DWA 252

Doctor Who Adventures # was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 19 January 2012.

Free gift

 * Monster blades battle pack

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * FACTFILE: Keep watching the skies!
 * FACTFILE: The Galaxy's greatest pets!
 * TARDIS SCANNER: The Master
 * FACTFILE: Ood Timeline
 * DESTINATION: 1953

Comic content

 * Picture Imperfect
 * AAAGH! (Alien Assignment Agency General Headquarters)

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

 * None this issue

Fast Facts

 * None this issue

Posters

 * A3 The Curse of the Black Spot
 * A4 K-9
 * A4 ULTIMATE MONSTER: Cassandra
 * A4 FACTFILE: The Master

Behind the scenes

 * Backstage filming in bad weather.

Interview

 * None this issue

Also featuring

 * Welcome and news (Hello Time Travellers!)
 * Geronimo: News: Crazy Caption, Hot or not, True or False?
 * Big Puzzle: Giant Quiz (2 pages)
 * Puzzle page and Quiz
 * MAKE-IT: Make a Cybermat!
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload - featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
 * Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
 * Competition Goodies (Complete Doctor Who: Monster Invasion trading cards set 1, Character Building Doctor Who TARDIS Console Room mega set )

Credits
With their New Year resolution updates
 * Editor: Natalie Barnes I've not seen The Five Doctors yet!
 * Deputy Editor: Paul Laing I've become 9.3% more like Mrs Tinkle!
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett I've not yet met Auntie and Uncle.
 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies I have not eaten less sweets. I have eaten more sweets. Oops.
 * Deputy Senior Art Editor: Lee Midwinter The Siren said she'd go out on a date with me, but only as friends.

Hidden Away / Facts

 * WHO SAID: "I have often dreamed of dying in combat. I’m not enjoying it as much as I hoped.” Strax in A Good Man Goes to War.
 * Part three of Galaxy 4 and part two of The Underwater Menace have recently been returned to the BBC Archives for DVD release after being found in some old film cans bought at a school fete.
 * There are still 106 missing episodes.
 * The Eleventh Doctor adventures have been dubbed into German as Doktor Wer?

Further information

 * The subscription offer for this issue was four issues for £1 then a saving of 25% (six months for £49.99) (UK).
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.50 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as a cool sonic pen set with psychic paper notebook!