Doctor Who Magazine No.623 is on sale now, and a Special Edition, too, launching a brand new series – Doctor Who: Legends. This issue focusses on writer Terry Nation, which comes packed with all-new content, and rare and unseen images.

Both are available, as usual from WH Smith Travel stores, TG Jones, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, and your Local Comic Shop – or simply order them both direct from Panini UK.

Doctor Who Magazine 623 includes an interview with Carole Ann Ford, the first person cast in Doctor Who, plus all the usual features, including the finale of the latest Fifteenth Doctor comic strip, and Lew Stringer’s latest “Daft Dimension”, always a treat!

Doctor Who Magazine 623

• Carole Ann Ford, the first person cast in Doctor Who – as the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan – speaks to DWM about First Doctor William Hartnell, how she would have like to have played Susan and returning to Doctor Who in 2025!
• DWM examineS how the character of Susan Foreman came into being…
• …and delve into the paperwork to discover the other actors considered for the role.
• A look at a new book celebrating the artwork used in DWM’s own “Time Team” column – encompassing every story from An Unearthly Child to the TV Movie.
• Back to 1980! Peter Davison is cast as the Fifth Doctor, and the demise of the last standing Mark 2 Police Box…
• Gary Gillatt explains what dogs can teach us about our relationship with the Doctor…
• It’s the last throw of the dice for humanity. We travel to the end of the universe in search of Utopia…
• DWM celebrates 62 years of Doctor Who with a look back at the 20th Anniversary Special, The Five Doctors…

Regular features

• Gallifrey Guardian: Doctor Who returns to TV for Christmas 2026! Plus, DWM talk to Film Is Fabulous! about the hunt for missing episodes and bring you details of forthcoming audio releases.
• Reviews – featuring the latest audios and books.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
• Prizes to be won – including Blake’s 7 Season 2 on Blu-ray!

Doctor Who Special Edition 71

Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 71 begins a new series called Doctor Who: Legends. “Terry Nation is the first member of what is essentially DWM’s hall of fame,” says editor Marcus Hearn. “We think a tribute to Nation is long overdue, because he’s probably the show’s most influential and underrated writer.

“Everyone knows he gave us the Daleks, but he doesn’t get the credit he deserves for being the first person to unleash the full potential of Doctor Who. He devised the format for the most successful stories, and it’s still the blueprint, more than 60 years later.”

Packed with all-new content and lavishly illustrated with rare and unseen images, including pictures from the Terry Nation family’s collection.

Highlights include:

• Terry Nation reflects on Doctor Who, Survivors and Blake’s 7 in a previously unpublished interview conducted in 1991.
• An exclusive interview with Rebecca and Joel Nation, in which they remember growing up with their famous father.
• Doctor Who writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat pays tribute to Terry Nation and revisits an overlooked Dalek story.
• Lost scenes from some of Terry Nation’s greatest scripts are brought to life with fresh analysis and new artwork.
• The story of Nation’s entire career from the 1950s to the 80s, including details of his contributions to Out of the Unknown, The Saint, The Avengersand other classics.
• The script-to-screen development of every Terry Nation Doctor Who story, including details from newly discovered notes and drafts.

Both Doctor Who Magazine Issue and Doctor Who Magazine Special 71 are available from WH Smith Travel stores, TG Jones, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, and your Local Comic Shop – or simply order them both direct from Panini UK.

• Doctor Who Magazine is also available as a digital editions from pocketmags.com

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John Freeman

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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