Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 555

Wednesday, 19 August 2020 - Reported by Marcus

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine goes back to the 1970's to investigate a TARDIS journey we never saw.

Highlights of the new issue include:

The story behind a bizarre and long-lost adventure starring Tom Baker as the Doctor.
Derek Jacobi answers questions from the TARDIS Tin.
An exclusive preview of the new animated version of Fury from the Deep.
How Doctor Who was nearly cancelled in 1970… and how the show was saved.
How Doctor Who joined the satellite revolution on Super Channel and UK Gold.
The inside story of BSB’s Doctor Who Weekend – 30 years on.
The Controversial Continuity of Doctor Who companions, the Silurians, UNIT dating and time travel.
The Fact of Fiction explores the 2014 story Mummy on the Orient Express.
Apocrypha revisits Continuity Errors, Steven Moffat’s first professional Doctor Who story.
A review of The Power of the Daleks Special Edition.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 555 is on sale from Thursday 20 August £5.99 (UK)

Sat 11:00pm PST
The Pirate Planet: Part One

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Sat 11:30pm PST
The Pirate Planet: Part Two

(Repeated: Sun 4:30am)

Sat 11:00pm PST
The Pirate Planet: Part Three

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

The Daleks: The Dead Planet premiered on BBC One in 1963 at 5:15pm GMT, watched by 6.90 million viewers.

The Invasion: Episode Eight premiered on BBC One in 1968 at 5:15pm BST, watched by 7.00 million viewers.

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Part Two premiered on BBC One in 1988 at 7:35pm GMT, watched by 5.30 million viewers.

Loose Ends: Orla Brady premiered on Radio 4 Extra in 2013 at 6:15pm GMT

Birthdays

Mandeep Dhillon is 34 today - credited as Shireen in Knock Knock

Eva Mauro is 43 today - credited as Maria Candido in The Categories of Life(TW)

Chris Porter is 52 today - 9 credits, including Jeffery Secombe / Mozz Consolidated in Fourth Doctor - Series 10: Volume 1

Catherine Cusack is 56 today - credited as Blue Kang Leader in Paradise Towers

Jane How is 73 today - credited as Rebec in Planet of the Daleks

Alibe Parsons is 79 today - 2 credits, including Matrona Kani in The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp)

James Cairncross (died 2009 aged 93) would be 109 today - 2 credits, including Lemaitre in The Reign Of Terror

Deaths

Daphne Oxenford (died 2012 aged 93) - 2 credits, including Archivist in Dragonfire

Kevin Manser (died 2001 aged 72) - 8 credits, including Dalek Operator in The Dalek Invasion of Earth

John Lee (died 2000 aged 72) - credited as Alydon in The Daleks

John Arnatt (died 1999 aged 82) - credited as Cardinal Borusa in The Invasion of Time

Roger Avon (died 1998 aged 84) - 3 credits, including Saphadin in The Crusade

Colin Douglas (died 1991 aged 79) - 2 credits, including Donald Bruce in The Enemy of the World

Edmund Warwick (died 1989 aged 82) - 3 credits, including Robot Dr Who in The Chase

Edmund Bailey (died 1982 aged 78) - 2 credits, including Councillor in The Time Monster