Doctor Who Magazine

I have very fond memories of DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE. I remember reading it decades ago, when it was published by Marvel UK and came out each week (and was hence known as DOCTOR WHO WEEKLY). Nowadays DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE is published by Panini Comics, and comes out each month. Being officially sanctioned by the BBC, which produces the parent programme, one would think that the magazine would only give a positive reflection of the series, but this could not be further from the truth. The magazine is allowed to be independent and thus it is able to give honest opinions on episodes both old and new, and this it most certainly does. My favourite part of the magazine is ...

Marvel's Doctor Who Magazine has been going since 1979! That's a long time for a publication on ANY subject! I've been buying it since issue 1 when it was weekly and cost 12p. It now comes out every month (or, I think, every 4 weeks) and costs £3.40. A big difference, but then it's a very different publication from when it started. Back then little was known about the background to the series, compare that to now with the countless reference works and the sheer wealth of information available to anyone over the internet. Over the years DWM has been a major contributor to this sum of knowledge with, as you might imagine, every conceivable kind of ...

What do you mean, you thought Dr. Who was dead and gone ? <insert evil laugh> Oh no, he's still alive and well and living on in new BBC novels, new video releases, repeats on UK Gold, a recent new online adventure and a monthly magazine. Dr. Who was first televised in 1963, when the Doctor was played by William Hartnell and he was accompanied by his grand-daughter, Susan (Carole Ann Ford) and two of her teachers, Ian (played by William Russell aka Russell Enoch - more famous in the past few years as Rita's husband, Ted, in Coronation Street) and Barbara (played by the late Jacqueline Hill). Since then, there have been another seven ...