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'''Philip Newman''' was a feature writer and interviewer for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' for a ten-year period spanning 1987-97. | '''Philip Newman''' was a feature writer and interviewer for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' for a ten-year period spanning 1987-97. | ||
He had previously been News Editor for the DWAS' ''Celestial Toyroom'' newsletter under Editor Neil Hutchings, contributing additional features to their ''TARDIS'' magazine, as well as other fan publications such as Richard Bignell's ''Private Who'', J.Jeremy Bentham's seminal ''Space & Time/In-Vision'' part-work and Howe/Stammers/Walker's ''The Frame''. ''Douglas Camfield - A Tribute'' | He had previously been News Editor for the DWAS' ''Celestial Toyroom'' newsletter under Editor Neil Hutchings, contributing additional features to their ''TARDIS'' magazine, as well as other fan publications such as Richard Bignell's ''Private Who'', J.Jeremy Bentham's seminal ''Space & Time/In-Vision'' part-work and Howe/Stammers/Walker's ''The Frame''. ''Douglas Camfield - A Tribute'' — a magazine Philip compiled and edited — was published as the first Special Edition of ''The Frame'' in 1990. | ||
His first DWM article (on the then-proposed Green Light ''Dr Who'' Movie) was commissioned by outgoing editor Sheila Cranna in 1987; interviews and a series of annual reports from the Dr Who Exhibitions at Longleat, MoMI and others followed during her successor John Freeman's editorship. | His first DWM article (on the then-proposed Green Light ''Dr Who'' Movie) was commissioned by outgoing editor Sheila Cranna in 1987; interviews and a series of annual reports from the Dr Who Exhibitions at Longleat, MoMI and others followed during her successor John Freeman's editorship. | ||
Between 1994 | Between 1994 and 1996, he contributed over a dozen features; his (often first-time) interview subjects included director Michael Hayes (''The Androids of Tara'', ''The Armageddon Factor'' and ''City of Death''), assistant script editor and actor Trevor Ray, ''Radio Times'' art editor David Driver, K-9 voice actor John Leeson, a 3-part presentation of a hitherto unknown interview with former producer the late Graham Williams, and a number of designers including Michael Young (''The Massacre''), John Bloomfield (costume designer on ''The Face of Evil'' and ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'') and Roger Cheveley (''The War Games'') — thus uncovering an extensive selection of very rare and previously unseen colour slides from Patrick Troughton's final adventure. | ||
In 1993, he appeared as [[Kiv]] in the BBC's Children-in-Need 30th Anniversary ''Doctor Who'' story, ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''. | In 1993, he appeared as [[Kiv]] in the BBC's Children-in-Need 30th Anniversary ''Doctor Who'' story, ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''. | ||
As part of the 21st | As part of the 21st birthday celebrations at Longleat's ''Doctor Who'' Exhibition in 1994, Philip designed a special logo and artwork which appeared on badges, T-shirts, pencils — and a special birthday cake cut by Doctors Pertwee, Davison, C. Baker and McCoy (with support from Brigadier Nick Courtney). | ||
Michael Hayes asked him to appear as a supporting artist in ''The Mentors'', a supernatural drama pilot he was co-directing for producer (and one-time fellow DWM contributor) Austen Atkinson, partly recorded at the Rollright Stones. In 1996, he took part in the BBC's popular ''Telly Addicts'' quiz, reaching the quarter-finals with his ''Double Deckers'' team-mates. | Michael Hayes asked him to appear as a supporting artist in ''The Mentors'', a supernatural drama pilot he was co-directing for producer (and one-time fellow DWM contributor) Austen Atkinson, partly recorded at the Rollright Stones. In 1996, he took part in the BBC's popular ''Telly Addicts'' quiz, reaching the quarter-finals with his ''Double Deckers'' team-mates. | ||
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