Doctor Who Magazine 626 is on sale this Thursday, 5th February 2026, and sees the Fifteenth Doctor up against the Daleks – as never, as yet, seen on screen.
The cover is a great promotion – and a rare comic-focused cover – for the second instalment of “Corruption of the Daleks”. The story sees The Fifteenth Doctor and Mel face off the cyborgs of Skaro, written by Alan Barnes, with art by John Ross, colour by James Offredi, letters by Roger Langridge, edited by Jason Quinn.
The issue also includes the last part of Pete McTighe‘s “The War Between the Land and the Sea” Production Diary
Plus…
- An exclusive look at the content of the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Season 21 – Peter Davison’s final season as the Doctor, that also introduced Sixth Doctor Colin Baker
- Dylan Holmes Williams, director of The War Between the Land and the Sea, shares his techniques
- Scientific advisor Dave Hone on giving the Sea Devils a ‘proper’ name
- This month in 1980 – A look at Colin Baker’s other big sci-fi role
- Una McCormack considers how important Liverpool has been in the fortunes of Doctor Who
- Fact of Fiction – Deciphering the secrets of The Long Song in The Rings of Akhaten
The last full “comic strip” cover was published way back in 1980, Doctor Who Weekly No. 36 featuring art from “The Time Witch” by Dave Gibbons.
Art covers for Doctor Who Magazine are something of a rarity these days. They include the cover for Doctor Who Magazine was No. 442 in 2012, a Christmas cover by Vince McIndoe, the first non-photographic cover since Doctor Who Magazine 350. The cover was a tribute to the 1924 Radio Times Christmas issue.
Other art covers include the reprint of Chris Achilleos‘ “Genesis of the Daleks” art on Doctor Who Magazine 481; and Oliver Arkinstall-Jones‘ cover for Doctor Who Magazine 581.
• Doctor Who Magazine is online at doctorwhomagazine.com
• Doctor Who Magazine 626 is on sale Thursday 5th February from Panini and news outlets priced £7.99 (UK). Also available from Panini direct – full details here – and as a digital edition from Pocketmags priced £6.99
This item was updated on Wednesday 4th February to remove the foul misspelling of the glorious Dalek home world! Exterminate! Plus, David Howe slapped us for woeful research, cover information updated!
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as 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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