DWA 250

Doctor Who Adventures # was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 5 January 2012.

Free gift

 * Postcard notebook and pen

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * FACTFILE: The Doctor’s great escapes
 * FACTFILE: Gardener’s World
 * RIVER’S DIARY: Episode 5 The Rebel Flesh
 * FACTILE: 2012

Comic strips

 * Vengeance of the Atomon
 * AAAGH! (Alien Assignment Agency General Headquarters)

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

 * From: DW: Night Terrors Highlighted moments from episode 10

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact Files)

 * FACTFILE: Crime Watch
 * TARDIS SCANNER: Harvester

Posters

 * A3 The Impossible Astronaut
 * A4 The Doctor
 * A4 ULTIMATE MONSTER Max Capricorn
 * A4 TARDIS SCANNER: Harvester
 * A4 FAST FACT: Minotaur

Behind the scenes

 * Backstage filming on set for The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

Interview

 * Minotaur

Also featuring

 * Welcome and news (“Hello Time Travellers!”)
 * Geronimo: Gossip: What’s new, True or False, Hot or not
 * Puzzle page and Quiz
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
 * Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
 * Competition Goodies (Radio Controlled Dalek Drone, Character Options 5” figures - Roman Auton, Smiler, Weeping Angel, Cyberman Pandorica Guard, Peter the Winder and Francesco the Vampire)
 * Competition: Design the Doctor a new hat

Main team credits
With their favourite thing from the last 250 isues
 * Editor: Natalie Barnes All the sweets in the office!
 * Deputy Editor: Paul Laing the creation of Mrs Tinkle – one day we will tell that twisted story.
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett The use of commas in issue 187 was especially good.
 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies The hath poster
 * Deputy Senior Art Editor: Lee Midwinter Aggressive salmon

Hidden Away / Facts

 * WHO SAID: “I thought we were playing hide and seek. I’ve been hiding for hours!” TBC
 * A new Quick Reads book entitled Magic of the Angels is published along with Monstrous Missions and Step Back in Time fiction.
 * The famous escapologist Harry Houdini apparently taught the Doctor how to compress his muscles to escape.
 * The Minotaur fed on people’s faith, and made them “Praise Him!”
 * The Androzani Harvesters came from Androzani Major where in 5345 travelling in time was not unusual to Harvest Tree Farm 457.
 * In 2012, The Doctor carried the Olympic torch, Henry Van Statten had a Dalek in storage, Adam was returned home and Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago.

Further information

 * In promoting this issue's free gift (in this issue and last), it is referred to as "Postcard Notebook and Pen". Actually it should be plural as four postcards are included.
 * 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 £2.99 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as a monster puzzle cube.