DWM 584
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The 584th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated December 2022.
It was the first issue to feature the Fourteenth Doctor on the cover and utilised the traditional "...is the Doctor!" headline, uniquely commemorating David Tennant for the second time after issue 359.
Contents
Interviews
None this issue
Articles
- Gallifrey Guardian Extra: Meet the New Team - Introducing the new production team for Doctor Who for 2023 and beyond: Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner, and Jane Tranter (executive producers), Vicki Delow and Chris May (producers), Scott Handcock (script editor), Ellen March (co-producer), Philip Sims (production designer), and directors Rachel Talalay (2023 Special One), Tom Kingsley (2023 Special Two), Chanya Button (2023 Special Three), and Dylan Holmes Williams (block one of Series 14).
- Reach Up for the Sunrise - David Tennant, Russell T Davies, Chris Chibnall, Jamie Magnus Stone, Rachel Talalay, and Ben Pickles discuss with Benjamin Cook about recording the Thirteenth Doctor's regeneration scene from The Power of the Doctor.
- The Strip of a Lifetime - Eddie Robson chats with Alan Barnes, Russell T Davies, Scott Handcock and Lee Sullivan about the origins of Liberation of the Daleks, DWM's first full Dalek comic strip since Children of the Revolution and the Fourteenth Doctor's first full story, bridging the gap between The Power of the Doctor and the 2023 specials.
- The Watchers, Part One: Inside the Spaceships - David Richardson meets Doctor Who fans who watched the filming of the series during the 1960s and 1970s.
- Hack to the Future - Chris Bentley chats with Robert Hack and the team behind the new illustrated novelisation of Doctor Who and the Daleks.
- Factory Records - Simon Guerrier, Rhys Williams, Gavin Rymill, and Anthony Lamb recreate the Dalek production line set from The Power of the Daleks in CG.
Letter from the Showrunner
Production Notes has regenerated, and Russell T Davies returns to the column, discussing how bringing back David Tennant and Catherine Tate for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary specials was made possible by Doctor Who: Lockdown! and, by extension, Doctor Who Magazine itself.
Galaxy Forum
Readers discuss reactions to The Power of the Doctor, the revised version of the diamond logo and recreating a moment from the First Doctor era.
Time and Space Visualiser
- This Month In... 1990
Wednesday 21 November: The transmission of Search Out Science, one of the few TV stories of Doctor Who during the 'Wilderness Years'.
Production Diary
In a new regular feature, incoming script editor Scott Handcock begins his production diary on the forthcoming episodes of Doctor Who, covering behind the scenes on 31 August to 29 September.
Comic strip
- Liberation of the Daleks, Part One
- Story: Alan Barnes
- Art: Lee Sullivan
- Colours: James Offredi
- Lettering: Roger Langridge
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
Collectivity
The Fact of Fiction
Reviews
- TV: The Power of the Doctor
- Audio: Hidden Depths, The Lincolnshire Poacher, Geronimo!, Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus
- Book: Origin Stories
Competitions
- Win The Collection: Season 2 Blu-ray box set
- Win The Power of the Daleks audiobook
- Win Escape from Reality audio drama
- Win Doctor Who and the Daleks hardback
- Win Doctor Who Am I DVD
Other Worlds
A newly expanded version of the Previews column, taking a deep dive into the expanded Doctor Who universe on audio, in print, and more.
- Fiction Burns - Previewing The War Master audio anthology Escape from Reality.
- Galactic Personae: Drax - Promoting the Eighth Doctor Adventures audio anthology Connections, a recap is given to the Time Lord engineer Drax, who returns in this box set.
- In the Green Room with... Paul Magrs - Paul Magrs discusses adapting Doctor Who annual comic strips into audiobooks for the audio anthology Dead on Arrival & Other Stories.
- Six of the Best: UNIT Stories - Writer Robert Valentine reveals his six personal favourite UNIT stories in preparation for the release of the UNIT: Brave New World audio anthology Visitants.
- Barber, Black Sheep... - Actor Jonathon Carley discusses recreating the role of the War Doctor for the War Doctor Begins audio anthology He Who Fights With Monsters.
- The Horror and the Ivy - Preview of the Torchwood audio story The Empire Man.
Sufficient Data
- The 14* Doctors - An attempt to place all thirty-five known incarnations of the Doctor in chronological order, including the Timeless Child, Fugitive Doctor, Morbius Doctors, the Watcher, War Doctor and the Valeyard incarnations.
Credits
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
- Art Editor: Peri Godbold
- Design: Paul Taylor
- Contributing Editor: Alan Barnes
- Panini UK Ltd
- 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
- Director, Magazines and Consumer Products: Mandy Thwaites
- Compliance Manager: Cameron McEwan
