DWA 143

The one hundred forty-third issue of Doctor Who Adventures had a cover date of 26 November - 2 December 2009.

Free gift

 * Magnet Sheet and second half of giant Tenth Doctor Poster

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * TOP TEN: Surprises
 * STORY GUIDE: TV: Turn Left (5 pages)
 * FACTFILE: Gadget

Comic content

 * One Careful Owner (4 pages)

Tales from the TARDIS

 * None

The Doctor’s Data (Collectable Fact File)

 * Countdown to Change: The Eighth Doctor

Posters

 * A3 TV: The Satan Pit - montage featuring the Beast and the Tenth Doctor
 * A4 "Water always WINS!" Tenth Doctor from TV: The Waters of Mars - featuring The Flood
 * A4 "STOMP, STOMP, STOMP!" Cybermen from TV: The Next Doctor - featuring Cybermen

Behind the scenes

 * None

Interview

 * Elizabeth Sladen actress who played Sarah Jane Smith

Additional features

 * Welcome and news (including Dreamland preview)
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere Adelaide Brooke to win a Sarah Jane Adventures The Thirteenth Stone Audio CD adventure.


 * Puzzles and Quiz
 * Readers contributions: Time Agent Upload / Doctor You
 * featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies (Sarah Jane Adventures Audio CD’s, Mario & Sonic Olympic Wii set and Drawn to Life Nintendo DS set)

Credits
Also listing: what they would name their own robot
 * Editor: Moray Laing, A robot dog called LAB-1. Like K9, but bigger and faster.
 * Deputy Editor: Paul Lang Deathbot 4000
 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies Kiwi Tron 1965Ad
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett, Chip
 * Designer: Melanie Caine, K-mine
 * Office Water Supply: The Flood, The Virotron

Hidden Away / Facts

 * This magazine can be recycled - just make sure that you turn left on your way to the recycling bins!
 * Carmen: "If I could predict the weather on TV, the world would finally see that I'm more than just a head."
 * Cassie and Jimmy are the Tenth Doctor's new friends in the animated adventure Dreamland which, set in America, features new monsters - the Viperox.
 * Gadget was the name given to the robot on Bowie Base One, constructed on Mars by junior technician Roman Groom.
 * The fortune teller on Shan Shen was played by the actress Chipo Chung, who also appeared as Chantho.
 * Actor Paul McGann played the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 movie, a solo appearance on TV.

Additional details

 * The subscription offer for this issue was a saving of 30% (UK) and a free gift Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide.
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.10 (UK) and the free gift was bagged.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as

External link

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