DWM 496

The 496th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated March 2016.

It was the first issue of DWM to predominantly feature John Hurt as the War Doctor on the cover. It also used the traditional headline "John Hurt is the War Doctor", although the use here was a special case, as it normally was used to indicate the recasting of the Doctor, and John Hurt's Doctor was introduced retroactively, as well as the fact the headline was modified to denote him specifically as the "War" Doctor; instead, it was used to celebrate his return to the role in a line of Big Finish Productions audios called The War Doctor, making a technical debut outside the linear progression of the Doctor Who television series.

Profiles / Interviews

 * John Hurt

Comic strip

 * Theatre of the Mind
 * The Daft Dimension by Lew Stringer

The Fact of Fiction

 * The King's Demons

The DWM Review

 * DVD: Downtime, Longleat '83: The Lost Footage, Myth Makers: Mike Tucker
 * Audio: The Diary of River Song: Series One, All-Consuming Fire, You Are the Doctor and Other Stories
 * Missing in Action!: The Myth Makers
 * DWM looks back on some of Doctor Who's missing episodes

Competitions

 * Win Infernal Devices CD box set
 * Win The Husbands of River Song Blu-ray
 * Win Aquitaine CD
 * Win The Space Museum talking book
 * Win Myth Makers Mike Tucker interview DVD

Coming soon

 * Book: The Legends of River Song
 * Audio: Aquitaine, The Labyrinth of Buda Castle, Prime Winner, Torchwood: More Than This
 * Talking book: The Space Museum

The Time Team

 * The Beast Below

Galaxy Forum

 * DWM readers discuss The Husbands of River Song, Doctor Who ratings, and previous features in recent DWM issues

Production notes

 * Ask Steven Moffat
 * Head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat answers questions from DWM readers

Public Image

 * The Husbands of River Song

A History of Doctor Who in 100 Objects...

 * Susan's marriage certificate

Special features

 * From Time Lord to Warlord
 * Feature covering the new War Doctor audio series from Big Finish Productions


 * The Troubleshooter
 * Tribute to writer and script editor Anthony Read, who died on 21 November 2015


 * The Long Game
 * DWM looks at the past 33 years of Doctor Who video games

Credits

 * Editor: Tom Spilsbury
 * Deputy Editor: Peter Ware
 * Art Editor: Richard Atkinson
 * Editorial Assistants: Emily Cook, John Ainsworth, Mark Wright
 * Panini UK Ltd


 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Head of Production: Mark Irvine
 * Production Assistant: Jez Meteyard
 * Circulation & Trade Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
 * Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
 * Marketing Executives: Jess Bell, Becci Ireland
 * BBC Worldwide, UK Publishing


 * Director of Editorial Governance: Nicholas Brett
 * Director of Consumer Products and Publishing: Andrew Moultrie
 * Head of UK Publishing: Chris Kerwin
 * Publisher: Mandy Thwaites
 * Publishing Co-ordinator: Eva Abramik