DWM 610

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DWM 610
Price (in GBP):	£7.99
Cover date:	December 2024
Release date:	7 November 2024
Format:	84 pages, bound
Editor:	Jason Quinn
Publisher:	Panini Comics
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The 610th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated December 2024.

This issue was dedicated to Doctor Who's scariest stories of the Philip Hinchcliffe era from 1974 to 1977, the first three seasons of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor era.

From this issue onwards, the regular text cover changed the "100% Official" at the top corner to read "The Official Magazine".

Contents

Interviews

• The Greatest Showmen - Modern-era showrunners Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall, and TV movie showrunner Philip Segal, reveal to Benjamin Cook their favourite memories of the career and works of Philip Hinchcliffe, producer of the early Fourth Doctor era.
• Confessions of the Nightmare Man - To celebrate his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his time on the show, Philip Hinchcliffe engages in his biggest magazine interview ever: a mammoth 25-page talk with Benjamin Cook about his legacy in creating what many describe as Doctor Who's greatest (and scariest) years.
• Spider Man - Planet of the Spiders ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"] actor John Kane talks to David Bickerstaff about taking part in the story that marked the end of an era for Doctor Who, fifty years ago.

Articles

• Seek, Locate, Exterminate - With the first series of the BBC's other famous sci-fi show, Blake's 7, getting The Collection treatment on Blu-ray, Jonathan Helm explores the many connections between it and Doctor Who, including how they nearly crossed over.

Russell T Davies

The showrunner reports from the wedding of executive producer Phil Collinson and his husband Peter, on a day filled with Doctor Who alumni from both cast and crew.

Galaxy Forum

DWM readers discuss the new paperback of The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (2023 novelisation)"], celebrating the Eighth Doctor live, remembering Season 25, and many other goings-on in the Who fandom.

Time and Space Visualiser

• This Month In... 1967

Saturday 11 November: A known character actor appears in Doctor Who as a monster for the first time when Bernard Bresslaw is credited as Varga in The Ice Warriors ^[+]Loading...["The Ice Warriors (TV story)"], despite not actually appearing until episode two.

The Fact of Fiction

• The Doctor's Daughter ^[+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"]

Comic strip

• The Monster Makers ^[+]Loading...["The Monster Makers (comic story)"], Part Three

Story: Alan Barnes

Art: Mike Collins

Colours: James Offredi

Lettering: Roger Langridge

Editor: Marcus Hearn

• The Daft Dimension 610 ^[+]Loading...["The Daft Dimension (DWM 610 comic story)"] by Lew Stringer

Shelf Life

• Blu-ray: The Collection: Season 25
• Audio: The War Master ^[+]Loading...["The War Master (audio story)"], The Force of Death ^[+]Loading...["The Force of Death (audio story)"], The Stuff of Legend ^[+]Loading...["The Stuff of Legend (audio story)"], The Great Beyond ^[+]Loading...["The Great Beyond (audio story)"]
• Action figure: The Fifteenth Doctor, Ruby Sunday
• Model: Skaro City Dalek, Bronze Dalek

Competitions

• Win Blake's 7: The Collection - Season 1 Blu-ray box set
• Win The Curse of Time audio drama
• Win Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival ^[+]Loading...["Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival (novel)"] book
• Win Harry Sullivan's War ^[+]Loading...["Harry Sullivan's War (novel)"] audiobook
• Win No Place Like Home audio drama

Other Worlds

• Twisted Tales - Previewing On Ghost Beach ^[+]Loading...["On Ghost Beach (audio story)"] and Sting of the Sasquatch ^[+]Loading...["Sting of the Sasquatch (audio story)"]: two new Audio Originals starring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday with appearances from Susan Triad.
• Galactic Personae: The Fugitive Doctor - Detailing the mysterious early Doctor ahead of her first-ever audio appearance in Coda - The Final Act ^[+]Loading...["Coda - The Final Act (audio story)"], the belated conclusion to the Once and Future 60th-anniversary series, where she clashes with the War Doctor and meets Bernice Summerfield.
• In the Green Room with... Annette Badland - The former Slitheen actor discusses returning to Doctor Who in The Sitter ^[+]Loading...["The Sitter (audio story)"], an episode of Future Phantoms, the next box set of The War Master series on audio.
• Six of the Best: Gallifrey Scenes - Narvin actor Seán Carlsen lists his favourite moments related to the Time Lords' home planet ahead of Echoes Through Eternity, a special audiobook collection celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Gallifrey series.
• Night of the Hunter - Previewing The Doctor and Carnacki, the next release in The Seventh Doctor Adventures on audio, where the Doctor meets literary ghost-hunter Thomas Carnacki.
• Night of the Iguana - Previewing Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival ^[+]Loading...["Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival (novel)"], the second Doctor Who: Icons novel, in which the Tenth Doctor teams up with Charles Darwin himself.

Loose Ends

• 9: Jungle Worlds

Words by Jonathan Morris

Illustrations by Roger Langridge

Credits

• Editor: Jason Quinn
• Art Editor: Mike Jones
• Deputy Editor: Richard Atkinson

Panini UK Ltd

• Managing Director: Chris Clover
• Consultant: Mike Riddell
• Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
• Publishing Manager: Simon Frith
• 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
• Global Director, Magazines: Mandy Thwaites
• Compliance Manager: Cameron McEwan

Notes

The back cover of DWA 1980

• This issue of the magazine adopted a similar cover image to that seen on the back cover of Doctor Who Annual 1980.