DWM 407

DWM 407
Cover date:	29 April 2009
Format:	66 pages, bound
Editor:	Tom Spilsbury
Publisher:	Panini Comics
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The 407th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was current from 2 April through 29 April 2009. It previewed the upcoming Easter special, Planet of the Dead.

Content

End of the Line? - The Doctor is stranded on a desert planet with no transport...We preview the 200th Amazing Doctor Who story - inside!

Articles

• Seven Tales from Dubai - ...as told to Benjamin Cook.

- The Doctor's Tale, The Bus Driver's Tale, The Monster's Tale, The Director's Tale, The Sound Recordist's Tale, The Editor's Tale, The Producer's Tale

• Beautiful, Dirty, Rich - So... Let's meet the woman who's accompanying the Doctor on his latest adventure. Michelle Ryan tells Benjamin Cook who the Lady Christina de Souza finds the Time Lord an irresistible proposition...
• Out of the TARDIS: Sheridan Smith - DWM's TARDIS Tin contains 50 taxing, tormenting and trivial questions. Each interviewee must answer a random selection... Sheridan Smith, the Eighth Doctor's companion Lucie Miller, chats about drowning, drunkeness, and doggies... (words: David Darlington, pictures: Barnaby Edwards)
• Science Fiction - Christopher H. Bidmead was the script editor of Doctor Who's highly acclaimed 18th series in 1980-81. With three of those stories just released on DVD, Jason Arnopp asks the controversial writer his opinion on what makes for a good Doctor Who story...
• The Watcher's Guide to The First Doctor - As we await the arrival of the Eleventh Doctor, The Watcher foreshadows the newcomer, by looking back at Doctors past...

Survey

• "The Mighty 200" - Doctor Who Magazine and 2|entertain invite you to take part in the biggest survey of Doctor Who stories... ever!

Profiles/Interviews

• Michelle Ryan (Beautiful, Dirty, Rich)
• Sheridan Smith (Out of the TARDIS)
• Christopher H. Bidmead (Science Fiction)
• Daniel Kaluuya (Who on Earth is...)

You are Not Alone

• Who are you Trying to Fool? - Neil Harris just isn't sure what to believe anymore...

Comic content

• Mortal Beloved (part two)

- Story: Dan McDaid

- Pencil Art: Sean Longcroft

- Inks: David A. Roach

- Colours: James Offredi

- Letters: Roger Langridge

- Editors: Tom Spilsbury and Scott Gray

The Time Team

• The Happiness Patrol (episodes 672-674)

- Compiled by Michael Pritchard

- Illustration by Adrian Salmon

The Fact of Fiction

• Castrovalva - It was all change in 1982, as the Fifth Doctor took his first wobbly steps. David Bailey finds himself going round in circles...

Reviews

- All the latest Doctor Who DVDs, books and CDs reviewed...

DVDs reviewed

• TV: Attack of the Cybermen

Audios reviewed

• PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen
• AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights
• AUDIO: Orbis
• AUDIO: The Transit of Venus

Previews

• TV Preview: 2009 Easter Special - Desert Storm - He's back! And this time, he's travelling not by TARDIS, but by London Bus! Join us as we look forward to the surprised in store on the Planet of the Dead...
• DVD Preview - TV: Image of the Fendahl - David Darlington talks to DVD producer Richard Molesworth about the extras for Image of the Fendahl...
• Audio Preview - AUDIO: The Magic Mousetrap - The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex embark on an Alpine adventure! David Darlington finds out more...
• Books Preview - PROSE: Judgement of the Judoon / The Slitheen Excursion / Prisoner of the Daleks - David Darlington speaks to the writers of the latest novels...

Regular features

• Letter from the Editor
• Production Notes - Russell T Davies writes exclusively for DWM - and tells us of the day he finished his final Doctor Who script...

- Illustration by Ben Morris

• Gallifrey Guardian - All the latest news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe...
• Galaxy Forum
• Who on Earth is... - Daniel Kaluuya - He missed out on kissing the Doctor's daughter! "You can't have them all," he says...

Competitions

• Win Image of the Fendahl DVD!
• Win Three new Tenth Doctor novels! (Prisoner of the Daleks, The Slitheen Excursion, Judgement of the Judoon)
• Win The Cybermen Collection DVD!
• Win The Masque of Mandragora CD!
• Win The Magic Mousetrap CD!

Credits

• Editor - Tom Spilsbury
• Assistant Editor - Peter Ware
• Designers - Peri Godbold
• Head of Production - Mark Irvine
• Managing Editor - Alan O'Keefe
• Managing Director - Mike Riddell

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