Doctor Who Magazine 540 was the issue of the magazine cover-dated August 2019. This issue marked 100 years since the birth of actor Jon Pertwee and 50 years since his casting as the Third Doctor. It primarily focused on the Third Doctor era of Doctor Who.
Contents
Profiles / Interviews
- Highlights from a rediscovered question and answer session from the first Doctor Who Appreciation Society convention in 1977, moderated by Jeremy Bentham
- An interview conducted in 2008 which has been published for the first time
Comic strip
- Story: Scott Gray
- Art: Scott Gray
- Colours: James Offredi
- Letters: Roger Langridge
- Editors: Peter Ware & Marcus Hearn
Regular features
The Fact of Fiction
Reviews
- Audio: Heritage 1, The Lives of Captain Jack: Volume Two
- Talking book: The Faceless Ones
Competitions
- Win The Collection - Season 10 Blu-ray
- Win The Faceless Ones talking book
- Win The Lives of Captain Jack: Volume Two CD box set
- Win The Clockwise War comic collection
Coming soon
- to be added
The Time Team
- A Different Side of Pertwee
- Beth Axford, Christel Dee, Gerard Groves, Kezia Newsom, and Zainab Sheriff watch Doctor Who and the Silurians Episode 7, The Time Monster Episode Six, and Planet of the Spiders Part Six
Galaxy Forum
- DWM readers celebrate 100 years since actor Jon Pertwee's birth and 50 years since he was cast as the Third Doctor; discuss Eric Saward, and the perception of political correctness in series 11; and pay tribute to writers Robin Bell and Dominic May, both of whom died in May
Production notes
- to be added
The Blogs of Doom
Special features
- The World Cup of the Third Doctor
- Followers of DWM's Twitter are polled on the best Third Doctor stories, his best lines and jackets, and the best monsters and companion costumes from his era
Credits
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
- Art Editor/Designer: Peri Godbold
- Editorial Assistant: Emily Cook
- Panini UK Ltd
- Managing Director: 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: Jess Bell
- BBC Studios, UK Publishing
- Chair, Editorial Review Boards: Nicholas Brett
- Director of Consumer Products and Publishing: Andrew Moultrie
- Head of Publishing: Mandy Thwaites
- UK Publishing Co-ordinator: Eva Abramik