[Baxter (artist)|Baxter]]


===Profiles / Interviews===
=== Previews ===
*[[David Tennant]]
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Reef (audio story)|Time Reef]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Forever Trap (audio story)|The Forever Trap]]''


===Priviews===
=== DWM Review ===
*[[Time Reef]] (audio)
==== DVDs reviewed ====
*[[The Forever Trap]] (audio)
* [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]''
*[[Issue 401]]
* [[DOC]]: ''[[Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties Volumes 1-3]]''


===DWM Review===
==== Books reviewed ====
==DVDs Reviewed==
* [[DWAN]]: ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2009]]''
*[[The War Machines]]
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Transmissions]]''
*[[Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties Volumes 1-3]]


==Books Reviewed==
==== Toys reviewed ====
*[[Doctor Who Storybook 2009]]
* [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|Sonic Screwdriver]] Pen Set/Interactive Sonic and [[Laser Screwdriver]] Set
*[[Short Trips: Transmissions]]


==Toys Reviewed==
==== Audio adventures reviewed ====
*Sonic Screwdriver Pen Set/Interactive Sonic and Laser Scredriver Set
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great Space Elevator (audio story)|The Great Space Elevator]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doomwood Curse (audio story)|The Doomwood Curse]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''
* [[PROSE]]/[[BBC Audio]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]''


==Audio Adventuures Reviewed==
=== The Time Team ===
*Companoin Chroinicles: [[The Great Space Elevator]]
Stories reviewed by the Time Team:
*[[The Doomwood Curse]]
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]''
*[[The Vengance of Morbius]]
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', with special guest reviewer; [[Colin Baker]], for his last story and Issue 400
*[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]/[[Doctor Who and the Daemons]]


==Competitions==
=== Competitions ===
*Chance to visit the set of Doctor Who
* Chance to visit the set of ''[[Doctor Who]]''
*Win an exclusive DWM framed print
* Win an exclusive [[DWM]] framed print
*Win Torchwood Series two DVD boxset
* Win [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Torchwood Series Two]] DVD boxset
*Win [[The Forever Trap]]
* Win ''[[The Forever Trap (audio story)|The Forever Trap]]''
*Win [[The War Machines]] on DVD
* Win ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' on DVD
*Win [[The Ultimate Adventure]] on CD
* Win ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|The Ultimate Adventure]]'' on CD


==Regular Features==
=== Regular features ===
*Letter from the editor
* Letter from the editor
*Production Notes
* Production Notes by [[Russell T Davies]]
*Gallifrey Guardian  
* Gallifrey Guardian
*Audio Preview
* Galaxy Forum
*Galaxy Forum
* You Are Not Alone - Why DWM made me the fan I am - [[Neil Harris]] wallows in his pile of DWMs...
*Comic Strip
* Who On Earth Is... ([[David Tennant]])
*You Are Not Alone
*The Time Team
*The DWM Review
*Who On Earth Is... ([[David Tennant]])


==Comic Strip==
== Credits ==
[[Think Twice]] part one
* Editor: [[Tom Spilsbury]]
* Assistant Editor: [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
* Designer: [[Peri Godbold]]
* Head of Production: [[Mark Irvine]]
* Managing Editor: [[Alan O'Keefe]]
* Managing Director: [[Mike Riddell]]


==Credited Credits==
== Additional details ==
*Editor: [[Tom Spilsbury]]
* The free poster included featured every previous ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' cover on one side and that issue's cover on the other.
*Assistant Editor: Peter Ware
* This was the first issue to be in bound format, and this would continue with all future issues.
*Designer: Peri Godbold
*Head of Production: Mark Irvine
*Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
*Managing Director: Mike Riddel


[[Category:Doctor Who Magazine Issues]]
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
{{DWM issues}}{{DWMSE issues}}
 
[[Category:DWM issues]]
[[Category:2008 DWM issues]]

Latest revision as of 10:37, 27 August 2023

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The 400th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was current from 18 September through 15 October 2008.

It was the four-hundredth regular issue of the magazine. To mark this, it featured several celebratory articles. The cover's photo shoot took place on the TARDIS set during the shooting of Journey's End.[1]

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Articles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Sheer Brilliance of Doctor Who as told by Gary Gillatt
  • World of Adventures! - Series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures report.
  • Four Hundred DWMs! - If you haven't already noticed, DWM is 400 issues old this month. The Watcher takes a nostalgic look back over the last four centuries.

Profiles / Interviews[[edit] | [edit source]]

Promotional image for the issue.

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

Previews[[edit] | [edit source]]

DWM Review[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVDs reviewed[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books reviewed[[edit] | [edit source]]

Toys reviewed[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio adventures reviewed[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Time Team[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stories reviewed by the Time Team:

Competitions[[edit] | [edit source]]

Regular features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Letter from the editor
  • Production Notes by Russell T Davies
  • Gallifrey Guardian
  • Galaxy Forum
  • You Are Not Alone - Why DWM made me the fan I am - Neil Harris wallows in his pile of DWMs...
  • Who On Earth Is... (David Tennant)

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional details[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The free poster included featured every previous Doctor Who Magazine cover on one side and that issue's cover on the other.
  • This was the first issue to be in bound format, and this would continue with all future issues.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Doctor Who Magazine - 400!. BBC - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 11 March 2013.