DWA 109

The 109th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures.

Free gift

 * An inflatable Supreme Dalek

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * FACTFILE: Funny Moments Top 10
 * FACTFILE: Autons

Comic story

 * The Abomination Game (4 pages)

Tales from the TARDIS

 * From: TV: The Fires of Pompeii


 * Featuring Donna Noble is abducted and the Tenth Doctor defeats a magma creature.

(Extended feature over 4 pages)

The Doctor’s Data (Collectable Fact File)

 * SURVIVAL GUIDE!: Slitheen illustrated by Ben Morris

Posters
featuring The Tenth Doctor featuring Dalek
 * A3 “What a LAUGH!” The Doctor from TV: Tooth and Claw
 * A4 “Crucible on MAXIMUM ALERT!” Dalek from TV: Journey's End
 * A4 Who's Who Collection: Weeping Angel

Additional features

 * Welcome and news
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere Rose the dog to win a set of Doctor Who Time Squad action figures.


 * Activity / Make-it
 * Make-it: Cyberman piñata (sweet storer)


 * Funny Who Ha!: Caption Competition
 * Puzzles and Quiz (Scarecrows)
 * Readers contributions: Time Agent Upload / Doctor You
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies (Doctor Who The Time Warrior Audio book, TIM Roboraptor, Gormiti set)

Credits
Also listing: Their funniest moments.

Editor: Moray Laing, Laughing at Rose the dog!

Deputy Editor: Annabel Gibson,Saying, “Just us girls!” in the Fires of Pompeii

Senior Art Editor: Paul Lang, When the Doctor pretended that Jackie was Rose in The Army of Ghosts

Art Editor: Steve Clarke, Wearing the 3D glasses

Production Editor: Liza Millett, The Doctor’s detox in The Unicorn and the wasp

Picture Editor: Shaila Bux, Becoming half-Donna

Acting Writer: Olivia McLearon, Pretending to be drunk in The Girl in the Fireplace

Contributing Art Editor: Nikki Davies

Contributing Sub Editor Claudia Dudman

Mysterious Plastic Person: Auton dummy, My appearance in Love & Monsters

Hidden Away / Facts
This magazine can be recycled: Knock, knock! Who’s there? Doctor…What do you mean you’ve heard it before?

Miss Hartigan: “I can hardly contain my excitement about the Easter episode of Doctor Who! There’s just one problem. I’m not in it!”
 * The Third and Ninth Doctor used sonic devices to block the Nestene Consciousness’s thought signals.
 * The Doctor leaves Son of Mine as a Scarecrow

Additional details

 * With this issue, the comic strip is reduced from five pages to only four (a reduction from the original six pages, and five from issue 58).
 * A UK promotion of BBC Children’s magazines was run with the co-operative offering Buy 2 save £1.
 * The subscription offer for this issue was a saving of 30%, over £18 (UK) and a copy of The Time Traveller's Almanac or 40% saving without gift as promoted on inserted flyer.
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.10 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as a Doctor dress-up set.

External link

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