DWA 217

DWA 217
Cover date:	12 May- 18 May 2011
Format:	36 full colour pages stapled
Editor:	Natalie Barnes
Publisher:	BBC Magazines
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Doctor Who Adventures #217 was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 12 May 2011

Contents

Free gift

• Whoppe Cushion and a packet of Doctor Who Monster Invasion Trading Cards

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

• FACTFILE: Real Pirates
• TARDIS Scanner: The Doctor
• PREVIEW: Episode 4: The Doctor's Wife

Comic stories

• Hot Stuff!
• AAAGH! (Alien Assignment Agency General Headquarters) featuring Jedward

Mega Moments (best bits)

• PEVIEW: DW: The Curse of the Black Spot
  

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact Files)

• None

Posters

A3 The Siren and Rory Williams

A4 Churchill and the Ironsides

Behind the scenes

• None this issue

Interview

• Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Hugh Bonneville - “I’m a huge fan of pirates!”
• Gallifreyans while looking human are more closely related to Terileptils – a race of space-faring reptiles!
• The Doctor’s blood is darker and more sticky than human blood.
• Blackbeard the pirate was born Edward Teach in Bristol. He used candels in his beard to scare others and died in November 1718 in a battle with the Royal Navy.
• ‘Swashbuckling’ originally meant fighting with a sword in one hand and a small shield in the other.
• ‘Avast’ means halt or stop!
• ‘Pieces of Eight’ were pieces of silver that could be cut up into eight pieces for small change.

Also featuring

• Welcome and news (“Hello Time Travellers!’)
• Geronimo: Gossip: Spoilers, True or False, What is going on in a brain?, Hot or not
• Big Puzzle: Monster Maze (2 pages)
• Puzzle page and Quiz
• Activity: How to be a Pirate!
• Readers contributions: Who and You Upload

featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.

Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)

• Jokes: Yo Ho Ho! Pirate themed joke page
• Competition Goodies (Doctor Who: Glow-in-the-dark ceiling shapes, Lego Hero Factory and X-ray Anatomy toys)
• Web Watch (DWA website news)

Main team credits

…and their official pirate names!

• Editor: Natalie Barnes Cap’n Betty Deadweight
  
• Deputy Editor: Paul Laing Tiny Hugo Smithe
  
• Production Editor: Liza Millett Keel-Haulin’ Xena Bonny
  
• Acting Senior Art Editor: Lee Midwinter Armless Tad Slasher
  

Hidden Away / Facts

• Women onboard a pirate ship was considered to be bad luck.
• SPOILER!:

Further information

• The subscription offer for this issue was a £6 for six issues and a saving of 10% (UK).
• This issue had a cover price of £2.50 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
• Next issue's free gift is promoted as a Doctor Who book!

External links

• The official BBC magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue