Doctor Who Magazine Special 54

Wednesday, 8 January 2020 - Reported by Marcus

The latest Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition is out now.

Highlights include:

An in-depth interview with Doctor Who’s executive producer Matt Strevens.
Jodie Whittaker on her second year as the Doctor.
Mandip Gill, aka Yaz, answers questions from the TARDIS tin.
Shaun Dooley and Jodie Whittaker recall the making of the charity album Got it Covered.
Terrance Dicks’ widow, Elsa, and his former Target Books editor, Brenda Gardner, pay tribute to the much-loved writer.
Twenty years since its original broadcast, Steven Moffat remembers The Curse of Fatal Death.
Highlights of the Series 12 press day.
Inside the popular YouTube series Terry Nation Army.
Digital artist Sophie Cowdrey discusses her work.
The past, present and future of the Doctor Who Blu-ray collection.
Behind the scenes of the Doctor Who Figurine Collection.
The 20 landmark Doctor Who audio releases from Big Finish.
A look back at the 2019 production of Mission to the Unknown.
Reviews of the final two Doctor Who: Infinity games and the new independent drama Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor.
Tributes to Doctor Who luminaries who passed away in 2019.

On sale from Thursday 2 January 2020 £6.99 (UK), $13.99 (US)

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The Dalek Invasion of Earth: World's End premiered on BBC One in 1964 at 5:40pm GMT, watched by 11.40 million viewers.

Doctor Who - Blue Peter Special premiered on CBBC in 2013 at 5:30pm GMT

An Adventure In Space And Time premiered on BBC2 in 2013 at 9:02pm GMT, watched by 2.71 million viewers.

William Hartnell: The Original premiered on BBC2 in 2013 at 10:25pm GMT

Who is The Doctor? premiered on BBC Radio 2 in 2013 at 10:30pm GMT

Face The Raven premiered on BBC One in 2015 at 8:10pm GMT, watched by 6.06 million viewers.

Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four premiered on BBC One in 2021 at 6:19pm GMT, watched by 4.57 million viewers.

Birthdays

Liza Tarbuck is 60 today - 3 credits, including Captain Kaliko in The Infinite Quest

Jon Older is 61 today - 4 credits, including First Assistant Director for The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

Nickolas Grace is 77 today - 10 credits, including Albert Einstein in Death Is the Only Answer

Juliet Mills is 83 today - credited as Miss Carew in The Devil and Miss Carew(TW)

Ingrid Pitt (died 2010 aged 73) would be 87 today - 3 credits, including Solow in Warriors of the Deep

Malcolm Hulke (died 1979 aged 54) would be 100 today - 13 credits, including Writer for The War Games

Deaths

Cynthia Grenville (died 2021 aged 90) - credited as Maren in The Brain of Morbius

Rodney Bewes (died 2017 aged 79) - credited as Stien in Resurrection of the Daleks

Anthony Read (died 2015 aged 80) - 10 credits, including Script Editor for Underworld