DWA 161

The 161st issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures featured a slightly new look marking the Eleventh Doctor’s adventures.

Free gift

 * Doctor Who stationery tin with pencil, eraser and ruler

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * NEW SERIES PREVIEW: Episode 2 The Beast Below
 * FACTFILE: Amy Pond
 * FACTFILE: Secrets of the TARDIS (4 pages)

Comic story

 * Attack of the Space Leeches! Part Two (4 pages)

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

 * From: DW: The Eleventh Hour
 * Episode 1 highlights

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)

 * 002 Prisoner Zero

Posters

 * A3 Eleventh Doctor in the vortex from BBC trailer
 * A4 Amelia Pond and Amy Pond together
 * A4 Spaceships Collection: Atraxi from DW: The Eleventh Hour
 * A4 Jeff and the Eleventh Doctor

Behind the scenes

 * My Diary by Matt Smith featuring a reader’s ‘Ask Matt!’ question

Interview

 * Karen Gillan “I’m scared of GHOSTS!”

Additional features

 * Welcome and news (featuring Who’s Who? And Monster Alert!)
 * CODE ALERT: to win a new set of Character Options: Crash Doctor action figures and new sonic screwdriver]]


 * Puzzle pages and Quiz (The Eleventh Hour)
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Picture Puzzle: Spot the Difference to win a Lord Sunday book
 * Competition Goodies (Lego Toy Story sets and George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt books)
 * BIG WIN: Win a TV Dalek (token collect 2 of 2)

Credits
Editor: Moray Laing Deputy Editor: Paul Lang Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies Production Editor: Liza Millett Designer: Melanie Caine

Hidden Away / Facts

 * Karen Gillan’s full name is Karen Sheila Gillan, she was born in Inverness on 28th November 1987 and her hobbies include fashion modelling.
 * Karen Gillan plays the piano.
 * Caitlin Blackwood, who plays the younger Amy, is Karen Gillan’s cousin.
 * In The Eleventh Hour the fish-fingers dunked in custard were actually coconut breaded fish-finger shaped cake things.
 * Matt Smith’s favourite thing to eat at night is leek and potato soup or a banana sandwich and a cup of tea!
 * The new TARDIS console features a Bunsen burner and a typewriter.

Additional details

 * The subscription offer for this issue with a saving of 30% as well as Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide book
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.10 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as eleven free gifts! (stickers, badges, door hanger, wallet, keyring and postcards)
 * This issue features the comic strip debut of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, as the two characters were absent from the previous week's strip. This predates their debut in Doctor Who Magazine by several weeks.