DWM 591
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The 591st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated July 2023.
It was dedicated to celebrating Pride Month with the upcoming character Rose, played by Yasmin Finney in the 60th Anniversary Specials.
Contents[[edit] | edit source]
Interviews[[edit] | edit source]
- Professor XXX - Fifteen years on from her debut as River Song, Alex Kingston tells David Richardson all about her memories of acting in Doctor Who, both on and off-screen, and her wider career.
- Location Location Vocation - Alex Moore tells Simon Guerrier about life as one of the assistant location managers on Series 14 of Doctor Who.
- Express Delivery - Jason Arnopp meets writer Jamie Mathieson to chat about how he wrote his four episodes for the Twelfth Doctor.
Articles[[edit] | edit source]
- The Runaway Pride - In commemoration of Pride Month, Russell T Davies details the casting of Yasmin Finney as Rose, while Richard Unwin details eleven more of the most significant LGBTQ+ characters from Doctor Who.
- The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll: The Fifth Doctor - Looking back at the best and the worst of the Fifth Doctor era, as voted for by readers.
- The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll: The Sixth Doctor - Looking back at the best and the worst of the Sixth Doctor era, as voted for by readers.
- 60 Objects, 60 Years: 1988 to 1992 - A continuation of Jamie Lenman's exploration of Doctor Who objects from every year of the show's existence, looking at the Dalek Emperor, the Doctor's The Ultimate Adventure coat, BSB's "Squarial", the Timewyrm: Genesys painted cover, and The Tomb of the Cybermen posters.
Galaxy Forum[[edit] | edit source]
Readers discuss the Fifth and Sixth Doctors' best episodes, the return of Murray Gold as composer, finding the real-life Key to Time, and Peri Godbold's retirement.
Letter from the Showrunner[[edit] | edit source]
With the titles of the 2023 specials having been revealed, Russell T Davies discusses the painstaking process of naming his episodes.
Production Diary[[edit] | edit source]
Scott Handcock details the production of Series 14 during April 2023.
Time and Space Visualiser[[edit] | edit source]
- This Month In... 1981
Wednesday 10 June: Monty Python's Terry Jones sparks a discussion about the life of Kit Pedler, who had passed away three weeks earlier.
Memory Worm[[edit] | edit source]
In the first of a new regular feature, Dan Starkey is tested on how much he can remember of his history with Doctor Who.
Comic strip[[edit] | edit source]
- Liberation of the Daleks, Part Eight
- Story: Alan Barnes
- Art: Lee Sullivan
- Colours: James Offredi
- Letters: Roger Langridge
- Editor: Marcus Hearn
- Daleks created by Terry Nation
The Fact of Fiction[[edit] | edit source]
- The Wheel in Space, Episodes 1 to 3
Reviews[[edit] | edit source]
- Audio: Pioneers, Comrades-in-Arms, Past Lives
- Mobile game: Lost in Time, An Unlikely Heist
- Escape room: A Dalek Awakens
Competitions[[edit] | edit source]
- Win Daleks! Genesis of Terror audio drama
- Win Pioneers audio drama
- Win Warriors of the Deep audiobook
- Win Comrades-in-Arms audio drama
- Win Among Us 1 audio drama
Other Worlds[[edit] | edit source]
- Hard Cell - Previewing the latest The War Master audio anthology, Solitary Confinement.
- Galactic Personae: The Curator - Ahead of the release of The Artist at the End of Time, the second instalment of Once and Future, a breakdown is given to a very familiar face for the Doctor.
- In the Green Room with... Eleanor Crooks - Eleanor Crooks discusses playing Naomi Cross, companion to two Doctors, in Big Finish Productions' audio episodes, continuing with The Seventh Doctor Adventures release, Far From Home.
- Six of the Best: Leela Moments - Writer Tim Foley reveals his six favourite moments of the Sevateem warrior before the release of the Angels and Demons, from The Fourth Doctor Adventures.
- Clear and Present Manger - A preview of the continuation of Torchwood: The Story Continues, Among Us 2.
Sufficient Data[[edit] | edit source]
- Five/Six - Identifying similar key moments from readers' top-ranked Fifth and Sixth Doctor stories, The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks.
Credits[[edit] | edit source]
- 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
