DWA 196
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The 196th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures
Contents
Free Gift
- Wind-up Weeping Angel, magnets and stickers
Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)
- FACT FILE: Weeping Angels
- FACT FILE: Monster Heights
Comic stories
- Rough Waters (4 pages)
Mega Moments (favourite scene told as a photo-feature)
- None
Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)
- SJA Alien Files: Sycorax
Posters
- A3 The Eleventh Doctor and a Silurian
- A4 The Eleventh Doctor with Union bow tie
- A4 Dalek Eternal
Behind the scenes
- David Turbitt King of Toys - Creative Development
Interview
- PREVIEW: Christmas Special 2010 with Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
Also featuring
- Welcome and news
- Puzzle page and Quiz
- Search and Find: The Sarah Jane Adventures panto montage
- Doctor Huh? (Q&A)
- Make It: Nightmare Man Mask
- Readers contributions: Who and You Upload
- featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
- Picture Puzzle: Spot the Difference to win Toy Story Klip Kitz
- Competition Goodies (Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles audio book, Philip Pullman Book, Cuponk game and Meccano Rescue Team sets)
- Video Competition Winners
Main team credits
- Editor: Moray Laing
- Deputy Editor: Paul Laing
- Production Editor: Liza Millett
- Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies
- No Designer credit is given for this issue.
Facts included
- The 2010 Christmas Special (A Christmas Carol) was filmed in July.
- Rory Williams and Amy Pond will be the first married couple to travel with the Doctor in the TARDIS as companions.
- The Sycorax originate from an asteroid in the JX82 system.
- Heights (in metres): Adipose 0.15, Bannakaffalatta 1, Cybermen 2.15, CyberKing 61, Daleks - Bronze Daleks 1.8 new Daleks 2, Eleventh Doctor 1.82, Krafayis 3 and Sontaran 1.15
- The role of Creative Development is too oversee anything that carries the series logo.
- It can take three months to skulpt a Character Options figure (made to the 5" scale range), from the original photographs of the character, to the clay modelled actual size figure that is done by computer, that then has to be approved by all relevent parties concerned, to finally being made available in a shop.
Further information
- The subscription offer for this issue is a copy of Series 5: Volume 4 DVD and a saving of 25% (UK).
- This issue had a cover price of £2.20 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
- Next issue's free gift is promoted as Mega Monster Christmas Pack (Calendar and stickers, three pop up cards, two bookmarks, four gift tags) and a chance to find one of a hundred gold tickets to The Doctor Who Experience.
