DWA 299

Doctor Who Adventures # was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 19 December 2012.

Free gift

 * 2013 Calendar, all-new bow-tie, packet of Doctor Who Monster Invasion trading cards, sticker sheet and various previously released gifts including police box pencil tin.

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * PREVIEW: The Snowmen
 * FACT FILE: Monsters of Christmas Past!

Comic content

 * Decky the Halls

Fast Facts

 * None this issue

Posters

 * A3 The Snowmen
 * A4 Eleventh Doctor
 * A4 ULTIMATE DALEK COLLECTION: Movie Dalek

Behind the scenes

 * Behind the scenes past-Christmas adventure snaps

Interview

 * New companion Jenna-Louise Coleman and Matt Smith share some quotes.

Also featuring

 * Welcome and news (Hello Time Travellers!)
 * Geronimo: News, Monster Companions!, This Week in Who History, Mixed-up Episode Titles, Hot or Not
 * Big Puzzle: Doctor Maze (2 pages)
 * Activity: Make – it Cyber mask
 * Jokes, Puzzle page and Quiz
 * Mega Moment
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload - featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.
 * Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
 * Competition Goodies (87 chances to win Doctor Who prizes (including Return to Earth game and a Wii, Bobble TARDIS and Fourth Doctor, belts, duvets, books (When's the Doctor?, Official Dictionary, Annual 2013), Talking Daleks, K9's, Anti-Time Gadget, Jigsaws, TARDIS bin, Monopoly, posters, framed prints and monster masks) and Doctor Who Calendar 2013 and Diary)

Credits
What to buy a Dalek for Christmas
 * Editor: Natalie Barnes A Puppy!
 * Deputy Editor: Annabel Gibson A bobble hat!
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett I'd make it a soufflé!
 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies A stairlift!
 * Writer: Craig Donaghy Plunger polish
 * Designer: Phil White "Plum pud-ding and cus-tard"

Hidden Away / Facts

 * WHO SAID: "I keep telling you. I don't do this any more. I've retired." TBC
 * The Daleks were first seen in colour in the film Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965).
 * The Wooden King was grown from a tree bauble in less than an hour.
 * The Wooden Queen in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe was played by a male actor.

Further information

 * This was a two week issue because of Christmas.
 * The subscription offer for this issue was four issues for £1 then a saving of 10% (thirteen issues for £30.42) (UK).
 * This issue had a cover price of £3.25 (UK) and the free gift was bagged.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as an ultimate Dalek collection battle pack and a packet of Doctor Who Monster Invasion trading cards.