DWI 5

Doctor Who Insider 005 was sister title to Doctor Who Magazine printed in North America for August 2011

News

 * Geronimo!
 * Series 6 Part Two, Reign of terror – animated, new audio adventures and new Sixth Doctor audio companion

Features

 * John Barrowman
 * Darren Scott talks to John Barrowman about his Doctor Who past and possible future …


 * Louise Jameson
 * Its been over 30 years since Louise Jameson played the scantily clad Leela in Doctor Who. Darren Scott talks to the actress in the first part of this interview.


 * K-9
 * Visual Effect Designer, Mike Tucker explains how the Doctor’s faithful robot dog, K9 was given a new lease of life in the Tenth Doctor adventure, School Reunion … with shared memories from Louise Jameson


 * Audio Adventures: Return of the Heroes
 * Cavan Scott takes a journey into peril to discover why the classic Target Doctor Who books are undergoing a 21st century revival …


 * Stephen Thorne
 * “I Was Omega.”

Nexus Point
An examination of an important moment from one of the Doctor’s adventures
 * The War Games – “Your travels are over!” The Doctor is put on trial by his own people.

Data File

 * Victory of the Daleks – an annotated photo-montage of this adventure by Lee Binding.

Time Scoop

 * Cybermen

Merchandise

 * DVD Insider
 * Paradise Towers story overview
 * The Sun Makers story overview includes interview with Michael Keating who played Goudry


 * Audio Insider
 * Recorded Time Sixth Doctor audio adventure and Big Finish’s 150th regular Doctor Who release and top ten releases chosen by executive producer Nicholas Briggs.


 * Books Insider
 * Paradox Lost Writer George Mann talks about his new Eleventh Doctor novel.


 * Store Insider
 * Character Options Series 6 figures (The Silence (2 variants), Eleventh Doctor in Stetson, young Amelia Pond and Nephew Oood
 * Character Options mini-figures (First ten figures and 3 paysets)

Fan Zone

 * No ‘Fan Zone’ feature this issue

Main team credits

 * Editor: John Ainsworth
 * Sub-Editor: Mark Oliver
 * Designers: Alex Foot
 * Head of Production: Mark Irvine
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell

Interesting bits from within

 * K-9 was designed for the series seeking to capitalise on the success of Star Wars by offering viewers a robotic character that combined the fussy English eccentricites of C-3PO with the cute factor of R2-D2.
 * There were (for original filming), two K-9 variants the principal radio-controlled filming prop and the lightweight, non-mechanized dummy version which had a noticeably different head. Both models finally appeared in the 2006 return School Reunion.
 * Filming locations for the roof of Megropolis in The Sun Makers was a tobacco factory in Bristol. Also used was a underground shelter in Camden Town London, built in World War 2 to house 7000 troops accessed by a door at the back of Camden Town underground station.
 * Actor Stephen Thorne has played the Daemon Azal, Omega, Eldred and an Ogron in Frontier in Space.

Further information

 * This issue had a cover price of $6.99 (US and Canada) with a subscription offering a 10% discount.
 * While printed for a North American market Panini UK Ltd did offer readers in the UK the chance to subscribe to this title which was very much seen as a sister-title to their long running Doctor Who Magazine title.
 * This issue came with a free double-sided poster featuring Jack Harkness cover photograph and Victory of the Daleks double page Data File photo-montage on the reverse (but without the annotated text)