DWM 603
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The 603rd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated May 2024.
It was dedicated to the second episode of the new series, The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"], with the textlight cover showing images of the Beatles as well as the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, and the text cover showing the Doctor and Ruby in full.
For the time being, this issue of DWM marked the last to contain a comic story from Lee Sullivan as an artist.<ref>My last Who story for now - Lee Sullivan, 25 April 2024<ref>
Contents
Interviews
- Meet the Beatles! - Benjamin Cook chats to The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"] guest-stars Chris Mason, George Caple, Philip Davies and James Hoyles, who have the honour of playing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, respectively.
- Devil in Her Heart - Jinkx Monsoon talks to Benjamin Cook about playing the malevolent musical Maestro in The Devil's Chord and the joys of being a villain.
- Do You Want to Know a Secret? - Anita Dobson tells Benjamin Cook about the mysterious Mrs Flood and keeping the secrets ahead of her return later in Season 1.
- Who Crew: Second Brain - Sharon King and Jess Gardner speak to Simon Guerrier about their lives behind the scenes as co-producers on Season 2.
Articles
- Preview: Space Babies - Simon Guerrier previews the opening episode of Season 1: the start of a brand-new era of Doctor Who and the first regular-season episode since December 2021.
- Preview: The Devil's Chord - Benjamin Cook previews the second episode of Season 1, with guest appearances from the Beatles, Jinkx Monsoon as a maleficent god, and uniquely releasing as the second half of a double-bill.
- Preview: Boom - Paul Kirkley previews the third episode of Season 1, taking the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday to an alien battlefield with the writing return of Steven Moffat.
- Script to Screen: Jimbo - Simon Guerrier talks to the team of producers and designers that created the very slow robot from Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"].
- Got to Get Who into My Life - Tim Worthington looks at the story behind the real-life Beatles' surprise appearance in The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"] and other connections between the two British institutions.
- The Stars Aligned - Graham Kibble-White pays tribute to Sid Sutton, the graphic designer who created Doctor Who's 1980s title sequences.
Russell T Davies
In a double-length special, the showrunner discusses his reasoning behind the new release schedule for Season 1, avoiding spoilers in the past and present, and welcoming new fans to the worlds of Doctor Who on the eve of the new era.
Galaxy Forum
Readers discuss predictions for Season 1, celebrating Patrick Troughton's performances, and frustrations at the new episodes' UK midnight launch.
Time and Space Visualiser
- This Month In... 1979
Saturday 5 May: Patrick Troughton returns to screens as a time-traveller with a unique ship and young human companions... albeit as Professor Adam Wagstaff in the Children's Film Federation movie A Hitch in Time.
Memory Worm
Matthew Waterhouse is tested by Alistair McGown on how much he can remember of his history with Doctor Who.
Comic strip
- Mancopolis [+]Loading...["Mancopolis (comic story)"], Part Five
- Story: Alan Barnes
- Art: Lee Sullivan
- Colours: James Offredi
- Lettering: Roger Langridge
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- The Daft Dimension 603 [+]Loading...["The Daft Dimension (DWM 603 comic story)"] by Lew Stringer
The Fact of Fiction
- Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"]
Reviews
- Audio: The Quin Dilemma, Storm of the Sea Devils, Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon, The Edge of Destruction, The Phaser Aliens & Other Stories, Broken Memories, River of Death [+]Loading...["River of Death (audio story)"]
- Gamebook: Adventures in Space
Competitions
- Win Star-Crossed audio drama
- Win The Demons Within [+]Loading...["The Demons Within (audio story)"] audiobook
- Win Echoes audio drama
- Win Bad Influence audio drama
- Win Morbius [+]Loading...["Morbius (audio story)"] Part One audio drama
Other Worlds
- Bad For Good - Previewing Bad Influence, the fourth box set of the Missy audio series.
- Galactic Personae: Morbius - Detailing the former Time Lord dictator ahead of Part Two of the Dark Gallifrey audio story, Morbius [+]Loading...["Morbius (audio story)"].
- In the Green Room with... Derek Griffiths - The actor and TV star discusses his upcoming guest appearance in Echoes, the next volume of The Eighth Doctor Adventures on audio.
- Six of the Best: Supernatural Stories - Writers Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle list their favourite spooky adventures, promoting Echoes.
- Amber Alert - Previewing The Demons Within [+]Loading...["The Demons Within (audio story)"], the next in the BBC Audio Originals starring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.
- Unhappy Mondays - Previewing I Hate Mondays, the fifth volume of the Torchwood One audio series.
Loose Ends
- Words by Jonathan Morris
- Illustrations by Roger Langridge
Credits
- Editor: Jason Quinn
- Art Editor: Mike Jones
- Deputy Editor: Richard Atkinson
- Managing Director: Chris Clover
- Consultant: Mike Riddell
- Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
- Head of Production: Mark Irvine
- Circulation & Trade Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
- Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
- Marketing Executive: Samantha Hammond
- BBC Studios, UK Publishing
- Chair, Editorial Review Boards: Nicholas Brett
- Managing Director, Consumer Products and Licensing: Stephen Davies
- Global Director, Magazines: Mandy Thwaites
- Compliance Manager: Cameron McEwan
Notes
- This issue was bundled with two A5 art cards, featuring the Fifteenth Doctor with Ruby Sunday and the issue's cover art, as well as a graphic novel reprinting the entirety of the 1980 comic strip, Timeslip [+]Loading...["Timeslip (comic story)"].
