DWA 37
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The 37th issue of the BBC's fortnightly Doctor Who Adventures.
Contents
Free gift
- A spiral bound lenticular covered notepad showing a transforming Dalek Sec and a Dalek pen.
Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)
Comic story
- Signs of Life (Part Two) (6 pages)
Tales from the TARDIS
- From: (DW): The Shakespeare Code
- Featuring The arrival of the Carrionites.
The Doctor’s Data (Collectable Fact File)
- File 33: Sarah Jane Smith
Adventure Guide / Doctor Who Confidential
(Including readers views and behind the scenes)
Posters
- A3 “The Sound of Drums“ (DW): The Sound of Drums
montage featuring The Master, and the Toclafane - A4 “We’re running out of TIME!“ The Doctor in (DW): 42
montage featuring Kath McDonnell, Martha Jones and the Doctor. - A4 “Down you go, Doctor … DOWN THE YEARS!“ The Master in (DW): Last of the Time Lords
montage featuring the Doctor aged.
Additional features
- Welcome (including latest news/ preview teaser)
- The Vortex (Who News)
- Humour: ‘’Things to do with a defeated enemy’’ Use the Futurekind to opens cans for you with their teeth! (By Christopher Cooper)
- Find in this issue hidden somewhere Chantho to win a Doctor Who Shaker Maker!
- Monster Gallery / Time Agent Upload!
- featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
- Make It
- Cut out and make Lazarus Mask
- Quiz: The Doctor
- Puzzle Pages
- Who Knows (Questions and Answers)
- Competition Goodies: Doctor Who snack and stationery sets, Evil Knieval sets, Doctor Who Factfile Book Sets.
- Win a life-size Dalek (Token collect. First token in this issue)
Credits
Also listing: favourite bits from Utopia
Editor: Moray Laing, Jack holding on to the TARDIS! Wow!
Art Editor: Paul Lang, Chan/Chantho’s language/tho
Senior Writer: Annabel Gibson, Creet
Picture Editor: Shaila Bux , The Futurekind
Production Editor: Ed Lomas, The Master regenerating
Editorial Assistant: Olivia McLearon, Yana revealed
Work Experience Chantho, Chan/Captain Jack/tho!
Hidden Away / Facts
This magazine can be recycled: “Humaaaaanssssss!”
Frau Clovis: “The Duke of Manhattan is on holiday this issue – but he’s back next issue. Bye!.”
- 23 year old Martha Jones mum is called Francine, her father Clive, her brother Leo and her sister Tish. Her cousin who worked for the Torchwood Institute was called Adeola.
- On 26th August 2007 Daleks from around the UK gathered in Manchester at the Museum of Science and Industry in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.
- The Carrionites were banished at the beginning of time by the Eternals.
- By coincidence, the Plasmavore (Florence Finnegan) in Smith and Jones also said “Burn with me!”
- The set for 42 was built in a single week in an old paper mill
- The stasis chamber in 42 was also used as the MRI machine in Smith and Jones.
- 42 was the first Doctor Who episode to be set entirely on a spaceship.
- Presumably this means New Who not the classic series.
- The Dalek’s home planet of Skaro was destroyed by the Seventh Doctor.
- If you don’t give Ood orders, they die. They come from the Ood Sphere a planet in the Horsehead Nebula
Additional details
- Published every two weeks on a Thursday, this issue had a cover price of £2.10 (UK).
- An additional A3 poster in the centre of skulduggery Pleasant was included as a promotional feature, along with an inside page promotion of this new children’s detective novel with a twist! The page ad was done in the style of DWA fact file.
- The subscription offer for this issue was a saving of over £9 (UK). No other incentive is offered.
- This issue's free gift was selotaped to the cover and not previously advertised.
- Next issue's free gift is given as three sticker sheets.
