Doctor Who Magazine celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Fourth Doctor’s first appearance this week with the release of a fantastic 84-page Special Edition, packed with all-new features, interviews, infographics, and fiction from Christopher H. Bidmead, illustrated by Mike Collins.
On sale from today, 2nd May, if you’re a fan of Tim Baker’s Doctor and era, the. This is definitely a must-have purchase, available from newsagents or direct from Panini here.
The only thing it’s missing is free jelly babies!
Highlights include:
• A joint interview with Louise Jameson and Matthew Waterhouse, remembering their TARDIS travels with the Fourth Doctor.
• Interviews with Fourth Doctor guest stars.
• June Hudson is reunited with the famous burgundy coat she designed for Tom Baker’s Doctor.
• Dave Gibbons looks back on the seminal artwork he created for the golden age of Fourth Doctor comics.
• A timeline of the Fourth Doctor’s television journey.
• Light-hearted guides to the Fourth Doctor’s numerous costumes.
• The DWM team’s choice of 20 moments that define the Fourth Doctor.
• Buy your Doctor Who Magazine Special 66 – 50 Years of the Fourth Doctor direct from Panini here
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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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