DWA 59

The fifty-ninth issue of Doctor Who Adventures had a cover date of 10 April - 16 April 2008.

Free gift

 * This issue's free gift is an A4 magnet sheet & 1/3 Double sided Monster wallchart/ Doctor Donna poster.

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * STORY PREVIEW: The Fires of Pompeii
 * Ten reasons why Doctor Who is the best show on TV!

Comic content

 * The Poison Planet (Part Two) (5 pages)

Tales from the TARDIS

 * From: TV: Last of the Time Lords - Featuring the Master's death

The Doctor's Data (Collectable Fact File)

 * Rickston Slade

Behind the scenes

 * Interview with David Tennant

Posters

 * A3 "Just like old times!" The Doctor from TV: Partners in Crime - montage featuring
 * A4 "Authorise FULL SCAN!" Judoon Captain from TV: Smith and Jones - montage featuring Judoon, Martha and the Tenth Doctor on the moon.
 * A4 "Is that some sort of ...carnival mask?" Solomon from TV: Daleks in Manhattan - featuring Pig Slaves

Additional features

 * Welcome and news
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere Donna's grandad to win a Doctor Who Shaker Maker!
 * Things to do with a defeated enemy: Krillitane and Heavenly Host race (by Christopher Cooper).


 * Activity / Make-it
 * Time Agent Scorecard Story 2
 * Mask: Scarecrow


 * Puzzle Pages and Doctor Who Quiz
 * Who Knows (Questions and Answers)
 * Readers contributions: Monster Gallery / Time Agent Upload / Doctor You
 * featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies (Hot Wheel's Monster jam Trucks, The Secret Show TV/DVD combo)

Credits
Also listing: Preference to be Doctor or companion
 * Editor: Moray Laing, Doctor – he's my hero
 * Art Editor: Paul Lang, Doctor - he's amazing
 * Senior Writer: Annabel Gibson, Doctor – Time Lords rock
 * Picture Editor: Shaila Bux, Companion – they save the Doctor
 * Sub-Editor: Mel Bezalel, Companion – less responsibility
 * Editorial Assistant: Olivia McLearon, Companion definitely
 * Freelancer: Liza Millett, Companion – the Doctor's best pal
 * Freelancer: Richard Atkinson, Doctor – nice suit
 * Team Hairdresser: Jackie Tyler, Neither, thanks very much

Hidden Away / Facts

 * This magazine can be recycled: Or you'll blow a hole in the space-time continuum the size of Belgium.
 * Frau Clovis: "The Duke of Manhattan won a lifetime's supply of pies yesterday. He's finished them already."
 * Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 AD, destroying Pompeii.
 * The Face of Boe was Captain Jack Harkness's nickname as a boy.

Additional details

 * The subscription offer is revised for this issue with a saving of 40% (over £30 UK) and a free audio book The Feast of the Drowned (worth £9.99 (UK)).
 * This issue and its free gifts were bagged.

External link

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