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|cover date  = [[Spring]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|cover date  = [[Spring]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|release date = [[28 March (releases)|28 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|release date = [[28 March (releases)|28 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|format      = TBA pages, bound
|format      = 84 pages, bound
|editor      = [[Jason Quinn]]  
|editor      = [[Jason Quinn]]  
|publisher    = [[Panini Comics]]
|publisher    = [[Panini Comics]]
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The '''602nd issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was cover dated [[Spring]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]].
The '''602nd issue''' of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was cover dated [[Spring]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]].


This issue featured [[Ruby Sunday]] on the cover.
This issue featured [[Ruby Sunday]] on the cover to commemorate [[Millie Gibson]]'s standout interview with the magazine. This issue also marked a visual redesign and the changing of some regular features, following a recent previous overhaul in [[DWM 595|issue 595]].


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
=== Interviews ===
=== Interviews ===
''to be added''
* ''Sunday Times'' - [[Millie Gibson]] talks to [[Benjamin Cook]] in her most in-depth interview yet about being [[Ruby Sunday]] and what the future holds for her character.
* ''McCall to Action'' - [[Davina McCall]] tells Benjamin Cook about how playing herself in ''Doctor Who'' twice fits into her thirty-year career in TV.
* ''Who Crew: Ahead of Schedule'' - [[Sophie-May Twose]] speaks to [[Simon Guerrier]] about her life as the assistant to [[executive producer]] [[Joel Collins]] on [[Series 14 (Doctor Who)|Series 14]] and [[Series 15 (Doctor Who)|15]].
* ''Flight Engineer'' - To commemorate the release of ''[[The Collection]]: [[Season 15]]'', a previously unpublished [[2018]] interview with model maker [[Bill Pearson]], talking to [[Jonathan Helm]] about his work in the [[1970s]].


=== Articles ===
=== Articles ===
''to be added''
* ''Into the Unknown!'' - DWM breaks down the Christmas Day teaser trailer for [[Series 14 (Doctor Who)|Series 14]] to come up with some "100% unfounded theories" on what might happen in the episodes to come.
* ''Script to Screen: Stooky Bill and Family'' - [[Simon Guerrier]] talks to the team of producers and designers that created the puppets from {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}.
* ''Gallifrey Rises!'' - Simon Guerrier reports from the annual [[Gallifrey One]] convention in [[Los Angeles]] to see how popular ''Doctor Who'' is becoming Stateside.
* ''Who's House'' - [[Mickey Lewis]] chats to the cast and crew of ''Henry House'', a new TV comedy series starring [[Peter Purves]] and featuring many more ''Doctor Who'' stars.
* ''The Tell-Tale Hartnell'' - [[Alan Barnes]] looks back on an interview given by [[William Hartnell]] to the ''Sunday Post'' newspaper in [[1966]], which was historically not exactly supportive of ''Doctor Who''.
 
=== Russell T Davies ===
Starting this issue, ''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' was renamed simply as ''[[Russell T Davies (feature)|Russell T Davies]]''. In this instalment, Russell discusses the timey-wimey demands of promoting one series while writing and filming the next to feel like [[Time Lord]]s.


=== Galaxy Forum ===
=== Galaxy Forum ===
''to be added''
Readers discuss [[Ncuti Gatwa]] making history, {{cs|Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)}} airing at the BFI, the DWM crossword, readers' current picks of the Whoniverse, and keeping childish innocence.


=== Russell T Davies ===
=== Who & Me ===
Starting this issue, ''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' was renamed ''[[Russell T Davies (feature)|Russell T Davies]]''.
In the first of a new regular series where individual writers get to share the stories of their histories with ''Doctor Who'', [[Beth Axford]] explains why the show is special to her.


=== Time and Space Visualiser ===
=== Time and Space Visualiser ===
* This Month In... ''to be added''
* This Month In... [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
 
[[Saturday]] [[16 April (production)|16 April]]: In commemoration of writer [[Roger Noel Cook]], who passed away on [[10 March (people)|10 March]] [[2024 (people)|2024]], {{cs|The Trodos Tyranny (comic story)}} is published in ''[[TV Comic]]'', introducing the [[Dalek]]-rivalling [[Trod]]s and beginning a four-year run of comic adventures that would go on to inspire generations of writers.


=== Comic strip ===
=== Comic strip ===
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=== The Fact of Fiction ===
=== The Fact of Fiction ===
''to be added''
* {{cs|The Woman Who Lived (TV story)}}


=== Reviews ===
=== Reviews ===
''to be added''
* '''Blu-ray:''' ''[[The Collection]]: [[Season 15]]''
* '''Audio:''' {{cs|Revolution in Space (audio story)}}, ''[[Victory of the Doctor (audio anthology)|Victory of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Buried Threats (audio anthology)|Buried Threats]]'', {{cs|The Children of the Future (audio story)}}, {{cs|Born to Die (audio story)}}, ''[[Planet Doom (audio anthology)|Planet Doom]]'', {{cs|Sabotage (audio story)}}


=== Competitions ===
=== Competitions ===
''to be added''
* Win ''[[The Collection]]: [[Season 15]]'' Blu-ray box set
* Win {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}} Blu-ray
* Win {{cs|Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon (novelisation)}} audiobook
* Win ''[[The Dream Team (audio anthology)|The Dream Team]]'' audio drama
* Win ''[[The Quin Dilemma (audio anthology)|The Quin Dilemma]]'' audio drama


=== Other Worlds ===
=== Other Worlds ===
''to be added''
* ''One Morbius Time'' - Previewing ''[[Morbius Part One (audio anthology)|Morbius Part One]]'', the first box set in the new long-running ''[[Dark Gallifrey]]'' audio series, highlighting rebel [[Time Lord]]s.
* ''Galactic Personae: The Kantrofarri'' - Detailing the so-called Dream Crabs ahead of their return in the latest audio box set in ''[[The Fifth Doctor Adventures]]'', ''[[The Dream Team (audio anthology)|The Dream Team]]''.
* ''In the Green Room with... Cassian Bilton'' - The actor discusses his guest appearance in ''[[The Casebook of Paternoster Row (audio anthology)|The Casebook of Paternoster Row]]'', the second volume of ''[[The Paternoster Gang (audio series)|The Paternoster Gang]]: Trespassers'' on audio.
* ''Six of the Best: Time Twisters'' - Writer [[Ben Tedds]] lists his favourite timey-wimey ''Doctor Who'' stories following his entry in ''[[You Only Die Twice (audio anthology)|You Only Die Twice]]'', the latest instalment of ''[[The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles (audio series)|The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles]]'' on audio.
* ''Rutanasia'' - Previewing ''[[In Name Only (audio story)|In Name Only]]'', the fourth and final episode of the ''[[Sontarans vs Rutans]]'' audio mini-series, starring the [[War Doctor]].
* ''Game of Jones'' - Previewing ''[[Missing Molly (audio story)|Missing Molly]]'', the second entry of the so-called "Ianthology" of ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' on audio, written by and starring [[Ianto Jones]] actor [[Gareth David-Lloyd]].
 
=== Loose Ends ===
The beginning of a new regular feature showcasing "what really happened before, during and after [[the Doctor]]s' televised adventures".


=== ''Loose Ends'' ===
* ''[[Loose Ends 1: The Sixth Doctor (short story)|1: The Sixth Doctor]]''
* ''[[Loose Ends 1: The Sixth Doctor (short story)|The Sixth Doctor]]''
: Words by [[Jonathan Morris]]
: Words by [[Jonathan Morris]]
: Illustrations by [[Roger Langridge]]
: Illustrations by [[Roger Langridge]]
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== Credits ==
== Credits ==
* Editor: [[Jason Quinn]]
* Editor: [[Jason Quinn]]
* Deputy Editor: [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
* Art Editor: [[Mike Jones (designer)|Mike Jones]]
* Art Editor: [[Mike Jones (designer)|Mike Jones]]
* Deputy Editor: [[Richard Atkinson]]


:[[Panini UK Ltd]]
:[[Panini UK Ltd]]
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* For this issue, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' exclusively published a "text light" version of the regular purple cover online, with [[Mike Jones (designer)|Mike Jones]] citing algorithms of social media as the reason.<ref> https://twitter.com/mikejonesdesign/status/1772900402008142105?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A</ref>
* For this issue, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' exclusively published a "text light" version of the regular purple cover online, with [[Mike Jones (designer)|Mike Jones]] citing algorithms of social media as the reason.<ref> https://twitter.com/mikejonesdesign/status/1772900402008142105?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A</ref>


== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{DWM issues}}
{{DWM issues}}

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The 602nd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated Spring 2024.

This issue featured Ruby Sunday on the cover to commemorate Millie Gibson's standout interview with the magazine. This issue also marked a visual redesign and the changing of some regular features, following a recent previous overhaul in issue 595.

Contents

Interviews

Articles

  • Into the Unknown! - DWM breaks down the Christmas Day teaser trailer for Series 14 to come up with some "100% unfounded theories" on what might happen in the episodes to come.
  • Script to Screen: Stooky Bill and Family - Simon Guerrier talks to the team of producers and designers that created the puppets from The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].
  • Gallifrey Rises! - Simon Guerrier reports from the annual Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles to see how popular Doctor Who is becoming Stateside.
  • Who's House - Mickey Lewis chats to the cast and crew of Henry House, a new TV comedy series starring Peter Purves and featuring many more Doctor Who stars.
  • The Tell-Tale Hartnell - Alan Barnes looks back on an interview given by William Hartnell to the Sunday Post newspaper in 1966, which was historically not exactly supportive of Doctor Who.

Russell T Davies

Starting this issue, Letter from the Showrunner was renamed simply as Russell T Davies. In this instalment, Russell discusses the timey-wimey demands of promoting one series while writing and filming the next to feel like Time Lords.

Galaxy Forum

Readers discuss Ncuti Gatwa making history, Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"] airing at the BFI, the DWM crossword, readers' current picks of the Whoniverse, and keeping childish innocence.

Who & Me

In the first of a new regular series where individual writers get to share the stories of their histories with Doctor Who, Beth Axford explains why the show is special to her.

Time and Space Visualiser

  • This Month In... 1966

Saturday 16 April: In commemoration of writer Roger Noel Cook, who passed away on 10 March 2024, The Trodos Tyranny [+]Loading...["The Trodos Tyranny (comic story)"] is published in TV Comic, introducing the Dalek-rivalling Trods and beginning a four-year run of comic adventures that would go on to inspire generations of writers.

Comic strip

  • Mancopolis [+]Loading...["Mancopolis (comic story)"], Part Four
Story: Alan Barnes
Art: Lee Sullivan
Colours: James Offredi
Lettering: Roger Langridge
Editor: Marcus Hearn

The Fact of Fiction

Reviews

Competitions

Other Worlds

Loose Ends

The beginning of a new regular feature showcasing "what really happened before, during and after the Doctors' televised adventures".

Words by Jonathan Morris
Illustrations by Roger Langridge

Credits

Panini UK Ltd
BBC Studios, UK Publishing

Notes

The "text light" cover
  • For this issue, Doctor Who Magazine exclusively published a "text light" version of the regular purple cover online, with Mike Jones citing algorithms of social media as the reason.[1]

Footnotes