The 520th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated January 2018.
It was the 2017 Christmas issue, and covered that year's Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time.
It was also the last appearance on a cover of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor during his tenure.
Technically, it was also the debut of the Thirteenth Doctor's costume although it took up almost none of the cover. Her costume would be showcased fully on the cover of the next issue.
Contents
Profiles / Interviews
Comic strip
- The Phantom Piper Part Two
- Story: Scott Gray
- Pencils: Martin Geraghty
- Inks: David A Roach
- Colours: James Offredi
- Letters: Roger Langridge
- Editors: Peter Ware & Marcus Hearn
Regular features
The Fact of Fiction
The DWM Review
- DVD: Doctor Who: The Complete Series 10, The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
- Audio: The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume Two, The Doctor Who Audio Annual
Competitions
- Win The Complete Series 10 on Blu-ray
- Win Shada Blu-ray
- Win The First Doctor Adventures: Volume One CD box set
- Win The Doctor Who Audio Annual CD
- Win The Dæmons of Devil's End DVD (including White Witch of Devil's End and Return to Devil's End)
Coming soon
- Audio: The First Doctor Adventures: Volume One, O Tannenbaum
- Talking book: The Ambassadors of Death
Galaxy Forum
- to be added
The Blogs of Doom
Special features
- Episode preview
- DWM previews the episode Twice Upon a Time
- A Metebelis Christmas
- DWM looks back on the Christmas omnibus edits of Doctor Who that aired on the BBC in the 1970s
- Remake Remodel
- A look at the making of BBC Worldwide's 2017 recreation of Shada for DVD, Blu-ray and download
- Street Life
- A set of rare photographs from Shada's location shoot in 1979
- First Lady
- Tribute to director Paddy Russell, who died on 2 November
- The Doctor Who Magazine Christmas Quiz
Credits
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
- Art Editor/Designer: Peri Godbold
- Editorial Assistant: Emily Cook
- Designer: Mike Jones
- Panini UK Ltd
- Managing Director: Mike Riddell
- Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
- Head of Production: Jez Meteyard
- Circulation & Trade Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
- Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
- Marketing Executive: Jess Bell
- 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