DWM 606
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The 606th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated August 2024.
While the front cover prominently featured the villain Sutekh as he was depicted in the episodes The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"] and Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"], which aired on 15 and 22 June, much of its features were dedicated to Ian Chesterton's actor William Russell, who died on 3 June.
Contents
Interviews
- Bad Woolf! - Benjamin Cook chats to Sutekh actor Gabriel Woolf about returning to the role on TV nearly 50 years on and bringing the gift of death to a new generation, with a bonus interview with James Burge, owner of the infamous "Hand of Sutekh" blooper.
- Killing In the Name - Callie Cooke and Tom Rhys Harries talk to Benjamin Cook about playing the lead role of Lindy Pepper-Bean and love interest Ricky September in Dot and Bubble [+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"], with a bonus interview with writer Russell T Davies on scripting the ending.
Articles
- Reveal the Legend! - Benjamin Cook provides a set report from the making of The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"] with the cast and crew, including stars Ncuti Gatwa, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, and Yasmin Finney.
- Script to Screen: The Chuldur - Lisa Gledhill talks to the team of producers and designers that created the many looks of the bird-like race in Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"].
- A Hero of the Old School - Beginning three features remembering the life of actor William Russell, who died on 3 June 2024, Jacqueline Rayner pays tribute to his character, Ian Chesterton.
- Good Knight - Eddie Robson looks back over the long career of William Russell outside of Doctor Who.
- Remembering Russ - David Richardson collects a series of dedications and memories of William Russell from his Doctor Who friends and colleagues.
- What If...? - Simon Guerrier explores a series of potential alternate timelines that Doctor Who might have gone down in the creation of the Fourth Doctor's era on TV.
Russell T Davies
The showrunner describes his meeting with documentary presenter Louis Theroux and the easy accessibility of old Whoniverse stories on BBC iPlayer.
Public Image
Stats and viewing figures analysed for Season 1.
Galaxy Forum
DWM readers discuss Dot and Bubble [+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"], Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"], The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"], Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"], Print the Legend, The Annihilators [+]Loading...["The Annihilators (audio story)"], Ruby Red [+]Loading...["Ruby Red (novel)"], the absence of Doctor Who on terrestrial television outside the UK, and the life of William Russell.
Time and Space Visualiser
- This Month In... 1982
Monday 26 July: The Making of a Television Series is published, giving a never-before-seen look behind the scenes of one Doctor Who serial in The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"].
Comic strip
- The Hans of Fear [+]Loading...["The Hans of Fear (comic story)"], Part Three
- Story: Alan Barnes
- Art: Mike Collins
- Colours: James Offredi
- Lettering: Roger Langridge
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- The Daft Dimension 606 [+]Loading...["The Daft Dimension (DWM 606 comic story)"] by Lew Stringer
The Fact of Fiction
- The Space Museum [+]Loading...["The Space Museum (TV story)"]
Reviews
- Audio: Star-Crossed, Metamorphosis, The Last Day [+]Loading...["The Last Day (audio story)"] Part Two, The Restoration of Catherine [+]Loading...["The Restoration of Catherine (audio story)"], I Hate Mondays
- Model: Dalek flying saucer by Master Replicas
- Gamebook: The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook [+]Loading...["The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook (reference book)"]
- Novel: Caged [+]Loading...["Caged (novel)"]
Competitions
- Win Season One (2024) Blu-ray steelbook
- Win Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (novelisation)"], 73 Yards [+]Loading...["73 Yards (novelisation)"], and Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (novelisation)"] novelisations
- Win The Trials of a Time Lord audio drama
- Win Death in the Stars [+]Loading...["Death in the Stars (novel)"] audiobook
- Win The Official Guide [+]Loading...["The Official Guide (novel)"] hardback
Other Worlds
- Death Warmed Up - Previewing Deathworld [+]Loading...["Deathworld (TLS audio story)","Deathworld"] and Operation Werewolf [+]Loading...["Operation Werewolf (audio story)"], the latest audio releases in The Lost Stories from Big Finish Productions.
- Galactic Personae: Toshiko Sato - Detailing Torchwood's resident tech expert ahead of End Game [+]Loading...["End Game (audio story)"], her return to the Torchwood - Monthly Range on audio after nearly two years.
- In the Green Room with... Christine Kavanagh - The actor discusses returning to the worlds of Doctor Who in Last Words, the first box set in the audio series The Death and Life of River Song, revealing River Song's fate after her death.
- Six of the Best: Reasons to Love Season 19 - Writer Will Hadcroft lists his favourite moments of the Fifth Doctor's debut season ahead of Dark Contract [+]Loading...["Dark Contract (audio story)"], the latest in the BBC Audio Originals, also starring Adric, Tegan Jovanka, and Nyssa.
- Mad Hatter - Previewing Doctor Who In Wonderland [+]Loading...["Doctor Who In Wonderland (novel)"], the newest of the Puffin Classics crossovers novels, featuring the Fifth Doctor meeting the world of Alice in Wonderland.
- Mad Hatred - Previewing Morbius the Mighty [+]Loading...["Morbius The Mighty (audio story)","Morbius the Mighty"], the first story in The War Doctor Rises audio series, beginning a new era of the War Doctor's life and continuing the reappearances of Morbius.
Loose Ends
- Words by Jonathan Morris
- Illustrations by Roger Langridge
Credits
- Editor: Jason Quinn
- Art Editor: Mike Jones
- Deputy Editor: Richard Atkinson
- Managing Director: Chris Clover
- Consultant: Mike Riddell
- Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
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