DWA 83

The eighty-third issue of Doctor Who Adventures had a cover date of 25 September - 1 October 2008.

Free gift

 * A sonic screwdriver pen and TARDIS sticky notes.

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * PREVIEW ADVENTURE GUIDE: TV: The Last Sontaran and Maria Jackson
 * FACTFILE: Hooverville Heroes
 * ACTION REPLAY (Analysis): Martha is scanned by the Judoon TV: Smith and Jones

Comic content

 * The Alice in Wonderland Circuit (Part One) (5 pages)

Tales From the TARDIS: Flashback (favourite scene told as a photo-feature)

 * From: TV: City of Death - Featuring Scaroth the Jagaroth unmasked

The Doctor's Data

 * Ultimate Collection: Companions Part 3 of 4 of a booklet

Posters

 * A3 "Hello, Dad!" Jenny from TV: The Doctor's Daughter - featuring The Tenth Doctor and Jenny
 * A4 from TV: The Last Sontaran - montage featuring Luke Smith and Commander Kaagh
 * A4 Monster Collection Weeping Angels from TV: Blink - montage featuring the weeping Angels attacking

Additional features

 * Welcome and news (including teaser for Christmas Cybermen)
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere Vespiform to win a Doctor Who Uno set!
 * Time Lord Tips: Grow your own TARDIS: (by Christopher Cooper).


 * Activity / Make-it
 * Spud Monster: Toby Zed
 * Mask: Sontaran helmet


 * Puzzle Pages
 * Who Knows (Questions and Answers) by Clayton Hickman
 * Readers contributions: Monster Gallery / Time Agent Upload / Doctor You
 * featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies - The War Machines DVD and Samba De Amigo Wii game package

Credits
Also listing: most wanted posters
 * Editor: Moray Laing, The inside of the TARDIS!
 * Deputy Editor: Annabel Gibson All the Doctors standing together!
 * Senior Art Editor: Paul Lang, More Yvonne Hartman!
 * Art Editor: Steve Clarke, A timeline of all ten Doctors
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett, The Tenth Doctor!
 * Picture Editor: Shaila Bux, An army of Judoon
 * Writer: Mel Bezalel, The Ninth and Tenth Doctor!
 * Guest Monster from the Past: Zygons, Zygons fighting the Doctor

Hidden Away / Facts

 * This magazine can be recycled: Your kindness with request is much appreciated.
 * Miss Foster: "I once danced the samba with a Sontaran. I won't be doing that again in a hurry!"
 * TV: City of Death was first shown in 1979.
 * Maria Jackson's first alien encounter was with a Arcateen poet seen in Sarah Jane Smith's garden.
 * Without the Tenth Doctor Sarah Jane Smith and her friends are believed to have perished in the Royal Hope Hospital. (TV: Turn Left)
 * Sally Sparrow had only seventeen DVDs when she met the Doctor.
 * The Adipose made their regular nightly escapes at 01:10.

Additional details

 * The subscription offer for this issue is a saving of 30%, over £18 (UK) and a free copy of Doctor Who Files 1: The Doctor and Doctor Who Files 12: The TARDIS book or 40% off without the free gift as leafleted.
 * This issue has two new features, the Blast from the Past flashback looking at "classic" Who and the Action replay, an annotated image with notes.
 * This issue and its free gifts were cover mounted.
 * Next issue's free gifts are listed as a psychic wallet and invisible ink pen.

External link

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