Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 579

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine tells the inside story of the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to Doctor Who

Highlights of the new issue include:

• An exclusive from Russell T Davies, Doctor Who’s incoming showrunner, on the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the series.

• Newly released documents reveal the details behind the classification certificates of Doctor Who videos in the 1980s and 90s. 

• Robert Sidaway, who played Avon in The Savages (1966) and Captain Jimmy Turner in The Invasion (1968), talks about his Doctor Who roles for the first time.

• The friends, colleagues and admirers of Verity Lambert pay tribute to Doctor Who’s first producer.

• Authors James Moran and Rona Munro discuss their forthcoming Target books, The Fires of Pompeii and The Eaters of Light.

• Writer Juno Dawson and producer Ella Watts on the making of the acclaimed podcast series Doctor Who: Redacted.

• Visual effects designer Paul Mann recalls the making of Timelash (1985) with the help of previously unseen photos from his collection.

• Chris Cassell and Justin T Lee explain how the special effects of Timelash have been newly enhanced for the Season 22 Blu-ray box set.

• Fear of the Future, a brand-new comic strip adventure for the Doctor, Yaz and Dan.

• The Fact of Fiction uncovers the hidden secrets of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.

• Apocrypha revisits the seminal 1993 New Adventures novel Deceit.

• Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, Sufficient Data and more.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 579 is on sale now from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £6.99 (UK).

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £5.99.