DWM 591

The 591st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated July 2023.

It was dedicated to celebrating Pride Month with the upcoming character Rose, played by Yasmin Finney in the 60th Anniversary Specials.

Interviews

 * Professor XXX - Fifteen years on from her debut as River Song, Alex Kingston tells David Richardson all about her memories of acting in Doctor Who, both on and off-screen, and her wider career.
 * Location Location Vocation - Alex Moore tells Simon Guerrier about life as one of the assistant location managers on Series 14 of Doctor Who.
 * Express Delivery - Jason Arnopp meets writer Jamie Mathieson to chat about how he wrote his four episodes for the Twelfth Doctor.

Articles

 * The Runaway Pride - In commemoration of Pride Month, Russell T Davies details the casting of Yasmin Finney as Rose, while Richard Unwin details eleven more of the most significant LGBTQ+ characters from Doctor Who.
 * The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll: The Fifth Doctor - Looking back at the best and the worst of the Fifth Doctor era, as voted for by readers.
 * The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll: The Sixth Doctor - Looking back at the best and the worst of the Sixth Doctor era, as voted for by readers.
 * 60 Objects, 60 Years: 1988 to 1992 - A continuation of Jamie Lenman's exploration of Doctor Who objects from every year of the show's existence, looking at the Dalek Emperor, the Doctor's The Ultimate Adventure coat, BSB's "Squarial", the Timewyrm: Genesys painted cover, and The Tomb of the Cybermen posters.

Galaxy Forum
Readers discuss the Fifth and Sixth Doctors' best episodes, the return of Murray Gold as composer, finding the real-life Key to Time, and Peri Godbold's retirement.

Letter from the Showrunner
With the titles of the 2023 specials having been revealed, Russell T Davies discusses the painstaking process of naming his episodes.

Production Diary
Scott Handcock details the production of Series 14 during April 2023.

Time and Space Visualiser

 * This Month In... 1981

Wednesday 10 June: Monty Python's Terry Jones sparks a discussion about the life of Kit Pedler, who had passed away three weeks earlier.

Memory Worm
In the first of a new regular feature, Dan Starkey is tested on how much he can remember of his history with Doctor Who.

Comic strip

 * Liberation of the Daleks, Part Eight
 * Story: Alan Barnes
 * Art: Lee Sullivan
 * Colours: James Offredi
 * Letters: Roger Langridge
 * Editor: Marcus Hearn
 * Daleks created by Terry Nation


 * The Daft Dimension by Lew Stringer

The Fact of Fiction

 * The Wheel in Space, Episodes 1 to 3

Reviews

 * Audio: Pioneers, Comrades-in-Arms, Past Lives
 * Mobile game: Lost in Time, An Unlikely Heist
 * Escape room: A Dalek Awakens

Competitions

 * Win Daleks! Genesis of Terror audio drama
 * Win Pioneers audio drama
 * Win Warriors of the Deep audiobook
 * Win Comrades-in-Arms audio drama
 * Win Among Us 1 audio drama

Other Worlds

 * Hard Cell - Previewing the latest The War Master audio anthology, Solitary Confinement.
 * Galactic Personae: The Curator - Ahead of the release of The Artist at the End of Time, the second instalment of Once and Future, a breakdown is given to a very familiar face for the Doctor.
 * In the Green Room with... Eleanor Crooks - Eleanor Crooks discusses playing Naomi Cross, companion to two Doctors, in Big Finish Productions' audio episodes, continuing with The Seventh Doctor Adventures release, ''Far From Home.
 * Six of the Best: Leela Moments - Writer Tim Foley reveals his six favourite moments of the Sevateem warrior before the release of the Angels and Demons, from The Fourth Doctor Adventures.
 * Clear and Present Manger - A preview of the continuation of Torchwood: The Story Continues, Among Us 2.

Sufficient Data

 * Five/Six - Identifying similar key moments from readers' top-ranked Fifth and Sixth Doctor stories, The Caves of Androzani and Revelation of the Daleks.

Credits

 * Editor: Marcus Hearn
 * Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
 * Art Editor: Mike Jones
 * Contributing Editor: Alan Barnes


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