SFX Collection 49

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This was the 49th release in SFX's regular series of Special Edition Collections – Best of British – including the Top 10 British sci-fi TV shows ever!

Contents

Although not specifically a Doctor Who themed issue, this collectors edition with an Eleventh Doctor and Dalek cover, looks at many British Sci-Fi shows from over the years that have either sought to emulate Doctor Who’s success or have even inspired it at times.

  • The Definitive History of Doctor Who
Steve O’Brien takes a decade-by-decade look at the greatest British SF show of them all. (14 pages)
  • Carrying the Torch
Russell T Davies has taken his Welsh SF show across the water to America. Here he talks exclusively with Steve O’Brien about Torchwood. (4 pages)
  • Torchwood Episode Guide
Three glorious years of Cardiff-based SF antics for you revisit with us before Torchwood heads stateside … (4 pages)
  • Britannia Rules the Stars
Excellent spaceships and craft from British television includes 1 page on the TARDIS
  • Where Nothing is Ever Run of the Mill
Doctor Who, Primeval, Merlin … The Mill seems to be taking over British TV as far as CGI effects are concerned. Dave Golder asks the FX house’s top digi-wizards to choose some of their favourite creature creations.
Doctor Who creations include; the Vespiform (The Unicorn and the Wasp), Little fish (A Christmas Story), Jagrafess (The Long Game), Werewolf (Tooth and Claw), Pyrovile (The Fires of Pompeii).
… and from Torchwood, the Pteranodon and the Mayfly
  • British and Best – Top Ten
At number One, top position is …Doctor Who! beating The Prisoner, Red Dwarf, Being Human, and Quatermass in the top five
  • Best of the Worst: Scum and Villainy
Of the many villains on our screens, who is more evil than Davros?

Additional details

  • SFX magazine (a regular monthly title in the UK), regularly produced special seasonal issues mainly focussing on a specific theme.
  • This Collection looks at the best (and worst) british TV sci-fi shows and was priced £7.99 (UK).
  • Cover photography was supplied by BBC.
  • Unlike Doctor Who Magazine or Doctor Who Adventures, SFX is “100% unofficial and independent”.
  • A number of ‘extras’ were also included in this slip-cased issue including;
Set of 4 Primeval coasters
Red Dwarf Car Sticker
A3 double-sided poster featuring Misfits on one side and Doctor Who The Impossible Astronaunt iconic image on the other.

External links

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