DWA 45

The 45th issue of the BBC's fortnightly Doctor Who Adventures.

Free gift

 * This bumper 48 page issue’s free gifts included; 2 monster face masks (Weeping Angel and Judoon),a TARDIS key ring, a pencil and pencil topper, holographic stickers and a cool 2008 calendar (although the cool 2008 calendar was only a double sided six-months to view, centre page pull out poster!).

Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * Earth Attacks

Comic content

 * A Klytode Christmas (Part Two) (6 pages)

Tales from the TARDIS

 * From: TV: Last of the Time Lords - Featuring Martha Jones leaving the Doctor and the arrival of the Titanic!

The Doctor’s Data (Collectable Fact File)

 * Empress of the Racnoss (Number 37 is not given):

Interview

 * David Tennant

Behind the Scenes (Confidential Extra)

 * CGI and ageing the Doctor

New Who Preview

 * TV): Voyage of the Damned

Posters
Also: Pull-out centre-page, six-month view, double-sided 2008 calendar.
 * A4 Unnamed publicity shot from TV: Voyage of the Damned featuring the Heavenly Host Angels, Astrid Peth and the Doctor.
 * A4 Unnamed publicity shot from TV: Voyage of the Damned featuring a dinner suited Doctor.
 * A3 "EXTERMINATE!" - montage featuring Cult of Skaro.
 * A4 "I’m taking CONTROl!" - The Master in TV: The Sound of Drums - featuring the Master.

Additional features

 * Welcome (including latest news/ preview teaser)
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere a Sycorax spaceship to win a Doctor Who Go Glow night light torch!


 * Time Agent Tracker (Scoreboard) Sheet to record your report on the Christmas Special, TV: Voyage of the Damned).
 * Top five reasons for loving Doctor Who at Christmas.
 * Top ten scares from Seies 3 as choosen by readers Number 1: Weeping Angels)
 * Make-it
 * Toclafane baubles for the tree.
 * Weeping Angel Christmas tree decoration.


 * Quiz: Jackie Tyler’s Christmas Quiz
 * Puzzle Pages
 * Including 2 page illustrated spread of a shopping mall (by Christopher Cooper) featuring, find the crackers.


 * Who Knows (Questions and Answers)
 * Monster Gallery / Time Agent Upload
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies: Alvin and the Chipmunks goodie bag, Mario and Sonic Olympic game and Hot Wheels: Spin City set.
 * Bumper competition (answer the question “Who says “Exterminate””?) to win one of three bundles of Doctor Who goodies with a value over £350 (UK) including: a radio controlled Dalek, Ready Bed, Uno card game, Shaker Maker, Go Glow, sonic screwdriver, the Master’s Laser screwdriver, a Judoon keyring,, 6” figures of the Judoon Captain, Scarecrow, Martha Jones, and the Doctor, the Face of Boe, Satan Pit and Daleks in Manhattan Set, electronic flight-control TARDIS, TARDIS model-making kit, Cyberman shower radio, Dalek Sec voice changer mask, Cyberman voice changer mask, Doctor Who Time Travel Book and finally Series 3 DVD box set!!

Credits
Also listing: what they would buy the Doctor for Christmas?
 * Editor: Moray Laing, A subscription to DWA!
 * Art Editor: Paul Lang, A Mars selection box
 * Senior Writer: Annabel Gibson, laser screwdriver
 * Picture Editor: Shaila Bux, New socks for his trainers
 * Production Editor: Ed Lomas, A satsuma
 * Sub-Editor: Mel Bezalel, Knitted jumper of a snowy TARDIS!
 * Editorial Assistant: Olivia McLearon, A journal
 * Christmas Helper: Donna Noble, Me as his companion!

Hidden Away / Facts

 * This magazine can be recycled: "And a Merry Christmas to all of you at home!"
 * Jackie Tyler: "Oh, don’t mind me love, I’m just filling in for Frau Clovis while she waits in for the gas man. I’ll take your entries."
 * RMS Titanic was an ocean liner that hit an iceberg in 1912 and sank.
 * The Doctor said “Merry Christmas” to us all in an episode on Christmas Day, 1965.
 * All the scenes in the TARDIS have the sounds added after filming.
 * The Sycorax word “Gatzaa” translate as both “human” and “cattle”.
 * The Weeping Angels aren’t actually crying; they are hiding their eyes from each other.
 * The Graske were first spotted at Christmas in 2005 while on a kidnapping spree.
 * The Doctor lost his right hand fighting the Sycorax before growing another.
 * The Judoon use plasma-coil technology to move the Royal Hope Hospital to the Moon.
 * Dalek ear-lights were originally blue, but they looked like police car lights so were changed to white.

Additional details

 * This issue was dedicated to the memory of Verity Lambert.
 * To help promote the Christmas special and announce the return of the Doctor to the screen, this issue featured two covers; one with the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the other with his companion Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue).
 * Usually published every two weeks on a Thursday, this bumper 48 page issue had a cover price of £2.99 (UK), was available in two covers, and had a slightly longer publication break. The next issue will be available for sale on 3rd January 2008 (three weeks).
 * A full page is given over to the news that Doctor Who Adventures magazine is going WEEKLY! More details next issue!
 * The subscription offer for this issue was a saving of over £9 (UK). No other incentive is offered.
 * This issue and its free gifts were bagged.
 * Next issue's free gifts are listed as a Dalek yo-yo and holographic stickers.

External link

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