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DWM 600
Price (in GBP):	£10.99
Cover date:	March 2024
Release date:	1 February 2024
Format:	84 pages, bound
Editor:	Jason Quinn
Publisher:	Panini Comics
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The 600th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated March 2024.

This issue featured the TARDIS control room on the cover, filled with every single previous issue of the magazine from DWM 1 to DWM 599. It was labelled a "celebratory souvenir issue".

Contents

Interviews

• Sunday Girl! - Millie Gibson takes time out from filming for Series 15 to talk to Lisa Gledhill about settling into life as Ruby Sunday.
• Out of the TARDIS - The new UNIT family - Jemma Redgrave, Alexander Devrient, and Ruth Madeley - answer Lisa Gledhill's randomly picked questions from the famous TARDIS tin.
• The Goblin with the Golden Voice - Jason Quinn talks to the voice of Janis Goblin, Christina Rotondo, about recording the vocals for "The Goblin Song" in The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"].
• The Lonely Nights of the Long-Distance Runner! - Thani Subkhi explains to Simon Guerrier about his life as a runner on Series 15.

Articles

• Cover Story - The making of this issue's landmark cover, as the history of Doctor Who Magazine is spread across the set of the Doctor's TARDIS.
• Talk Talk - In commemoration of 600 issues, part one of Paul Kirkley's chats to DWM writers Jeremy Bentham, Richard Marson and Patrick Mulkern about their most memorable moments working on the magazine across the 1980s.
• Tower of Strength - Simon Guerrier hears from production designer Phil Sims about creating the new UNIT tower HQ that debuted in The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].
• Aficionados Internacionales! - Dylan Torres looks at the Whovian population of Spain and how they have been sharing their love for the franchise.
• Acting Captain - Jonathan Morris pays tribute to Captain Mike Yates actor Richard Franklin, who passed away in December 2023.

Letter from the Showrunner

Russell T Davies gives readers a progress report on the rough percentage completion of every episode of Series 14 and 15 as of January 2024.

Galaxy Forum

Readers discuss early reactions to the Fifteenth Doctor, mysteries around Mrs Flood, remembering Richard Franklin, Robbie Dunlop's extras articles, and celebrating 600 issues.

Public Image

Stats and viewing figures analysed for the 60th Anniversary Specials and The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"].

Time and Space Visualiser

• This Month In... 1965 and 1975

Saturday 13 February and Saturday 1 February: In 1965, The Web Planet ^[+]Loading...["The Web Planet (TV story)"] debuts and, thanks to the unexpectedly large advertising push, hype around the Zarbi nets the episode the biggest viewing figure to date. Later, in 1975, The Ark in Space ^[+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"] Part Two airs and narrowly beats the record, partly thanks to hype around the similarly-insectoid Wirrn.

Comic strip

• Mancopolis ^[+]Loading...["Mancopolis (comic story)"], Part Two

Story: Alan Barnes

Art: Lee Sullivan

Colours: James Offredi

Lettering: Roger Langridge

Editor: Marcus Hearn

• The Daft Dimension 600 ^[+]Loading...["The Daft Dimension (DWM 600 comic story)"] by Lew Stringer
• The Continuing Adventures of Doctor no. 14 ^[+]Loading...["The Continuing Adventures of Doctor no. 14 (comic story)"] by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett

The Fact of Fiction

• Planet of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)"], Episodes One to Three

Reviews

• Book: The Star Beast ^[+]Loading...["The Star Beast (novelisation)"], Wild Blue Yonder ^[+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)"], The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (novelisation)"]
• Audio: The Romanov Project ^[+]Loading...["The Romanov Project (audio story)"], Enemy Mine, Defender of the Earth, The Last Day 1, Everywhere and Anywhere, Oracle ^[+]Loading...["Oracle (audio story)"]
• Gamebook: Doctors and Daleks: Collector's Edition, The Roleplaying Game: Sixty Years of Adventure - Books One and Two
• Blu-ray/DVD: 60th Anniversary Specials

Competitions

• Win The Daleks in Colour ^[+]Loading...["The Daleks in Colour (TV story)"] Blu-ray
• Win The Collection: Season 2, The Collection: Season 26, The Underwater Menace ^[+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"], TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual ^[+]Loading...["TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)"] and Dalek Combat Training Manual ^[+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"] prize giveaway
• Win The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"] hardback
• Win Victory of the Doctor audio drama

Other Worlds

• Paradigm Regained - Previewing Victory of the Doctor, the grand finale box set of Valarie Lockwood's time in the TARDIS in The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles audio series.
• Galactic Personae: The Rutans - Detailing the titular shape-changers as the Sontarans vs Rutans audio series continues with The Children of the Future.
• In the Green Room with... Chase Masterson - The actor of bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori talks about meeting back up with the the Bruce Master in Planet Doom, the third instalment of the Master! audio series.
• Six of the Best: Ace Attributes - Writer James Goss chooses his favourite facets of Ace as she returns to Torchwood - Monthly Range in the audio episode, Sabotage.
• Unearthed - Previewing Buried Threats, the latest anthology of The Ninth Doctor Adventures audio series.
• Unearthly - Previewing the next The Third Doctor Adventures audio story, Revolution in Space.

Sufficient Data

• Take Cover! - Ranking the most-seen Doctors, monsters, companions, and TARDIS appearances on the covers of DWM for the first 600 issues.

Additional information

• This issue is accompanied by a free download of the 2014 audio anthology The Worlds of Doctor Who, a celebratory supplement named Find the 600!, a buildable Toymaker diorama, and an art card of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday.
  • Subscribers also received a bonus A4 art card of a textless version of this issue's cover.
• The regular edition's cover erroneously lists this issue as having a cover date of March 2023 instead of 2024.

Credits

• Editor: Jason Quinn
• Art Editor: Mike Jones
• Deputy Editor: Richard Atkinson

Panini UK Ltd

• Managing Director: Chris Clover
• Consultant: Mike Riddell
• Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
• Head of Production: Mark Irvine
• Circulation & Trade Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
• Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
• Marketing Executive: Samantha Hammond

BBC Studios, UK Publishing

• Chair, Editorial Review Boards: Nicholas Brett
• Managing Director, Consumer Products and Licensing: Stephen Davies
• Global Director, Magazines: Mandy Thwaites
• Compliance Manager: Cameron McEwan