DWM 408

The 408th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was current from 30 April through 29 May 2009.

Content
For Who the Bell Tolls... - Time is running out for the Tenth Doctor - but what terrors must he face in his final adventures?

Articles

 * Riders on the Storm - The Doctor Who team flew to Dubai in February, to record Planet of the Dead's desert scenes. DWM was with them every step of the way... (Words by Benjamin Cook)
 * Good Hunting Sister! - Lisa Bowerman first appeared in Doctor Who as a giant cat in 1989's Survival. Simon Guerrier met the lady who's better known these days as Professor Bernice Summerfield...
 * The Watcher's Guide to the Second Doctor - As we await the arrival of the Eleventh Doctor, the Watcher foreshadows the newcomer, by looking back at Doctors past...
 * Merchandise Awards - What were your favourite Doctor Who books, CDs, magazines and DVDs of 2008? Peter Griffiths counted your votes...

Profiles/Interviews

 * Lisa Bowerman (Good Hunting Sister!)
 * Victoria Alcock (Who on Earth is...)

Comic content

 * The Age of Ice (part one)
 * - Story: Dan McDaid
 * - Pencil Art: Martin Geraghty
 * - Inks: David A. Roach
 * - Colours: James Offredi
 * - Letters: Roger Langridge
 * - Editors: Tom Spilsbury and Scott Gray

You are Not Alone

 * Thank Who for the Music... - Neil Harris has been humming along to Doctor Who...

The Time Team

 * Silver Nemesis (episodes 675-677)
 * - Compiled by Michael Pritchard
 * - Illustration by Adrian Salmon

The Fact of Fiction

 * The Celestial Toymaker - "Come, play my game!" sang the Prodigy in 1996. Alan Barnes reveals how the Celestial Toymaker had asked the same question 30 years earlier...

Reviews
All the latest Doctor Who DVDs, books and CDs reviewed...

DVDs Reviewed

 * TV: Image of the Fendahl

Books reviewed
The Darksmith Legacy:
 * PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks
 * PROSE: The Slitheen Excursion
 * PROSE: Judgement of the Judoon
 * PROSE: The Dust of Ages (Book 1)
 * PROSE: The Graves of Mordane (Book 2)

Audios Reviewed

 * AUDIO: Return of the Krotons
 * AUDIO: The Chaos Pool
 * AUDIO: Hothouse
 * AUDIO: Resistance
 * AUDIO: The Doctor Trap
 * AUDIO: Ghosts of India
 * AUDIO: Shining Darkness

Previews

 * DVD Preview: The Deadly Assassin - David Darlington discovers more about the extras for the 1976 Fourth Doctor story, The Deadly Assassin...
 * Audio Preview: Enemy of the Daleks - The Seventh Doctor faces his oldest and deadliest foes in a brand new audio adventure! David Darlington investigates...
 * Coming soon... The Waters of Mars - So... what's in store for the Doctor on Mars? Benjamin Cook hunts for clues...

Issue previews

 * DWM issue 409 - why not try it out for size?

Regular features

 * Letter from the Editor
 * Production Notes - Script editor Gary Russell writes exclusively for DWM - and tells us what goes into making a Doctor Who script...
 * - Illustration by Ben Morris


 * Gallifrey Guardian - All the latest news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe...
 * Galaxy Forum
 * Who on Earth is... - Victoria Alcock - Wife. Mother. Drunkard. Travel rep. Is there anything Angela Whittaker can't do?

Competitions

 * Win The Deadly Assassin DVD!
 * Win Enemy of the Daleks CD!
 * Win The Dalek Invasion of Earth CD!
 * Win The Space Museum CD!
 * Win ''Companions and Allies book!

Credits

 * Editor - Tom Spilsbury
 * Assistant Editor - Peter Ware
 * Editorial Assistant - John Ainsworth
 * Designers - Peri Godbold
 * Head of Production - Mark Irvine
 * Managing Editor - Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director - Mike Riddell

Additional details
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