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'''''SFX''''' is a periodical which covered [[science fiction]]- and [[fantasy]]-related media. It was launched in the UK in May 1995 by [[Future Publishing]].
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''''SFX'''' was a periodical which covered science-fiction and fantasy related media. It was launched in the UK in August [[1995]] by '''Future Publishing Limited'''.


In addition to the regular issues, a further '''SFX Collection''' title is released six times a year which focuses on a specific theme and is often packaged with 'extras'. These editions have a higher price.
As a genre magazine, ''Doctor Who'' featured regularly in its previews/reviews and news pages, as well as being included in more generic features.


The publishers take pride in its independence, often using a cover flash of 100% unofficial and unauthorised.
Of note to collectors is that subscribers of this title received copies that featured no words on the cover other than the SFX logo.


In 2010 the SFX brand was extended with the launch of a new title, '''[[Comic Heroes]]'''.
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!"


==Notable Issues==
''Doctor Who'' has also featured on the covers of:
''to be added''
* ''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. [[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 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 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 2005)|Series 2]]).


==Who Themed Specials==
* 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!"
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Image:SFX SE 2008.jpg|[[SFX Collection 20|Doctor Who: Past! Present! Future!]] <br> Future Publishing Limited <br> (With free exclusive CD)
* ''SFX Issue 152'' ([[Catherine Tate]] joins the Doctor for ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
Image:MAG SFX 22a.jpg|[[SFX Collection 22|Best of British: The Top 50 Greatest UK SF and Fantasy Shows Ever]] <br> Future Publishing Limited <br> (With free exclusive)
* ''SFX Issue 155'' ([[Freema Agyeman]] joins the Doctor for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]])
Image:SFX SE 24.jpg|[[SFX Collection 24|Doctor Who: Your Ultimate Unofficial Guide to all 10 Doctors!]] <br> Future Publishing Limited <br> (With free exclusive)
* ''SFX Issue 168'' ([[Catherine Tate]] re-joins the Doctor for [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 4]] and Win a life-size Dalek competition)
Image:SFX SE 28.jpg|[[SFX Collection 28|Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide]] <br> Future Publishing Limited <br> (With free exclusive)
* ''SFX Issue 176'' (Ten commemorative covers commemorating 45th Anniversary, feature all the Doctors)
Image:SFX SE 33.jpg|[[SFX Collection 33|Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide (2008)]] <br> Future Publishing Limited <br> (With free exclusive )
* ''SFX Issue 181'' (Easter special [[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]])
Image:SFX 47 Collection.jpg|[[SFX Collection 47|Doctor Who: A Celebration]]<br> Future Publishing Limited <br> (With free bowtie, badges and exclusive CD)
* ''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 Issue 196'' ([[Karen Gillan]] new companion 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 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. 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 [[List of anniversaries|60th Anniversary]] logo to coincide with the anniversary and to put on magazines that covered it<ref>https://twitter.com/darren_scott/status/1677615430502957056</ref>. It featured on the cover of SFX Issue 360 to SFX Issue 368.
 
== Gallery notable covers ==
<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 of notable Who themed specials ==
<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>


==External links==
== External links ==
* [http://www.sfx.co.uk The official magazine online website featuring the latest news.]
{{official website|www.sfx.co.uk}}
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== Footnotes ==
[[Category:Real World magazines]]
{{reflist}}
[[Category:SFX magazine]]

Latest revision as of 19:54, 25 April 2024

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SFX magazine header
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!"

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 13
    Future Publishing Limited

  • SFX Issue 46 Future Publishing Limited

    SFX Issue 46
    Future Publishing Limited

  • SFX Issue 128 Future Publishing Limited

    SFX Issue 128
    Future Publishing Limited

  • SFX Issue 129 Future Publishing Limited

    SFX Issue 129
    Future Publishing Limited

  • SFX Issue 132 Future Publishing Limited

    SFX Issue 132
    Future Publishing Limited

  • SFX Issue 136 Future Publishing Limited November 2005

    SFX Issue 136
    Future Publishing Limited
    November 2005

  • SFX Issue 139 Future Publishing Limited January 2006

    SFX Issue 139
    Future Publishing Limited
    January 2006

  • SFX Issue 142 Future Publishing Limited April 2006

    SFX Issue 142
    Future Publishing Limited
    April 2006

  • SFX Issue 142 (plain cover) 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 150
    Future Publishing Limited
    December 2006

  • SFX Issue 152 Future Publishing Limited January 2007

    SFX Issue 152
    Future Publishing Limited
    January 2007

  • SFX Issue 155 Future Publishing Limited April 2007

    SFX Issue 155
    Future Publishing Limited
    April 2007

  • SFX Issue 168 Future Publishing Limited April 2008

    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
    (1 of 10) December 2008

  • SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (2 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
    (3 of 10) December 2008

  • SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (4 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
    (5 of 10) December 2008

  • SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (6 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
    (7 of 10) December 2008

  • SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (8 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
    (9 of 10) December 2008

  • SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (10 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 181
    Future Publishing Limited
    April 2009

  • SFX Issue 189 Future Publishing Limited December 2009

    SFX Issue 189
    Future Publishing Limited
    December 2009

  • SFX 194 Future Publishing Limited May 2010

    SFX 194
    Future Publishing Limited
    May 2010

  • SFX Issue 196 Future Publishing Limited July 2010

    SFX Issue 196
    Future Publishing Limited
    July 2010

  • SFX Issue 199 Future Publishing Limited September 2010

    SFX Issue 199
    Future Publishing Limited
    September 2010

  • SFX Issue 208 Future Publishing Limited June 2011

    SFX Issue 208
    Future Publishing Limited
    June 2011

  • SFX Issue 360 Future Publishing Limited December 2022

    SFX Issue 360 Future Publishing Limited December 2022

Gallery of notable Who themed specials[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/darren_scott/status/1677615430502957056
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