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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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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