DWA 84

The 84th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures.

Free gift

 * A psychic wallet notepad and invisible ink pens

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * PREVIEW ADVENTURE GUIDE: TV The Last Sontaran Part 2
 * ADVENTURE GUIDE: TV Planet of the Ood
 * FACTFILE: Psychic Paper

Comic content

 * Washed Away! (Part One) (5 pages)

Tales from the TARDIS

 * From: TV: The Stolen Earth - Featuring cliffhanger Dalek shooting the Doctor and his regeneration!

The Doctor’s Data (Collectable Fact File)

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Ultimate Collection: Companions Part 4 of 4 of a booklet

Behind the scenes

 * Interview: Elizabeth Sladen aka Sarah Jane Smith

Posters

 * A3 K9 from TV: Journey's End - montage featuring K9 in the Attic
 * A4 "ALL HAIL THE DALEKS!" Supreme Dalek from TV: Journey's End - featuring the Supreme Dalek
 * A4 Monster Collection: Autons from TV: Rose - montage featuring rampaging Autons and Jackie Tyler

Additional features

 * Welcome and news (including possible new Doctor Russell Tovey? You say)
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere Larry Nightingale to win a Doctor Who Uno set!


 * Activity / Make-it
 * Game using the psychic paper set


 * Puzzle Pages
 * Readers contributions: Monster Gallery / Time Agent Upload / Doctor You
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies ("Fly Me to the Moon" 3D Cinema treat and Sonic Chronicles Nintendo set)
 * BIG WIN: Life-size K9 (worth almost £895) Token 1

Credits
Also listing: how they would use their psychic paper
 * Editor: Moray Laing, Use it to send a friendly message to the Doctor!
 * Deputy Editor: Annabel Gibson To get into Buckingham palace and have tea with the Queen!
 * Senior Art Editor: Paul Lang, I would use it to read Doctor Who Adventures on!
 * Art Editor: Steve Clarke, Free travel on trains, buses and planes
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett, A passport to go anywhere in the universe!
 * Picture Editor: Shaila Bux, Use it as money!
 * Writer: Mel Bezalel, Getting into the cinema – with sweet popcorn and pick 'n mix!
 * Guest Companion from the Future: River Song, Spoilers! I’m not telling you!

Hidden Away / Facts

 * This magazine can be recycled: Or your psychic paper collection point.
 * Miss Foster: "I went to the Moon once. I buried an Adipose tablet beneath the surface and the Moon turned into a big ball of blubbery fat!"
 * Showrunner Russell T Davies suggested Russell Tovey as a possible next Doctor.
 * The Doctor has used his psychic paper to pose as the king of Belgium amongst others.
 * A basic level of psychic training is enough to render the psychic paper useless.
 * Before regaining their freedom the Ood were slaves for two hundred years.

Additional details

 * The subscription offer for this issue was a saving of 30%, over £18 (UK) and a free set of Dalek and Cyberman mini diecasts or 40% off without the addition free gift as leafleted.
 * Interestingly, other Eighth Doctor adventures are hinted at in the factfile with the line, "One of the Eighth Doctor’s biggest battles was against the Master".
 * This issue and its free gifts were cover mounted.
 * Next issue's free gifts are listed as a Time Agent Planner and Pencil.

External link

 * The official BBC magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue