DWM 588

The 588th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated April 2023.

It was dedicated to the memory of Elisabeth Sladen and focused almost entirely on The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Interviews

 * Curiouser and Curiouser - Luke Smith actor Tommy Knight speaks to Emily Cook about starring in The Sarah Jane Adventures and life after being an actor.
 * The Boy Who Never Grew Up - Daniel Anthony speaks to Emily Cook about his life as Clyde Langer.
 * Attic Electricity - Phil Ford speaks to Stuart Manning about being lead writer on The Sarah Jane Adventures.
 * The Sarah Jane School of Life - Anjli Mohindra speaks to Emily Cook about the lessons she learned from working on The Sarah Jane Adventures.
 * Visual Thinking - Siân Reynish tells Nick Setchfield about her responsibilities as the new visual effects co-ordinator on Doctor Who and her coincidental connection to Invasion of the Bane.

Articles

 * One More with Ealing - Looking back at The Sarah Jane Adventures, a retrospective is given to every story produced, including specials, and insights into some of the unproduced ones.
 * 60 Objects, 60 Years: 1973 to 1977 - A continuation of Jamie Lenman's exploration of Doctor Who objects from every year of the show's existence, looking at giant maggots, the Doctor's scarf, jelly babies, Sarah Jane Smith's plush owl toy, and K9.

Letter from the Showrunner
Russell T Davies reminisces on The Sarah Jane Adventures, how it finally landed on BBC iPlayer, and what happened to the edit of The Curse of Clyde Langer.

Galaxy Forum
Readers discuss their memories of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Production Diary
Scott Handcock discusses the production of Series 14 from 2 to 31 January 2023.

Time and Space Visualiser

 * This Month In... 1976

Saturday 6 March: The last day of Season 13's transmission and the future of Sarah Jane Smith.

Comic strip

 * Liberation of the Daleks, Part Five
 * Story: Alan Barnes
 * Art: Lee Sullivan
 * Colours: James Offredi
 * Lettering: Roger Langridge
 * Editor: Marcus Hearn
 * Daleks created by Terry Nation


 * The Daft Dimension by Lew Stringer

The Fact of Fiction

 * The Curse of the Black Spot

Reviews

 * Audio: Short Trips: Volume 12, All of Time and Space, Shades of Fear, The Seeds of Death
 * Soundtrack: Doctor Who - Series 13 - The Specials
 * Blu-ray/DVD: Doctor Who Am I

Competitions

 * Win The Collection: Season 9 Blu-ray box set
 * Win The Time Monster audiobook
 * Win The Return of Jo Jones audio drama
 * Win New Frontiers audio drama
 * Win Thirst Trap audio drama

Other Worlds

 * Voc Buster! - Previewing the sixth and final series of The Robots.
 * Galactic Personae: Liv Chenka - A guide on the Eighth Doctor's audio companion Liv Chenka, in preparation for The Robots: Volume Six.
 * In the Green Room with... Alice Krige - Interviewing Alice Krige in commemoration of the release of The Fifth Doctor Adventures audio anthology Conflicts of Interest.
 * Master Pieces - Trevor Baxendale selects his six favourite Master stories in commemoration of the re-release of Terror of the Master.
 * Growing Pains - Preview of the first Rani Takes on the World audio anthology, Beyond Bannerman Road.

Sufficient Data

 * I Must Be Mad - Looking at incidents Sarah Jane Smith got herself into in her stories.

Credits

 * Editor: Marcus Hearn
 * Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
 * Art Editor: Peri Godbold
 * Design: Paul Taylor
 * Contributing Editor: Alan Barnes
 * Cover photo © Sven Arnstein/Radio Times Archive


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