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{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine name= Doctor Who Magazine
|image = DWM 400.jpg
|image= [[Image:DWM_400.jpg|250px]]
|issue number = 400
|issue number= [[Doctor Who Magazine (regular issues)|400]]
|cover date= [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|cover date= [[15th October]] [[2008]]
|format = 75 pages, bound
|format= 75 pages, bound
|editor = [[Tom Spilsbury]]
|editor= [[Tom Spilsbury]]
|publisher = [[Panini Comics]]
|publisher= [[Panini Comics]]
|series=[[Doctor Who Magazine|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issues]]
|previous issue= [[DWM Issue 399]]
|release date = [[18 September (releases)|18 September]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]}}
|next issue= [[DWM Issue 401]]
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>
== Contents ==
=== Articles ===
* 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 Sheer Brilliance of Doctor Who as told by [[Gary Gillatt]]
* 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
*World of Adventures!  - [[Series 2 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 2]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' report.
* Who on Earth is [[David Tennant]] - Who's better, [[William Shakespeare]] or Russell T Davies?
*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.
* [[Phil Ford]]
[[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 ===
*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
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Reef (audio story)|Time Reef]]''
*Who on Earth is [[David Tennant]] - Who's better, [[William Shakespeare]] or Russell T Davies?
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Forever Trap (audio story)|The Forever Trap]]''


===Comic Strip===
=== DWM Review ===
*[[Thinktwice]] - Part One
==== DVDs reviewed ====
* [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]''
* [[DOC]]: ''[[Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties Volumes 1-3]]''


===Previews===
==== Books reviewed ====
*[[BFA]]: ''[[Time Reef]]''
* [[DWAN]]: ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2009]]''
*[[TDA]]: ''[[The Forever Trap]]''  
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Transmissions]]''


==DWM Review==
==== Toys reviewed ====
===DVDs Reviewed===
* [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|Sonic Screwdriver]] Pen Set/Interactive Sonic and [[Laser Screwdriver]] Set
*[[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''
*[[RP]]: ''[[Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties Volumes 1-3]]''


===Books Reviewed===
==== Audio adventures reviewed ====
*[[DWA]]: ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2009]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great Space Elevator (audio story)|The Great Space Elevator]]''
*[[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Transmissions]]''
* [[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]]''


===Toys Reviewed===
=== The Time Team ===
*Sonic Screwdriver Pen Set/Interactive Sonic and Laser Scredriver Set
Stories reviewed by the Time Team:
* [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', with special guest reviewer; [[Colin Baker]], for his last story and Issue 400


===Audio Adventures Reviewed===
=== Competitions ===
*[[BFA]]: [[The Companion Chronicles]]: ''[[The Great Space Elevator]]''
* Chance to visit the set of ''[[Doctor Who]]''
*[[BFA]]: ''[[The Doomwood Curse]]''
* Win an exclusive [[DWM]] framed print
*[[BFA]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius]]''
* Win [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Torchwood Series Two]] DVD boxset
*[[BBC Audio]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Daemons]]''
* Win ''[[The Forever Trap (audio story)|The Forever Trap]]''
 
* Win ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' on DVD
==The Time Team==
* Win ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|The Ultimate Adventure]]'' on CD
Stories reviewed by the Time Team:
*[[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]''
*[[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'', with special guest reviewer; [[Colin Baker]]


==Competitions==
=== Regular features ===
*Chance to visit the set of ''Doctor Who''
* Letter from the editor
*Win an exclusive DWM framed print
* Production Notes by [[Russell T Davies]]
*Win [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Torchwood Series Two]] DVD boxset
* Gallifrey Guardian
*Win ''[[The Forever Trap]]''
* Galaxy Forum
*Win ''[[The War Machines]]'' on DVD
* You Are Not Alone - Why DWM made me the fan I am - [[Neil Harris]] wallows in his pile of DWMs...
*Win ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (audio release)|The Ultimate Adventure]]'' on CD
* Who On Earth Is... ([[David Tennant]])


==Regular Features==
== Credits ==
*Letter from the editor
* Editor: [[Tom Spilsbury]]
*Production Notes by [[Russell T Davies]]
* Assistant Editor: [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
*Gallifrey Guardian
* Designer: [[Peri Godbold]]
*Galaxy Forum
* Head of Production: [[Mark Irvine]]
*You Are Not Alone - Why DWM made me the fan I am - [[Neil Harris]] wallows in his pile of DWMs...
* Managing Editor: [[Alan O'Keefe]]
*Who On Earth Is... ([[David Tennant]])
* 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]]


==Further Information==
== Footnotes ==
*Poster included featuring images of all 400 Doctor Who Magazines on one side and the cover's photo on the other.
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[[Category:Doctor Who Magazine Issues|400]]
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[[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.