Doctor Who Magazine 490 was the issue of the magazine cover-dated October 2015.
Contents
Articles
- to be added
Comic strip
- Spirits of the Jungle Part Two
- Story: Jonathan Morris
- Art: John Ross
- Colours: James Offredi
- Letters: Roger Langridge
- Editors: Scott Gray & John Ainsworth
Regular features
The Fact of Fiction
The DWM Review
- Audio: The Secret History, The Cloisters of Terror, The Companion Chronicles: The First Doctor: Volume One, The Ghost Trap, The Shadows of Serenity
- Books: Erimem: The Last Pharaoh, The Man Behind the Master, The New Who Programme Guide
Competitions
- Win a ticket to the Doctor Who Festival
- Win tickets to the Radio Times Festival
- Win Big Bang Generation, Deep Time and Royal Blood novels
- Win Curse of Fenric CD
- Win Terror of the Sontarans CD
- Win The Last Adventure box set
Coming soon
- Books: Royal Blood, Big Bang Generation, Deep Time
- Audio: Torchwood: The Conspiracy, Terror of the Sontarans
- Talking books: The Two Doctors, The Curse of Fenric
The Time Team
Galaxy Forum
- DWM readers discuss the Colin Baker interview from the previous issue and its aftermath
Production notes
- Head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat answers questions from DWM readers
Special features
- Born to save the universe!
- Preview for series 9
- The Secret Diary of the Master
- A series of diary entries purportedly written by the Master
- Lost in Translation
- The Complete History Preview
Credits
- Editor: Tom Spilsbury
- Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
- Art Editor: Richard Atkinson
- Editorial Assistant: Mark Wright
- Panini UK Ltd
- Managing Director: Mike Riddell
- Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
- Head of Production: Mark Irvine
- Production Assistant: Jez Meteyard
- Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
- Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
- Marketing Executives: Jess Bell, Becci Ireland
- BBC Worldwide, UK Publishing
- Director of Editorial Governance: Nicholas Brett
- Director of Consumer Products and Publishing: Andrew Moultrie
- Head of UK Publishing: Chris Kerwin
- Publisher: Mandy Thwaites
- Publishing Co-ordinator: Eva Abramik