DWM 404

==Title== Cold Blood!
 * - Dervla Kirwan reveals her dark side as we go behind the scenes of The Next Doctor!

Polls

 * Merchandise Awards (voting form) - Vote for your favourite Doctor Who books, CDs and DVDs of the last year, and give your views on DWM.

Quizzes

 * The watcher's fiendishly festive Christmas quiz - answers!

Articles

 * Winter Wonderland - The turkey's all finished, the last of the decorations have come down, and Christmas has once again been saved, thanks to the remarkable events of The Next Doctor. But how did that amazing adventure come to be? David Bailey was there as history was being made...
 * Dervla Kirwan: Lady in Red - a DWM interview by David Bailey
 * Bane Trouble! - Sarah Jane Smith was recently reunited with her old chum Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart! Benjamin Cook was on set to see the sparks (and the goo!) fly...
 * Doing it For the Kids! - It was the trip of a lifetime, as hundreds of fans descended on the Upper Boat Studios for an insider's view of the making of Doctor Who. DWM went behind the scenes...
 * How To Survive 2009 Without a New Series... - Okay, let's be honest. Whatever reasons have been given for there being no new series of Doctor Who in 2009, we're all a bit disappointed, aren't we? Just how slowly will the weeks seem to pass? Of course, if you're missing your Doctor Who fix, there are still plenty of ways you can catch up with the Doctor as Scott Handcock finds out...

Profiles / Interviews

 * Velile Tshabalala (Winter Wonderland)
 * Edmund Kente (Winter Wonderland)
 * Dervla Kirwan (Lady in Red)
 * Frazer Hines (Who On Earth Is...)

The Time Team

 * - Four Fans, one mission: to watch all 751 episodes of Doctor Who. In order. From the start.


 * Dragonfire (episodes 665-667)


 * - Compiled by Michael Pritchard


 * - Illustration by Adrian Salmon

Comic strip

 * The Stockbridge Child - Part Two
 * - Story: Dan McDaid
 * - Pencil Art: Mike Collins
 * - Inks: David A. Roach
 * - Colours: James Offredi
 * - Letters: Roger Langridge
 * - Editors: Tom Spilsbury and Scott Gray

The Fact of Fiction

 * The Mind Robber
 * - Now then, are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. Alan Barnes has a very strange and wonderful story to tell...

The DWM Review

 * - All the latest Doctor Who DVDs, books and CDs reviewed...
 * - Reviewers: Vanessa Bishop, Gary Gillatt and Matt Michael

DVDs Reviewed

 * DW: Battlefield
 * - Illustration by Ben Willsher

Books Reviewed

 * The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations (The Last Sontaran (novelisation), Day of the Clown (novelisation), The Lost Boy (novelisation) and Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (novelisation))
 * Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life

Audios Reviewed

 * CC: The Darkening Eye
 * BFA: Forty-Five
 * BBC Audio: The Krotons (audio release)
 * DWU: The Masters of War (Pick of the Month)
 * SJAA: The Ghost House, The Time Capsule
 * Silva Screen: Doctor Who Series 4 original television soundtrack on CD

Issue Previews

 * DWM 405

DVD Previews

 * - A trilogy of stories for the Fourth Doctor is released this month on DVD. David Darlington finds out more...


 * DW: The E-Space Trilogy box set (Full Circle, State of Decay, Warriors' Gate)

Audio Previews

 * - The Key to Time must be located - meaning the Doctor is set for an amazing journey! David Darlington investigates..


 * BFA: The Judgement of Isskar
 * - Illustration by Brian Williamson

Regular features

 * Letter from the Editor
 * Production Notes - Showrunner Russell T Davies writes exclusively for DWM - as Doctor Who heads back into production...
 * - Illustration by Ben Morris


 * Gallifrey Guardian - All the latest news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe...
 * Who On Earth Is... - Frazer Hines - Did he jump or was he pushed? The Second Doc's most faithful companion is ready to return...

Competitions

 * - Books! CDs! And the very latest DVDs! All of these could be yours - just by answering a few simple questions...


 * Win The E-Space Trilogy box set! (Full Circle, State of Decay, Warriors' Gate)
 * Win The Darksmith Legacy books!
 * Win The Next Doctor on DVD
 * Win The Key 2 Time audios on CD (The Key 2 Time - The Judgement of Isskar, The Prisoner's Dilemma)
 * Win Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (audio release)

Credits

 * Editor - Tom Spilsbury
 * Assistant Editor - Peter Ware
 * Designers - Peri Godbold, Michael Yeowell
 * Head of Production - Mark Irvine
 * Managing Editor - Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director - Mike Riddell