DWM 279

The 279th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 3 June 1999 and removed from British newsstands on 30 June 1999. It was the first issue to feature new Doctor Who logo based on the logo used in the TV movie, which itself was based on the logo predominantly used throughout Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor era. It would remain the magazine's logo of choice until 2005 with issue 352.

Articles

 * We're gonna be bigger than Star Wars! - Gary Gillatt speaks with a group of writers about how they would pitch and create a new Doctor Who series. Writers include Paul Cornell, Russell T Davies, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Lance Parkin and Gareth Roberts.
 * Everything you ever need to know about...Blood Heat compiled by Matt Wicks.
 * Thrilling adventures in Time and Space - Part Three Stage Frights by Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons.

Comic content

 * The Road to Hell - Part Two

Archives

 * TV: The Caves of Androzani by Andrew Pixley.

Profiles / Interviews

 * Out of the TARDIS - Daphne Ashbrook.
 * Alan Barnes salutes John Wiles who oversaw the 1960s serials.

Reviews - 'Shelf Life'

 * VIDEO: TV: The Crusade and The Space Museum
 * PROSE: Unnatural History
 * PROSE: Storm Harvest
 * Inset mini interview with Mike Tucker


 * VIDEO: Myth Makers: 43: A Tribute to William Hartnell - First Doctor
 * Doctor Who Miniatures - Harlequin Miniatures
 * VIDEO: Myth Makers: 44: Donald Tosh - Script Editor

Regular features

 * Gallifrey Guardian.
 * Timelines (Letters).
 * The life & times of Jackie Jenkins.
 * The Time Team (first article) - An Unearthly Child and The Daleks episodes 1-4.
 * The Time Team is: Richard Bignell, Clayton Hickman, Jac Rayner and Peter Ware. This group of fans begin a project to view and review every Doctor Who story produced between 1963 and the TV movie of 1996. This same team completes the project in issue 416, published in December 2009.

Extra Features

 * Own a piece of Doctor Who history! - Raffle for items from The Curse of Fatal Death production.

Credits

 * Editor: Gary Gillatt & Alan Barnes
 * Design: Peri Godbold
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Production Manager: Liz Teal
 * Chief Sub: Jason Quinn
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director: Miles Stevens-Hoare

Additional details

 * This is the first magazine to have the blue 1996/Pertwee era logo as part of the 'Doctor Who Magazine' replacing the 'diamond logo'.
 * Included on the front cover was a CD entiled 'Talking 'Bout My Regeneration' a behind the scenes look at the making of The Sirens of Time featuring interviews with Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.