The Deluxe Edition of the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, out now in WHSmith stores in a card-backed envelope, has a fantastic “bonus item” for comic strip fans in the form of a 32-page “Past Masters” collection, reprinting strips from TV Action and other past issues with art by Gerry Haylock, Frank Langford, Adrian Salmon and Brian Williamson.
The Deluxe Edition also offers three Big Finish audio dramas to download, a poster and Series 12 art card.
Doctor Who – The Glen of Sleeping, from TV Action
Doctor Who – Fogbound, from Doctor Who Holiday Special, 1973
Doctor Who – The Man in the Ion Mask, from the 1991 DWM Winter Special
Doctor Who – Character Assassin (from DWM, 311, published in 2001)
The Magazine itself includes the second part of an exclusive, in-depth interview with showrunner Chris Chibnall, interviews with the new writers of Series 12, exclusive previews of the next four episodes and many other great features.
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 547 – Regular Edition
Plus, there’s Part Five of “Mistress of Chaos“, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends by Scott Gray, with art by John Ross, offering surely one of the most mind-stretching comic stories, ever; and, of course, Lew Stringer‘s regular “Daft Dimension” humour strip.
• Doctor Who Magazine Issue 547 is on sale now in all good newsagents, price £5.99
• Doctor Who Magazine 547, the strictly limited Deluxe Edition, is exclusive to WH Smith and store.panini.co.uk priced £9.99
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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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