DWA 164

The 164th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures

Free gift

 * Weeping Angel mask

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * NEW SERIES PREVIEW: Episode 5 Flesh and Stone
 * FACTFILE: River Song
 * NEWS: Doctor Who Adventure Games (Free downloadable games from June)
 * NEWS: Blue Peter’s 3 ‘Design a TARDIS’ console winners.

Comic story

 * Booked Up (4 pages)

Mega Moments (favourite scene told as a photo-feature)

 * From: DW: The Time of Angels


 * Episode 4 highlights


 * From: DW: The Eleventh Hour


 * The Eleventh Doctor testing his taste buds.

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)

 * None

Posters

 * A3 Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond from new series publicity trailer.
 * A4 Weeping Angel arms spread in the caves.
 * A4 new-look Eternal Dalek (yellow)

Behind the scenes

 * Filming: How to float in Space! The Time of Angels

Interview

 * None

Additional features

 * Welcome and news (featuring Who’s Who? And Monster Alert!)
 * CODE ALERT: to win a Doctor Who book (The Forgotten Army)


 * I-Spy Scene Search
 * Puzzle page and Quiz Daleks
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Picture Puzzle: Spot the Difference to win Mega Bloks Battle Strikers Metal XS Firehawk and Ninjitsu starter packs.
 * Competition Goodies (Dragon Blood Pirates books and Wii game, WWE figures.)
 * BIG WIN: Be the Editor of DWA, with a tour of BBC Television Centre.

Credits

 * Editor: Moray Laing
 * Deputy Editor: Paul Lang
 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett
 * Designer: Melanie Caine

Hidden Away / Facts

 * River Song’s escape from the Byzantium was filmed against a green screen at the Doctor Who studio, Upper Boat, Wales on 13th August 2009. To give Matt Smith more room (and allow his easy entrance), the back panel of the elevated TARDIS prop was removed.
 * River Song’s book of Spoilers includes their Asguard picnic, what happens at the Bone Meadows, crash of the Byzantium, and the singing towers at Darillium.
 * Four free downloadable Doctor Who Adventure Games will be available from the www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho from June 2010. The games will feature Cybermen, an icy world, and a devastated London.
 * In 2009, Blue Peter launched a design a console competition that would be seen in the new series. The winners are seen meeting Matt Smith with their designs on the show to be screened Tuesday 4th May on BBC1 at 4.35 or on the BBCi player catchup service.

Additional details

 * DWA launches a new website (www.dwamag.com) promising news, facts, wins and downloads.
 * The subscription offer for this issue with a saving of 30% as well as Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide book
 * 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 Who bag and packet of Doctor Who Stickers.

External link

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