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==Hidden Away / Facts==
==Hidden Away / Facts==
* In [[102 AD]] a gathering of the Doctors enemies included; Commander Strak and four Sontaran battlefleets, Daleks with 12,000 battleships and Cyberships.
* In [[Early Human history#2nd century A.D.|102 AD]] a gathering of the Doctors enemies included: Commander Strak and four Sontaran battlefleets, Daleks with 12,000 battleships and Cyberships.
* [[Chelonian]]s are cybernetic tortoises with X-ray vision that hate humans.
* [[Chelonian]]s are cybernetic tortoises with X-ray vision that hate humans.
* [[The Hungry Earth]] used a steelworks on location made to look like a coal mine. The hungry ‘hole’ was actually a mechanics pit with a secret little room accessed through a trap door as people slide through a rubber ring that inflates to give the impression of being sucked through the earth.
* [[The Hungry Earth]] used a steelworks on location made to look like a coal mine. The hungry ‘hole’ was actually a mechanics pit with a secret little room accessed through a trap door as people slide through a rubber ring that inflates to give the impression of being sucked through the earth.

Revision as of 13:53, 15 August 2010

The 178th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures

Contents

Free Gift

  • Weeping Angels boxed stationery set AND keyring pen with Doctor Who Factcards (previously issued with issue 121)

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

  • FACT FILE: The Ultimate Monster Gang

Comic Strips

Mega Moments (favourite scene told as a photo-feature)

The Doctor realises the statues are not Aplan but Weeping Angels.

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)

  • None

Posters

A3 Saturnyne Rosanna in natural form (The Vampires of Venice)
A4 The TARDIS at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff – in the snow!
A4 The Doctor listens to the Pandorica The Pandorica Opens
A4 The Doctor and the Dalek Supreme (Victory of the Daleks)

Behind the Scenes

Interview

  • None

Also Featuring

  • Welcome and news
  • DWA Awards (Online Readers Poll): Meanest Baddy (Supreme Dalek)
  • Doctor Huh? (Readers questions)
  • Doctor Who Jokes
  • Make-It: Smiler in a booth
  • Competition: Draw a Haemo-Goth (mentioned by River Song but never yet seen)
  • Spot the Difference
  • Readers contributions
  • Competition Goodies (Doctor Who: Myths and Legends DVD, Doctor Who Audiobooks, Doctor Who: Nuclear Time book, Lego Toy Story sets, Dragons Universe toys)

Main Team Credits

Editor: Moray Laing
Deputy Editor: Annie Gibson
Senior Art Editor: Paul Laing
Production Editor: Liza Millett
Designer: Melanie Caine

Hidden Away / Facts

  • In 102 AD a gathering of the Doctors enemies included: Commander Strak and four Sontaran battlefleets, Daleks with 12,000 battleships and Cyberships.
  • Chelonians are cybernetic tortoises with X-ray vision that hate humans.
  • The Hungry Earth used a steelworks on location made to look like a coal mine. The hungry ‘hole’ was actually a mechanics pit with a secret little room accessed through a trap door as people slide through a rubber ring that inflates to give the impression of being sucked through the earth.

Further Information

  • The Pandorica Alliance feature (The Ultimate Monster Gang) also mentions; Drahvins, Draconians, Atraxi, Terileptil, Zygons and Chelonians.
  • Incidentally, mention of the Chelonians (with a pictorial reference), is the first reference to a non-BBC created alien encounter of the Doctor, the encounter however does appears as an e-book online.
  • The subscription offer for this issue with a saving of 40%.
  • This issue had a cover price of £2.50 (UK)
  • This issues free gift was bagged.
  • Next issues free gift is promoted as double sided giant poster, Dalek playing cards and more than 60 stickers

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