May Day! May Day! Spring is here and so is the new edition of Doctor Who Adventures, which comes with free monster kit. (The editor won’t tell us if this provides the means to make one or grow it in a test tube, or whether it’s a Krynoid seed. Just be careful, OK?)
A panel of “Sky Manor” from Doctor Who Adventures #14
SKY MANOR
The Doctor ends up playing detective in a country house high up in the clouds. The trouble is, he’s being chased by an angry group of gorillas and the country house is about to come crashing out of the sky and down to earth! You’ll go ape with this latest offering from Kieron Moore, Russ Leach and John Burns!
MISSY NEEDS YOU!
Missy is looking for a sidekick/slave/dogsbody! Have you got what it takes to serve the craziest Time Lord in history?
OSGOOD’S RESEARCH LAB
Unleash your inner fan with some cool Doctor badges!
UNIT ALIEN ARCHIVES
This month you get to access UNIT’s archive on the one and only River Song!
STRAX’S HOLIDAY SNAPS!
Strax has just taken a vacation on Gallifrey and he’s eager to show you his latest holiday snaps!
The Dangerous Dilemma of the Dream Doorway
THE PATERNOSTER GANG INVESTIGATES
The Paternoster Gang investigate the Dangerous Dilemma of the Dream Doorway, in a chilling story brought to you by Rik Hoskin!
• Doctor Who Adventures #14 is in sale in all good newsagents from Thursday 28th April – and some run by Rill. Issue 14 comes with a free make a monster kit
• The comic is also available as a digital edition through Pocketmags.com here and for iPad via iTunes here (although of course you don’t get the free gift with the digital edition)
Bad company?
PS By the way, we found the Weeping Angel that came free with Doctor Who Adventures #13. We’re not too keen on the company it’s keeping, though…
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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