Doctor Who Magazine 354

OH, ONE LAST THING - DON'T FORGET TO BUY SOME BLANK VIDEOS. I HEAR THERE'S SOMETHING WELL WORTH TAPING ON SATURDAYS...

Gardner’s World: She's the busiest lady in the world, one of the most influential people in television, and coming to the end of a gruelling shoot for Doctor Who – but she's not too grand to share her sandwich with DWM! Executive Producer, Julie Gardner, gives us the full behind-the-scenes story of the show’s return…

New Series Preview, Episode 1 – Rose: At last – DWM presents the first of the previews of the new series of Doctor Who! Benjamin Cook talks to writer Russell T Davies and gives you all an idea of what to expect on that fateful first Saturday. And fear not – we're keeping things relatively spoiler-free...

The Fact of Fiction – Spearhead from Space: Alan Barnes smears vaseline on his face and hangs around a hospital (nothing new there) to bring us the untold stories behind this classic Third Doctor adventure.

BBC Audiobooks – Exciting Adventures: It was over 40 years ago that the first Doctor Who novelisation was published, and now Doctor Who and the Daleks is about to have a new lease of life as an MP3 CD. Michael Stevens tells the story of how this very special release came about…

Come In Number Eight: Celtic Hero or Sly Trickster? Giant Smurf or Angry God? Jonathon Blum pieces together the many fragments of Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor as we bid him a fond farewell…

DWM Archive Extra – Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.: Planet Earth has been savagely invaded by men of steel who have no flesh to pierce. And Britain’s cinemas ring to the Daleks’ lucrative battle cry once again. Andrew Pixley doesn’t find life so easy in the year 2150 A.D...

The Wilderness Years?: Gareth Roberts does his sums and collates all the useless facts and figures you'll need to know about Doctor Who's 'resting' years!

Regulars: Gallifrey Guardian, The Time Team – The Robots of Death and The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Further Adventures, Off the Shelf, Production Notes with Russell T Davies.

Nb: No comic in this issue as there was a period of transition from the 8th Doctor and the Classic Series to the Ninth Doctor and the reimagined series.