The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, Issue 635, is on sale today in all good newsagents, and some run by Zygons, with actor and author Sophie Aldred firmly in the spotlight.
This issue includes a 240-page Target Book by Sophie, At Childhood’s End, plus a link to the 2001 full-length audio drama download, Doctor Who: Colditz, starring Sophie as companion Ace and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor – which also features David Tennant in his first Big Finish role.
In This Issue…
• Sophie Aldred shares her memories of working with photographer and former DWM designer Steve Cook, including images showcasing their work together.
Steve Cook has also shared his memories of working on DWM in a new post on his Secret Oranges Substack. Steve Cook was my design mentor in my early days at Marvel UK, and an absolute joy to work with back in those crazy days at Redan Place. His 2000AD logo is still used today. Do check his new item about his Doctor Who Magazine days out…
• Executive producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner remember their work on Torchwood, as the Doctor Who spin-off celebrates 20 years since its first broadcast.
• A new Key to Time omnibus collects together the six stories from Season 16! Authors James Goss and Robert Shearman discuss their bold reinterpretations of these stories…
• The Cyber Leader himself, actor David Banks, talks about his new memoir, Man and Cyberman: Memoirs of a CyberLeader, released last month by Telos Publishing
• Carmen Gomez talks about playing Anita in 1985’s The Two Doctors – and her remarkable career since…
• Enjoy an interview with writer, journalist and editor Beth Axford, author of the new short story collection Tales from the TARDIS, which will be published by BBC Children’s Books next week, inspired by the eponymous Doctor Who TV production.
What happened during the Red Hatching? Who helped the Doctor save Christmas 1997? How did Liz Shaw and Jo Jones deal with a vampire in climping?!
Cast members and writers – Sophie Aldred, Peter Davison, Inua Ellams, Carole Ann Ford, Mandip Gill, Katy Manning, Robert Shearman and Miles Taylor – have provided prologues and epilogues for each story, to once again bring some of our favourite Doctors and companions together in the Remembered TARDIS.
• As it clocks up 50 years, DWM visits the locations of Season 14 opener The Hand of Fear…
• Plus stare into the Heart of the TARDIS to learn more about 2005 episode, Boom Town…
• This Month in 1979… What could possibly have topped Doctor Who’s highest viewing figure ever? (Hint: Paelez vous Francais?)
• Wishes can come true… a new adventure for The Tenth Doctor and Rose continues in the second part of the comic strip, “Bizarre Bazaar!”, written by Alan Barnes with art by John Ross, coloured by James Offredi and lettered by Roger Langridge, a story evoking the spirit of the strips that ran in Doctor Who Adventures
Regular Features
• Gallifrey Guardian: DWM’s monthly round-up of news, including news of the Invitation to Tender for the next series, a first look at Doctor Who: TARDIS Team – the animated CBeebies series, the 20th anniversary cinema screening of The Satan Pit and the latest books and audio releases…
• Reviews of the closing chapters of the Circuit Breaker saga, plus this year’s Halloween treat from Big Finish, Doctor Who: Halloween: Doctor Doctor Doctor and Other Stories
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe
Prizes to be won! Including Season 25 on Blu-ray.
• Doctor Who Magazine Issue 635 is on sale today Thursday 15th October 2026 from panini.co.uk, TG Jones and WH Smith priced £11.99 (UK) | Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £7.99
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
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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