New Doctor Who adventures and more in latest free Cosmic Masque digizine

By John Freeman on December 24, 2016

Hot on the heels of the release of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s free to view Celestial Toyroom 2017 Annual, they’ve just published Cosmic Masque III – 96 pages of magazine all about being a fan of the long-running SF TV show.

Edited by Grant Bull and downthetubes very own Ian Wheeler, with layout by Nick Holland, it’s full of fiction, reviews, interviews and articles, including: interviews with Darren Langlands, director of Last Man on Earth, a crowd funded short film about Colin Baker, fan film maker Simon Wellings and Alisa Stern, one of the team behind the fan film animation Doctor Puppet; and a series of visual articles exposing the similarities between the Doctor’s companions and at least one pop star.

It also includes a great interview with David Howe, who is trying to set up a Doctor Who merchandise museum.

Some articles and fiction have a distinctly Christmas flavour, reflecting both the release date, and the impending debut of the eagerly anticipated Doctor Who Christmas special.

• As with all DWAS e-magazines, Cosmic Masque III is free for everyone to download. Click here for more details and to download

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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.