DWM 481

The 481st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was cover dated January 2015.

Profiles / Interviews

 * Nick Frost
 * Dan Starkey & Nathan McMullen
 * Michael Troughton
 * Rachel Talalay

Comic strip

 * The Instruments of War Part One
 * Writer/Artist: Mike Collins
 * Inks: David Roach
 * Colours: James Offredi
 * Letters: Roger Langridge
 * Editors: John Ainsworth & Scott Gray


 * The Daft Dimension by Lew Stringer

The Fact of Fiction

 * Voyage of the Damned

The DWM Review

 * Television: Dark Water/Death in Heaven
 * Stocking fillers: 5" and 3.75"-scale figures by Character, My Little Pony Dr Whooves by Hasbro, Radio Controlled K9 Mark II, TARDIS & Weeping Angel Stress Toys, Touch Control Sonic Screwdriver, K9 Light and Sound Figurine, Doctor Who Top Trumps 2014, Doctor Who Risk, Twelfth Doctor t-shirt, Official Calendar 2015
 * Music: The Day of the Doctor/The Time of the Doctor Soundtrack
 * Books: The Official Doctor Who Annual 2015, When's the Doctor?
 * Graphic novel: The Blood of Azrael

Competitions

 * Win Doctor Who: Symphonic Spectacular tickets
 * Win download codes for Minecraft and Doctor Who Skins Volume One on the Xbox One
 * Win The Highest Science CD
 * Win Day and Time of the Doctor soundtracks
 * Win Doctor Who: The Card Game
 * Win Engines of War talking book CD
 * Win Doctor Who themed Christmas goodies

Coming soon

 * Audio: The Romance of Crime, The English Way of Death, The Exxilons

The Time Team

 * The Next Doctor

Galaxy Forum

 * DWM readers discuss In the Forest of the Night, Dark Water and Death in Heaven

Production notes

 * Steven Moffat
 * The head writer and executive producer answers questions from DWM readers

Public Image

 * Flatline
 * In the Forest of the Night
 * Dark Water
 * Death in Heaven

A History of Doctor Who in 100 Objects...

 * The Give-a-Show Projector

Supporting artist of the month

 * The stunt performer who slowly flops forward after "dying" in Colony in Space

Special features

 * The DWM Review of 2014
 * Episode preview
 * DWM previews the episode Last Christmas


 * Back to the Drawing Board...
 * DWM comic strip artist Mike Collins discusses his recent work as a storyboard artist on series 8 of Doctor Who


 * The Watcher's Fiendishly Festive Christmas Quiz

Credits

 * Father Christmas: Tom Spilsbury
 * Donder: Peter Ware
 * Blitzen: Richard Atkinson
 * Santa's Little Helpers: John Ainsworth, Mark Wright, Nicholas Pegg
 * Panini UK Ltd


 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Head of Production: Mark Irvine
 * Production Assistant: Jez Meteyard
 * Circulation & Trade Marketing Controller: Katie Wilkinson
 * Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
 * Marketing Executive: Jess Bell
 * BBC Worldwide, UK Publishing


 * Director of UK Publishing: Nicholas Brett
 * Head of UK Publishing: Chris Kerwin
 * UK Publishing Co-ordinator: Eva Abramik