DWM 592
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The 592nd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated Summer 2023.
It was dedicated to the Ninth Doctor actor Christopher Eccleston.
Contents
Interviews
- Voice of Doom - Sooz Kempner tells Jason Arnopp all about playing Doom, the face of the new Doom's Day multimedia series.
- The Doctor’s Wife - David Richardson chats to Elizabeth Morton, actor and wife of Peter Davison, on living life with a Doctor Who family.
- Quick Draw - John Erasmus tells Simon Guerrier about life as the storyboard artist for the upcoming festive special of Doctor Who following his work on The Ghost Monument and Rosa.
Articles
- Day of Reckoning - Jason Arnopp speaks to the people involved in the creation of Doom's Day and the many different formats it is being released through.
- The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll: The Seventh Doctor - Looking back at the best and the worst of the Seventh Doctor era, as voted for by readers.
- The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll: The Ninth Doctor - Looking back at the best and the worst of the Ninth Doctor era, as voted for by readers.
- Working Wonders - Jonathan Helm speaks to the colleagues and family of pioneering 1960s and 1970s visual effects designer Peter Day, following his passing in March.
- An Ood to Target - Lillian Crawford speaks to writers Phil Ford, Stephen Gallagher and Keith Temple, plus artist Anthony Dry, on the creation of the latest Target novelisations as the range celebrates its fiftieth anniversary.
- 60 Objects, 60 Years: 1993 to 1997 - A continuation of Jamie Lenman's exploration of Doctor Who objects from every year of the show's existence, looking at Dimensions in Time 3D glasses, the Leekley Bible, the Downtime script, the TV movie's TARDIS control console, and the Destiny of the Doctors CD-ROM.
Galaxy Forum
Readers discuss celebrating Pride Month and the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Doctors' best moments.
Letter from the Showrunner
Russell T Davies takes some time to reflect on the impact of his era of Doctor Who through a message he was shared on the eighteenth anniversary of Rose.
Production Diary
Scott Handcock details the production of Series 14 during May 2023.
Time and Space Visualiser
- This Month In... 1986
Monday 30 June: ITV's Dramarama takes aim at Doctor Who through an episode based on the fictional behind-the-scenes events of an ageing British sci-fi series.
Memory Worm
Robert Shearman is tested by Alistair McGown on how much he can remember of his history with Doctor Who.
Comic strip
- Liberation of the Daleks, Part Nine
- Story: Alan Barnes
- Art: Lee Sullivan
- Colours: James Offredi
- Lettering: Roger Langridge
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- Daleks created by Terry Nation
- Four Hours of Doom's Day, Hours 0200-0500
- Target Selected, Hour 0200
- The Plastic Population, Hour 0300
- High Noon in Hollywood, Hour 0400
- The Horn of a Dilemma, Hour 0500
- Story: Jacqueline Rayner
- Art: Russ Leach
- Colours: Mike Summers
- Lettering: Roger Langridge
- Editors: Jason Quinn and Marcus Hearn
The Fact of Fiction
- The Wheel in Space, Episodes 4 to 6
Reviews
Competitions
- Win The Ark audio drama
- Win The Artist at the End of Time audio drama
- Win The Nightmare Fair audiobook
- Win Far From Home audio drama
- Win The Making of Doctor Who audiobook
Other Worlds
- Vulpreen Death Grip - Previewing the finale of the UNIT: Nemesis saga, Masters of Time.
- Galactic Personae: Yvonne Hartman - Ahead of the release of Torchwood: Among Us 3, an explanation is given for the Pete's World version of "the most hated woman in Cardiff".
- In the Green Room with... Matthew Waterhouse - Matthew Waterhouse discusses moving from playing Adric on TV to writing the latest Audio Novel starring his character, Prisoners of London.
- Six of the Best: Jamie Moments - Writer and producer Mark Wright reveals his six favourite moments of the Second Doctor's loyal friend Jamie McCrimmon in preparation for his self-titled The Second Doctor Adventures release, James Robert McCrimmon.
- Davros' Double Cross - A preview of the third instalment of the sixtieth-anniversary series Once and Future, A Genius for War.
Sufficient Data
- Seven/Nine - Identifying similar key moments from readers' top-ranked Seventh and Ninth Doctor stories, Remembrance of the Daleks and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.
Additional information
This issue is accompanied by the Four Hours of Doom's Day comic anthology, plus a double-sided poster of artwork from The Caves of Androzani, Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, and the TV movie.
Credits
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
- Art Editor: Mike Jones
- Contributing Editor: Alan Barnes
- 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
