Doctor Who Magazine 614

Doctor Who Magazine 614 goes right from 1963 to 2025, with interviews with original director Warris Hussein and brand new companion Varada Sethu

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out now. It’s an issue full of coverage of major milestones in the show’s history. Waris Hussein discusses the legacy of directing the very first episode, and his lost epic Marco Polo is also explored. Meanwhile, 20 years on, Russell T Davies and the 2005 season’s other executive producers re-live the terror and excitement of resurrecting a legend. Finally, Varada Sethu gives her first DWM interview as she prepares to arrive next month as new companion Belinda.

This issue:

• Varada Sethu – an introductory chat with the actor playing new companion Belinda Chandra.
• Sacha Dhawan – back to terrorise the universe once more: the actor discusses finding hidden depths to the Master!
• 20 Years Ago Today – a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with ‘The Three Who Rule:’ Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, and Jane Tranter, as well as contributions by writers Rob Shearman and Paul Cornell
• Waris Hussein – a very personal interview with Doctor Who’s first director
• Marco Polo – a look at the Hussein directed missing story Marco Polo
• Doctor Who Auction – a visit to Propstore to see the Doctor Who costumes and props that are being auctioned in aid of BBC Children in Need
• The Autons – an investigation of the strategies of the Doctor’s plastic antagonists
• Back to 1997 –  the mystique of New Adventures novel Lungbarrow.
• Dance Till You Drop – join Beatie and the Hypnotising Cat in this issue’s comic strip!
• Me and Him and Who – Stephen Wyatt and Richard Unwin on the play that reflects on the life and legacy of eighties producer John Nathan-Turner
• Paul Grist – the actor speaks about playing Bill Filer in The Claws of Axos
• Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant – speaking to DWM at an anniversary screening of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
• The Randomiser – Gary Gillatt takes us on a voyage to the fiery surface of the planet Venus
• The Fact of Fiction – Twelfth Doctor adventure Robot of Sherwood

Doctor Who Magazine 614

DWM Issue 614 is on sale Thursday the 27th of February from the online Panini store, WH Smith and other retailers priced £7.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags You can also save with a subscription, as well as receiving exclusive, text-free covers.